PEDS LATEST 2026 EXAM TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔Which statement most closely describes the principles of task-specific training?
A. When children complete adaptive responses, change occurs at the neuronal level
B. Improving muscle strength improves quality of movement
C. Integrating reflexes is necessary for acquisition of typical movement
D. Practicing while receiving feedback on specific actions facilitates motor learning -
✔✔D
✔✔How does activity focused motor intervention differ from task-specific training?
A. It includes a focus on impairments
B. Goal is for client to complete the occupation
C. Intervention includes repetition
D. Th ct. Should be positively reinforced - ✔✔A
✔✔What is the term for the subtle tone changes a child makes in response to shifts in
center of mass, so he can remain upright?
A. Primitive reflex
B. Righting reactions
C. Protective extensions
D. Equilibrium reactions - ✔✔D
✔✔The OTs plays a game on the ball, by slowly tilting it to the side as the child reaches
for objects. What type of reaction is the OT facilitating?
A. Protective extension
B. Equilibrium
C. Righting
D. Primitive reflex - ✔✔B
✔✔Marcus (3 year old) displays a shaking of his hand & when he reaches for a toy on
the table or tries to button his shirt. What soft neurological sign does this illustrate?
A. Dysmetria
B. Poor bilateral motor coordination
C. Intention tremor
D. Dysdiadokokinesia - ✔✔C
✔✔How would the practitioner best work to improve self-feeding skills with 4-year-old
Charlene to ensure transfer of learning?
A. Charlene practices scooping food in the clinic
B. Charlene picks up a spoon & brings it to her mouth repeatedly throughout the day
C. Charlene eats a snack during snack time in the classroom
D. Charlene plays food games with toys in the classroom - ✔✔C
, ✔✔Which type of practice is better for transfer of learning?
A. Blocked
B. Distributed
C. Massed
D. Random - ✔✔D
✔✔Which statement is NOT true of mental practice?
A. It includes performing the skill in one's imagination, without...
B. It is complicated & does not work with kids younger than 13 years old
C. It is effective in teaching motor skills & retraining the timing & coordination of muscle
activity
D. It may consist of roly playing, watching a video, or imagining - ✔✔B
✔✔Scott is able to move the penny from inside his hand to his fingertips without using
his other hand. What hand skill pattern does this represent?
A. Complex rotation
B. Finger-palm translation
C. Shift
D. Palm-finger translation - ✔✔D
✔✔By what age to children generally learn to use a spoon?
A. 5 Months
B. 18 months
C. 2.5 years
D. 6 years - ✔✔B
✔✔Which type of grasp is used to hold a glass with the hand around the object?
A. Power
B. Spherical
C. Cylindrical
D. Pincer - ✔✔C
✔✔The OT evaluating a 4 year old child observes child is changing hands quickly,
transferring objects to one hand, & stabilizing an object on the table surface to reorient
it's position. What do these observations indicate?
A. The child has limited in-hand manipulation skills
B. The child has limited visual spatial skills
C. The child is unable to follow simple directions.
D. The child has poor postural control - ✔✔A
✔✔A 1 year old can release objects with shoulder, elbow, & wrist stability but the MCP
joints remain unstable. What releasing pattern does the child exibibit?
A. Accurate & precise release
B. Excess finger extension when releasing
GRADED A+
✔✔Which statement most closely describes the principles of task-specific training?
A. When children complete adaptive responses, change occurs at the neuronal level
B. Improving muscle strength improves quality of movement
C. Integrating reflexes is necessary for acquisition of typical movement
D. Practicing while receiving feedback on specific actions facilitates motor learning -
✔✔D
✔✔How does activity focused motor intervention differ from task-specific training?
A. It includes a focus on impairments
B. Goal is for client to complete the occupation
C. Intervention includes repetition
D. Th ct. Should be positively reinforced - ✔✔A
✔✔What is the term for the subtle tone changes a child makes in response to shifts in
center of mass, so he can remain upright?
A. Primitive reflex
B. Righting reactions
C. Protective extensions
D. Equilibrium reactions - ✔✔D
✔✔The OTs plays a game on the ball, by slowly tilting it to the side as the child reaches
for objects. What type of reaction is the OT facilitating?
A. Protective extension
B. Equilibrium
C. Righting
D. Primitive reflex - ✔✔B
✔✔Marcus (3 year old) displays a shaking of his hand & when he reaches for a toy on
the table or tries to button his shirt. What soft neurological sign does this illustrate?
A. Dysmetria
B. Poor bilateral motor coordination
C. Intention tremor
D. Dysdiadokokinesia - ✔✔C
✔✔How would the practitioner best work to improve self-feeding skills with 4-year-old
Charlene to ensure transfer of learning?
A. Charlene practices scooping food in the clinic
B. Charlene picks up a spoon & brings it to her mouth repeatedly throughout the day
C. Charlene eats a snack during snack time in the classroom
D. Charlene plays food games with toys in the classroom - ✔✔C
, ✔✔Which type of practice is better for transfer of learning?
A. Blocked
B. Distributed
C. Massed
D. Random - ✔✔D
✔✔Which statement is NOT true of mental practice?
A. It includes performing the skill in one's imagination, without...
B. It is complicated & does not work with kids younger than 13 years old
C. It is effective in teaching motor skills & retraining the timing & coordination of muscle
activity
D. It may consist of roly playing, watching a video, or imagining - ✔✔B
✔✔Scott is able to move the penny from inside his hand to his fingertips without using
his other hand. What hand skill pattern does this represent?
A. Complex rotation
B. Finger-palm translation
C. Shift
D. Palm-finger translation - ✔✔D
✔✔By what age to children generally learn to use a spoon?
A. 5 Months
B. 18 months
C. 2.5 years
D. 6 years - ✔✔B
✔✔Which type of grasp is used to hold a glass with the hand around the object?
A. Power
B. Spherical
C. Cylindrical
D. Pincer - ✔✔C
✔✔The OT evaluating a 4 year old child observes child is changing hands quickly,
transferring objects to one hand, & stabilizing an object on the table surface to reorient
it's position. What do these observations indicate?
A. The child has limited in-hand manipulation skills
B. The child has limited visual spatial skills
C. The child is unable to follow simple directions.
D. The child has poor postural control - ✔✔A
✔✔A 1 year old can release objects with shoulder, elbow, & wrist stability but the MCP
joints remain unstable. What releasing pattern does the child exibibit?
A. Accurate & precise release
B. Excess finger extension when releasing
