NBCE PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ What does the third letter in the Gonstead listing refer to? Answer: lateral
flexion or wedging on the side of spinous rotation
▶ What are the two options for the third letter of the Gonstead system?
Answer: S or I
▶ What type of torque is used to correct the open wedge? Answer:
Clockwise or Counterclockwise torque
▶ Generally Gonstead will contact which side of the wedge? Answer: open
wedge
▶ What does Gonstead classify as "special listings"? Answer: -
Sp(spinous), -La(lamina), -Tp(transverse process), -M(mammillary)
▶ What anatomical structure does the National Listing System use as a
reference? Answer: body
▶ What is the first letter in the national listing system referring? Answer:
body rotation
▶ What are the two options for the first letter in the national listing system?
Answer: R or L
▶ What does the second letter refer to in the National Listing System?
Answer: Posteriority
▶ What is the second letter in the National Listing System? Answer: P
▶ The third letter in the National Listing System refers to what type of
movement? Answer: lateral flexion or wedging on the side of body rotation
, ▶ What are the two option for the third letter in the National Listing
System? Answer: S or I
▶ What pelvic subluxation presents with the following: low femur head,
anterior sacrum, longer innominate, larger obturator foramen, and
increased lumbar lordosis? Answer: PI ilium
▶ What pelvic subluxation presents with the following: higher femur head,
posterior sacrum, shorter innominate, smaller obturator foramen, and
decreased lumbar lordosis? Answer: AS ilium
▶ Palpatory findings: Spongy edema at posterior superior margin of SI
joint. This is seen with what pelvic subluxation? Answer: PI ilium
▶ Palpatory findings: Spongy edema at posterior inferior margin of the SI
joint. This is seen with what pelvic subluxation? Answer: AS ilium
▶ What pelvic subluxation presents with the following: increased width of
the ilium, decreased normal anterior lumbar curve, raises the femur head?
Answer: IN ilium
▶ What pelvic subluxation presents with the following: decreased width of
the ilium, anterior lumbar curve increases, lowers femur head? Answer: EX
ilium
▶ What causes the foot to diverge away from midline? Answer: IN ilium
▶ What causes the foot to diverge toward midline? Answer: EX ilium
▶ What is the Lovette Positive Classification of Scoliosis? Answer: Normal
compensatory deviation
▶ In the Lovette Positive classification, on what side is the Anterior Inferior
Sacrum? Answer: PI ilium side (short leg)
▶ In the Lovette Positive Classification, on what side is the convex
scoliosis? Answer: AI sacrum side
▶ In the Lovette Positive Classification, to what side will the spinous
deviate? Answer: Away from convexity
DETAILED SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ What does the third letter in the Gonstead listing refer to? Answer: lateral
flexion or wedging on the side of spinous rotation
▶ What are the two options for the third letter of the Gonstead system?
Answer: S or I
▶ What type of torque is used to correct the open wedge? Answer:
Clockwise or Counterclockwise torque
▶ Generally Gonstead will contact which side of the wedge? Answer: open
wedge
▶ What does Gonstead classify as "special listings"? Answer: -
Sp(spinous), -La(lamina), -Tp(transverse process), -M(mammillary)
▶ What anatomical structure does the National Listing System use as a
reference? Answer: body
▶ What is the first letter in the national listing system referring? Answer:
body rotation
▶ What are the two options for the first letter in the national listing system?
Answer: R or L
▶ What does the second letter refer to in the National Listing System?
Answer: Posteriority
▶ What is the second letter in the National Listing System? Answer: P
▶ The third letter in the National Listing System refers to what type of
movement? Answer: lateral flexion or wedging on the side of body rotation
, ▶ What are the two option for the third letter in the National Listing
System? Answer: S or I
▶ What pelvic subluxation presents with the following: low femur head,
anterior sacrum, longer innominate, larger obturator foramen, and
increased lumbar lordosis? Answer: PI ilium
▶ What pelvic subluxation presents with the following: higher femur head,
posterior sacrum, shorter innominate, smaller obturator foramen, and
decreased lumbar lordosis? Answer: AS ilium
▶ Palpatory findings: Spongy edema at posterior superior margin of SI
joint. This is seen with what pelvic subluxation? Answer: PI ilium
▶ Palpatory findings: Spongy edema at posterior inferior margin of the SI
joint. This is seen with what pelvic subluxation? Answer: AS ilium
▶ What pelvic subluxation presents with the following: increased width of
the ilium, decreased normal anterior lumbar curve, raises the femur head?
Answer: IN ilium
▶ What pelvic subluxation presents with the following: decreased width of
the ilium, anterior lumbar curve increases, lowers femur head? Answer: EX
ilium
▶ What causes the foot to diverge away from midline? Answer: IN ilium
▶ What causes the foot to diverge toward midline? Answer: EX ilium
▶ What is the Lovette Positive Classification of Scoliosis? Answer: Normal
compensatory deviation
▶ In the Lovette Positive classification, on what side is the Anterior Inferior
Sacrum? Answer: PI ilium side (short leg)
▶ In the Lovette Positive Classification, on what side is the convex
scoliosis? Answer: AI sacrum side
▶ In the Lovette Positive Classification, to what side will the spinous
deviate? Answer: Away from convexity
