ORTHOTIC MOCK WRITTEN EXAM PREP QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2026/2027
Maximum dorsiflexion occurs during which phase of gait?
a. initial contact
b. mid swing
c. terminal stance
d. push off - CORRECT ANSWER -c
A single gait cycle is defined as the activity that occurs from:
a. Heel strike on one side to heel strike on the ipsilateral side
b. Double limb support on one side to double limb support on the contralateral side
c. Heel off on one side to heel strike on the ipsilateral side
d. Heel off on one side to heel strike on the contralateral side - CORRECT ANSWER -a
During which phase of gait are the hip extensors most active?
a. loading response
b. midstance
c. preswing
d. terminal stance - CORRECT ANSWER -a
Which muscle most closely duplicates the function of the tibialis anterior?
a. tibialis posterior
b. peroneus longus
c. extensor hallicus longus
,d. extensor digitorum longus - CORRECT ANSWER -c
Which of the following is often the result of an irregular birth?
a. Gower's sign
b. down syndrome
c. Erb's palsy
d. spina bifida - CORRECT ANSWER -c
Which of the following is inflammation of the outer covering of the brain and spinal
cord?
a. Cerebral palsy
b. meningitis
c. multiple sclerosis
d. pleuritis - CORRECT ANSWER -b
A patient presents to your office with bossing of the right posterior cranium and
flattening on the left posterior cranium. How would you classify this?
a. right posterior brachycephalic
b. right posterior plagiocephaly
c. left posterior brachycephalic
d. left posterior plagiocephaly - CORRECT ANSWER -c
What is the primary target organ in rheumatoid arthritis?
a. bone
b. collagen
,c. ligament
d. cartilage - CORRECT ANSWER -d
What is the lubricant filled sac which, if removed, results in increased friction?
a. bursa
b. synovium
c. ganglia
d. nucleus pulposis - CORRECT ANSWER -a
What is the superior margin of the paraspinal bars on a Taylor TLSO?
a. L1
b. spine of the scapula
c. inferior angle of the scapula
d. superior angle of the scapula - CORRECT ANSWER -b
Which pathology is most likely to be fit with free knee joints?
a. L2 spinal cord injury
b. damage to the femoral nerve
c. moderate knee flexion contracture
d. genu varum deformity - CORRECT ANSWER -d
Which type of scoliosis is most likely the result of a leg length discrepancy?
a. neuromuscular
b. congenital
, c. nonstructural
d. idiopathic - CORRECT ANSWER -c
Which would you most expect to see in a patient with a plantarflexion contracture?
a. late heel rise at terminal stance
b. genu recurvatum at midstance
c. increased knee flexion at loading response
d. reduce knee flexion at midswing - CORRECT ANSWER -b
True dorsiflexion and plantarflexion occur in what plane?
a. sagittal
b. coronal
c. frontal
d. transverse - CORRECT ANSWER -a
What orthosis would best restore upper extremity function for a patient with a spinal
cord injury above the C6 nerve root?
a. cock up splint
b. mobile arm support
c. wrist driven WHO
d. HO with thumb post - CORRECT ANSWER -c
What is the most appropriate for a median nerve injury at the wrist?
a. WHO
b. WHO w/ C bar
CORRECT ANSWERS 2026/2027
Maximum dorsiflexion occurs during which phase of gait?
a. initial contact
b. mid swing
c. terminal stance
d. push off - CORRECT ANSWER -c
A single gait cycle is defined as the activity that occurs from:
a. Heel strike on one side to heel strike on the ipsilateral side
b. Double limb support on one side to double limb support on the contralateral side
c. Heel off on one side to heel strike on the ipsilateral side
d. Heel off on one side to heel strike on the contralateral side - CORRECT ANSWER -a
During which phase of gait are the hip extensors most active?
a. loading response
b. midstance
c. preswing
d. terminal stance - CORRECT ANSWER -a
Which muscle most closely duplicates the function of the tibialis anterior?
a. tibialis posterior
b. peroneus longus
c. extensor hallicus longus
,d. extensor digitorum longus - CORRECT ANSWER -c
Which of the following is often the result of an irregular birth?
a. Gower's sign
b. down syndrome
c. Erb's palsy
d. spina bifida - CORRECT ANSWER -c
Which of the following is inflammation of the outer covering of the brain and spinal
cord?
a. Cerebral palsy
b. meningitis
c. multiple sclerosis
d. pleuritis - CORRECT ANSWER -b
A patient presents to your office with bossing of the right posterior cranium and
flattening on the left posterior cranium. How would you classify this?
a. right posterior brachycephalic
b. right posterior plagiocephaly
c. left posterior brachycephalic
d. left posterior plagiocephaly - CORRECT ANSWER -c
What is the primary target organ in rheumatoid arthritis?
a. bone
b. collagen
,c. ligament
d. cartilage - CORRECT ANSWER -d
What is the lubricant filled sac which, if removed, results in increased friction?
a. bursa
b. synovium
c. ganglia
d. nucleus pulposis - CORRECT ANSWER -a
What is the superior margin of the paraspinal bars on a Taylor TLSO?
a. L1
b. spine of the scapula
c. inferior angle of the scapula
d. superior angle of the scapula - CORRECT ANSWER -b
Which pathology is most likely to be fit with free knee joints?
a. L2 spinal cord injury
b. damage to the femoral nerve
c. moderate knee flexion contracture
d. genu varum deformity - CORRECT ANSWER -d
Which type of scoliosis is most likely the result of a leg length discrepancy?
a. neuromuscular
b. congenital
, c. nonstructural
d. idiopathic - CORRECT ANSWER -c
Which would you most expect to see in a patient with a plantarflexion contracture?
a. late heel rise at terminal stance
b. genu recurvatum at midstance
c. increased knee flexion at loading response
d. reduce knee flexion at midswing - CORRECT ANSWER -b
True dorsiflexion and plantarflexion occur in what plane?
a. sagittal
b. coronal
c. frontal
d. transverse - CORRECT ANSWER -a
What orthosis would best restore upper extremity function for a patient with a spinal
cord injury above the C6 nerve root?
a. cock up splint
b. mobile arm support
c. wrist driven WHO
d. HO with thumb post - CORRECT ANSWER -c
What is the most appropriate for a median nerve injury at the wrist?
a. WHO
b. WHO w/ C bar
