BOC COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔b. Hold the racquet less tightly and limit the number of backhand strokes - ✔✔30.
Which of the following statements represets the BEST recommendation that an athletic
trainer could provide to a tennis player suffering from lateral epicondylitis? Choose only
one.
a. Decrease racquet grip size and hold the racquet tighter.
b. Hold the racquet less tightly and limit the number of backhand strokes
c. Increase racket grip size and limit the number of forehand strokes
d. Stretch the shoulder musculature and decrease the racquet grip size
e. Stretch the wrist flexors and strengthen the forearm flexors
✔✔a. Gluteus medius - ✔✔31. Weakness of which muscle is associated with a
Trendelenburg gait? Choose only one.
a. Gluteus medius
b. Gluteus maximus
c. Iliopsoas
d. Quadratus lumborum
e. Tensor fascia lata
✔✔c. Personnel, equipment, transportation, and emergency care facilities - ✔✔32.
During the evaluation of an existing emergency action plan, which components should
be reviewed and updated by the athletic trainer? Choose only one.
a. Equipment, insurance, venue location, and weather consideration
b. Personnel, equipment, insurance, and contact information
c. Personnel, equipment, transportation, and emergency care facilities
d. Personnel, qualifications, insurance, and emergency care facilities
e. Personnel, venule location, transportation, and weather considerations
✔✔d. Lateral cervical flexion with contralateral shoulder depression - ✔✔33. Which of
the following is the MOST common mechanism of injury for a brachial plexus
neurapraxia? Choose only one.
a. Cervical hyperextension with cervical compression
b. Cervical hyperextension with a rotational force
c. Forward cervical flexion with an axial load
d. Lateral cervical flexion with contralateral shoulder depression
e. Lateral cervical flexion with contralateral shoulder elevation
✔✔a. Activate EMS and monitor the athlete's vital signs - ✔✔34. Two atheletes collide
during a lacrosse match. One athlete continues playing while the other athlete is
unconscious, but breathing with a palpable pulse. Which actions should the athletic
trainer take FIRST? Choose only one.
a. Activate EMS and monitor the athlete's vital signs
b. Begin secondary survey to asses for futher injuries
, c. Establish airway, breathing, and circulation
d. Remove protective head gear and activate the emergency action plan
e. Spineboard the athlete for immediate transport to the emergency room
✔✔d. Utilize the "chain of command" as defined by the organizational hierarchy of the
institution - ✔✔35. An athletic trainer is engaged in a irresolvable dispute with a
basketball coach regarding the treatment of athletic injuries. Which of the following
course of action is MOST appropriate? Choose only one.
a. Discus the situation with colleague at the institution and formulate an action plan to
resolve the dispute
b. Discuss the situation with peers at other institution an d formulate an action plan to
resolve the dispute
c. Assign another athletic trainer to work with the basketball team
d. Utilize the "chain of command" as defined by the organizational hierarchy of the
institution
e. Write a memo to the National Coaching Association outlining the coach's behavior
✔✔5. Anterior compartment syndrome - ✔✔36. During evaluation of a patient, an
athletic trainer observes the following signs and symptoms
a. Anterior lower leg is hard and painful to touch
b. Numbness on the dorsum of the foot
c. Dorsal pedis pulse is diminished
i. What condition should the athletic trainer suspect?
Choose only one.
1. Syndesmotic ankle sprain
2. Medial tibial stress syndrome
3. Fibular fracture
4. Deep vein thrombophlebitis
5. Anterior compartment syndrome
✔✔b. Short-wave diathermy - ✔✔37. Which of the following modalities would MOST
effectively heat the piriformis muscle? Choose only one.
a. Iontophoresis
b. Short-wave diathermy
c. Hydrocollator
d. Ultrasound (3Mhz)
e. Warm whirlpool
✔✔b. Low-voltage direct current - ✔✔38. WHich of the following electrical current
parameters is required to perform iontophoresis? Choose only one.
a. Low-voltage alternating current
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔b. Hold the racquet less tightly and limit the number of backhand strokes - ✔✔30.
Which of the following statements represets the BEST recommendation that an athletic
trainer could provide to a tennis player suffering from lateral epicondylitis? Choose only
one.
a. Decrease racquet grip size and hold the racquet tighter.
b. Hold the racquet less tightly and limit the number of backhand strokes
c. Increase racket grip size and limit the number of forehand strokes
d. Stretch the shoulder musculature and decrease the racquet grip size
e. Stretch the wrist flexors and strengthen the forearm flexors
✔✔a. Gluteus medius - ✔✔31. Weakness of which muscle is associated with a
Trendelenburg gait? Choose only one.
a. Gluteus medius
b. Gluteus maximus
c. Iliopsoas
d. Quadratus lumborum
e. Tensor fascia lata
✔✔c. Personnel, equipment, transportation, and emergency care facilities - ✔✔32.
During the evaluation of an existing emergency action plan, which components should
be reviewed and updated by the athletic trainer? Choose only one.
a. Equipment, insurance, venue location, and weather consideration
b. Personnel, equipment, insurance, and contact information
c. Personnel, equipment, transportation, and emergency care facilities
d. Personnel, qualifications, insurance, and emergency care facilities
e. Personnel, venule location, transportation, and weather considerations
✔✔d. Lateral cervical flexion with contralateral shoulder depression - ✔✔33. Which of
the following is the MOST common mechanism of injury for a brachial plexus
neurapraxia? Choose only one.
a. Cervical hyperextension with cervical compression
b. Cervical hyperextension with a rotational force
c. Forward cervical flexion with an axial load
d. Lateral cervical flexion with contralateral shoulder depression
e. Lateral cervical flexion with contralateral shoulder elevation
✔✔a. Activate EMS and monitor the athlete's vital signs - ✔✔34. Two atheletes collide
during a lacrosse match. One athlete continues playing while the other athlete is
unconscious, but breathing with a palpable pulse. Which actions should the athletic
trainer take FIRST? Choose only one.
a. Activate EMS and monitor the athlete's vital signs
b. Begin secondary survey to asses for futher injuries
, c. Establish airway, breathing, and circulation
d. Remove protective head gear and activate the emergency action plan
e. Spineboard the athlete for immediate transport to the emergency room
✔✔d. Utilize the "chain of command" as defined by the organizational hierarchy of the
institution - ✔✔35. An athletic trainer is engaged in a irresolvable dispute with a
basketball coach regarding the treatment of athletic injuries. Which of the following
course of action is MOST appropriate? Choose only one.
a. Discus the situation with colleague at the institution and formulate an action plan to
resolve the dispute
b. Discuss the situation with peers at other institution an d formulate an action plan to
resolve the dispute
c. Assign another athletic trainer to work with the basketball team
d. Utilize the "chain of command" as defined by the organizational hierarchy of the
institution
e. Write a memo to the National Coaching Association outlining the coach's behavior
✔✔5. Anterior compartment syndrome - ✔✔36. During evaluation of a patient, an
athletic trainer observes the following signs and symptoms
a. Anterior lower leg is hard and painful to touch
b. Numbness on the dorsum of the foot
c. Dorsal pedis pulse is diminished
i. What condition should the athletic trainer suspect?
Choose only one.
1. Syndesmotic ankle sprain
2. Medial tibial stress syndrome
3. Fibular fracture
4. Deep vein thrombophlebitis
5. Anterior compartment syndrome
✔✔b. Short-wave diathermy - ✔✔37. Which of the following modalities would MOST
effectively heat the piriformis muscle? Choose only one.
a. Iontophoresis
b. Short-wave diathermy
c. Hydrocollator
d. Ultrasound (3Mhz)
e. Warm whirlpool
✔✔b. Low-voltage direct current - ✔✔38. WHich of the following electrical current
parameters is required to perform iontophoresis? Choose only one.
a. Low-voltage alternating current
