NBCE BOARDS TEST PAPER 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Med Frequency is used for what? - ✔✔Depth
✔✔What is considered medium frequency? - ✔✔1,000 to 10,000 Hz
✔✔1,000 to 10,000 Hz - ✔✔Medium Frequency
✔✔What frequency is used for chronic conditions? - ✔✔High (heat)
✔✔What frequency is considered high? - ✔✔1 million Hz (heat)
✔✔What does LVG stand for? - ✔✔Low Volt Galvonic
✔✔Superficial Heat - ✔✔IR
UV (also anti-fungal and antibacterial)
✔✔Deep Heat - ✔✔MWD
SWD
US (3Mz = deepest heat)
✔✔Biphasic current - ✔✔AC current. No polarity
✔✔Faradic Current - ✔✔AC, sporadic
✔✔AC that is sporadic - ✔✔Faradic Current
✔✔Pad Rule - ✔✔1 mA per 1 square inch of pad size (3 x 3 pad = 9 mA)
✔✔Ionophoresis is ____ current? - ✔✔DC
✔✔Increase mA, you ________ muscle contraction - ✔✔Increase
✔✔Chronaxie - ✔✔The time necessary for contraction when the Rheobase is doubled.
✔✔Rheobase - ✔✔The minimum volts necessary to excite a nerve
✔✔The minimum volts necessary to excite a nerve - ✔✔Rheobase
✔✔What test is used to test muscle - ✔✔EMG
, ✔✔Arndt-Schultz Principle - ✔✔Energy of modality has to absorbed by the body to
stimulate physiological response
✔✔Energy of modality has to absorbed by the body to stimulate physiological response
- ✔✔Arndt-Schultz Principle
✔✔Ice can vasodilate and vasoconstrict. True or false? - ✔✔True
✔✔What is the cycle for cryotherapy? - ✔✔Cold
Burn
Ache
Numb
✔✔Tepid temperatures are considered to be between _______? - ✔✔80 and 92
degrees
✔✔Convection - ✔✔Transmission of heat in gases and liquids by circulation of heat
particles. ( A bath)
✔✔Transmission of heat without the intervening medium getting warm - ✔✔Radiation
(MWD, IR, UV)`
✔✔Conversion - ✔✔The conversion of electrical energy into heat or mechanical energy.
(US)
✔✔Conduction - ✔✔The transfer of heat through a substance, often heating up a solid.
(Ice, hydrocollator, paraffin, IR)
✔✔The transfer of heat through a substance, often heating up a solid. - ✔✔Conduction
✔✔Ice does what to circulation? - ✔✔-- Vasoconstricts
-- Decreased Blood Flow (Increased BP)
-- Decreased Edema
✔✔Ice ________ metabolism. - ✔✔Decreases
✔✔Connective tissue has ______ viscosity and _____ ability to stretch when ice is
applied. - ✔✔increased viscosity, decreased stretch
✔✔Decreased Spasticity and Trigger Points - ✔✔Effect of Cold/Ice
✔✔Decreased Muscle Spasm and Tender Points - ✔✔Effect of Heat
✔✔Numb and Anesthesia is associated with - ✔✔Ice
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Med Frequency is used for what? - ✔✔Depth
✔✔What is considered medium frequency? - ✔✔1,000 to 10,000 Hz
✔✔1,000 to 10,000 Hz - ✔✔Medium Frequency
✔✔What frequency is used for chronic conditions? - ✔✔High (heat)
✔✔What frequency is considered high? - ✔✔1 million Hz (heat)
✔✔What does LVG stand for? - ✔✔Low Volt Galvonic
✔✔Superficial Heat - ✔✔IR
UV (also anti-fungal and antibacterial)
✔✔Deep Heat - ✔✔MWD
SWD
US (3Mz = deepest heat)
✔✔Biphasic current - ✔✔AC current. No polarity
✔✔Faradic Current - ✔✔AC, sporadic
✔✔AC that is sporadic - ✔✔Faradic Current
✔✔Pad Rule - ✔✔1 mA per 1 square inch of pad size (3 x 3 pad = 9 mA)
✔✔Ionophoresis is ____ current? - ✔✔DC
✔✔Increase mA, you ________ muscle contraction - ✔✔Increase
✔✔Chronaxie - ✔✔The time necessary for contraction when the Rheobase is doubled.
✔✔Rheobase - ✔✔The minimum volts necessary to excite a nerve
✔✔The minimum volts necessary to excite a nerve - ✔✔Rheobase
✔✔What test is used to test muscle - ✔✔EMG
, ✔✔Arndt-Schultz Principle - ✔✔Energy of modality has to absorbed by the body to
stimulate physiological response
✔✔Energy of modality has to absorbed by the body to stimulate physiological response
- ✔✔Arndt-Schultz Principle
✔✔Ice can vasodilate and vasoconstrict. True or false? - ✔✔True
✔✔What is the cycle for cryotherapy? - ✔✔Cold
Burn
Ache
Numb
✔✔Tepid temperatures are considered to be between _______? - ✔✔80 and 92
degrees
✔✔Convection - ✔✔Transmission of heat in gases and liquids by circulation of heat
particles. ( A bath)
✔✔Transmission of heat without the intervening medium getting warm - ✔✔Radiation
(MWD, IR, UV)`
✔✔Conversion - ✔✔The conversion of electrical energy into heat or mechanical energy.
(US)
✔✔Conduction - ✔✔The transfer of heat through a substance, often heating up a solid.
(Ice, hydrocollator, paraffin, IR)
✔✔The transfer of heat through a substance, often heating up a solid. - ✔✔Conduction
✔✔Ice does what to circulation? - ✔✔-- Vasoconstricts
-- Decreased Blood Flow (Increased BP)
-- Decreased Edema
✔✔Ice ________ metabolism. - ✔✔Decreases
✔✔Connective tissue has ______ viscosity and _____ ability to stretch when ice is
applied. - ✔✔increased viscosity, decreased stretch
✔✔Decreased Spasticity and Trigger Points - ✔✔Effect of Cold/Ice
✔✔Decreased Muscle Spasm and Tender Points - ✔✔Effect of Heat
✔✔Numb and Anesthesia is associated with - ✔✔Ice
