PTA Final exam questions and answers
2025\2026
What was the original purpose of the Physical Therapist Scope of Practice?
answer To limit the variety of definitions of physical therapyWhich of the
following is NOT included as a test or measure in the "Physical Therapist Scope of
Practice?"
Which of the following is NOT included as a test or measure in the "Physical
Therapist Scope of Practice?" answer nutritional counseling
What part of the physical therapy patient management model includes
establishing a diagnosis and prognosis that includes a plan of care? answer
Examination
In the disablement model, functional limitations are caused by impairments.
answer True
What is the name of the document produced by the APTA that describes the
approach of the physical therapist to patient care? answer Guide to Physical
Therapist practice
Which of the following would be outside the physical therapist's scope of
practice? answer Suggesting a client double her dosage of blood pressure
medication
Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants are the only indivduals that
can legally provide "physical therapy" interventions. answer True
,True or False: Physical Therapy in this country began as a profession in response
to a Tuberculosis outbreak. answer False
Who is responsible for establishing the physical therapy technique of application
of moist heat to permit mobilizations and prevent contractures in individuals with
polio? answer Elizabeth Kenny
Independent and accurate judgment is inherent in every evaluation, plan of care,
and discharge plan conducted by the PT. This describes which of the following
criteria to define a profession? answer Autonomy of Judgement
The APTA vision statement indicates that by 2020, the provision of services will be
by doctors of physical therapy. True or False answer True
Which of the following is NOT a membership category of the APTA: answer
associate
Which of the following is a section of the APTA answer Hand Rehabilitation
The most local organizational unit in the structure of the APTA answer District
Is similar to a section in that it provides a mechanism for members with commom
interests to meet, confer, and promote their objectives. Is composed of members
of the same class (category) and may exist at the state and national levels. answer
Assembly
, "Must be coincide with or be confined within the legally constituted boundaries
of a state, territory, or commonwealth of the United States or the District of
Columbia." answer Chapter
The highest policymaking body of the APTA answer House of Delegates
3 Benefits of belonging to the APTA answer 1. Discounted education
2. Networking
3. Voice in the future of the field
Which of the following is defined as the primary regard or devotion to the interest
of clients, and placing the needs of clients ahead of the physical therapist self
interest? answer Altruism
The PTA caucus is at what level of the APTA? answer national
What is the foremost core document approved by the House of Delegates of the
American Physical Therapy Association? answer Standards of Practice for Physical
Therapy
According to the "Standards of Practice for Physical Therapy" which of the
following is true about the "Plan of Care"? answer The PT involves the
patient/client and appropriate others in the planning, implementation, and
assessment of the plan of care.
The determination of the predicted optimal level of improvement in function and
the amount of time needed to reach that level is called the: answer Prognosis
2025\2026
What was the original purpose of the Physical Therapist Scope of Practice?
answer To limit the variety of definitions of physical therapyWhich of the
following is NOT included as a test or measure in the "Physical Therapist Scope of
Practice?"
Which of the following is NOT included as a test or measure in the "Physical
Therapist Scope of Practice?" answer nutritional counseling
What part of the physical therapy patient management model includes
establishing a diagnosis and prognosis that includes a plan of care? answer
Examination
In the disablement model, functional limitations are caused by impairments.
answer True
What is the name of the document produced by the APTA that describes the
approach of the physical therapist to patient care? answer Guide to Physical
Therapist practice
Which of the following would be outside the physical therapist's scope of
practice? answer Suggesting a client double her dosage of blood pressure
medication
Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants are the only indivduals that
can legally provide "physical therapy" interventions. answer True
,True or False: Physical Therapy in this country began as a profession in response
to a Tuberculosis outbreak. answer False
Who is responsible for establishing the physical therapy technique of application
of moist heat to permit mobilizations and prevent contractures in individuals with
polio? answer Elizabeth Kenny
Independent and accurate judgment is inherent in every evaluation, plan of care,
and discharge plan conducted by the PT. This describes which of the following
criteria to define a profession? answer Autonomy of Judgement
The APTA vision statement indicates that by 2020, the provision of services will be
by doctors of physical therapy. True or False answer True
Which of the following is NOT a membership category of the APTA: answer
associate
Which of the following is a section of the APTA answer Hand Rehabilitation
The most local organizational unit in the structure of the APTA answer District
Is similar to a section in that it provides a mechanism for members with commom
interests to meet, confer, and promote their objectives. Is composed of members
of the same class (category) and may exist at the state and national levels. answer
Assembly
, "Must be coincide with or be confined within the legally constituted boundaries
of a state, territory, or commonwealth of the United States or the District of
Columbia." answer Chapter
The highest policymaking body of the APTA answer House of Delegates
3 Benefits of belonging to the APTA answer 1. Discounted education
2. Networking
3. Voice in the future of the field
Which of the following is defined as the primary regard or devotion to the interest
of clients, and placing the needs of clients ahead of the physical therapist self
interest? answer Altruism
The PTA caucus is at what level of the APTA? answer national
What is the foremost core document approved by the House of Delegates of the
American Physical Therapy Association? answer Standards of Practice for Physical
Therapy
According to the "Standards of Practice for Physical Therapy" which of the
following is true about the "Plan of Care"? answer The PT involves the
patient/client and appropriate others in the planning, implementation, and
assessment of the plan of care.
The determination of the predicted optimal level of improvement in function and
the amount of time needed to reach that level is called the: answer Prognosis
