Evolve MBLEX practice test Questions And Answers 2025

Evolve MBLEX practice test
1. The kidneys lie in a retroperitoneal position. What does that mean?
A. Anterior to the peritoneum B. Posterior to the peritoneum C. Within the peritoneum
D. Inferior to the peritoneum - ✔️✔️B. Posterior to the peritoneum

2. During inhalation, the diaphragm does what?
A. Descends
C. Compresses
B. Contracts
D. Ascends - ✔️✔️A. Descends

3. What is an involuntary, predictable response to a stimulus?
A. Action potential
B. Motor unit
C. Axon terminal
D. Reflex - ✔️✔️D. Reflex

4. Which leg muscle is responsible for dorsiflexion?
A. Peroneus longus
B. Gastrocnemius C. Tibialis anterior D. Popliteus - ✔️✔️C. Tibialis anterior

5. For a skeletal muscle to contract, what must happen first?
A. A bone must move
B. A muscle must stimulate a nerve C. A nerve must stimulate a muscle D. The agonist
must relax - ✔️✔️C. A nerve must stimulate a muscle


6. Which muscle lies next to carotid artery and merits caution during massage?
A. Popliteus
B. Splenius capitis
C. Levator scapulae
D. Sternocleidomastoid - ✔️✔️D. Sternocleidomastoid

7. Which muscle is located directly inferior to the scapular spine?
A. Teres minor
B. Infraspinatus C. Supraspinatus D. Subscapularis - ✔️✔️B. Infraspinatus

8. In an injury to the acromioclavicular joint, which end of the clavicle is involved?
A. Medial
B. Superior C. Lateral D. Anterior - ✔️✔️C. Lateral

9. If a client is experiencing pain in the inguinal region, which joint is MOST LIKELY
affected?

,A. Ankle
B. Hip C. Knee D. Elbow - ✔️✔️B. Hip

10. Which muscle group resists knee flexion?
A. Quadriceps
B. Rotators
C. Hamstrings
D. Adductors - ✔️✔️A. Quadriceps

11. Which of the following is a fibrous protein that helps to protect and waterproof the
skin?
A. Melanin
B. Carotene C. Keratin D. Sebum - ✔️✔️C. Keratin

12. Which receptor is responsible for detecting light touch
A. Sudoriferous glands
B. Meissner corpuscles C. Pacinian corpuscles D. Free nerve endings - ✔️✔️Meissner
corpuscles

13. Which receptor is responsible for detecting deep pressure
A. Pacinian corpuscles
B. Pressure spindles
C. Krause end bulbs
D. Meissner corpuscles - ✔️✔️Pacinian corpuscles

14. If an independent contractor is compensated by a salon for massage services, what
tax document does the salon provide the contractor annually? - ✔️✔️1099

15. Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding independent contractors
and contract labor.
A. You set your hours of operation
B. You provide your own materials
C. You provide the service in other locations
D. You decide how much the client pays - ✔️✔️D. You decide how much the client
pays


16. Of the following conditions, which one is NOT a contagious skin condition? A.
Herpes simplex
B. Warts
C. Impetigo
D. Psoriasis - ✔️✔️D. Psoriasis

17. One of the most lethal types of skin cancer is
A. Malignant melanoma

,B. Carcinoma in situ
C. Squamous cell carcinoma
D. Basal cell carcinoma - ✔️✔️A. Malignant melanoma

18. A hinge joint is capable of making which of the following movements?
A. Adduction and abduction
B. Flexion and extension
C. Inversion and eversion
D. Pronation and supination - ✔️✔️B. Flexion and extension

19. Which joint moves in one plane only? A. Saddle
B. Ball and socket
C. Ellipsoid
D. Pivot - ✔️✔️D. Pivot

20. What action shortens muscles of the anterior neck? A. Extension
B. Rotation
C. Flexion
D. Supination - ✔️✔️C. Flexion

21. Muscles that can entrap the brachial plexus are:
A. Pectoralis major and subscapularis
B. Pectoralis minor and serratus anterior
C. Scalenes and pectoralis major
D. Scalenes and pectoralis minor - ✔️✔️D. Scalenes and pectoralis minor

22. Which receptor is activated by lengthening tension at musculotendinous junctions
and inhibits muscle contraction?
A. Golgi tendon organs
B. Baroreceptors
C. Nociceptors
D. Muscle spindles - ✔️✔️A. Golgi tendon organs

23. Which is NOT a member of the hamstring muscles?
A. Rectus femoris
B. Semitendinosus
C. Semimembranosus
D. Biceps femoris - ✔️✔️A. Rectus femoris

24. Which muscle extends the elbow?
A. Coracobrachialis
B. Triceps brachii C. Biceps brachii D. Brachioradialis - ✔️✔️B. Triceps brachii

25. Which hamstring muscle attaches to the fibula?
A. Semitendinosus

, B. Biceps femoris
C. Semimembranosus
D. Rectus femoris - ✔️✔️B. Biceps femoris

26. Pyloric sphincter allows transport of what substance? A. Chyme
B. Lymph
C. Bile
D. Feces - ✔️✔️A. Chyme

27. A client rotating his shoulder is an example of which of the following? A. Passive
motion
B. Active assisted motion C. Active resisted motion D. Active motion - ✔️✔️D. Active
motion

28. Which muscles are most likely involved in temporomandibular joint dysfunction?
A. Scalenes, temporalis, and pterygoids
B. Masseter, pterygoids, and temporalis
C. Temporalis, buccinator, and masseter
D. Pterygoids, zygomaticus, and temporalis - ✔️✔️B. Masseter, pterygoids, and
temporalis

29. What are the cardinal signs of inflammation?
A. Ischemia, heat, redness, and pain
B. Cyanosis, pallor, pain, and swelling
C. Pain, swelling, redness, and heat
D. Pallor, swelling, heat, and pain - ✔️✔️C. Pain, swelling, redness, and heat

30. What heart chamber pumps blood to the lungs?
A. Right atrium
B. Right ventricle
C. Left atrium
D. Left ventricle - ✔️✔️B. Right ventricle

31. The tendency of trigger points to produce sensations to a target area associated
with a particular trigger point is called:
A Referred pain phenomena
B. Jump sign
C. Thixotropism
D. Local twitch responses - ✔️✔️A Referred pain phenomena

32. What massage considerations are best used for a terminally ill client?
A. Longer sessions using lighter-than-normal pressure
B. Longer sessions using deeper-than normal pressure
C. Shorter sessions using lighter-than-normal pressure