NPTE PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What is the reflex testing site for nerve root level S1-S2? - Answer-Achilles/Calcaneal
DTR
What is the reflex testing site for nerve root level C5-C6? - Answer-Biceps DTR
What is the reflex testing site for nerve root level L2-L4? - Answer-Quadriceps DTR
What is the reflex testing site for nerve root level L5-S3? - Answer-Hamstrings DTR
What is diverticulitis? - Answer-Inflammation or infection in one or more small pouches
in the digestive tract.
What are the signs and symptoms of diverticulitis? - Answer-Bloating, blood in stool,
change in bowel habits, constipation, diarrhea, indigestion, nausea, vomiting, flatulence,
chills, fever, loss of appetite, cramping, or tenderness may be present.
Which of the following would an individual diagnosed with diverticulitis not experience?
Vomiting, nausea and vomiting, increased appetite, or diarrhea - Answer-Increased
appetite
The stork standing test is a special lumbar test that identifies what condition?
Dysfunction of neurological structures of lower leg, compression of femoral nerve,
intermittent claudication, Spondylolisthesis - Answer-Spondylolisthesis
Your patient presents with shoulder pain and an inability to actively lift his arm
overhead, suspicious of a rotator cuff injury. In order to determine if a patient's rotator
cuff has been torn or has been fully ruptured, which special shoulder test would most
likely be used?
Speed's Test
Drop Arm Test
Adson's Test
Clunk Test - Answer-Drop Arm Test
A patient suffered a MVA and resultant cervical spine fracture. The trauma team
determines that the patient needs a spinal orthoses to control neck movement. Which of
the following spinal orthoses would the physical therapist most likely recommend to the
patient?
Soft Collar
Corset
Four poster cervical orthosis
Lumbosacral orthosis - Answer-Four Poster Cervical Orthosis
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What is the reflex testing site for nerve root level S1-S2? - Answer-Achilles/Calcaneal
DTR
What is the reflex testing site for nerve root level C5-C6? - Answer-Biceps DTR
What is the reflex testing site for nerve root level L2-L4? - Answer-Quadriceps DTR
What is the reflex testing site for nerve root level L5-S3? - Answer-Hamstrings DTR
What is diverticulitis? - Answer-Inflammation or infection in one or more small pouches
in the digestive tract.
What are the signs and symptoms of diverticulitis? - Answer-Bloating, blood in stool,
change in bowel habits, constipation, diarrhea, indigestion, nausea, vomiting, flatulence,
chills, fever, loss of appetite, cramping, or tenderness may be present.
Which of the following would an individual diagnosed with diverticulitis not experience?
Vomiting, nausea and vomiting, increased appetite, or diarrhea - Answer-Increased
appetite
The stork standing test is a special lumbar test that identifies what condition?
Dysfunction of neurological structures of lower leg, compression of femoral nerve,
intermittent claudication, Spondylolisthesis - Answer-Spondylolisthesis
Your patient presents with shoulder pain and an inability to actively lift his arm
overhead, suspicious of a rotator cuff injury. In order to determine if a patient's rotator
cuff has been torn or has been fully ruptured, which special shoulder test would most
likely be used?
Speed's Test
Drop Arm Test
Adson's Test
Clunk Test - Answer-Drop Arm Test
A patient suffered a MVA and resultant cervical spine fracture. The trauma team
determines that the patient needs a spinal orthoses to control neck movement. Which of
the following spinal orthoses would the physical therapist most likely recommend to the
patient?
Soft Collar
Corset
Four poster cervical orthosis
Lumbosacral orthosis - Answer-Four Poster Cervical Orthosis
