ABC CERTIFIED ORTHOTIC FITTER 330 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED AND
GRADED A+
Your patient is a 20 year old male with Cerebral Palsy. He wears a PLS AFO and requires an extra
depth shoe to accommodate the device. You use a Brannock Device to measure his foot. Which
of these measurements cannot be obtained with the Brannock Device?
Select one:
a. Heel to Toe Length
b. Heel to Ball Length
c. Plantar Foot Pressures
d. Width
Plantar Foot Pressures
Your patient is a 40 year old female who was injured in an automobile accident. She presents
with Cervical Spondylolisthesis. Which orthosis would be the most appropriate for this
condition?
Select one:
a. Philadelphia Collar
b. Soft Cervical Collar
c. Halo
d. Aspen Vista Collar
Aspen Vista Collar
You go to your referral source's office to obtain some records. While there, you see a plaque on
the wall. It says "To serve our community with dignity, integrity, and compassion". What did you
just read?
Select one:
,a. Marketing Plan
b. Mission Statement
c. Balance Sheet
d. Business Plan
Mission Statement
Your patient is a 34 year old male with radioulnar joint pain after a sprain. Which of these
movements will most likely cause him the most pain?
Select one:
a. Depression of the scapula
b. Pronation of the hand
c. Supination of the foot
d. Opposition of the thumb
Pronation of the hand
You are submitting a Medicare claim for a Semi-Rigid TLSO for your 67 year old patient who was
injured falling off a ladder. He does not have a secondary insurance. Your company has decided
to accept assignment. What percentage of the bill is this patient responsible to pay?
Select one:
a. None
b. 30%
c. 10%
d. 20%
20%
,A patient calls and complains that their elbow brace you fit them with earlier in the week is
preventing them from flexing their arm to the ROM the brace is set. Which area of the arm
could have misplaced a strap?
a. Olecranon
b. Antecubital space
c. Distal Radius
b (If the brace migrates it could impinge on this area preventing flexion of the arm. The distal
strap could impinge on wrist flexion but the questions pertains to the arm flexion.)
The boney landmark lateral malleolus is found at:
a. the distal end of the fibula
b. the proximal end of the malleoli
c. the subtalar junction
a (The lateral malleolus is the prominence on the outer side of the ankle, and formed by the
lower end of the fibula. Distal is the anatomical term for point furthest from.)
If a patient is flexing their elbow, what plane does this occur?
a. frontal
b. sagittal
c. transverse
b (Note that specific flexion activities may occur only along the sagittal plane, i.e. from the
forward to backward direction, and not side-to-side direction)
, When fitting a patient with a pavlik harness, you would be concerned with this?
a. social history
b. diabetes mellitus
c. rigidity of the brace
a (A Pavlik harness is used in the treatment of hip dysplasia in infants. Social History is important
because the parents or caregivers must be responsible to keep the harness donned correctly.
DM would not play as a role, and the brace is not rigid)
If a patient receives a functional walking boot, you will always instruct them how to bare full
weight.
a. True
b. False
b ( False --You would not instruct patient to bare weight unless physician has expressed for you
to do so. The boot can be ordered for a NWB (non weight bearing status))
A patient calls with a prescription from their physician to fit a back brace and the diagnosis is
lower back pain and scoliosis. How should the fitter proceed?
a. measure the patient and order a prefabricated scoliosis corrective brace?
b. Tell the patient they will have o take the prescription to an orthotist
c. obtain more information
c (C. Is correct answer because you don't adequate info to know if the brace is for corrective
scoliosis. Many elderly patients have scoliosis and can have back pain. First there is a need to
assess the patient)
Knee pain when walking up and downstairs could be associated with these conditions:
GRADED A+
Your patient is a 20 year old male with Cerebral Palsy. He wears a PLS AFO and requires an extra
depth shoe to accommodate the device. You use a Brannock Device to measure his foot. Which
of these measurements cannot be obtained with the Brannock Device?
Select one:
a. Heel to Toe Length
b. Heel to Ball Length
c. Plantar Foot Pressures
d. Width
Plantar Foot Pressures
Your patient is a 40 year old female who was injured in an automobile accident. She presents
with Cervical Spondylolisthesis. Which orthosis would be the most appropriate for this
condition?
Select one:
a. Philadelphia Collar
b. Soft Cervical Collar
c. Halo
d. Aspen Vista Collar
Aspen Vista Collar
You go to your referral source's office to obtain some records. While there, you see a plaque on
the wall. It says "To serve our community with dignity, integrity, and compassion". What did you
just read?
Select one:
,a. Marketing Plan
b. Mission Statement
c. Balance Sheet
d. Business Plan
Mission Statement
Your patient is a 34 year old male with radioulnar joint pain after a sprain. Which of these
movements will most likely cause him the most pain?
Select one:
a. Depression of the scapula
b. Pronation of the hand
c. Supination of the foot
d. Opposition of the thumb
Pronation of the hand
You are submitting a Medicare claim for a Semi-Rigid TLSO for your 67 year old patient who was
injured falling off a ladder. He does not have a secondary insurance. Your company has decided
to accept assignment. What percentage of the bill is this patient responsible to pay?
Select one:
a. None
b. 30%
c. 10%
d. 20%
20%
,A patient calls and complains that their elbow brace you fit them with earlier in the week is
preventing them from flexing their arm to the ROM the brace is set. Which area of the arm
could have misplaced a strap?
a. Olecranon
b. Antecubital space
c. Distal Radius
b (If the brace migrates it could impinge on this area preventing flexion of the arm. The distal
strap could impinge on wrist flexion but the questions pertains to the arm flexion.)
The boney landmark lateral malleolus is found at:
a. the distal end of the fibula
b. the proximal end of the malleoli
c. the subtalar junction
a (The lateral malleolus is the prominence on the outer side of the ankle, and formed by the
lower end of the fibula. Distal is the anatomical term for point furthest from.)
If a patient is flexing their elbow, what plane does this occur?
a. frontal
b. sagittal
c. transverse
b (Note that specific flexion activities may occur only along the sagittal plane, i.e. from the
forward to backward direction, and not side-to-side direction)
, When fitting a patient with a pavlik harness, you would be concerned with this?
a. social history
b. diabetes mellitus
c. rigidity of the brace
a (A Pavlik harness is used in the treatment of hip dysplasia in infants. Social History is important
because the parents or caregivers must be responsible to keep the harness donned correctly.
DM would not play as a role, and the brace is not rigid)
If a patient receives a functional walking boot, you will always instruct them how to bare full
weight.
a. True
b. False
b ( False --You would not instruct patient to bare weight unless physician has expressed for you
to do so. The boot can be ordered for a NWB (non weight bearing status))
A patient calls with a prescription from their physician to fit a back brace and the diagnosis is
lower back pain and scoliosis. How should the fitter proceed?
a. measure the patient and order a prefabricated scoliosis corrective brace?
b. Tell the patient they will have o take the prescription to an orthotist
c. obtain more information
c (C. Is correct answer because you don't adequate info to know if the brace is for corrective
scoliosis. Many elderly patients have scoliosis and can have back pain. First there is a need to
assess the patient)
Knee pain when walking up and downstairs could be associated with these conditions:
