HAWAII MASSAGE EXAM MOCK TESTS
ASSESSMENT TEST 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ Which muscle reaches from the thorax to the pubis?
(a) rectus abdominus
(b) external abdominal obliques
(c) vastus abdominus
(d) transverse abdominus. Answer: rectus abdominis
◉ At what structure in the lungs does gas exchange occur?
(a) bronchioles
(b) pulmonary arteriole
(c) endothelial membrane
(d) alveolus. Answer: (b) alveolus
◉ What movement of the mandible is parallel to the ground?
(a) extension
(b) protraction
(c) abduction
(d) adduction. Answer: protraction
,◉ The frontal bone is located in what part of the body?
(a) thorax
(b) neck
(c) head
(d) hands. Answer: head/cranium
◉ The origin of semimembranosus and semitendinosus is the:
(a) ilium
(b) pubis
(c) coxal
(d) ischial tuberosity. Answer: ischial tuberosity
◉ The origin of the sartorius is the:
(a) ischium
(b) coxal
(c) ilium
(d) sacrum. Answer: ilium (anterior superior iliac spine)
◉ If only one side of the SCM is flexed, this will produce a movement
called:
(a) adduction
,(b) contra-lateral rotation
(c) abduction
(d) circumduction. Answer: contra-lateral rotation
◉ The muscle which draws the arms backward is the:
(a) trapezius
(b) rhomboids
(c) deltoids
(d) latissimus dorsi. Answer: latissimus dorsi
◉ What is hemoglobin?
(a) a red pigment
(b) whole blood
(c) round blood cells
(d) red bone marrow. Answer: a red pigment
◉ What is a motor unit?
(a) motor and sensory nerves
(b) a neuron and the attached axom
(c) motor, sensory and interneuron
(d) a motor neuron with muscle cells it innervates. Answer: A motor
neuron and all of the muscle fibers it innervates
, ◉ Which muscle bends the little finger?
(a) flexor digitorum
(b) flexor pollicis brevis
(c) flexor digiti minimi
(d) flexor quinti profundus. Answer: flexor digiti minimi
◉ Which is the major artery of the body?
(a) aorta
(b) jugular
(c) carotid
(d) cardiac. Answer: aorta
◉ What is reciprocal inhibition?
(a) When a muscle shortens but produces minimal movement
(b) when pulls forcefully against a load but does not shorten
(c) when a muscle contracts, its antagonist must relax
(d) none of the above. Answer: (c) when a muscle contracts, its
antagonist must relax
◉ The exaggerated curvature of the lumbar spine is called:
(a) stenosis
ASSESSMENT TEST 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ Which muscle reaches from the thorax to the pubis?
(a) rectus abdominus
(b) external abdominal obliques
(c) vastus abdominus
(d) transverse abdominus. Answer: rectus abdominis
◉ At what structure in the lungs does gas exchange occur?
(a) bronchioles
(b) pulmonary arteriole
(c) endothelial membrane
(d) alveolus. Answer: (b) alveolus
◉ What movement of the mandible is parallel to the ground?
(a) extension
(b) protraction
(c) abduction
(d) adduction. Answer: protraction
,◉ The frontal bone is located in what part of the body?
(a) thorax
(b) neck
(c) head
(d) hands. Answer: head/cranium
◉ The origin of semimembranosus and semitendinosus is the:
(a) ilium
(b) pubis
(c) coxal
(d) ischial tuberosity. Answer: ischial tuberosity
◉ The origin of the sartorius is the:
(a) ischium
(b) coxal
(c) ilium
(d) sacrum. Answer: ilium (anterior superior iliac spine)
◉ If only one side of the SCM is flexed, this will produce a movement
called:
(a) adduction
,(b) contra-lateral rotation
(c) abduction
(d) circumduction. Answer: contra-lateral rotation
◉ The muscle which draws the arms backward is the:
(a) trapezius
(b) rhomboids
(c) deltoids
(d) latissimus dorsi. Answer: latissimus dorsi
◉ What is hemoglobin?
(a) a red pigment
(b) whole blood
(c) round blood cells
(d) red bone marrow. Answer: a red pigment
◉ What is a motor unit?
(a) motor and sensory nerves
(b) a neuron and the attached axom
(c) motor, sensory and interneuron
(d) a motor neuron with muscle cells it innervates. Answer: A motor
neuron and all of the muscle fibers it innervates
, ◉ Which muscle bends the little finger?
(a) flexor digitorum
(b) flexor pollicis brevis
(c) flexor digiti minimi
(d) flexor quinti profundus. Answer: flexor digiti minimi
◉ Which is the major artery of the body?
(a) aorta
(b) jugular
(c) carotid
(d) cardiac. Answer: aorta
◉ What is reciprocal inhibition?
(a) When a muscle shortens but produces minimal movement
(b) when pulls forcefully against a load but does not shorten
(c) when a muscle contracts, its antagonist must relax
(d) none of the above. Answer: (c) when a muscle contracts, its
antagonist must relax
◉ The exaggerated curvature of the lumbar spine is called:
(a) stenosis
