BOC Prep and NATA-BOC Exam Secrets
Study Guide questions and answers 2025.
When did NATA formed? - ANSWER: 1950
What are the 5 steps in Evidence Based Practice? - ANSWER: 1. develop a clinical
question
2. Search the literature
3. Appraise the evidence
4. apply the evidence
5. assess the outcome
What is a PICO question? - ANSWER: Patient Intervention Comparison Outcome
What are the 5 BOC Domains? - ANSWER: 1. Injury prevention
2. Examination, assessment and diagnosis
3. immediate and emergency care
4. therapeutic interventions
5. health care administration
What are the personal qualities of an Athletic Trainer? - ANSWER: Stamina and ability
to adapt, empathy, sense of humor, communications, intellectual curiosity, ethical
practice, professional membership.
BOC Domain: 1. Injury and illness prevention and wellness promotion: - ANSWER:
promoting health lifestyles behaviors with effective educational and communication to
enhance wellness and minimize the risk of injury.
,BOC Domain: 2. Examination, assessment and diagnosis - ANSWER: implementing
system, evidence- based examinations and assessments to formulate valid clinical
diagnosis and determine patients plan of care.
BOC Domain: 3. Immediate and emergency care - ANSWER: integrity best practice in
immediate and emergency care for optimal outcomes.
BOC Domain: 4. Therapeutic Interventions - ANSWER: rehab an reconditioning injuries,
illness, and general medical conditions with the goal of achieving optimal activity level
based on core concepts using the applications of therapeutic exercise, modality
devices, and manual techniques.
BOC Domain: 5. Healthcare administration and professional responsibility - ANSWER:
integrating best practice in policy construction and implementation, documentation,
basic business practice to promote optimal patient care and employee well-being.
Licensure - ANSWER: limits AT to those who have met minimal requirements
established by state board.
State certification - ANSWER: restricts the performance of AT functions to only those
certified
Registration - ANSWER: paid fee for being placed on an existing list of practitioners
exemption - ANSWER: state realizes that AT perform functions similar to those of other
licensed professional
Vision statement - ANSWER: a concise statement that describes the ideal statement to
which an organization aspires
mission statement - ANSWER: a written expression of an organizations philosophy,
purpose, and characteristics
WOTS UP analysis - ANSWER: a data collection and appraised technique designed to
determine an organization's ( weakness, opportunities, threats, and strengths underlying
planning)
Opperational planning - ANSWER: defines organizational activités in the short term,
usually no longer than 2 years
,policies - ANSWER: express an organization intended behavior relative to a specific
program subduction
processes - ANSWER: a collection of steps designed to direct the most important task
of an organization
procedure - ANSWER: provides specific directions for members of an organization to
follow
practice - ANSWER: the action that takes place in response to administrative problems
(i.e. procedures that state that machines should be calibrated once a year)
PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Techniques) - ANSWER: a method of
graphically depicting the time line for and interrelationship of different stages of a
program.
Gannt Chart - ANSWER: a graphic planning and controlled technique that maps
discrete tasks on a calendar
OSHA - ANSWER: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Budget: spending-ceiling model - ANSWER: requireds justification only for those
expenses that exceed those of the previous budget cycle (aka incremental model) often
rests in falling behind due to prices of supplies rising faster than inflation
Budget: Spending-reduction model - ANSWER: financial crisis model: requires
reallocation of institutional funds, resulting in reduced spending levels of some
programs. should identify areas that could be cut without serious impact.
Budget: Zero-based budgeting - ANSWER: requires justification for every budget line
item without reference to previous spending patterns; requires documentation of actual
program needs and development of priority ( rank each item)
Budget: Fixed budgeting - ANSWER: expenditure and revenues are projected on a
monthly basis, thereby providing an estimate of cash flow; most appropriate for large,
well-established sports medicine clinics during economic certainty
Budget: Variable Budget - ANSWER: requires adjustment of monthly expenditures so
that they do not exceed revenues, rarely used by schools based programs (very difficult
to estimate cost in advance)
, Budgeting: Lump sum budgeting - ANSWER: allocates a fixed mount of money for an
entire program without specifying how the money will be spent; gives freedom to spend
where it is needed most
Budgeting: Line item budgeting - ANSWER: allocates a fixed amount of money for each
sub function of a program (difficult to move the money to another sub section of the
program)
Budgeting: Performance budgeting - ANSWER: allocates funds for discrete activities;not
commonly used due to expense and difficulty of analyzing specific activities cost
expendable supplies - ANSWER: can not be reused ( tape, bandages, hydrogen
peroxide)
non-expendable supplies - ANSWER: can be reused ( comparison wraps, scissors,
neoprene sleeves)
non-consumable capital equipment - ANSWER: usually not removed from ATR (ice
machine, tx table , modalities)
consumable capital equipment - ANSWER: crutches, coolers, and kits
6 steps of purchasing - ANSWER: 1. Request for quotation (bidding for prices)
2. Negotiation
3. Requisition: requesting for authorization to purchase the goods/ services.
4. Purchase Orders
5. Receiving
6. Accounts Payable
Strategies for managing risk: Avoidance - ANSWER: avoid risky activity (especially
when negative consequences of activity have high cost)
Strategies for managing risk: Transference - ANSWER: activities associated with high
financial risk but low frequency of activity ( catastrophic sports injury) or lower financial
risk but high frequency (features, joints, injuries requiring surgery)
Strategies for managing risk: Retention - ANSWER: activities with an acceptable level of
risk that are viewed as part of the cost of doing business
Strategies for managing risk: Reduction - ANSWER: careful development,
implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of policies and procedures and reduce risks.
Study Guide questions and answers 2025.
When did NATA formed? - ANSWER: 1950
What are the 5 steps in Evidence Based Practice? - ANSWER: 1. develop a clinical
question
2. Search the literature
3. Appraise the evidence
4. apply the evidence
5. assess the outcome
What is a PICO question? - ANSWER: Patient Intervention Comparison Outcome
What are the 5 BOC Domains? - ANSWER: 1. Injury prevention
2. Examination, assessment and diagnosis
3. immediate and emergency care
4. therapeutic interventions
5. health care administration
What are the personal qualities of an Athletic Trainer? - ANSWER: Stamina and ability
to adapt, empathy, sense of humor, communications, intellectual curiosity, ethical
practice, professional membership.
BOC Domain: 1. Injury and illness prevention and wellness promotion: - ANSWER:
promoting health lifestyles behaviors with effective educational and communication to
enhance wellness and minimize the risk of injury.
,BOC Domain: 2. Examination, assessment and diagnosis - ANSWER: implementing
system, evidence- based examinations and assessments to formulate valid clinical
diagnosis and determine patients plan of care.
BOC Domain: 3. Immediate and emergency care - ANSWER: integrity best practice in
immediate and emergency care for optimal outcomes.
BOC Domain: 4. Therapeutic Interventions - ANSWER: rehab an reconditioning injuries,
illness, and general medical conditions with the goal of achieving optimal activity level
based on core concepts using the applications of therapeutic exercise, modality
devices, and manual techniques.
BOC Domain: 5. Healthcare administration and professional responsibility - ANSWER:
integrating best practice in policy construction and implementation, documentation,
basic business practice to promote optimal patient care and employee well-being.
Licensure - ANSWER: limits AT to those who have met minimal requirements
established by state board.
State certification - ANSWER: restricts the performance of AT functions to only those
certified
Registration - ANSWER: paid fee for being placed on an existing list of practitioners
exemption - ANSWER: state realizes that AT perform functions similar to those of other
licensed professional
Vision statement - ANSWER: a concise statement that describes the ideal statement to
which an organization aspires
mission statement - ANSWER: a written expression of an organizations philosophy,
purpose, and characteristics
WOTS UP analysis - ANSWER: a data collection and appraised technique designed to
determine an organization's ( weakness, opportunities, threats, and strengths underlying
planning)
Opperational planning - ANSWER: defines organizational activités in the short term,
usually no longer than 2 years
,policies - ANSWER: express an organization intended behavior relative to a specific
program subduction
processes - ANSWER: a collection of steps designed to direct the most important task
of an organization
procedure - ANSWER: provides specific directions for members of an organization to
follow
practice - ANSWER: the action that takes place in response to administrative problems
(i.e. procedures that state that machines should be calibrated once a year)
PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Techniques) - ANSWER: a method of
graphically depicting the time line for and interrelationship of different stages of a
program.
Gannt Chart - ANSWER: a graphic planning and controlled technique that maps
discrete tasks on a calendar
OSHA - ANSWER: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Budget: spending-ceiling model - ANSWER: requireds justification only for those
expenses that exceed those of the previous budget cycle (aka incremental model) often
rests in falling behind due to prices of supplies rising faster than inflation
Budget: Spending-reduction model - ANSWER: financial crisis model: requires
reallocation of institutional funds, resulting in reduced spending levels of some
programs. should identify areas that could be cut without serious impact.
Budget: Zero-based budgeting - ANSWER: requires justification for every budget line
item without reference to previous spending patterns; requires documentation of actual
program needs and development of priority ( rank each item)
Budget: Fixed budgeting - ANSWER: expenditure and revenues are projected on a
monthly basis, thereby providing an estimate of cash flow; most appropriate for large,
well-established sports medicine clinics during economic certainty
Budget: Variable Budget - ANSWER: requires adjustment of monthly expenditures so
that they do not exceed revenues, rarely used by schools based programs (very difficult
to estimate cost in advance)
, Budgeting: Lump sum budgeting - ANSWER: allocates a fixed mount of money for an
entire program without specifying how the money will be spent; gives freedom to spend
where it is needed most
Budgeting: Line item budgeting - ANSWER: allocates a fixed amount of money for each
sub function of a program (difficult to move the money to another sub section of the
program)
Budgeting: Performance budgeting - ANSWER: allocates funds for discrete activities;not
commonly used due to expense and difficulty of analyzing specific activities cost
expendable supplies - ANSWER: can not be reused ( tape, bandages, hydrogen
peroxide)
non-expendable supplies - ANSWER: can be reused ( comparison wraps, scissors,
neoprene sleeves)
non-consumable capital equipment - ANSWER: usually not removed from ATR (ice
machine, tx table , modalities)
consumable capital equipment - ANSWER: crutches, coolers, and kits
6 steps of purchasing - ANSWER: 1. Request for quotation (bidding for prices)
2. Negotiation
3. Requisition: requesting for authorization to purchase the goods/ services.
4. Purchase Orders
5. Receiving
6. Accounts Payable
Strategies for managing risk: Avoidance - ANSWER: avoid risky activity (especially
when negative consequences of activity have high cost)
Strategies for managing risk: Transference - ANSWER: activities associated with high
financial risk but low frequency of activity ( catastrophic sports injury) or lower financial
risk but high frequency (features, joints, injuries requiring surgery)
Strategies for managing risk: Retention - ANSWER: activities with an acceptable level of
risk that are viewed as part of the cost of doing business
Strategies for managing risk: Reduction - ANSWER: careful development,
implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of policies and procedures and reduce risks.
