Chapter 01
1. What group of women were the forerunners of the profession and practice of physical therapy in the United
States? [Multiple Choice]
a. Physical Therapist Aides
b. Reconstruction Aides ✔
c. Physical Therapist Technicians
d. Reconstruction Technicians
e. Physician’s Assistants
ANS: B
Reconstruction aides were responsible for providing physical reconstruction to injured soldiers in World War I.
2. What is the name of the document produced by the APTA that describes the approach of the physical therapist
to patient care? [Multiple Choice]
a. Guide to Physical Therapist Practice ✔
b. Model Definition of Physical Therapy for State Practice Acts
c. Physical Therapists Scope of Practice
d. Guide to State Practice Acts
e. Vision 2020
ANS: A
The Guide to Physical Therapists Practice is a pivotal document describing the approach of the physical therapist
to patient care.
3. How did the rights and privileges for the PTA in the House of Delegates evolve? [Multiple Choice]
a. They always have voting rights and these remained unchanged.
b. Voting rights were removed in 1998. ✔
c. Voting rights were restored with the creation of the PTA Caucus.
d. None of the above
e. B and C only
ANS: B
,The voting rights for the PTA were removed in 1998 with the establishment of a new deliberative body for the
PTA, the Representative Body of the National Assembly.
4. Independent and accurate judgment is inherent in every evaluation, plan of care, and discharge plan conducted
by the PT. This describes which of the following criteria to define a profession? [Multiple Choice]
a. Lifetime commitment
b. Representative organization
c. Service to clients
d. Specialized education
e. Autonomy of judgment ✔
ANS: E
Autonomy of judgment applies regardless of whether the therapist practices in a jurisdiction where a physician?s
referral is required by law. Independent and accurate judgment is inherent in every evaluation, plan of care, and
discharge plan conducted by the PT.
5. Why were emergency 6-month courses authorized to train individuals in the practice of physical therapy?
[Multiple Choice]
a. To treat the wounded soldiers of World War I
b. To treat an influx of children diagnosed with polio
c. There was a greater need for physical therapists in underserved countries
d. To meet the demands of injured soldiers in World War II ✔
e. None of the above
ANS: D
To meet the demands of injured soldiers in World War II, eight emergency 6-month courses were authorized to
be offered among the 15 approved full-length programs in physical therapy. The shortened courses were
discontinued in 1946 when war-related demands for services dropped.
6. Which of the following would be outside the physical therapist?s scope of practice? [Multiple Choice]
a. Fitting a client with crutches
b. Joint mobilizations
c. Ergonomic assessment
d. Suggesting a client double her dosage of blood pressure medication ✔
,e. All of the above are within the physical therapist’s scope of practice
ANS: D
Fitting a client with crutches, performing joint mobilizations, and performing ergonomic assessments are all
included in the physical therapist?s scope of practice. Medication adjustments should only be performed by a
medical doctor.
7. In order for a PTA education program to be accredited, what type of degree should students attain upon
graduation? [Multiple Choice]
a. Baccalaureate
b. Associate’s ✔
c. Post baccalaureate
d. Doctorate
e. Certificate of completion of hospital-based training program
ANS: B
Criteria for accreditation stipulate that the degree for a professional level PT education program must be at the
post baccalaureate level and that the degree for a PTA education program is the associate degree.
8. Which organization was instrumental in providing financial support to the profession and practice of physical
therapy during and following World War II? [Multiple Choice]
a. National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis ✔
b. The World Health Organization
c. The League of Nations
d. The United Nations
e. Muscular Dystrophy Association
ANS: A
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis provided substantial support for physical therapy to address
individuals who contracted polio.
9. What was the year of the creation of the organization that would eventually become known as the APTA?
[Multiple Choice]
a. 1894
b. 1911
, c. 1921 ✔
d. 1932
e. 1947
ANS: C
At the suggestion of a military physician, reconstruction aides (early physical therapists) met on January 25, 1921,
in New York City.
10. What actions were promoted by Vision 2020? [Multiple Choice]
a. The transition to the doctoral degree in physical therapist education.
b. Development of the Core Values document to define professionalism in physical therapy.
c. Further lobbying to receive approval for direct access across the states and the District of Columbia.
d. All of the above ✔
e. None of the above
ANS: D
Vision 2020 includes six pillars (doctoral education, autonomous practice, direct access, practitioner of choice,
evidence-based practice, and professionalism), and these fostered activities in these area.
11. What organization, established in 1998, was a separate deliberative body for PTAs? [Multiple Choice]
a. PTA Lobbyist Group
b. Representative Body of PTAs
c. Associate Member Representation Group
d. The PTA Caucus
e. Representative Body of the National Assembly ✔
ANS: E
In 1998, a separate deliberative body for PTAs, the Representative Body of the National Assembly, was approved.
12. Which of the following best describes the evolution of the required academic degree to become a physical
therapist? [Multiple Choice]
a. Baccalaureate to post baccalaureate to doctoral ✔
b. Master’s to doctoral
1. What group of women were the forerunners of the profession and practice of physical therapy in the United
States? [Multiple Choice]
a. Physical Therapist Aides
b. Reconstruction Aides ✔
c. Physical Therapist Technicians
d. Reconstruction Technicians
e. Physician’s Assistants
ANS: B
Reconstruction aides were responsible for providing physical reconstruction to injured soldiers in World War I.
2. What is the name of the document produced by the APTA that describes the approach of the physical therapist
to patient care? [Multiple Choice]
a. Guide to Physical Therapist Practice ✔
b. Model Definition of Physical Therapy for State Practice Acts
c. Physical Therapists Scope of Practice
d. Guide to State Practice Acts
e. Vision 2020
ANS: A
The Guide to Physical Therapists Practice is a pivotal document describing the approach of the physical therapist
to patient care.
3. How did the rights and privileges for the PTA in the House of Delegates evolve? [Multiple Choice]
a. They always have voting rights and these remained unchanged.
b. Voting rights were removed in 1998. ✔
c. Voting rights were restored with the creation of the PTA Caucus.
d. None of the above
e. B and C only
ANS: B
,The voting rights for the PTA were removed in 1998 with the establishment of a new deliberative body for the
PTA, the Representative Body of the National Assembly.
4. Independent and accurate judgment is inherent in every evaluation, plan of care, and discharge plan conducted
by the PT. This describes which of the following criteria to define a profession? [Multiple Choice]
a. Lifetime commitment
b. Representative organization
c. Service to clients
d. Specialized education
e. Autonomy of judgment ✔
ANS: E
Autonomy of judgment applies regardless of whether the therapist practices in a jurisdiction where a physician?s
referral is required by law. Independent and accurate judgment is inherent in every evaluation, plan of care, and
discharge plan conducted by the PT.
5. Why were emergency 6-month courses authorized to train individuals in the practice of physical therapy?
[Multiple Choice]
a. To treat the wounded soldiers of World War I
b. To treat an influx of children diagnosed with polio
c. There was a greater need for physical therapists in underserved countries
d. To meet the demands of injured soldiers in World War II ✔
e. None of the above
ANS: D
To meet the demands of injured soldiers in World War II, eight emergency 6-month courses were authorized to
be offered among the 15 approved full-length programs in physical therapy. The shortened courses were
discontinued in 1946 when war-related demands for services dropped.
6. Which of the following would be outside the physical therapist?s scope of practice? [Multiple Choice]
a. Fitting a client with crutches
b. Joint mobilizations
c. Ergonomic assessment
d. Suggesting a client double her dosage of blood pressure medication ✔
,e. All of the above are within the physical therapist’s scope of practice
ANS: D
Fitting a client with crutches, performing joint mobilizations, and performing ergonomic assessments are all
included in the physical therapist?s scope of practice. Medication adjustments should only be performed by a
medical doctor.
7. In order for a PTA education program to be accredited, what type of degree should students attain upon
graduation? [Multiple Choice]
a. Baccalaureate
b. Associate’s ✔
c. Post baccalaureate
d. Doctorate
e. Certificate of completion of hospital-based training program
ANS: B
Criteria for accreditation stipulate that the degree for a professional level PT education program must be at the
post baccalaureate level and that the degree for a PTA education program is the associate degree.
8. Which organization was instrumental in providing financial support to the profession and practice of physical
therapy during and following World War II? [Multiple Choice]
a. National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis ✔
b. The World Health Organization
c. The League of Nations
d. The United Nations
e. Muscular Dystrophy Association
ANS: A
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis provided substantial support for physical therapy to address
individuals who contracted polio.
9. What was the year of the creation of the organization that would eventually become known as the APTA?
[Multiple Choice]
a. 1894
b. 1911
, c. 1921 ✔
d. 1932
e. 1947
ANS: C
At the suggestion of a military physician, reconstruction aides (early physical therapists) met on January 25, 1921,
in New York City.
10. What actions were promoted by Vision 2020? [Multiple Choice]
a. The transition to the doctoral degree in physical therapist education.
b. Development of the Core Values document to define professionalism in physical therapy.
c. Further lobbying to receive approval for direct access across the states and the District of Columbia.
d. All of the above ✔
e. None of the above
ANS: D
Vision 2020 includes six pillars (doctoral education, autonomous practice, direct access, practitioner of choice,
evidence-based practice, and professionalism), and these fostered activities in these area.
11. What organization, established in 1998, was a separate deliberative body for PTAs? [Multiple Choice]
a. PTA Lobbyist Group
b. Representative Body of PTAs
c. Associate Member Representation Group
d. The PTA Caucus
e. Representative Body of the National Assembly ✔
ANS: E
In 1998, a separate deliberative body for PTAs, the Representative Body of the National Assembly, was approved.
12. Which of the following best describes the evolution of the required academic degree to become a physical
therapist? [Multiple Choice]
a. Baccalaureate to post baccalaureate to doctoral ✔
b. Master’s to doctoral
