NBCE Boards Part II - ChIroPraCtIC PraCtICEs aCtual Exam VErsIoN 1 NEwEst
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What are the most common motion findings for choosing a prone thrust approach when treating
subluxations in the thoracic spine?
a. thoracic flexion subluxation
b. thoracic extension subluxation
c. cervical extension subluxation
d. cervical flexion subluxation - SOLUTION-b. thoracic extension
subluxation
Contraindications to manipulation are divided into absolute and relative. Which condition would
be considered to be an ABSOLUTE contraindication to manipulation in the lumbar spine?
a. anticoagulant therapy
b. lateral recess stenosis
c. abdominal aortic aneurysm
d. osteoporosis - SOLUTION-c. abdominal aortic aneurysm
In spondylolishtesis, a grade II represents what percentage of slippage of one bone on another?
a. 1% to 10%
b. 1% to 25%
c. 26% to 35%
,d. 26% to 50 - SOLUTION-d. 26% to 50
Which of the following technique systems principally addresses subluxation of the sacrum or
pelvis, considering all other subluxations compensatory?
a. Gonstead technique
b. Logan basic technique
c. Thompson terminal point technique
d. Toftness technique - SOLUTION-a. Gonstead technique
Which technique system principally uses changes in posture, often defined mathematically, as its
primary outcome measure?
a. activator methods chiropractic technique
b. bioenergetic synchronization technique
c. chiropractic biophysics
d. Palmer HIO - SOLUTION-c. chiropractic biophysics
L1 has a static listing of spinous right or a dynamic listing of decreased right rotation. The doctor
utilizing the prone lumbar unilateral reinforced pisiform spinous contact procedure would stand
on the __ side contact with the __ hand.
a. left, left
b. left, right
c. right, right
d. right, left - SOLUTION-c. right, right
The chiropractor would utilize the prone thoracic unilateral reinforced pisiform mammillary
contact procedure standing on the right side contacting the right mammillary of L2 if the patient
evaluation revealed decreased __ and decreased __ with motion palpation at L2 - L3.
, a. left later flexion, left rotation
b. left lateral flexion, right rotation
c. right lateral flexion, left rotation
d. right lateral flexion, right rotation - SOLUTION-c. right lateral flexion, left rotation
What is the name given to the energy believed to influence the body in health and disease?
a. prana
b. innate
c. chi
d. orgone - SOLUTION-b. innate
During a side posture adjusting technique, flexing the patient's knee would help in which type of
innominate misalignment?
a. medial innominate
b. lateral innominate
c. anterior innominate
d. posterior innominate - SOLUTION-c. anterior innominate
Which management option is unlikely to be helpful in idiopathic scoliosis without a bony skeletal
defect?
a. if < age 3, refer for cobb's angle measurement
b. observe periodically for skeletal maturiy
c. refer for trial of bracing if the curve is greater than 30 degrees
2025/2026 wIth ComPlEtE QuEstIoNs aNd CorrECt dEtaIlEd aNswErs (CErtIfIEd
aNswErs) |alrEady GradEd a+||BraNd NEw VErsIoN!!
What are the most common motion findings for choosing a prone thrust approach when treating
subluxations in the thoracic spine?
a. thoracic flexion subluxation
b. thoracic extension subluxation
c. cervical extension subluxation
d. cervical flexion subluxation - SOLUTION-b. thoracic extension
subluxation
Contraindications to manipulation are divided into absolute and relative. Which condition would
be considered to be an ABSOLUTE contraindication to manipulation in the lumbar spine?
a. anticoagulant therapy
b. lateral recess stenosis
c. abdominal aortic aneurysm
d. osteoporosis - SOLUTION-c. abdominal aortic aneurysm
In spondylolishtesis, a grade II represents what percentage of slippage of one bone on another?
a. 1% to 10%
b. 1% to 25%
c. 26% to 35%
,d. 26% to 50 - SOLUTION-d. 26% to 50
Which of the following technique systems principally addresses subluxation of the sacrum or
pelvis, considering all other subluxations compensatory?
a. Gonstead technique
b. Logan basic technique
c. Thompson terminal point technique
d. Toftness technique - SOLUTION-a. Gonstead technique
Which technique system principally uses changes in posture, often defined mathematically, as its
primary outcome measure?
a. activator methods chiropractic technique
b. bioenergetic synchronization technique
c. chiropractic biophysics
d. Palmer HIO - SOLUTION-c. chiropractic biophysics
L1 has a static listing of spinous right or a dynamic listing of decreased right rotation. The doctor
utilizing the prone lumbar unilateral reinforced pisiform spinous contact procedure would stand
on the __ side contact with the __ hand.
a. left, left
b. left, right
c. right, right
d. right, left - SOLUTION-c. right, right
The chiropractor would utilize the prone thoracic unilateral reinforced pisiform mammillary
contact procedure standing on the right side contacting the right mammillary of L2 if the patient
evaluation revealed decreased __ and decreased __ with motion palpation at L2 - L3.
, a. left later flexion, left rotation
b. left lateral flexion, right rotation
c. right lateral flexion, left rotation
d. right lateral flexion, right rotation - SOLUTION-c. right lateral flexion, left rotation
What is the name given to the energy believed to influence the body in health and disease?
a. prana
b. innate
c. chi
d. orgone - SOLUTION-b. innate
During a side posture adjusting technique, flexing the patient's knee would help in which type of
innominate misalignment?
a. medial innominate
b. lateral innominate
c. anterior innominate
d. posterior innominate - SOLUTION-c. anterior innominate
Which management option is unlikely to be helpful in idiopathic scoliosis without a bony skeletal
defect?
a. if < age 3, refer for cobb's angle measurement
b. observe periodically for skeletal maturiy
c. refer for trial of bracing if the curve is greater than 30 degrees
