NATIONAL PHYSICAL THERAPY TEST PAPER EXAM
ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔American with Disability Act (ADA) - ✔✔a law that makes it illegal to discriminate
based on age or physical disability
✔✔Nasocomial - ✔✔hospital acquired infection
✔✔Droplet precautions - ✔✔Methods of infection control that must be used for patients
known or suspected to be infected with pathogens transmitted by large particle droplets
expelled during coughing, sneezing, talking, or laughing that may come into contact
w/muscus membranes of nose or mouth
✔✔pressure injuries that occur in supine: - ✔✔-occipital protuberance
-C7
-scapula
-thoracic spinous process
-olecranon
-sacrum
-calcaneous
✔✔motor (efferent) neurons - ✔✔Transmit nerve impulses from the brain and spinal
cord to effector sites
,✔✔sensory (afferent) neurons - ✔✔Transmit nerve impulses from effector sites (such as
muscles and organs) via receptors to the brain and spinal cord.
✔✔Arthrokinematics - ✔✔The motions of joints in the body
✔✔what are the guidelines for accessibility - ✔✔-hallways: 36 in
-doorways: 32in
-shelves/cabinets: ?
-countertops: 34in
-ramps (based on 30ft): 1:12inc
✔✔what PPE is used for all precautions: - ✔✔-standard: gloves & gown
-droplet: face mask, gloves, and gown
✔✔what are the characteristic of respiratory rate - ✔✔normal, quiet, adventitious,
wheezing, hacking
✔✔pressure injuries in sitting - ✔✔-scapula
-spinous process
-elbows
-sacrum/coccyx
-ischial tuberosity
-heels
✔✔pain measurement - ✔✔-type, location, frequency, intensity, duration
-visual analog scale (VAS), verbal report, numeric scale (0-10)
✔✔apnea - ✔✔absence of breathing
✔✔pulse oximetry - ✔✔measurement of oxygen saturation in the blood
✔✔what muscles create the cubital fossa - ✔✔-brachioradialis
-pronator teres
-supinator muscles and brachialis
-biceps tendon
✔✔list the chain of infection - ✔✔1.) Infectious agent
2.) Reservoir host
3.) Portal of Exit
4.) Means of Transmission
5.) Portal of Entry
6.) Susceptible host
, ✔✔which muscle is the only muscle that flexes the IP of the thumb? - ✔✔Flexor Pollices
Longus (FPL)
✔✔PNS - brachial plexus - ✔✔-provides muscles UE with innervation
-formed by the C5-T1 spinal nerves
-consists of: roots, trunk, divisions, cords, branches
✔✔Sites to measure temperature - ✔✔-oral
-rectal
-axillary
-tympanic
-temporal
✔✔contraindications of a full length arm rest on a WC - ✔✔-no slide board transfers
-no squat pivot transfers
-no removable arm rest
✔✔body temperature variables - ✔✔-TOD
-age
-emotions
-stress
-exercise
-environment
-measurement sites
-ingestion of hot/cold foods
✔✔MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) - ✔✔bacteria (Staphylococcus
aureus) that have developed resistance to the antibiotic methicillin
✔✔manifestations of MRSA - ✔✔-boils
-pneumonia
-phlebitis
-meningitis
-uti's
-osteomyelitis
-endocarditis
-food poisoning
-toxic shock syndrome
✔✔Neuron components - ✔✔cell body
-dendrites:fiber branches that receive impulse from other parts of the nervous system
and bring those impulses toward cell body
-axon: transmits impulses away from cell body
✔✔PNS: lumbosacral plexus - ✔✔
ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔American with Disability Act (ADA) - ✔✔a law that makes it illegal to discriminate
based on age or physical disability
✔✔Nasocomial - ✔✔hospital acquired infection
✔✔Droplet precautions - ✔✔Methods of infection control that must be used for patients
known or suspected to be infected with pathogens transmitted by large particle droplets
expelled during coughing, sneezing, talking, or laughing that may come into contact
w/muscus membranes of nose or mouth
✔✔pressure injuries that occur in supine: - ✔✔-occipital protuberance
-C7
-scapula
-thoracic spinous process
-olecranon
-sacrum
-calcaneous
✔✔motor (efferent) neurons - ✔✔Transmit nerve impulses from the brain and spinal
cord to effector sites
,✔✔sensory (afferent) neurons - ✔✔Transmit nerve impulses from effector sites (such as
muscles and organs) via receptors to the brain and spinal cord.
✔✔Arthrokinematics - ✔✔The motions of joints in the body
✔✔what are the guidelines for accessibility - ✔✔-hallways: 36 in
-doorways: 32in
-shelves/cabinets: ?
-countertops: 34in
-ramps (based on 30ft): 1:12inc
✔✔what PPE is used for all precautions: - ✔✔-standard: gloves & gown
-droplet: face mask, gloves, and gown
✔✔what are the characteristic of respiratory rate - ✔✔normal, quiet, adventitious,
wheezing, hacking
✔✔pressure injuries in sitting - ✔✔-scapula
-spinous process
-elbows
-sacrum/coccyx
-ischial tuberosity
-heels
✔✔pain measurement - ✔✔-type, location, frequency, intensity, duration
-visual analog scale (VAS), verbal report, numeric scale (0-10)
✔✔apnea - ✔✔absence of breathing
✔✔pulse oximetry - ✔✔measurement of oxygen saturation in the blood
✔✔what muscles create the cubital fossa - ✔✔-brachioradialis
-pronator teres
-supinator muscles and brachialis
-biceps tendon
✔✔list the chain of infection - ✔✔1.) Infectious agent
2.) Reservoir host
3.) Portal of Exit
4.) Means of Transmission
5.) Portal of Entry
6.) Susceptible host
, ✔✔which muscle is the only muscle that flexes the IP of the thumb? - ✔✔Flexor Pollices
Longus (FPL)
✔✔PNS - brachial plexus - ✔✔-provides muscles UE with innervation
-formed by the C5-T1 spinal nerves
-consists of: roots, trunk, divisions, cords, branches
✔✔Sites to measure temperature - ✔✔-oral
-rectal
-axillary
-tympanic
-temporal
✔✔contraindications of a full length arm rest on a WC - ✔✔-no slide board transfers
-no squat pivot transfers
-no removable arm rest
✔✔body temperature variables - ✔✔-TOD
-age
-emotions
-stress
-exercise
-environment
-measurement sites
-ingestion of hot/cold foods
✔✔MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) - ✔✔bacteria (Staphylococcus
aureus) that have developed resistance to the antibiotic methicillin
✔✔manifestations of MRSA - ✔✔-boils
-pneumonia
-phlebitis
-meningitis
-uti's
-osteomyelitis
-endocarditis
-food poisoning
-toxic shock syndrome
✔✔Neuron components - ✔✔cell body
-dendrites:fiber branches that receive impulse from other parts of the nervous system
and bring those impulses toward cell body
-axon: transmits impulses away from cell body
✔✔PNS: lumbosacral plexus - ✔✔
