MASSAGE THERAPY MCQ EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is an excoriation? - Answer-loss of outer skin of layers from scratching
What layers of skin and skin infections affect? - Answer-surface and subcutaneous
tissue
What are the complications of skin infections? - Answer-Spreads aggressively and does
not respond well to treatments. Skin infections that is not successfully treated may
spread through the blood stream and can lead to permanent damage.
What does skin host? - Answer-wide range of bacteria (skin flora), most of which are not
considered pathogenic
True or False: sprains heal much faster than strains - Answer-False
What is the most common cause of joint injury? - Answer-Mechanical overloading of the
joint
Which one of these is not autoimmune: Gout, Lupus, Scleroderma, Juvenile RA -
Answer-Gout is NOT autoimmune
What are the names of the ankle ligaments that you are most likely to sprain? - Answer-
Anterior and posterior talofibular and calcaneofibular
What is the 1st step outlined in the model for ethical decision making? - Answer-
Determine if the situation is an ethical issue or ethical dilemma
A registered massage therapist becomes legally responsible for client confidentiality
when: - Answer-RMT receives consent for treatment
Mark is a healthy 32 y/o weekend runner, he slowly developed pain over a period of a
month after changing footwear. The pain is located on the inside of his left ankle/medial
malleolus region. What is your "first hypothesis" - Answer-Posterior tibial
tendinitis/tendinosis
,Is failure to report income to revenue Canada a mandatory reporting obligation? -
Answer-No, Mandatory reporting is for suspected child abuse/neglect, suspected elder
abuse/neglect, and suspected sexual abuse
What act protects the client's right of privacy and confidentiality? - Answer-Personal
Health Information Protection ACT
What year was PHIPA created? - Answer-2004
Ataxia - Answer-incoordination
Muscle relaxants such as Robin and Valium alter the tone of muscle so that... - Answer-
they feel loose and not connected
Before performing frictions on your clients' tendon, the therapist must find the area of
pain by performing what? - Answer-Resisted isometric contraction
You would be more likely to palpate a hole, or discontinuity, in tissue which has
sustained a ______. - Answer-rupture
Which condition will manifest with loss of lumbar lordosis and increased thoracic
hyperhyphosis in the later stages? - Answer-Ankylosing spondylitis
Which of these conditions would you NOT recommend local ice in acute stage?
- Exertional compartment syndrome
- tibias posterior periostitis,
- extensor hallucinate Longus strain
- anterior talofibular sprain. - Answer-Exertional compartment syndrome
Dupuytren's contracture is most likely to involve TrPs in what muscle? - Answer-
Palmaris Longus
You can use sustained grade 3 traction during which stage of inflammation? - Answer-
Chronic
Cold reduces the demand for oxygen via which process? - Answer-Decreasing
metabolic rate
NSADIs demonstrate all of the following EXCEPT:
- anti-inflammatory
- analgesic
- anticoagulant
- anti-nauseant - Answer-anti-nauseant
, Which part of the ATP cycle can be an anaerobic pathway that results in the production
of two net ATP per glucose plus two pyretic acid molecule - Answer-Glycolysis
The anterolateral abdominal muscles enable or contribute to what? - Answer-Forced
expiration, urination, compression of abdominal contents
A malignant tutor that arises rom tissue of mesenchymal origin are usually given the
suffix ______. - Answer-Sarcoma
The triad of symptoms associated with Reiter's syndrome include all of he following
EXCEPT:
- urethritis
- malar rash
- conjunctivitis
- arthritic symptoms - Answer-Malar rash - usually seen with Lupus
The lateral, medial and posterior cords of the brachial plexus are named because of
their relationship to what artery? - Answer-Axillary artery
What type of synovial joint is the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb? - Answer-Saddle
What is a potentially deadly malignant bone neoplasm that arises from plasma cells
(extrinsic to the bone)? - Answer-Multiple myeloma
The sarcotuberous ligament runs from: - Answer-Runs from the inferior sacrum to the
ischial tuberosity
A motor unit is: - Answer-A motor neuron plus all the skeletal muscle fibers it stimulates
What is a Haversian canal of a bone? - Answer-A space in the matrix of a compact
bone parallel to its long axis, containing vascular supply to the bone
The binding of Ca2+ to ______ starts the contraction cycle - Answer-Troponin
The basic 5 point exercise for posture and relaxation for clients who have TMJ
dysfunction would include which of the following?
- retracting the shoulders
- flattening lumbar lordosis
- placing the tongue against the posterior upper teeth
- letting the jaw go slack - Answer-Letting the jaw go slack
What is the physiological reason behind plyometrics improving performance - Answer-
Increases speed of the myostatic stretch reflex
To drain an upper lobe apical segment you would position the person how? - Answer-
Seated
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is an excoriation? - Answer-loss of outer skin of layers from scratching
What layers of skin and skin infections affect? - Answer-surface and subcutaneous
tissue
What are the complications of skin infections? - Answer-Spreads aggressively and does
not respond well to treatments. Skin infections that is not successfully treated may
spread through the blood stream and can lead to permanent damage.
What does skin host? - Answer-wide range of bacteria (skin flora), most of which are not
considered pathogenic
True or False: sprains heal much faster than strains - Answer-False
What is the most common cause of joint injury? - Answer-Mechanical overloading of the
joint
Which one of these is not autoimmune: Gout, Lupus, Scleroderma, Juvenile RA -
Answer-Gout is NOT autoimmune
What are the names of the ankle ligaments that you are most likely to sprain? - Answer-
Anterior and posterior talofibular and calcaneofibular
What is the 1st step outlined in the model for ethical decision making? - Answer-
Determine if the situation is an ethical issue or ethical dilemma
A registered massage therapist becomes legally responsible for client confidentiality
when: - Answer-RMT receives consent for treatment
Mark is a healthy 32 y/o weekend runner, he slowly developed pain over a period of a
month after changing footwear. The pain is located on the inside of his left ankle/medial
malleolus region. What is your "first hypothesis" - Answer-Posterior tibial
tendinitis/tendinosis
,Is failure to report income to revenue Canada a mandatory reporting obligation? -
Answer-No, Mandatory reporting is for suspected child abuse/neglect, suspected elder
abuse/neglect, and suspected sexual abuse
What act protects the client's right of privacy and confidentiality? - Answer-Personal
Health Information Protection ACT
What year was PHIPA created? - Answer-2004
Ataxia - Answer-incoordination
Muscle relaxants such as Robin and Valium alter the tone of muscle so that... - Answer-
they feel loose and not connected
Before performing frictions on your clients' tendon, the therapist must find the area of
pain by performing what? - Answer-Resisted isometric contraction
You would be more likely to palpate a hole, or discontinuity, in tissue which has
sustained a ______. - Answer-rupture
Which condition will manifest with loss of lumbar lordosis and increased thoracic
hyperhyphosis in the later stages? - Answer-Ankylosing spondylitis
Which of these conditions would you NOT recommend local ice in acute stage?
- Exertional compartment syndrome
- tibias posterior periostitis,
- extensor hallucinate Longus strain
- anterior talofibular sprain. - Answer-Exertional compartment syndrome
Dupuytren's contracture is most likely to involve TrPs in what muscle? - Answer-
Palmaris Longus
You can use sustained grade 3 traction during which stage of inflammation? - Answer-
Chronic
Cold reduces the demand for oxygen via which process? - Answer-Decreasing
metabolic rate
NSADIs demonstrate all of the following EXCEPT:
- anti-inflammatory
- analgesic
- anticoagulant
- anti-nauseant - Answer-anti-nauseant
, Which part of the ATP cycle can be an anaerobic pathway that results in the production
of two net ATP per glucose plus two pyretic acid molecule - Answer-Glycolysis
The anterolateral abdominal muscles enable or contribute to what? - Answer-Forced
expiration, urination, compression of abdominal contents
A malignant tutor that arises rom tissue of mesenchymal origin are usually given the
suffix ______. - Answer-Sarcoma
The triad of symptoms associated with Reiter's syndrome include all of he following
EXCEPT:
- urethritis
- malar rash
- conjunctivitis
- arthritic symptoms - Answer-Malar rash - usually seen with Lupus
The lateral, medial and posterior cords of the brachial plexus are named because of
their relationship to what artery? - Answer-Axillary artery
What type of synovial joint is the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb? - Answer-Saddle
What is a potentially deadly malignant bone neoplasm that arises from plasma cells
(extrinsic to the bone)? - Answer-Multiple myeloma
The sarcotuberous ligament runs from: - Answer-Runs from the inferior sacrum to the
ischial tuberosity
A motor unit is: - Answer-A motor neuron plus all the skeletal muscle fibers it stimulates
What is a Haversian canal of a bone? - Answer-A space in the matrix of a compact
bone parallel to its long axis, containing vascular supply to the bone
The binding of Ca2+ to ______ starts the contraction cycle - Answer-Troponin
The basic 5 point exercise for posture and relaxation for clients who have TMJ
dysfunction would include which of the following?
- retracting the shoulders
- flattening lumbar lordosis
- placing the tongue against the posterior upper teeth
- letting the jaw go slack - Answer-Letting the jaw go slack
What is the physiological reason behind plyometrics improving performance - Answer-
Increases speed of the myostatic stretch reflex
To drain an upper lobe apical segment you would position the person how? - Answer-
Seated
