PTA Final exam 2025 Questions and
Answers
What was the original purpose of the Physical Therapist Scope of Practice? - ✔✔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?" - ✔✔nutritional counseling
What part of the physical therapy patient management model includes establishing a
diagnosis and prognosis that includes a plan of care? - ✔✔Examination
In the disablement model, functional limitations are caused by impairments. - ✔✔True
What is the name of the document produced by the APTA that describes the approach
of the physical therapist to patient care? - ✔✔Guide to Physical Therapist practice
Which of the following would be outside the physical therapist's scope of practice? -
✔✔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. - ✔✔True
True or False: Physical Therapy in this country began as a profession in response to a
Tuberculosis outbreak. - ✔✔False
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,Who is responsible for establishing the physical therapy technique of application of
moist heat to permit mobilizations and prevent contractures in individuals with polio? -
✔✔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? - ✔✔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 - ✔✔True
Which of the following is NOT a membership category of the APTA: - ✔✔associate
Which of the following is a section of the APTA - ✔✔Hand Rehabilitation
The most local organizational unit in the structure of the APTA - ✔✔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. - ✔✔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." -
✔✔Chapter
The highest policymaking body of the APTA - ✔✔House of Delegates
3 Benefits of belonging to the APTA - ✔✔1. Discounted education
2. Networking
3. Voice in the future of the field
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, 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? -
✔✔Altruism
The PTA caucus is at what level of the APTA? - ✔✔national
What is the foremost core document approved by the House of Delegates of the
American Physical Therapy Association? - ✔✔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"? - ✔✔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: - ✔✔Prognosis
What level of medical care is provided by clinicians on a referral basis? - ✔✔Secondary
Care
Physical therapists work in which of the following levels of care - ✔✔Secondary
Tertiary
Primary
Which of the following activities by a PT could be categorized as a quick assessment to
determine if further medical services are needed by a PT or other health care
professional? - ✔✔Screening
Which of the following is NOT true regarding the Physical Therapist Assistant? - ✔✔the
degree of supervision required for the PTA is the same in each state
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Answers
What was the original purpose of the Physical Therapist Scope of Practice? - ✔✔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?" - ✔✔nutritional counseling
What part of the physical therapy patient management model includes establishing a
diagnosis and prognosis that includes a plan of care? - ✔✔Examination
In the disablement model, functional limitations are caused by impairments. - ✔✔True
What is the name of the document produced by the APTA that describes the approach
of the physical therapist to patient care? - ✔✔Guide to Physical Therapist practice
Which of the following would be outside the physical therapist's scope of practice? -
✔✔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. - ✔✔True
True or False: Physical Therapy in this country began as a profession in response to a
Tuberculosis outbreak. - ✔✔False
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,Who is responsible for establishing the physical therapy technique of application of
moist heat to permit mobilizations and prevent contractures in individuals with polio? -
✔✔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? - ✔✔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 - ✔✔True
Which of the following is NOT a membership category of the APTA: - ✔✔associate
Which of the following is a section of the APTA - ✔✔Hand Rehabilitation
The most local organizational unit in the structure of the APTA - ✔✔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. - ✔✔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." -
✔✔Chapter
The highest policymaking body of the APTA - ✔✔House of Delegates
3 Benefits of belonging to the APTA - ✔✔1. Discounted education
2. Networking
3. Voice in the future of the field
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, 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? -
✔✔Altruism
The PTA caucus is at what level of the APTA? - ✔✔national
What is the foremost core document approved by the House of Delegates of the
American Physical Therapy Association? - ✔✔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"? - ✔✔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: - ✔✔Prognosis
What level of medical care is provided by clinicians on a referral basis? - ✔✔Secondary
Care
Physical therapists work in which of the following levels of care - ✔✔Secondary
Tertiary
Primary
Which of the following activities by a PT could be categorized as a quick assessment to
determine if further medical services are needed by a PT or other health care
professional? - ✔✔Screening
Which of the following is NOT true regarding the Physical Therapist Assistant? - ✔✔the
degree of supervision required for the PTA is the same in each state
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