Pedorthic Certificate program final exam
with Questions & 100% Correct Answers
A client purchases a pair of shoes. After wearing the new shoes for two straight days, the
foot became irritated. You should instruct the client to:
A. Contact the doctor who prescribed the shoes
B. Come back to your facility
C. Wear them only an hour a day until the shoe breaks in
D. Contact the vendor who manufactured the shoes - ✔B. Come back to your facility
A patient is examined by a pedorthis/podiatrist and has a very flexible flat foot, tall stature,
long arms and legs, long fingers, flexible body type (Abraham Lincoln stature). What disease
does this patient have?
A. Blount's Disease
B. Charcot Marie Tooth
C. Rickets
D. Marfan's syndrome - ✔D. Marfan's Syndrome
A casting block for custom shoes is used for which reason during fabrication?
A. Heel height
B. Sagittal plane alignment
C. Transverse plane alignment
D. Frontal plane alignment - ✔A. Heel height
,To monitor effectiveness of the prescribed device being used in addressing foot issues:
A. Have the patient call you in two weeks
B. Have the Patient wear them everyday
C. Set up a follow-up appointment in your facility in two weeks
D. have patient wear them every other day - ✔C. Set up a follow-up appointment in
your facility in two weeks
Observing patient's shoe wear pattern and use, if the shoe crease is proximal to the ball of the
foot, the shoe is:
A. Too Long
B. Too wide
C. Too low of a heel height
D. Too narrow - ✔A. Too long
A person with diabetes comes into your facility for a pair of shoes, but the right foot is
inflamed and red. What procedure should you follow?
A. Fit them in a well-fitted pair of shoes
B. Tell them they should see a doctor about their foot before you can help them
C. recommend a good doctor. Fit them in a comfortable pair of shoes
D. Contact a doctor you know to deal with this individual - ✔B. Tell them they should see
a doctor about their foot before you can help them
A person received a steroid injection for a Morton's Neuroma... Where would the
person expect relief of pain?
, A. Between the interphalanges
B. Between the distalphalanges
C. Between the 1st - 2nd metatarsals
D. Between the 3rd-4th metatarsals - ✔D. Between the 3rd-4th metatarsals
A Thomas heel supports what anatomic part?
A. Sustentaculum tali
B. Cuboid notch
C. Longitudinal arch
D. 1st Metatarsal - ✔A. Sustentaculum tali
The purpose of a medial rearfoot post on an orthotic is to:
A. Increase the stability of the foot
B. Decrease the amount of pronation
C. Decrease the rate of pronation
D. All of the above - ✔D. All of the above
The Distal end of the tibia articulates with the:
A. Calcaneus
B. Talus
C. Navicular
D. Cuboid - ✔B. Talus
with Questions & 100% Correct Answers
A client purchases a pair of shoes. After wearing the new shoes for two straight days, the
foot became irritated. You should instruct the client to:
A. Contact the doctor who prescribed the shoes
B. Come back to your facility
C. Wear them only an hour a day until the shoe breaks in
D. Contact the vendor who manufactured the shoes - ✔B. Come back to your facility
A patient is examined by a pedorthis/podiatrist and has a very flexible flat foot, tall stature,
long arms and legs, long fingers, flexible body type (Abraham Lincoln stature). What disease
does this patient have?
A. Blount's Disease
B. Charcot Marie Tooth
C. Rickets
D. Marfan's syndrome - ✔D. Marfan's Syndrome
A casting block for custom shoes is used for which reason during fabrication?
A. Heel height
B. Sagittal plane alignment
C. Transverse plane alignment
D. Frontal plane alignment - ✔A. Heel height
,To monitor effectiveness of the prescribed device being used in addressing foot issues:
A. Have the patient call you in two weeks
B. Have the Patient wear them everyday
C. Set up a follow-up appointment in your facility in two weeks
D. have patient wear them every other day - ✔C. Set up a follow-up appointment in
your facility in two weeks
Observing patient's shoe wear pattern and use, if the shoe crease is proximal to the ball of the
foot, the shoe is:
A. Too Long
B. Too wide
C. Too low of a heel height
D. Too narrow - ✔A. Too long
A person with diabetes comes into your facility for a pair of shoes, but the right foot is
inflamed and red. What procedure should you follow?
A. Fit them in a well-fitted pair of shoes
B. Tell them they should see a doctor about their foot before you can help them
C. recommend a good doctor. Fit them in a comfortable pair of shoes
D. Contact a doctor you know to deal with this individual - ✔B. Tell them they should see
a doctor about their foot before you can help them
A person received a steroid injection for a Morton's Neuroma... Where would the
person expect relief of pain?
, A. Between the interphalanges
B. Between the distalphalanges
C. Between the 1st - 2nd metatarsals
D. Between the 3rd-4th metatarsals - ✔D. Between the 3rd-4th metatarsals
A Thomas heel supports what anatomic part?
A. Sustentaculum tali
B. Cuboid notch
C. Longitudinal arch
D. 1st Metatarsal - ✔A. Sustentaculum tali
The purpose of a medial rearfoot post on an orthotic is to:
A. Increase the stability of the foot
B. Decrease the amount of pronation
C. Decrease the rate of pronation
D. All of the above - ✔D. All of the above
The Distal end of the tibia articulates with the:
A. Calcaneus
B. Talus
C. Navicular
D. Cuboid - ✔B. Talus
