PROSTHETICS AND ORTHOTICS EXAM
WITH QUESTIONS AND CO RRECT
ANSWERS LATEST VERSION 2025-2026.
The Ischial Containment socket was developed to do which of the following?
a. Eliminate the need for external suspension
b. Enhance sitting comfort
c. Reduce pressure on the ischial tuberosity
d. Improve medial/lateral stability in gait - ✔✔d. Improve medial/lateral stability in gait
All of the following are essential parts of the prosthetic training program EXCEPT:
a. Incorporating normal arm swing helps develop a smooth, efficient gait pattern
b. Starting training for an older person with a walker is an effective training tool for normal
gait c. the person must learn to balance on the prosthesis before actual walking
d. The residual limb must be inspected before and after prosthetic training - ✔✔b.
Starting training for an older person with a walker is an effective training tool for normal gait
Which of the following gait deviations is expected with a patient ambulating with a
tranfemoral prosthesis?
a. Longer step length on non-prothetic/unaffected side
b. Little to no stance phase knee flexion
c. Longer step length on prosthetic/affected side
d. Longer duration of stance phase on prosthetic side - ✔✔b. Little to no stance phase
knee flexion
,All of the following causes could explain why a patient with a unilateral transtibial prosthesis
would exhibit excessive medial thrust EXCEPT:
a. Long residual limb length
b. Outset foot alignment
c. Ligamentous instability
d. Medial socket displacement - ✔✔a. Long residual limb length
Which of the following knee joint components has the most inherent stability?
a. Weight activated stance control knee
b. Polycentric knee
c. Single axis-constant friction knee
d. Outside hinged knee - ✔✔c. Single axis-constant friction knee
Which of the following would NOT be a likely cause of a patient who is ambulation with
a transfemoral prosthesis to exhibit forward trunk flexion during gait?
a. Insufficient support from the anterior socket brim
b. The socket is too big
c. Knee instability
d. Poor suspension of the prosthesis - ✔✔a. Insufficient support from the anterior
socket brim
Which of the following would be the MOST likely cause of lateral trunk bending toward the
prosthetic side during stance phase of gait with a patient who has a transfemoral prosthesis?
a. The medial wall of the socket may be too low
b. They have a long residual limb
c. They have weak hip abductors on the prosthetic side
d. The prothesis is too long - ✔✔c. They have weak hip abductors on the prosthetic side
, Which of the following knee joint components has the most voluntary control?
a. Single axis-constant friction knee
b. Polycentric knee
c. Weight activated stance control knee
d. Manual locking knee - ✔✔b. Polycentric knee
Which of the following amputation levels requires the highest energy expenditure when using
the appropriate prosthesis?
a. Vascular transfemoral amputation
b. Traumatic transfemoral amputation
c. Vascular transtibial amputation
d. Symes amputation - ✔✔a. vascular transfemoral amputation
Which of the following transferal gait deviation would MOST likely be caused by knee
bolt malrotation in external rotation?
a. Hip hiking
b. lateral heel whip at eh benign of swing phase
c. Foot slap
d. Medial heel whip at the beginning of wing phase - ✔✔d. Medial heel whip at
the beginning of swing phase
Which of the following patients would be a good candidate for the use of a suction suspension
system with a transferal prosthesis?
a. The patient has a short residual limb
b. The patient has poor upper extremity strength
c. The patient's stump has fluctuation volumes
d. The patient has a long residual limb - ✔✔d. The patient has a long residual limb
WITH QUESTIONS AND CO RRECT
ANSWERS LATEST VERSION 2025-2026.
The Ischial Containment socket was developed to do which of the following?
a. Eliminate the need for external suspension
b. Enhance sitting comfort
c. Reduce pressure on the ischial tuberosity
d. Improve medial/lateral stability in gait - ✔✔d. Improve medial/lateral stability in gait
All of the following are essential parts of the prosthetic training program EXCEPT:
a. Incorporating normal arm swing helps develop a smooth, efficient gait pattern
b. Starting training for an older person with a walker is an effective training tool for normal
gait c. the person must learn to balance on the prosthesis before actual walking
d. The residual limb must be inspected before and after prosthetic training - ✔✔b.
Starting training for an older person with a walker is an effective training tool for normal gait
Which of the following gait deviations is expected with a patient ambulating with a
tranfemoral prosthesis?
a. Longer step length on non-prothetic/unaffected side
b. Little to no stance phase knee flexion
c. Longer step length on prosthetic/affected side
d. Longer duration of stance phase on prosthetic side - ✔✔b. Little to no stance phase
knee flexion
,All of the following causes could explain why a patient with a unilateral transtibial prosthesis
would exhibit excessive medial thrust EXCEPT:
a. Long residual limb length
b. Outset foot alignment
c. Ligamentous instability
d. Medial socket displacement - ✔✔a. Long residual limb length
Which of the following knee joint components has the most inherent stability?
a. Weight activated stance control knee
b. Polycentric knee
c. Single axis-constant friction knee
d. Outside hinged knee - ✔✔c. Single axis-constant friction knee
Which of the following would NOT be a likely cause of a patient who is ambulation with
a transfemoral prosthesis to exhibit forward trunk flexion during gait?
a. Insufficient support from the anterior socket brim
b. The socket is too big
c. Knee instability
d. Poor suspension of the prosthesis - ✔✔a. Insufficient support from the anterior
socket brim
Which of the following would be the MOST likely cause of lateral trunk bending toward the
prosthetic side during stance phase of gait with a patient who has a transfemoral prosthesis?
a. The medial wall of the socket may be too low
b. They have a long residual limb
c. They have weak hip abductors on the prosthetic side
d. The prothesis is too long - ✔✔c. They have weak hip abductors on the prosthetic side
, Which of the following knee joint components has the most voluntary control?
a. Single axis-constant friction knee
b. Polycentric knee
c. Weight activated stance control knee
d. Manual locking knee - ✔✔b. Polycentric knee
Which of the following amputation levels requires the highest energy expenditure when using
the appropriate prosthesis?
a. Vascular transfemoral amputation
b. Traumatic transfemoral amputation
c. Vascular transtibial amputation
d. Symes amputation - ✔✔a. vascular transfemoral amputation
Which of the following transferal gait deviation would MOST likely be caused by knee
bolt malrotation in external rotation?
a. Hip hiking
b. lateral heel whip at eh benign of swing phase
c. Foot slap
d. Medial heel whip at the beginning of wing phase - ✔✔d. Medial heel whip at
the beginning of swing phase
Which of the following patients would be a good candidate for the use of a suction suspension
system with a transferal prosthesis?
a. The patient has a short residual limb
b. The patient has poor upper extremity strength
c. The patient's stump has fluctuation volumes
d. The patient has a long residual limb - ✔✔d. The patient has a long residual limb
