Physical Therapy Assistant 151 Exam
2025 Questions and Answers
Describe the importance of the term"PracticeAct". - ANSWER✔✔-a guideline for what you are
supposed to do in physical therapy. To help limit the definitions the APTA made the physical
therapist scope of practice. It identifies several actives inherent in the practice of physical therapy.
Impairment - ANSWER✔✔-To cause to weaken, be damaged, or diminish, as in quality
Disability - ANSWER✔✔-A disadvantage or deficiency, especially a physical or mental impairment
that interferes with or prevents normal achievement in a particular area.
Patient - ANSWER✔✔-is an individual that has a disorder that require interventions to improve
their functions.
Client - ANSWER✔✔-is the term used to refer to an individual who seeks the services of a PT to
maintain health or a business that hires a PT for consultation.
Accountability - ANSWER✔✔-is active acceptance of the responsibility for diverse roles,
obligations, and actions of the physical therapist, including self-regulation and other behaviors that
positively influence patient/client outcomes, the profession and health needs of society.
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,Altruism - ANSWER✔✔-Is the primary regard for or devotion to the interest of patients/clients,
thus assuming the fiduciary responsibility of placing the needs of the patient/client ahead of the
physical therapist's self interest.
Compassion/caring - ANSWER✔✔-Compassion is the desire to identify with or sense something
of another's experience" a precursor of caring
Caring is the concern, empathy, and consideration for the needs and values of others.
Excellence - ANSWER✔✔-is physical therapy practice that consistently uses current knowledge
theory while understanding personal limits, integrates judgement and the patient/client perspective,
embraces advancement, challenges mediocrity, and works toward development of new knowledge.
Integrity - ANSWER✔✔-is steadfast adherence to high ethical principles or professional standards.
Professional duty - ANSWER✔✔-is the commitment to getting ones obligations to provide
effective physical therapy services to individual patients/client, to serve the profession, and to
positively influence the health of society.
Social responsibility - ANSWER✔✔-is the promotion of a mutual trust bewtween the profession
and the large public that necessitates responding to societal needs for health and wellness.
List the 3 key characteristics of a profession. - ANSWER✔✔-Autonomy, ethical standards, and
accountability.
What started PT - ANSWER✔✔-The War and the out break of Polio
Identify what the first physical therapist were called. - ANSWER✔✔-Reconstruction aides.
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, Identify the name of the first physical therapy association. - ANSWER✔✔-First physical therapist
were called the american women physical therapeutic association.
Identify who was the first president of the physical therapy association and first physical therapist. -
ANSWER✔✔-Mary McMillan was the president of the "american women physical therapeutic
association" and also the first first "physical therapist."
Describe how the education requirements have change for the physical therapist over the years. -
ANSWER✔✔-They changed it to a baccalaureate in 1960. Then changed it to a masters in the
1970s
and now it is at a doctorate
Describe the APTA's Vision Statement for Physical Therapy 2020. - ANSWER✔✔-Basically in 2020
the APTA wants physical therapist to have their doctors of physical therapy and who may be board
certified specialists.
List the responsibilities that are solely those of the physical therapist. - ANSWER✔✔-1.
interpretation of referrals when available.
2. initial examination, evaluation, diagnosis, and prognosis
3. development or modification of a plan of care which is based on the initial examination or
reexamination and which includes the physical therapy goals and outcomes.
4. determination of when the expertise and decision-making capability of the physical therapist
requires the physical therapist to personally render physical therapy interventions and when it may
be appropriate to utilize the physical therapist assistant
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2025 Questions and Answers
Describe the importance of the term"PracticeAct". - ANSWER✔✔-a guideline for what you are
supposed to do in physical therapy. To help limit the definitions the APTA made the physical
therapist scope of practice. It identifies several actives inherent in the practice of physical therapy.
Impairment - ANSWER✔✔-To cause to weaken, be damaged, or diminish, as in quality
Disability - ANSWER✔✔-A disadvantage or deficiency, especially a physical or mental impairment
that interferes with or prevents normal achievement in a particular area.
Patient - ANSWER✔✔-is an individual that has a disorder that require interventions to improve
their functions.
Client - ANSWER✔✔-is the term used to refer to an individual who seeks the services of a PT to
maintain health or a business that hires a PT for consultation.
Accountability - ANSWER✔✔-is active acceptance of the responsibility for diverse roles,
obligations, and actions of the physical therapist, including self-regulation and other behaviors that
positively influence patient/client outcomes, the profession and health needs of society.
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,Altruism - ANSWER✔✔-Is the primary regard for or devotion to the interest of patients/clients,
thus assuming the fiduciary responsibility of placing the needs of the patient/client ahead of the
physical therapist's self interest.
Compassion/caring - ANSWER✔✔-Compassion is the desire to identify with or sense something
of another's experience" a precursor of caring
Caring is the concern, empathy, and consideration for the needs and values of others.
Excellence - ANSWER✔✔-is physical therapy practice that consistently uses current knowledge
theory while understanding personal limits, integrates judgement and the patient/client perspective,
embraces advancement, challenges mediocrity, and works toward development of new knowledge.
Integrity - ANSWER✔✔-is steadfast adherence to high ethical principles or professional standards.
Professional duty - ANSWER✔✔-is the commitment to getting ones obligations to provide
effective physical therapy services to individual patients/client, to serve the profession, and to
positively influence the health of society.
Social responsibility - ANSWER✔✔-is the promotion of a mutual trust bewtween the profession
and the large public that necessitates responding to societal needs for health and wellness.
List the 3 key characteristics of a profession. - ANSWER✔✔-Autonomy, ethical standards, and
accountability.
What started PT - ANSWER✔✔-The War and the out break of Polio
Identify what the first physical therapist were called. - ANSWER✔✔-Reconstruction aides.
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, Identify the name of the first physical therapy association. - ANSWER✔✔-First physical therapist
were called the american women physical therapeutic association.
Identify who was the first president of the physical therapy association and first physical therapist. -
ANSWER✔✔-Mary McMillan was the president of the "american women physical therapeutic
association" and also the first first "physical therapist."
Describe how the education requirements have change for the physical therapist over the years. -
ANSWER✔✔-They changed it to a baccalaureate in 1960. Then changed it to a masters in the
1970s
and now it is at a doctorate
Describe the APTA's Vision Statement for Physical Therapy 2020. - ANSWER✔✔-Basically in 2020
the APTA wants physical therapist to have their doctors of physical therapy and who may be board
certified specialists.
List the responsibilities that are solely those of the physical therapist. - ANSWER✔✔-1.
interpretation of referrals when available.
2. initial examination, evaluation, diagnosis, and prognosis
3. development or modification of a plan of care which is based on the initial examination or
reexamination and which includes the physical therapy goals and outcomes.
4. determination of when the expertise and decision-making capability of the physical therapist
requires the physical therapist to personally render physical therapy interventions and when it may
be appropriate to utilize the physical therapist assistant
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