PEAT EXAM 4 | QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS | A+ GRADED, GUARANTEED
PASS|SIMPLIFIED AND SUMMARIZED
Which of the following is an ABNORMAL response to aerobic exercise?
1. Increase in respiratory rate
2. Decrease in systolic blood pressure
3. Increase in pulse rate
4. Minimal change in diastolic pressure - ANSWER 2. Decrease in systolic blood pressure
If a patient is able to resist moderate pressure against elbow flexion during seated muscle
testing, the elbow flexor strength should be documented as:
1. Good (4/5).
2. Normal (5/5).
3. Poor (2/5).
4. Fair (3/5). - ANSWER 1. Good (4/5).
,A postsurgical patient is referred for strengthening exercises for hip extension combined with
passive range of motion exercises for hip flexion for the same limb in the pool. How should the
physical therapist assistant instruct the patient to exercise in the water?
1. Stand on the uninvolved leg. Allow the involved-side knee to float up toward the surface.
Push the foot back down to the bottom of the pool.
2. Stand on the involved leg. Bend the uninvolved hip and knee to perform a mini-squat. Relax
and float back up into standing.
3. Stand on the uninvolved leg. Allow the involved leg to float to the side toward the surface.
Push the foot back down to the bottom of the pool.
4. Stand on the involved leg. Allow the uninvolved knee to float up toward the surface. Push the
foot down to the bottom of the pool. - ANSWER 1. Stand on the uninvolved leg. Allow the
involved-side knee to float up toward the surface. Push the foot back down to the bottom of the
pool.
In order to accelerate a power-driven wheelchair, a patient with spastic quadriplegia secondary
to cerebral palsy extends his head and thereby extends his upper extremity. Which reflex is the
patient using to accelerate his wheelchair?
1. Symmetrical tonic neck reflex
2. Asymmetrical tonic neck reflex
3. Protective extension reflex
4. Tonic labyrinthine reflex - ANSWER 1. Symmetrical tonic neck reflex
, While walking, a patient with muscular dystrophy is beginning to show signs of toe walking.
Which of the following should be a component of the current treatment?
1. Assist the patient's family with wheelchair selection and use.
2. Modify the home environment to facilitate care.
3. Incorporate stretching exercises into a home program.
4. Modify orthotics and provide an assistive device to facilitate walking. - ANSWER 3.
Incorporate stretching exercises into a home program.
A physical therapist assistant is measuring the active range of motion of a patient's knee
following total knee arthroplasty. The patient lacks 20° of full knee extension and has 87° of
knee flexion. How should this be documented as a range?
1. -20° to 87°
2. 20° to 0° to 87°
3. -20° to 0° to 87°
4. 20° to 87° - ANSWER 4. 20° to 87°
A patient who has degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine reports pain in the belly
of the gastrocnemius muscle. This pain may result from compression of the nerve root at which
of the following spinal levels?
ANSWERS | A+ GRADED, GUARANTEED
PASS|SIMPLIFIED AND SUMMARIZED
Which of the following is an ABNORMAL response to aerobic exercise?
1. Increase in respiratory rate
2. Decrease in systolic blood pressure
3. Increase in pulse rate
4. Minimal change in diastolic pressure - ANSWER 2. Decrease in systolic blood pressure
If a patient is able to resist moderate pressure against elbow flexion during seated muscle
testing, the elbow flexor strength should be documented as:
1. Good (4/5).
2. Normal (5/5).
3. Poor (2/5).
4. Fair (3/5). - ANSWER 1. Good (4/5).
,A postsurgical patient is referred for strengthening exercises for hip extension combined with
passive range of motion exercises for hip flexion for the same limb in the pool. How should the
physical therapist assistant instruct the patient to exercise in the water?
1. Stand on the uninvolved leg. Allow the involved-side knee to float up toward the surface.
Push the foot back down to the bottom of the pool.
2. Stand on the involved leg. Bend the uninvolved hip and knee to perform a mini-squat. Relax
and float back up into standing.
3. Stand on the uninvolved leg. Allow the involved leg to float to the side toward the surface.
Push the foot back down to the bottom of the pool.
4. Stand on the involved leg. Allow the uninvolved knee to float up toward the surface. Push the
foot down to the bottom of the pool. - ANSWER 1. Stand on the uninvolved leg. Allow the
involved-side knee to float up toward the surface. Push the foot back down to the bottom of the
pool.
In order to accelerate a power-driven wheelchair, a patient with spastic quadriplegia secondary
to cerebral palsy extends his head and thereby extends his upper extremity. Which reflex is the
patient using to accelerate his wheelchair?
1. Symmetrical tonic neck reflex
2. Asymmetrical tonic neck reflex
3. Protective extension reflex
4. Tonic labyrinthine reflex - ANSWER 1. Symmetrical tonic neck reflex
, While walking, a patient with muscular dystrophy is beginning to show signs of toe walking.
Which of the following should be a component of the current treatment?
1. Assist the patient's family with wheelchair selection and use.
2. Modify the home environment to facilitate care.
3. Incorporate stretching exercises into a home program.
4. Modify orthotics and provide an assistive device to facilitate walking. - ANSWER 3.
Incorporate stretching exercises into a home program.
A physical therapist assistant is measuring the active range of motion of a patient's knee
following total knee arthroplasty. The patient lacks 20° of full knee extension and has 87° of
knee flexion. How should this be documented as a range?
1. -20° to 87°
2. 20° to 0° to 87°
3. -20° to 0° to 87°
4. 20° to 87° - ANSWER 4. 20° to 87°
A patient who has degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine reports pain in the belly
of the gastrocnemius muscle. This pain may result from compression of the nerve root at which
of the following spinal levels?
