NCTRC EXAM FOUNDATIONAL
KNOWLEDGE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004/2011 - Correct Answers --Therapeutic
Recreation is listed as a related service (2004)
- Updated in 2011 to include developmental delays aged 2 & under
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Correct Answers --Allows full and equal access
by persons with disabilities to any place of public accommodation
-the federal law that dictates currently the specifications for barrier free design
- Mandates program accessibility in public accommodations
Substitutability - Correct Answers --i.e. for quads, using ping pong instead of regular
tennis
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) - Correct Answers -Unpaid, job - protected leave
for specified family and medical reasons
Muscular Strength - Correct Answers -A single maximum effort
Increase in ID - Correct Answers -Increase secondary physical limitations and sensory
impairments
What is Catharsis? - Correct Answers -The process of releasing strong and repressed
emotions
What is a Target Heart Rate? - Correct Answers -60-70% of normal maximum heart rate
What is Validation Therapy? - Correct Answers --Therapy developed for people with
dementia based on accepting the demented person's perception of reality
Interpersonal Constraint to Leisure Participation - Correct Answers -Lack of leisure
partners
Glaucoma - Correct Answers -Aqueous humor of the anterior chamber of the eye
Heart Disease and Cancer - Correct Answers -Leading two causes of death in the U.S.
, Automatic Hyperreflexia (automatic dysreflexia) - Correct Answers --Common in people
with spinal cord injuries
-It is rapid and uncontrolled elevation in blood pressure
Best test for agility? - Correct Answers -Times obstacle course
Aphasia - Correct Answers -Inability to comprehend and formulate words
Visual and Hearing impaired clients - Correct Answers -Significantly reduced physical
fitness
T1&T2 - Correct Answers -Dividing vertebrae between being classified as a para and
quad
Achieving an optimal experience - Correct Answers -The activity challenge and their
skill level are nearly equal
Medicare (Federal health insurance program) - Correct Answers --Individual 65 and
older
-Individuals under age 65 with certain disabilities
-Individuals with end-stage renal disease
Myasthenia Gravis - Correct Answers -Chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease
(droopy eyelid and mouth)
Most difficult interpersonal constraint for CTRS? - Correct Answers -Lack of participant
interest
Goal: "To increase clients dyad cooperation skills" - Correct Answers -Intervention:
Ballroom dancing (two people cooperating together)
According to National Institutes of Health what occurs more frequently than diabetes,
heart disease, and cancer? - Correct Answers -Pain
Leisure Diagnostic Battery (LDB) measure perceived freedom components - Correct
Answers --Perceived leisure competence
-Perceived leisure control
-Leisure needs
-Depth of involvement (flow)
-Playfulness
Chronic cocaine user effects? - Correct Answers --Depression
-Hypertension
-Respiratory and/or cardiac failure
KNOWLEDGE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004/2011 - Correct Answers --Therapeutic
Recreation is listed as a related service (2004)
- Updated in 2011 to include developmental delays aged 2 & under
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Correct Answers --Allows full and equal access
by persons with disabilities to any place of public accommodation
-the federal law that dictates currently the specifications for barrier free design
- Mandates program accessibility in public accommodations
Substitutability - Correct Answers --i.e. for quads, using ping pong instead of regular
tennis
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) - Correct Answers -Unpaid, job - protected leave
for specified family and medical reasons
Muscular Strength - Correct Answers -A single maximum effort
Increase in ID - Correct Answers -Increase secondary physical limitations and sensory
impairments
What is Catharsis? - Correct Answers -The process of releasing strong and repressed
emotions
What is a Target Heart Rate? - Correct Answers -60-70% of normal maximum heart rate
What is Validation Therapy? - Correct Answers --Therapy developed for people with
dementia based on accepting the demented person's perception of reality
Interpersonal Constraint to Leisure Participation - Correct Answers -Lack of leisure
partners
Glaucoma - Correct Answers -Aqueous humor of the anterior chamber of the eye
Heart Disease and Cancer - Correct Answers -Leading two causes of death in the U.S.
, Automatic Hyperreflexia (automatic dysreflexia) - Correct Answers --Common in people
with spinal cord injuries
-It is rapid and uncontrolled elevation in blood pressure
Best test for agility? - Correct Answers -Times obstacle course
Aphasia - Correct Answers -Inability to comprehend and formulate words
Visual and Hearing impaired clients - Correct Answers -Significantly reduced physical
fitness
T1&T2 - Correct Answers -Dividing vertebrae between being classified as a para and
quad
Achieving an optimal experience - Correct Answers -The activity challenge and their
skill level are nearly equal
Medicare (Federal health insurance program) - Correct Answers --Individual 65 and
older
-Individuals under age 65 with certain disabilities
-Individuals with end-stage renal disease
Myasthenia Gravis - Correct Answers -Chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease
(droopy eyelid and mouth)
Most difficult interpersonal constraint for CTRS? - Correct Answers -Lack of participant
interest
Goal: "To increase clients dyad cooperation skills" - Correct Answers -Intervention:
Ballroom dancing (two people cooperating together)
According to National Institutes of Health what occurs more frequently than diabetes,
heart disease, and cancer? - Correct Answers -Pain
Leisure Diagnostic Battery (LDB) measure perceived freedom components - Correct
Answers --Perceived leisure competence
-Perceived leisure control
-Leisure needs
-Depth of involvement (flow)
-Playfulness
Chronic cocaine user effects? - Correct Answers --Depression
-Hypertension
-Respiratory and/or cardiac failure
