PEAT-4 Practice 200 Questions and Answers 2024/2025 Complete.( Practice Exam & Assessment Tool (PEAT)

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PEAT-4 Practice 200 Questions and Answers 2024/2025 Test series (Practice Exam &
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QUESTION: Central cord syndrome - ✔✔correct Ans: typically affects the upper extremities
more than the lower extremities. Sensory impairments are typically less severe than motor
impairments.



QUESTION: Anterior cord syndrome - ✔✔correct Ans: presents clinically as a loss of motor
function and loss of the sense of pain and temperature below the level of the lesion.
Proprioception, light touch, and vibratory sense are generally preserved.



QUESTION: Cauda equina syndrome - ✔✔correct Ans: saddle anesthesia and areflexic bowel
and bladder. Lower extremity paralysis and paresis are variable depending on the extent of the
injury.



QUESTION: Brown-Séquard syndrome - ✔✔correct Ans: ipsilateral paralysis and sensory loss
and contralateral loss of sense of pain and temperature.



QUESTION: 4. - ✔✔correct Ans: A patient with atrial flutter suddenly becomes extremely
lightheaded while exercising and appears to lose consciousness. Which of the following
physiologic responses BEST explains the change in the patient's status?



1.Increased filling of the ventricles

2.Increased system congestion

3.Decreased atrial depolarization

4.Decreased blood traveling to the brain



QUESTION: Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome - ✔✔correct Ans: Condition
characterized by pain and swelling within the muscular compartmnets of the LE that is often
precipitated by exercise



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QUESTION: 4. - ✔✔correct Ans: A physical therapist assistant suspects that a patient being
treated for shin splints may actually have chronic exertional compartment syndrome. Where
should the assistant palpate to assess if perfusion to the foot has been affected?



1.Anterior to the lateral malleolus

2.Posterior to the lateral malleolus

3.Anterior to the medial malleolus

4.Posterior to the medial malleolus



QUESTION: Dorsalis pedis artery and posterior tibial artery - ✔✔correct Ans: Two main sources
of blood supply to the foot



QUESTION: 3. - ✔✔correct Ans: A physical therapist assistant reads in a patient's medical chart
that the patient has been prescribed albuterol. Which of the following conditions would MOST
likely require the use of this medication?



1.Breast cancer

2.Angina pectoris

3.Exercise-induced asthma

4.Spinal cord injury



QUESTION: Albuterol - ✔✔correct Ans: medication that is commonly prescribed for conditions
from bronchoconstriction such as asthma COPD.



QUESTION: Atrial tachycardia - ✔✔correct Ans: R-R interval is irregular with a rate between 100
and 200 beats per minute



QUESTION: Sinus Arrythmia - ✔✔correct Ans: R-R interval is irregular with a rate between 40
and 100 beats per minute

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QUESTION: Sinus tachycardia - ✔✔correct Ans: R-R interval is regular with a rate greater than
100 beats per minute



QUESTION: sinus bradycardia - ✔✔correct Ans: R-R interval is regular with a rate less than 60
beats per minute



QUESTION: 4 - ✔✔correct Ans: A patient exercising in an outpatient facility informs their
physical therapist assistant that they are experiencing chest pain. After resting for 20 minutes
the patient's condition is unchanged. However, the patient insists on continuing with the
session. Which of the following actions is the MOST appropriate for the assistant to take?



1.Allow the patient to resume exercise and continue to monitor the patient

2.Reduce the intensity of the exercise and continue to monitor the patient

3.Discontinue the treatment session and encourage the patient to make an appointment with
their physician

4.Discontinue the treatment session and call an ambulance



QUESTION: 1 - ✔✔correct Ans: A physical therapist assistant observes an electrocardiogram of
a patient who is taking beta-blockers. Which of the following electrocardiogram changes would
MOST likely be caused by beta-blockers?



1.Sinus bradycardia

2.Sinus tachycardia

3.Premature ventricular contractions

4.ST segment sagging



QUESTION: beta blocker - ✔✔correct Ans: decrease heart rate, BP, myocardial contractibility



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