Intro to PTA FINAL EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS
Nancy Watts identified four categories of factors that should be taken into
consideration when a PT is deciding which tasks should be directed to a PTA. Which of
the following is included in those factors? - ✔✔The stability of the patient
Which of the following was a key event in the early development of the PT profession? -
✔✔Polio epidemics in the early 1900s
The woman considered to be the first American PT was which of the following? -
✔✔Mary McMillan
You are the PTA working in the local clinic. A patient asks you to explain the difference
between the PT and the PTA. How would you explain the difference between the two
professions? - ✔✔I would say to the patient that both PTs and PTAs are specialized in
rehabilitating those who are injured or impaired by illness or disease. However, the PT
develops the rehabilitation program and can diagnosis patients. The PTA will then help
to carry out the plan of care and assists in executing the rehabilitation process.
Additionally, PTs have more educational prerequisites and more schooling to be able to
develop this plan, while a PTA does not have as many but is still able to effectively
work to assist the PT with assigned tasks. These tasks are dependent on the complexity
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,of the task, stability of the patient, the purpose in relation to the patient's treatment, and
the experience or level of specialization of both the PT and PTA. That being said, the
PTA directly assists the PT in delivery of services.
The first two colleges to have PTA educational programs began educating students in
which of the following years? - ✔✔1967
The correct title for the PTA is physical therapy assistant. - ✔✔False
The APTA's most recent vision statement for the profession states that we will
transform society and improve the human experience by which of the following? -
✔✔Optimizing movement
Guiding Principles to achieve the vision - ✔✔Identity
Quality
Collaboration
Value
Innovation
Consumer-Centricity
Access/Equity
Advocacy
In what decade was there a job market saturation of PTA professionals? - ✔✔1990
Which of the following terms describes a patient/client's ability to receive PT services
without first obtaining a referral from a physician? - ✔✔Correct answer:
Direct Access
Please list the 9 core values of the physical therapist assistant. - ✔✔1. Accountability
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, 2. Altruism
3. Collaboration
4. Compassion and Caring
5. Duty
6. Excellence
7. Inclusion
8. Integrity
9. Social Responsibility
QUIZ #2 &3 - ✔✔
1. Impairments - ✔✔Problems in body function or structure such as a significant
deviation or loss.
2.Activity - ✔✔The execution of a task or action by an individual.
3. Participation - ✔✔Involvement in a life situation.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS
Nancy Watts identified four categories of factors that should be taken into
consideration when a PT is deciding which tasks should be directed to a PTA. Which of
the following is included in those factors? - ✔✔The stability of the patient
Which of the following was a key event in the early development of the PT profession? -
✔✔Polio epidemics in the early 1900s
The woman considered to be the first American PT was which of the following? -
✔✔Mary McMillan
You are the PTA working in the local clinic. A patient asks you to explain the difference
between the PT and the PTA. How would you explain the difference between the two
professions? - ✔✔I would say to the patient that both PTs and PTAs are specialized in
rehabilitating those who are injured or impaired by illness or disease. However, the PT
develops the rehabilitation program and can diagnosis patients. The PTA will then help
to carry out the plan of care and assists in executing the rehabilitation process.
Additionally, PTs have more educational prerequisites and more schooling to be able to
develop this plan, while a PTA does not have as many but is still able to effectively
work to assist the PT with assigned tasks. These tasks are dependent on the complexity
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,of the task, stability of the patient, the purpose in relation to the patient's treatment, and
the experience or level of specialization of both the PT and PTA. That being said, the
PTA directly assists the PT in delivery of services.
The first two colleges to have PTA educational programs began educating students in
which of the following years? - ✔✔1967
The correct title for the PTA is physical therapy assistant. - ✔✔False
The APTA's most recent vision statement for the profession states that we will
transform society and improve the human experience by which of the following? -
✔✔Optimizing movement
Guiding Principles to achieve the vision - ✔✔Identity
Quality
Collaboration
Value
Innovation
Consumer-Centricity
Access/Equity
Advocacy
In what decade was there a job market saturation of PTA professionals? - ✔✔1990
Which of the following terms describes a patient/client's ability to receive PT services
without first obtaining a referral from a physician? - ✔✔Correct answer:
Direct Access
Please list the 9 core values of the physical therapist assistant. - ✔✔1. Accountability
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, 2. Altruism
3. Collaboration
4. Compassion and Caring
5. Duty
6. Excellence
7. Inclusion
8. Integrity
9. Social Responsibility
QUIZ #2 &3 - ✔✔
1. Impairments - ✔✔Problems in body function or structure such as a significant
deviation or loss.
2.Activity - ✔✔The execution of a task or action by an individual.
3. Participation - ✔✔Involvement in a life situation.
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