NBCE Boards Part II - Chiropractic
Practices
1. L1 has a static listing of spinous right or a dynamic listing of decreased right rotation. The
doctor utilizing the prone lumbar unilateral reinforced pisiform spinous contact procedure
would stand on the __ side contact with the __ hand.
a. left, left
b. left, right
c. right, right
d. right, left ...Answer Is...c. right, right
2. The chiropractor would utilize the prone thoracic unilateral reinforced pisiform mammillary
contact procedure standing on the right side contacting the right mammillary of L2 if the
patient evaluation revealed decreased __ and decreased __ with motion palpation at L2 - L3.
a. left later flexion, left rotation
b. left lateral flexion, right rotation
c. right lateral flexion, left rotation
d. right lateral flexion, right rotation ...Answer Is...c. right lateral flexion, left rotation
3. What is the name given to the energy believed to influence the body in health and disease?
a. prana
b. innate
c. chi
d. orgone ...Answer Is...b. innate
4. During a side posture adjusting technique, flexing the patient's knee would help in which type
of innominate misalignment?
, a. medial innominate
b. lateral innominate
c. anterior innominate
d. posterior innominate ...Answer Is...c. anterior innominate
5. Which management option is unlikely to be helpful in idiopathic scoliosis without a bony
skeletal defect?
a. if < age 3, refer for cobb's angle measurement
b. observe periodically for skeletal maturiy
c. refer for trial of bracing if the curve is greater than 30 degrees
d. treat areas of segmental dysfunction ...Answer Is...c. refer for trial of bracing if the
curve is greater than 30 degrees
6. What is the name of the instrumentation which assesses heat emission from the body and is
used to determine the presence of a subluxation?
a. algometry
b. thermography
c. surface electromyography
d. galvanic skin resistance ...Answer Is...b. thermography
7. Which is not typical of a sacroiliac joint dysfunction syndrome?
a. positive valsava test
b. weakness of the hip and spine extensor mechanism
c. taut and tender fibers over the posterior ilium
d. lower lumbar muscle hypertonicity ...Answer Is...a. positive valsava test
8. When performing a leg length analysis according to the derifield technique, which of the
following is indicative of a negative D?
a. short leg gets longer
b. short leg stays short
c. even leg gets longer
, d. short leg gets even ...Answer Is...b. short leg stays short
9. Which adjusting maneuver is most likely to be helpful in a patient with a cervical malposition
with a fixation in extension?
a. prone thenar pull spinous
b. prone hypothenar spinous push
c. thumb pillar anterior pull supine
d. index pillar prone technique ...Answer Is...b. prone hypothenar spinous push
10. Spondylolisthesis is most likely to cause low back pain in which situation?
a. 21 year old male athlete
b. 78 year old hypertensive
c. 59 year old post-gastrectomy
d. 57 year old diabetic ...Answer Is...a. 21 year old male athlete
11. Which utilizes a right inferior stabilization hand?
a. PLI-T / Double Transverse / Prone / T3
b. PRI-T / Single Hand / Prone / T1
c. PRS / Double Transverse / Prone / T11
d. PRS / Double Thenar / Prone / T6 ...Answer Is...d. PRS / Double Thenar / Prone /
T6
12. Which is the most effective type of adjustment for an extension fixation in the mid-thoracic
region?
a. supine hypothenar transverse
b. prone unilateral hypothenar transverse
c. prone bilateral thenar transverse
d. knee-chest hypothenar spinous ...Answer Is...d. knee-chest hypothenar spinous
Practices
1. L1 has a static listing of spinous right or a dynamic listing of decreased right rotation. The
doctor utilizing the prone lumbar unilateral reinforced pisiform spinous contact procedure
would stand on the __ side contact with the __ hand.
a. left, left
b. left, right
c. right, right
d. right, left ...Answer Is...c. right, right
2. The chiropractor would utilize the prone thoracic unilateral reinforced pisiform mammillary
contact procedure standing on the right side contacting the right mammillary of L2 if the
patient evaluation revealed decreased __ and decreased __ with motion palpation at L2 - L3.
a. left later flexion, left rotation
b. left lateral flexion, right rotation
c. right lateral flexion, left rotation
d. right lateral flexion, right rotation ...Answer Is...c. right lateral flexion, left rotation
3. What is the name given to the energy believed to influence the body in health and disease?
a. prana
b. innate
c. chi
d. orgone ...Answer Is...b. innate
4. During a side posture adjusting technique, flexing the patient's knee would help in which type
of innominate misalignment?
, a. medial innominate
b. lateral innominate
c. anterior innominate
d. posterior innominate ...Answer Is...c. anterior innominate
5. Which management option is unlikely to be helpful in idiopathic scoliosis without a bony
skeletal defect?
a. if < age 3, refer for cobb's angle measurement
b. observe periodically for skeletal maturiy
c. refer for trial of bracing if the curve is greater than 30 degrees
d. treat areas of segmental dysfunction ...Answer Is...c. refer for trial of bracing if the
curve is greater than 30 degrees
6. What is the name of the instrumentation which assesses heat emission from the body and is
used to determine the presence of a subluxation?
a. algometry
b. thermography
c. surface electromyography
d. galvanic skin resistance ...Answer Is...b. thermography
7. Which is not typical of a sacroiliac joint dysfunction syndrome?
a. positive valsava test
b. weakness of the hip and spine extensor mechanism
c. taut and tender fibers over the posterior ilium
d. lower lumbar muscle hypertonicity ...Answer Is...a. positive valsava test
8. When performing a leg length analysis according to the derifield technique, which of the
following is indicative of a negative D?
a. short leg gets longer
b. short leg stays short
c. even leg gets longer
, d. short leg gets even ...Answer Is...b. short leg stays short
9. Which adjusting maneuver is most likely to be helpful in a patient with a cervical malposition
with a fixation in extension?
a. prone thenar pull spinous
b. prone hypothenar spinous push
c. thumb pillar anterior pull supine
d. index pillar prone technique ...Answer Is...b. prone hypothenar spinous push
10. Spondylolisthesis is most likely to cause low back pain in which situation?
a. 21 year old male athlete
b. 78 year old hypertensive
c. 59 year old post-gastrectomy
d. 57 year old diabetic ...Answer Is...a. 21 year old male athlete
11. Which utilizes a right inferior stabilization hand?
a. PLI-T / Double Transverse / Prone / T3
b. PRI-T / Single Hand / Prone / T1
c. PRS / Double Transverse / Prone / T11
d. PRS / Double Thenar / Prone / T6 ...Answer Is...d. PRS / Double Thenar / Prone /
T6
12. Which is the most effective type of adjustment for an extension fixation in the mid-thoracic
region?
a. supine hypothenar transverse
b. prone unilateral hypothenar transverse
c. prone bilateral thenar transverse
d. knee-chest hypothenar spinous ...Answer Is...d. knee-chest hypothenar spinous
