MBLEX UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Maintaining professionalism and professional boundaries may be more challenging during:
Outdoor Location, Practitioner's Home, Client's Home, or Athletic Event? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Client's home
The facet joints of the spine are also known as the: vertebral apophyseals, zygapophyseals,
zygomatic arches; transverse processes? - CORRECT ANSWERS zygapophyseals
Which of the following syndromes causes swelling of the muscles in the lower leg resulting in
impingement of the neurovascular structures: Restless Leg, Tarsal Tunnel; Piriformis; or
Compartment? - CORRECT ANSWERS Compartment
When deciding to take on a client, who is a friend, what is required: permission from state/local
massage board; professional judgement; a permeable Boundary; the practitioner to make
special accommodations? - CORRECT ANSWERS Professional judgment
Which assessment is used by a practitioner to observe how a client walks: Gait; Postural; Range
of Motion; or Post Treatment? - CORRECT ANSWERS Gait
Which movement will lengthen the fibers on the quadratus lumborum on the right side of the
body: Hip Elevation; Lateral Flexion to the Right; Lateral Flexion to the left; extension of the
vertebral column? - CORRECT ANSWERS Lateral flexion to the left
Which of the following external force is best used by the practitioner to elongate soft tissue:
Twisting, Shearing, Compressive, or Tensile? - CORRECT ANSWERS Tensile
,Which movement will shorten the fibers of the rectus abdominis: Extension; Flexion; Rotation;
or Pronation? - CORRECT ANSWERS Flexion
Pronator refers to which of the following characteristics of a muscle: Location; Action; Size; or
Shape? - CORRECT ANSWERS Action
A term for an overuse condition that effects the anterior or posterior regions of the lower leg is:
Shin Splints; Gout; Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome; or Piriformis Entrapement? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Shin splints
A practitioner performing superficial strokes on a client creates what type of effect: Mechanical;
Chemical; Reflexive; or Thermal? - CORRECT ANSWERS Reflexive
Which of the following muscles form the cap of the shoulder joint: Trapezius; Teres Minor; Teres
Major; or Deltoid? - CORRECT ANSWERS Deltoid
Which of the following joints allows for the most movement?
Atlantooccipital, Symphysis Pubis, Sacroiliac, or Acetabulofemoral? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Acetabulofemoral
A new client presents with a diagnosis of TOS (Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. Which of the
following would be a common complaint: Numbness in the ulnar side of the hand; Cramping in
the Diaphragm; Pain shooting down the right leg; or Achiness between the shoulder blades? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Numbness in the ulnar side of hand
Which of the following structures is responsible for detecting the amount of tension within a
muscle: Muscle Spindle; Golgi Tendon Organ; Perimysium; or Sarcomere? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Golgi Tendon Organ
, A chiropractor writes a prescription for a client to receive cervical region massage for 30 minute
sessions once a week. During a session, the client asks the practitioner to massage the legs and
feet. What should the practitioner do? - CORRECT ANSWERS Continue with the original
treatment plan and inform the client that you'd be willing to treat other areas after consulting
with the chiropractor.
HIPAA stands for: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; Health Information
Portability and accountability act; Health Information Portability and Assurance Act; Health
Insurance Portability and Accounting Act? - CORRECT ANSWERS Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act
Which of the following Components of a business plan comes first but should be written last:
Company Highlights; Executive Summary; Business Objectives, or Marketing Analysis? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Executive Summary
Which of the following muscles forms the anterior board of the axilla: Teres Major; Pectoralis
Major; Latissimus Dorsi; or Serratus Anterior? - CORRECT ANSWERS Pec Major
Which of these joints is considered synarthrotic:
Transverse tarsal, symphysis pubis, glenohumeral or gomphosis? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Gomphosis
Which structure is made up of involuntary striated fibers: Esophagus, intestines, heart or lungs?
- CORRECT ANSWERS Heart
If the massage table is too high, the practitioner is more likely to feel discomfort in the following
areas: Neck and Shoulder; Wrist and Hands, Back and Legs; or Knees and Ankles? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Neck and shoulders
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Maintaining professionalism and professional boundaries may be more challenging during:
Outdoor Location, Practitioner's Home, Client's Home, or Athletic Event? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Client's home
The facet joints of the spine are also known as the: vertebral apophyseals, zygapophyseals,
zygomatic arches; transverse processes? - CORRECT ANSWERS zygapophyseals
Which of the following syndromes causes swelling of the muscles in the lower leg resulting in
impingement of the neurovascular structures: Restless Leg, Tarsal Tunnel; Piriformis; or
Compartment? - CORRECT ANSWERS Compartment
When deciding to take on a client, who is a friend, what is required: permission from state/local
massage board; professional judgement; a permeable Boundary; the practitioner to make
special accommodations? - CORRECT ANSWERS Professional judgment
Which assessment is used by a practitioner to observe how a client walks: Gait; Postural; Range
of Motion; or Post Treatment? - CORRECT ANSWERS Gait
Which movement will lengthen the fibers on the quadratus lumborum on the right side of the
body: Hip Elevation; Lateral Flexion to the Right; Lateral Flexion to the left; extension of the
vertebral column? - CORRECT ANSWERS Lateral flexion to the left
Which of the following external force is best used by the practitioner to elongate soft tissue:
Twisting, Shearing, Compressive, or Tensile? - CORRECT ANSWERS Tensile
,Which movement will shorten the fibers of the rectus abdominis: Extension; Flexion; Rotation;
or Pronation? - CORRECT ANSWERS Flexion
Pronator refers to which of the following characteristics of a muscle: Location; Action; Size; or
Shape? - CORRECT ANSWERS Action
A term for an overuse condition that effects the anterior or posterior regions of the lower leg is:
Shin Splints; Gout; Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome; or Piriformis Entrapement? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Shin splints
A practitioner performing superficial strokes on a client creates what type of effect: Mechanical;
Chemical; Reflexive; or Thermal? - CORRECT ANSWERS Reflexive
Which of the following muscles form the cap of the shoulder joint: Trapezius; Teres Minor; Teres
Major; or Deltoid? - CORRECT ANSWERS Deltoid
Which of the following joints allows for the most movement?
Atlantooccipital, Symphysis Pubis, Sacroiliac, or Acetabulofemoral? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Acetabulofemoral
A new client presents with a diagnosis of TOS (Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. Which of the
following would be a common complaint: Numbness in the ulnar side of the hand; Cramping in
the Diaphragm; Pain shooting down the right leg; or Achiness between the shoulder blades? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Numbness in the ulnar side of hand
Which of the following structures is responsible for detecting the amount of tension within a
muscle: Muscle Spindle; Golgi Tendon Organ; Perimysium; or Sarcomere? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Golgi Tendon Organ
, A chiropractor writes a prescription for a client to receive cervical region massage for 30 minute
sessions once a week. During a session, the client asks the practitioner to massage the legs and
feet. What should the practitioner do? - CORRECT ANSWERS Continue with the original
treatment plan and inform the client that you'd be willing to treat other areas after consulting
with the chiropractor.
HIPAA stands for: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; Health Information
Portability and accountability act; Health Information Portability and Assurance Act; Health
Insurance Portability and Accounting Act? - CORRECT ANSWERS Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act
Which of the following Components of a business plan comes first but should be written last:
Company Highlights; Executive Summary; Business Objectives, or Marketing Analysis? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Executive Summary
Which of the following muscles forms the anterior board of the axilla: Teres Major; Pectoralis
Major; Latissimus Dorsi; or Serratus Anterior? - CORRECT ANSWERS Pec Major
Which of these joints is considered synarthrotic:
Transverse tarsal, symphysis pubis, glenohumeral or gomphosis? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Gomphosis
Which structure is made up of involuntary striated fibers: Esophagus, intestines, heart or lungs?
- CORRECT ANSWERS Heart
If the massage table is too high, the practitioner is more likely to feel discomfort in the following
areas: Neck and Shoulder; Wrist and Hands, Back and Legs; or Knees and Ankles? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Neck and shoulders
