MAKO PKA TRAINING EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
Posterior femur and tibia posts - ANSWERSDuring bone preparation, which cuts require
flexing the knee >115 degrees?
True - ANSWERSOrientation control is a feature available only for the post holes.
Tibia floor, tibia wall and tibia posts - ANSWERSWhich cuts do we perform on the tibia
in a planar workflow?
True - ANSWERSMotorized alignment is a feature available for all cuts on the femur
and the tibia.
True - ANSWERSIn Partial Knee, the gap is calculated as the shortest distance
between the two virtual implants.
Burr-only - ANSWERSWhat workflow is recommended for a lateral procedure in the
Mako Partial Knee 3.0 application?
30 to 105 degrees - ANSWERSWhat is the range of the FFC?
True - ANSWERSWhen the surgeon is resecting bone with the burr, the red visual
indicates the surgeon has gone at least 1mm deep into the plan. The burr shuts off the
power at 0.5mm into the red.
False - ANSWERSWhen changing the sawblade with the burr, but staying on the same
bone, the software requires you to check both the bone and cutter checkpoint before
you can execute the cut.
Increase the poly thickness - ANSWERSDuring gap balancing, the surgeon wishes to
tighten the entire graph. What is one possible solution?
The center of the tibial component - ANSWERSWhat do the red dots during implant
tracking represent?
False - ANSWERSIn Partial Knee, the red dots on the tibia indicate where the gap is
measured in every single pose.
Femur distal surface, femur keel and femur posts - ANSWERSWhich cuts do we
perform on the femur in a burr-only workflow?
Decrease the proudness of the femoral component. - ANSWERSDuring gap balancing,
the surgeon wishes to loosen the mid-flexion poses. What is one possible solution?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
Posterior femur and tibia posts - ANSWERSDuring bone preparation, which cuts require
flexing the knee >115 degrees?
True - ANSWERSOrientation control is a feature available only for the post holes.
Tibia floor, tibia wall and tibia posts - ANSWERSWhich cuts do we perform on the tibia
in a planar workflow?
True - ANSWERSMotorized alignment is a feature available for all cuts on the femur
and the tibia.
True - ANSWERSIn Partial Knee, the gap is calculated as the shortest distance
between the two virtual implants.
Burr-only - ANSWERSWhat workflow is recommended for a lateral procedure in the
Mako Partial Knee 3.0 application?
30 to 105 degrees - ANSWERSWhat is the range of the FFC?
True - ANSWERSWhen the surgeon is resecting bone with the burr, the red visual
indicates the surgeon has gone at least 1mm deep into the plan. The burr shuts off the
power at 0.5mm into the red.
False - ANSWERSWhen changing the sawblade with the burr, but staying on the same
bone, the software requires you to check both the bone and cutter checkpoint before
you can execute the cut.
Increase the poly thickness - ANSWERSDuring gap balancing, the surgeon wishes to
tighten the entire graph. What is one possible solution?
The center of the tibial component - ANSWERSWhat do the red dots during implant
tracking represent?
False - ANSWERSIn Partial Knee, the red dots on the tibia indicate where the gap is
measured in every single pose.
Femur distal surface, femur keel and femur posts - ANSWERSWhich cuts do we
perform on the femur in a burr-only workflow?
Decrease the proudness of the femoral component. - ANSWERSDuring gap balancing,
the surgeon wishes to loosen the mid-flexion poses. What is one possible solution?
