NPTE Practice Exams (Physical Therapy Board Review, Full-Length Exams, Clinical Reasoning &
Answer Explanations)
anterior tilt - ANS ✔✔weak glutes and abs
heterotopic ossification - ANS ✔✔gentle stretch, and optimal WC positioning
thin, occlusive film - ANS ✔✔for cosmetic healing
Wet-to-dry - ANS ✔✔should not be used with granulation tissue
hydrocolloids - ANS ✔✔handle min-mod exudate in non-infected wounds
post RC repair - ANS ✔✔pedulums, active elbow ROM, passive shoulder flexion to 90*
Hip ER - ANS ✔✔anterior glide
Hip IR - ANS ✔✔post glide
L3-L4 myelomeningocele - ANS ✔✔KAFO in house and community
L4-L5 myelo - ANS ✔✔AFO in community
L1-L2 myelo - ANS ✔✔KAFO at home
Thoracic myelo - ANS ✔✔standing para-podium
,Vfib - ANS ✔✔squiggly lines
pancreatitis - ANS ✔✔worse with walking or lying supine
renal failure nails - ANS ✔✔transverse Mees lines or brownish tip
Liver nails - ANS ✔✔beau lines (t/v depressions), (terry nails) white nailbed 2/3 nail
Murphy Test - ANS ✔✔percussion over the costovertebral angle causes pain is a sign of kidney
d/o
Ratio - ANS ✔✔has absolute zero; height, length, ROM, Kelvin
Interval - ANS ✔✔Distance is meaningful; temperature in F or C
Ordinal - ANS ✔✔MMT, can be ordered
Nominal - ANS ✔✔Categorical; only named, weakest
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH - ANS ✔✔fluid loss; affects CV system
Apgar - ANS ✔✔HR, RR, Color, Tone, Reflex
Moist, warm food - ANS ✔✔easier to swallow
, Postpardum care - ANS ✔✔lengthen hip flexors, strengthen trunk flexors, hip extensors, pelvic
floor
stationary bike - hamstring - ANS ✔✔toe clips allow more knee flexion
MI can have ST - ANS ✔✔displacement of elevation or depression
patella - ANS ✔✔apex is inferior, base is superior
flaccid UE and downward rotated scap - ANS ✔✔is inferior disloc risk
review - ANS ✔✔dermatomes
ACE inhibitors - ANS ✔✔can drop SBP and DBP
trigger points - ANS ✔✔spray and stretch
Prolonged bed rest (3+ days) - ANS ✔✔increases resting and submax HR; dec CO, blood volume,
viscosity, and resting SBP
ideomotor apraxia - ANS ✔✔inability to correctly imitate hand gestures and voluntarily mime
debridement - ANS ✔✔enzymatic, lavage, wet-to-dry, whirlpool
venous ulcer - ANS ✔✔requires absorbent dressing like foam
arterial wounds - ANS ✔✔walking can inc oxygenation
Answer Explanations)
anterior tilt - ANS ✔✔weak glutes and abs
heterotopic ossification - ANS ✔✔gentle stretch, and optimal WC positioning
thin, occlusive film - ANS ✔✔for cosmetic healing
Wet-to-dry - ANS ✔✔should not be used with granulation tissue
hydrocolloids - ANS ✔✔handle min-mod exudate in non-infected wounds
post RC repair - ANS ✔✔pedulums, active elbow ROM, passive shoulder flexion to 90*
Hip ER - ANS ✔✔anterior glide
Hip IR - ANS ✔✔post glide
L3-L4 myelomeningocele - ANS ✔✔KAFO in house and community
L4-L5 myelo - ANS ✔✔AFO in community
L1-L2 myelo - ANS ✔✔KAFO at home
Thoracic myelo - ANS ✔✔standing para-podium
,Vfib - ANS ✔✔squiggly lines
pancreatitis - ANS ✔✔worse with walking or lying supine
renal failure nails - ANS ✔✔transverse Mees lines or brownish tip
Liver nails - ANS ✔✔beau lines (t/v depressions), (terry nails) white nailbed 2/3 nail
Murphy Test - ANS ✔✔percussion over the costovertebral angle causes pain is a sign of kidney
d/o
Ratio - ANS ✔✔has absolute zero; height, length, ROM, Kelvin
Interval - ANS ✔✔Distance is meaningful; temperature in F or C
Ordinal - ANS ✔✔MMT, can be ordered
Nominal - ANS ✔✔Categorical; only named, weakest
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH - ANS ✔✔fluid loss; affects CV system
Apgar - ANS ✔✔HR, RR, Color, Tone, Reflex
Moist, warm food - ANS ✔✔easier to swallow
, Postpardum care - ANS ✔✔lengthen hip flexors, strengthen trunk flexors, hip extensors, pelvic
floor
stationary bike - hamstring - ANS ✔✔toe clips allow more knee flexion
MI can have ST - ANS ✔✔displacement of elevation or depression
patella - ANS ✔✔apex is inferior, base is superior
flaccid UE and downward rotated scap - ANS ✔✔is inferior disloc risk
review - ANS ✔✔dermatomes
ACE inhibitors - ANS ✔✔can drop SBP and DBP
trigger points - ANS ✔✔spray and stretch
Prolonged bed rest (3+ days) - ANS ✔✔increases resting and submax HR; dec CO, blood volume,
viscosity, and resting SBP
ideomotor apraxia - ANS ✔✔inability to correctly imitate hand gestures and voluntarily mime
debridement - ANS ✔✔enzymatic, lavage, wet-to-dry, whirlpool
venous ulcer - ANS ✔✔requires absorbent dressing like foam
arterial wounds - ANS ✔✔walking can inc oxygenation
