NBCE physiotherapy Test Questions
and Already Passed Answers 2025-
2026 Edition.
A patient with a hx of thrombosis who is taking an anticoagulant present with lower extremity
muscle soreness after hiking. Which of the following modalities is contraindicated?
A. Interferential with suction
B. Cryotherapy
C. High-volt Pulsed Direct Current
D. Low-Frequency - Answer A. interferential with suction
A 46 yo Male hemiplegic presents with a history of shoulder spasticity and secondary shoulder
joint dysfunction. Which of the following would elicit a temporary, therapeutically effective
decrease in spasticity?
A. ultraviolet
B. Fluid therapy
C. Cryotherapy
D. Effleurage Massage - Answer C. cryotherapy
Which of the following units of measure indicates the rate of electrical current flow?
A. volt
B. Watt
C. ampere
D. ohm - Answer C. ampere
The physiological effects of which of the following modalities are most similar to those of high-
volt therapy?
A. ultrasound
B. Russian Stimulation
C. Faradic Current
D. shortwave diathermy - Answer C. faradic current
, D. shortwave diathermy - Answer D. shortwave diathermy
which of the following is a systemic effect of applying heat to the body?
A. decreased metabolism
B. Bradypnea
C. polyuria
D. Bradycardia - Answer C. polyuria
The presence of which of the following contraindicates the use of paraffin for treatment of
osteoarthritis of the hands
A. contracture
B. Scar Tissue
C. Impaired Circulation
D. Postfracture stiffness - Answer C. impaired circulation
Which of the following is the treatment of choice for generalized rheumatoid arthritis?
A. ultraviolet
B. Ultrasound
C. Infrared Lamp
D. microwave diathermy - Answer C. infrared lamp
Which of the following conditions contraindicates continuous shortwave diathermy?
A. cervical radiculitis
B. arteriosclerosis obliterans
C. sinusitis
D. Brochitis - Answer B. arteriosclerosis obliterans
Which of the following is the treatment of choice during exacerbations of Raynaud's disease?
A. smooth-wave galvanism
B. ultraviolet radiation
C. infrared therapy
and Already Passed Answers 2025-
2026 Edition.
A patient with a hx of thrombosis who is taking an anticoagulant present with lower extremity
muscle soreness after hiking. Which of the following modalities is contraindicated?
A. Interferential with suction
B. Cryotherapy
C. High-volt Pulsed Direct Current
D. Low-Frequency - Answer A. interferential with suction
A 46 yo Male hemiplegic presents with a history of shoulder spasticity and secondary shoulder
joint dysfunction. Which of the following would elicit a temporary, therapeutically effective
decrease in spasticity?
A. ultraviolet
B. Fluid therapy
C. Cryotherapy
D. Effleurage Massage - Answer C. cryotherapy
Which of the following units of measure indicates the rate of electrical current flow?
A. volt
B. Watt
C. ampere
D. ohm - Answer C. ampere
The physiological effects of which of the following modalities are most similar to those of high-
volt therapy?
A. ultrasound
B. Russian Stimulation
C. Faradic Current
D. shortwave diathermy - Answer C. faradic current
, D. shortwave diathermy - Answer D. shortwave diathermy
which of the following is a systemic effect of applying heat to the body?
A. decreased metabolism
B. Bradypnea
C. polyuria
D. Bradycardia - Answer C. polyuria
The presence of which of the following contraindicates the use of paraffin for treatment of
osteoarthritis of the hands
A. contracture
B. Scar Tissue
C. Impaired Circulation
D. Postfracture stiffness - Answer C. impaired circulation
Which of the following is the treatment of choice for generalized rheumatoid arthritis?
A. ultraviolet
B. Ultrasound
C. Infrared Lamp
D. microwave diathermy - Answer C. infrared lamp
Which of the following conditions contraindicates continuous shortwave diathermy?
A. cervical radiculitis
B. arteriosclerosis obliterans
C. sinusitis
D. Brochitis - Answer B. arteriosclerosis obliterans
Which of the following is the treatment of choice during exacerbations of Raynaud's disease?
A. smooth-wave galvanism
B. ultraviolet radiation
C. infrared therapy
