NBCOT/COTA - Exam Prep Questions And
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In infant development, which comes first: bilaterality or unilaterality? -
correct answers✅✅ precedes unilaterality in infant development
When does hand dominance begin to develop? - correct answers✅✅
Hand dominance begins to develop at 3 to 6 years, and is not fully defined
until 6 years
Can someone with receptive aphasia participate in sensory testing? -
correct answers✅✅ Individuals with this disorder cannot comprehend
spoken or written words or symbols. Individuals cannot understand verbal
directions or respond to sensory stimuli.
What is agnosia? - correct answers✅✅ Agnosia is a category of defecits
where the patient lacks recognition of familiar object as perceived by the
senses. This could involve all the senses and manifests with problems in
body scheme, such as somatognosia and anosognosia.
What is somatognosia? - correct answers✅✅ Lack of awareness of one's
body parts.
What is anosognosia? - correct answers✅✅ Anosognosia: Transient,
severe form of neglect. Patient does not recognize the presence or severity
of his paralysis.
What is prosopagnosia? - correct answers✅✅ Face blindness. Inability to
identify an individual by their face.
What is visual-spacial agnosia? - correct answers✅✅ Affects perception of
spatial relationship between objects, or between objects and self.
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What is auditory agnosia? - correct answers✅✅ Inability to recognize
sounds, words and non-words.
What is visual agnosia? - correct answers✅✅ Lack of ability to recognize
common objects and demonstrate their use in an activity.
What is apraxia? - correct answers✅✅ Loss of the ability to execute or
carry out learned (familiar) movements, despite having the desire and the
physical ability to perform the movements
What is ideomotor apraxia? - correct answers✅✅ Inability to imitate
gestures or perform a purposeful motor task on command, even though the
patient is able to fully understand the idea or concept of a task. This is often
associated with left hemisphere damage.
What is ideational apraxia? - correct answers✅✅ The disability of carrying
out complex sequential motor acts. Caused by a disruption of the
conception, rather than execution. (Loss of tool function knowledge)
What is constructional apraxia? - correct answers✅✅ Unable to produce
designs in 2 or three dimensions by copying, drawing, or constructing.
What is oral apraxia? - correct answers✅✅ Difficulty in forming and
organizing intelligable words, though the musculature required to do so is in
tact. Differs from disarthria because no muscles are affected and speech is
not slurred.
What is a neuroma? - correct answers✅✅ A ______ is an unorganized
mass of nerve fibers resulting from a laceration (either surgical or accidental)
or amputation in which the nerve regrows in unorganized bundles. Results in
sharp, radiating pain.
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Answers A+ guide
By what age does an infant sit erect and unsupported for several minutes? -
correct answers✅✅ By 8 to 9 months, an infant can sit erect and
unsupported.
What is reflex sympathetic dystrophy? - correct answers✅✅ __________ is
caused by trauma, post-surgical inflammation, infection, or laceration to an
extremity. Characterized by pain, edema, shiny skin, blotchy skin, and
excessive sweating or dryness.
What is another name for reflex sympathetic dystrophy? - correct
answers✅✅ Complex regional pain syndrome.
What is a symmetric tonic neck reflex? - correct answers✅✅ When an
infant's neck is extended, the elbows extend and the hips flex. When the
head is lowered, the elbows flex and the hips extend.
What is a bunny hop pattern? - correct answers✅✅ A bunny hop pattern
is a result of symmetric tonic neck reflex utilization in order to elicit
movement at the hips and elbows for mobility.
What is a neuroma? - correct answers✅✅ A complication of nerve
structure or amputation. A traumatic ______ is an unorganized mass of nerve
fibers resulting from accidental or surgical cutting of the nerve. Results in
sharp, radiating pain.
What sensory region does the radial nerve innervate on the hand? - correct
answers✅✅ Radial Nerve
, NBCOT/COTA - Exam Prep Questions And
Answers A+ guide
What sensory region does the ulnar nerve innervate in the hand? - correct
answers✅✅ Ulnar Nerve
What sensory region in the hand is innervated by the median nerve? -
correct answers✅✅ Median Nerve
What stage is initiated by looking at and reaching for food? - correct
answers✅✅ The oral preparatory phase.
What behavior would a child with poor modulation of tactile input display? -
correct answers✅✅ Children with autism often are unpredictable, both
craving and avoiding sensory stimuli at various times.
After swallowing a pureed substance, you notice the individual has a wet,
gurgling voice. What might this indicate? - correct answers✅✅ Possible
aspiration. A videoflouroscopy is often times needed to determine is this is
the case.
In an acute care psychiatric setting, which group treatment is the most
appropriate for individuals with disorganized psychosis? - correct
answers✅✅ Directive group treatment: a highly structured approach used
in acute care for minimally functional individuals.
What type of group structure would be most appropriate for individuals with
substance abuse? - correct answers✅✅ A task group is appropriate for
substance abuse disorders.
What group format is most appropriate for eating and adjustment disorders?
- correct answers✅✅ Psychoeducation groups
Answers A+ guide
In infant development, which comes first: bilaterality or unilaterality? -
correct answers✅✅ precedes unilaterality in infant development
When does hand dominance begin to develop? - correct answers✅✅
Hand dominance begins to develop at 3 to 6 years, and is not fully defined
until 6 years
Can someone with receptive aphasia participate in sensory testing? -
correct answers✅✅ Individuals with this disorder cannot comprehend
spoken or written words or symbols. Individuals cannot understand verbal
directions or respond to sensory stimuli.
What is agnosia? - correct answers✅✅ Agnosia is a category of defecits
where the patient lacks recognition of familiar object as perceived by the
senses. This could involve all the senses and manifests with problems in
body scheme, such as somatognosia and anosognosia.
What is somatognosia? - correct answers✅✅ Lack of awareness of one's
body parts.
What is anosognosia? - correct answers✅✅ Anosognosia: Transient,
severe form of neglect. Patient does not recognize the presence or severity
of his paralysis.
What is prosopagnosia? - correct answers✅✅ Face blindness. Inability to
identify an individual by their face.
What is visual-spacial agnosia? - correct answers✅✅ Affects perception of
spatial relationship between objects, or between objects and self.
,NBCOT/COTA - Exam Prep Questions And
Answers A+ guide
What is auditory agnosia? - correct answers✅✅ Inability to recognize
sounds, words and non-words.
What is visual agnosia? - correct answers✅✅ Lack of ability to recognize
common objects and demonstrate their use in an activity.
What is apraxia? - correct answers✅✅ Loss of the ability to execute or
carry out learned (familiar) movements, despite having the desire and the
physical ability to perform the movements
What is ideomotor apraxia? - correct answers✅✅ Inability to imitate
gestures or perform a purposeful motor task on command, even though the
patient is able to fully understand the idea or concept of a task. This is often
associated with left hemisphere damage.
What is ideational apraxia? - correct answers✅✅ The disability of carrying
out complex sequential motor acts. Caused by a disruption of the
conception, rather than execution. (Loss of tool function knowledge)
What is constructional apraxia? - correct answers✅✅ Unable to produce
designs in 2 or three dimensions by copying, drawing, or constructing.
What is oral apraxia? - correct answers✅✅ Difficulty in forming and
organizing intelligable words, though the musculature required to do so is in
tact. Differs from disarthria because no muscles are affected and speech is
not slurred.
What is a neuroma? - correct answers✅✅ A ______ is an unorganized
mass of nerve fibers resulting from a laceration (either surgical or accidental)
or amputation in which the nerve regrows in unorganized bundles. Results in
sharp, radiating pain.
,NBCOT/COTA - Exam Prep Questions And
Answers A+ guide
By what age does an infant sit erect and unsupported for several minutes? -
correct answers✅✅ By 8 to 9 months, an infant can sit erect and
unsupported.
What is reflex sympathetic dystrophy? - correct answers✅✅ __________ is
caused by trauma, post-surgical inflammation, infection, or laceration to an
extremity. Characterized by pain, edema, shiny skin, blotchy skin, and
excessive sweating or dryness.
What is another name for reflex sympathetic dystrophy? - correct
answers✅✅ Complex regional pain syndrome.
What is a symmetric tonic neck reflex? - correct answers✅✅ When an
infant's neck is extended, the elbows extend and the hips flex. When the
head is lowered, the elbows flex and the hips extend.
What is a bunny hop pattern? - correct answers✅✅ A bunny hop pattern
is a result of symmetric tonic neck reflex utilization in order to elicit
movement at the hips and elbows for mobility.
What is a neuroma? - correct answers✅✅ A complication of nerve
structure or amputation. A traumatic ______ is an unorganized mass of nerve
fibers resulting from accidental or surgical cutting of the nerve. Results in
sharp, radiating pain.
What sensory region does the radial nerve innervate on the hand? - correct
answers✅✅ Radial Nerve
, NBCOT/COTA - Exam Prep Questions And
Answers A+ guide
What sensory region does the ulnar nerve innervate in the hand? - correct
answers✅✅ Ulnar Nerve
What sensory region in the hand is innervated by the median nerve? -
correct answers✅✅ Median Nerve
What stage is initiated by looking at and reaching for food? - correct
answers✅✅ The oral preparatory phase.
What behavior would a child with poor modulation of tactile input display? -
correct answers✅✅ Children with autism often are unpredictable, both
craving and avoiding sensory stimuli at various times.
After swallowing a pureed substance, you notice the individual has a wet,
gurgling voice. What might this indicate? - correct answers✅✅ Possible
aspiration. A videoflouroscopy is often times needed to determine is this is
the case.
In an acute care psychiatric setting, which group treatment is the most
appropriate for individuals with disorganized psychosis? - correct
answers✅✅ Directive group treatment: a highly structured approach used
in acute care for minimally functional individuals.
What type of group structure would be most appropriate for individuals with
substance abuse? - correct answers✅✅ A task group is appropriate for
substance abuse disorders.
What group format is most appropriate for eating and adjustment disorders?
- correct answers✅✅ Psychoeducation groups
