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AZ Jurisprudence Practice Exam COMPLETE 400
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS
LATEST UPDATED VERSION JUST RELEASED
Question: DC summary - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔If care is not provided in an acute-care hospital
or if a physical therapist does not make the entry on the last date that a therapeutic
intervention is provided, a physical therapist shall make an entry that meets the standards in
the patient record and document:
a. The date on which therapeutic intervention terminated;
b. The reason that therapeutic intervention terminated;
c. Inclusive dates for the episode of care being terminated;
d. The total number of days on which therapeutic intervention was provided during the episode
of care;
e. The patient's current functional status;
f. The patient's progress toward achieving the goals in the plan of care required. The
recommended discharge plan.
Question: PT continuing education - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The licensee shall earn at least 10
contact hours from Category A continuing competence activities. No more than five of the
required contact hours from Category A shall be obtained from nonclinical course work.
2. No more than 10 contact hours may be earned by the licensee during any compliance period
from Categories B and C continuing competence activities. No more than five contact hours
from categories B and C may be obtained from nonclinical course work.
3. If the licensee's initial license is for one year or less, the licensee shall earn 10 contact hours
during the initial compliance period.
B. A licensee shall not receive contact hour credit for repetitions of the same activity.
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Question: Category A - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔An accredited medical, health care, or physical
therapy program;
2. A state or national medical, health care, or physical therapy association, or a component of
the association; or 3. A national medical, health care, or physical therapy specialty society.
B. Category A continuing competence activities include:
1. A physical therapy continuing education course designed to provide necessary understanding
of current research, clinical skills,
administration, or education related to the practice of physical therapy. Calculation of contact
hours shall be determined by dividing the
total minutes of instruction by 60. Breaks shall not be included as part of instructional time;
2. Coursework towards granting or renewal of a physical therapy clinical specialty certification
approved by the Board. Each 60 minutes of instruction equals one contact hour;
3. Coursework in a physical therapy clinical residency program. Each 60 minutes of instruction
equals one contact hour; and
4. Coursework in a postgraduate physical therapy education from an accredited college or
university. Each 60 minutes of instruction equals one contact hour.
Q:A physical therapist assistant working under the supervision of a physical therapist can
supervise the maximum number of assistive personnel? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔0
Question: assistive personnel Define? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Physical therapist assistants and
physical therapy aides and other assistive personnel who are trained OR educated health care
providers and who are not physical therapist assistants or physical therapy aides but who
perform specific designated tasks related to physical therapy under the supervision of a physical
therapist.
Question: When is a physical therapist exempt from being licensed to practice as a physical
therapist in the State of Arizona? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔While TRAVELING in Arizona with a
sports team for 60 days.
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Question: A physical therapist assistant has moved from Tucson to Tempe. The physical
therapist needs to notify which organization/agency of the address change? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Arizona Board of Physical Therapy
Question: Law Exam breakdown - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Licensure and Examination (30%)
Patient Care Management (27.5%)
Definitions (17.5%)
Disciplinary Action/Unlawful Practice (10%)
Consumer Advocacy (10%)
Board of Physical Therapy: Powers and Duties (5%)
Question: Board Define? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The board of physical therapy.
Question: Business entity Define? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A business organization that has an
ownership that includes any persons WHO ARE NOT LICENSED or certified to provide physical
therapy services in this state, that offers to the public professional services regulated by the
Board and that is established pursuant to the laws of any state or foreign country.
Question: Dry needling Define? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A skilled intervention performed by a
physical therapist that uses a thin filiform needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate underlying
neural, muscular and connective tissues for the evaluation and management of
neuromusculoskeletal conditions, pain and movement impairments.
Question: General Supervision define? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The supervising physical
therapist is on call and is readily available via telecommunications when the physical therapist
assistant is providing treatment interventions.
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Question: Interim permit define? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A permit issued by the board that
allows a person to practice as a physical therapist in this state or to work as a physical therapist
assistant for a specific period of time and under conditions prescribed by the board before that
person is issued a license or certificate.
Question: Manual therapy techniques define? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A broad group of
passive interventions in which physical therapists use their hands to administer skilled
movements designed to modulate pain, increase joint range of motion, reduce or eliminate soft
tissue swelling, inflammation, or restriction, induce relaxation, improve contractile and
noncontractile tissue extensibility, and improve pulmonary function. These interventions involve
a variety of techniques, such as the application of graded forces.
Question: On-site supervision Define? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The supervising physical
therapist is ON-SITE and is present in the facility or on the campus where assistive personnel or
a holder of an interim permit is performing services, is immediately available to assist the
person being supervised in the services being performed and maintains continued involvement
in appropriate aspects of each treatment session in which a component of treatment is
delegated.
Question: Physical therapist assistant Define - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Who performs physical
therapy procedures and related tasks that have been selected and delegated by the supervising
physical therapist.
Question: 4 Factors under The Practice of physical therapy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1)
Examining, evaluating, and testing impaired people.
2) Alleviating impairments
3) Reducing the risk of injury
AZ Jurisprudence Practice Exam COMPLETE 400
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS
LATEST UPDATED VERSION JUST RELEASED
Question: DC summary - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔If care is not provided in an acute-care hospital
or if a physical therapist does not make the entry on the last date that a therapeutic
intervention is provided, a physical therapist shall make an entry that meets the standards in
the patient record and document:
a. The date on which therapeutic intervention terminated;
b. The reason that therapeutic intervention terminated;
c. Inclusive dates for the episode of care being terminated;
d. The total number of days on which therapeutic intervention was provided during the episode
of care;
e. The patient's current functional status;
f. The patient's progress toward achieving the goals in the plan of care required. The
recommended discharge plan.
Question: PT continuing education - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The licensee shall earn at least 10
contact hours from Category A continuing competence activities. No more than five of the
required contact hours from Category A shall be obtained from nonclinical course work.
2. No more than 10 contact hours may be earned by the licensee during any compliance period
from Categories B and C continuing competence activities. No more than five contact hours
from categories B and C may be obtained from nonclinical course work.
3. If the licensee's initial license is for one year or less, the licensee shall earn 10 contact hours
during the initial compliance period.
B. A licensee shall not receive contact hour credit for repetitions of the same activity.
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Question: Category A - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔An accredited medical, health care, or physical
therapy program;
2. A state or national medical, health care, or physical therapy association, or a component of
the association; or 3. A national medical, health care, or physical therapy specialty society.
B. Category A continuing competence activities include:
1. A physical therapy continuing education course designed to provide necessary understanding
of current research, clinical skills,
administration, or education related to the practice of physical therapy. Calculation of contact
hours shall be determined by dividing the
total minutes of instruction by 60. Breaks shall not be included as part of instructional time;
2. Coursework towards granting or renewal of a physical therapy clinical specialty certification
approved by the Board. Each 60 minutes of instruction equals one contact hour;
3. Coursework in a physical therapy clinical residency program. Each 60 minutes of instruction
equals one contact hour; and
4. Coursework in a postgraduate physical therapy education from an accredited college or
university. Each 60 minutes of instruction equals one contact hour.
Q:A physical therapist assistant working under the supervision of a physical therapist can
supervise the maximum number of assistive personnel? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔0
Question: assistive personnel Define? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Physical therapist assistants and
physical therapy aides and other assistive personnel who are trained OR educated health care
providers and who are not physical therapist assistants or physical therapy aides but who
perform specific designated tasks related to physical therapy under the supervision of a physical
therapist.
Question: When is a physical therapist exempt from being licensed to practice as a physical
therapist in the State of Arizona? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔While TRAVELING in Arizona with a
sports team for 60 days.
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Question: A physical therapist assistant has moved from Tucson to Tempe. The physical
therapist needs to notify which organization/agency of the address change? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Arizona Board of Physical Therapy
Question: Law Exam breakdown - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Licensure and Examination (30%)
Patient Care Management (27.5%)
Definitions (17.5%)
Disciplinary Action/Unlawful Practice (10%)
Consumer Advocacy (10%)
Board of Physical Therapy: Powers and Duties (5%)
Question: Board Define? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The board of physical therapy.
Question: Business entity Define? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A business organization that has an
ownership that includes any persons WHO ARE NOT LICENSED or certified to provide physical
therapy services in this state, that offers to the public professional services regulated by the
Board and that is established pursuant to the laws of any state or foreign country.
Question: Dry needling Define? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A skilled intervention performed by a
physical therapist that uses a thin filiform needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate underlying
neural, muscular and connective tissues for the evaluation and management of
neuromusculoskeletal conditions, pain and movement impairments.
Question: General Supervision define? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The supervising physical
therapist is on call and is readily available via telecommunications when the physical therapist
assistant is providing treatment interventions.
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Question: Interim permit define? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A permit issued by the board that
allows a person to practice as a physical therapist in this state or to work as a physical therapist
assistant for a specific period of time and under conditions prescribed by the board before that
person is issued a license or certificate.
Question: Manual therapy techniques define? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A broad group of
passive interventions in which physical therapists use their hands to administer skilled
movements designed to modulate pain, increase joint range of motion, reduce or eliminate soft
tissue swelling, inflammation, or restriction, induce relaxation, improve contractile and
noncontractile tissue extensibility, and improve pulmonary function. These interventions involve
a variety of techniques, such as the application of graded forces.
Question: On-site supervision Define? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The supervising physical
therapist is ON-SITE and is present in the facility or on the campus where assistive personnel or
a holder of an interim permit is performing services, is immediately available to assist the
person being supervised in the services being performed and maintains continued involvement
in appropriate aspects of each treatment session in which a component of treatment is
delegated.
Question: Physical therapist assistant Define - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Who performs physical
therapy procedures and related tasks that have been selected and delegated by the supervising
physical therapist.
Question: 4 Factors under The Practice of physical therapy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1)
Examining, evaluating, and testing impaired people.
2) Alleviating impairments
3) Reducing the risk of injury
