MASSAGE THERAPY MCQ COMPREHENSIVE
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Bolsters when Side-lying - ✔✔Bolsters should be place between the client's knees,
arms, and under the head.
✔✔Bolsters when Semi-Reclined - ✔✔Bolsters should be placed under the knees and
under the head. May be used for pregnant clients to reduce pressure on the abdominal
aorta which may cause dizziness.
✔✔Aromatherapy - ✔✔Using essential oils for healing. Different oils have specific effect
in the body ranging from physical to emotional. Aromatherapy effects the limbic system.
✔✔Craniosacral Therapy - ✔✔Developed by John Upledger, very light massage
technique that releases blockage in the flow of cerebrospinal fluid from the cranium to
the sacrum.
✔✔Deep Tissue - ✔✔Focuses on treating deeper muscular and facial tissue.
✔✔Hot Stone - ✔✔Treatment utilizing heated stones which can be placed or rubbed on
the body. Used to increase circulation and relax the muscles.
✔✔Hydrotherapy - ✔✔Treatment utilizing water in any form.
✔✔Contrast Bath (hydrotherapy) - ✔✔Utilizes both a heated bath and a cold bath,
alternately. Always ends with cold.
✔✔Turkish Bath (hydrotherapy) - ✔✔Sauna inside a large stone building
✔✔Vichy Shower (hydrotherapy) - ✔✔Shower utilizing seven shower heads with a client
placed on a water proof table.
✔✔Lomi Lomi - ✔✔Hawaiian massage, using rhythmic gliding strokes on the entire
body using minimal draping.
,✔✔Lymphatic Drainage - ✔✔Light massage strokes moving in the direction of the heart
used to increase lymph, circulation, and reduce swelling.
✔✔Myofascial Release - ✔✔Massage aimed at releasing restrictions in muscles and
fascia utilizing light strokes moving in the direction of the restriction.
✔✔Reflexology - ✔✔Treating the reflex points on the hands and feet and ears which
may effect corresponding organs or tissues.
✔✔Reiki - ✔✔Manipulation of energy into and throughout the client without touching the
client.
✔✔Rolfing - ✔✔Structure realignment technique. Helps the client regain vertical
realignment. Takes place in 10 sessions with the focus on a different part of the body in
each session.
✔✔Sports Massage - ✔✔Pre-event massage should be invigorating with the use of
tapotement. Post- event should be rhythmic without tapotement.
✔✔Thai Massage - ✔✔Clothes massage performed on the floor utilizing stretching
techniques.
✔✔Reciprocity - ✔✔Massage license in one jurisdiction being recognized as valid in
another jurisdiction.
✔✔General Liability Innsurance - ✔✔Protects the massage therapists in case of
accidental falls by the client.
✔✔Professional liability insurance - ✔✔Protects the massage therapist in lawsuits
related to malpractice or negligence.
✔✔Client Files - ✔✔Should be retained for minimum of 6 years per IRS.
✔✔Tranferance - ✔✔Client viewing a massage therapist similar to a person in their
early life.
✔✔Counter-Tranferance - ✔✔A massage therapist bringing up their own unresolved
issues into the therapeutic relationship.
✔✔Self-Disclosure - ✔✔Client sharing their own thoughts and emotions during a
massage session.
, ✔✔Independent Contractor - ✔✔Massage therapist who contracts to work for a person
or company and receives no benefits.
✔✔Sole Proprietorship - ✔✔Business that only has one owner.
✔✔Partnership - ✔✔Business with 2 or more owners.
✔✔S Corporation - ✔✔Corporation that passes income, taxes, etc. onto its share
holders.
✔✔1099 - ✔✔Filed by an independent contractor who make more that $600 in a year.
✔✔Schedule C - ✔✔Filed by sole proprietors, details profits and loss from the previous
year.
✔✔Schedule K-1 - ✔✔Files by partnership members. Details income and taxes for each
member from previous year.
✔✔W2 - ✔✔Filed by employees. Details income and taxes from previous year.
✔✔Profit and Loss Statement - ✔✔Details income and expenses for business.
✔✔Gift Tax - ✔✔No more than $25 may be deducted per client per year for gifts given
to the client.
✔✔Aden/o - ✔✔gland
✔✔adip/o - ✔✔fat
✔✔angi/o - ✔✔vessel
✔✔ankyl/o - ✔✔bent
✔✔arteri/o - ✔✔artery
✔✔arthr/o - ✔✔joint
✔✔ather/o - ✔✔fatty plaque
✔✔audi/o - ✔✔hearing
✔✔bi/o - ✔✔life
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Bolsters when Side-lying - ✔✔Bolsters should be place between the client's knees,
arms, and under the head.
✔✔Bolsters when Semi-Reclined - ✔✔Bolsters should be placed under the knees and
under the head. May be used for pregnant clients to reduce pressure on the abdominal
aorta which may cause dizziness.
✔✔Aromatherapy - ✔✔Using essential oils for healing. Different oils have specific effect
in the body ranging from physical to emotional. Aromatherapy effects the limbic system.
✔✔Craniosacral Therapy - ✔✔Developed by John Upledger, very light massage
technique that releases blockage in the flow of cerebrospinal fluid from the cranium to
the sacrum.
✔✔Deep Tissue - ✔✔Focuses on treating deeper muscular and facial tissue.
✔✔Hot Stone - ✔✔Treatment utilizing heated stones which can be placed or rubbed on
the body. Used to increase circulation and relax the muscles.
✔✔Hydrotherapy - ✔✔Treatment utilizing water in any form.
✔✔Contrast Bath (hydrotherapy) - ✔✔Utilizes both a heated bath and a cold bath,
alternately. Always ends with cold.
✔✔Turkish Bath (hydrotherapy) - ✔✔Sauna inside a large stone building
✔✔Vichy Shower (hydrotherapy) - ✔✔Shower utilizing seven shower heads with a client
placed on a water proof table.
✔✔Lomi Lomi - ✔✔Hawaiian massage, using rhythmic gliding strokes on the entire
body using minimal draping.
,✔✔Lymphatic Drainage - ✔✔Light massage strokes moving in the direction of the heart
used to increase lymph, circulation, and reduce swelling.
✔✔Myofascial Release - ✔✔Massage aimed at releasing restrictions in muscles and
fascia utilizing light strokes moving in the direction of the restriction.
✔✔Reflexology - ✔✔Treating the reflex points on the hands and feet and ears which
may effect corresponding organs or tissues.
✔✔Reiki - ✔✔Manipulation of energy into and throughout the client without touching the
client.
✔✔Rolfing - ✔✔Structure realignment technique. Helps the client regain vertical
realignment. Takes place in 10 sessions with the focus on a different part of the body in
each session.
✔✔Sports Massage - ✔✔Pre-event massage should be invigorating with the use of
tapotement. Post- event should be rhythmic without tapotement.
✔✔Thai Massage - ✔✔Clothes massage performed on the floor utilizing stretching
techniques.
✔✔Reciprocity - ✔✔Massage license in one jurisdiction being recognized as valid in
another jurisdiction.
✔✔General Liability Innsurance - ✔✔Protects the massage therapists in case of
accidental falls by the client.
✔✔Professional liability insurance - ✔✔Protects the massage therapist in lawsuits
related to malpractice or negligence.
✔✔Client Files - ✔✔Should be retained for minimum of 6 years per IRS.
✔✔Tranferance - ✔✔Client viewing a massage therapist similar to a person in their
early life.
✔✔Counter-Tranferance - ✔✔A massage therapist bringing up their own unresolved
issues into the therapeutic relationship.
✔✔Self-Disclosure - ✔✔Client sharing their own thoughts and emotions during a
massage session.
, ✔✔Independent Contractor - ✔✔Massage therapist who contracts to work for a person
or company and receives no benefits.
✔✔Sole Proprietorship - ✔✔Business that only has one owner.
✔✔Partnership - ✔✔Business with 2 or more owners.
✔✔S Corporation - ✔✔Corporation that passes income, taxes, etc. onto its share
holders.
✔✔1099 - ✔✔Filed by an independent contractor who make more that $600 in a year.
✔✔Schedule C - ✔✔Filed by sole proprietors, details profits and loss from the previous
year.
✔✔Schedule K-1 - ✔✔Files by partnership members. Details income and taxes for each
member from previous year.
✔✔W2 - ✔✔Filed by employees. Details income and taxes from previous year.
✔✔Profit and Loss Statement - ✔✔Details income and expenses for business.
✔✔Gift Tax - ✔✔No more than $25 may be deducted per client per year for gifts given
to the client.
✔✔Aden/o - ✔✔gland
✔✔adip/o - ✔✔fat
✔✔angi/o - ✔✔vessel
✔✔ankyl/o - ✔✔bent
✔✔arteri/o - ✔✔artery
✔✔arthr/o - ✔✔joint
✔✔ather/o - ✔✔fatty plaque
✔✔audi/o - ✔✔hearing
✔✔bi/o - ✔✔life
