OTA 200 final exam questions with
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Why is caregiver education an important consideration for any pediatric OTA? Select the BEST
answer - correct answer ✔✔Families/Caregivers must understand what they can do and why
they should do it to ensure home carryover and client gains
What is an infant's first method of mobility? - correct answer ✔✔Rolling
On which of the performance contexts can the pediatric occupational therapy practitioner have
the greatest impact? - correct answer ✔✔Environmental Context
What long term goals would a COTA who works in an outpatient pediatric clinic work on with an
8 year old child with cerebral palsy? - correct answer ✔✔Dressing, buttoning one inch buttons,
and related modifications and adaptations
What long term goals would a COTA work on in a school setting with an ambulatory six year old
child who has a one year developmental delay throughout all developmental areas gross motor,
personal social, sensory motor, activities of daily living and fine motor skills. - correct answer
✔✔Attention span for circle time activities, toilet hygiene for wiping, taking off and putting on a
light weight jacket, and handwriting for school tasks
What goals would a COTA working in an acute hospital setting work on with a 16 year old who
has asthma and is being chronically readmitted? - correct answer ✔✔Use of psycho educational
model to instruct client in triggers for asthma, strategies for incorporating the use of an inhaler
when needed; ensuring that an inhaler is available at all times; and energy conservation
techniques related to dressing such as sitting down to put pants, socks, and shoes on in a
straight back chair that has back support
, What goals would a COTA work on in a home bound setting with a child with a three year old
who has Down's Syndrome and has not met their developmental milestones? This child is being
treated at home for they are medically fragile. - correct answer ✔✔Protective extension to the
front and self-feeding starting with finger foods and decreased tongue thrust.
A new student age 10 with HIV has been added to a COTA's fine motor group in a school setting.
The group involves cutting with scissors and the use of a plastic knife for cold meal preparation?
The COTA knows that they need to do the following? - correct answer ✔✔Proceed to
implement treatment per standard policies, procedures, and precautions
The COTA's role in the evaluation phase is: - correct answer ✔✔To give assessments tools within
their competency level
The OTR's role in the evaluation phase is: - correct answer ✔✔To determine the areas to be
assessed, choose the evaluation tool to be used, and to interpret the test results
To provide for trunk stability in a patient with cerebral palsy what would you use? - correct
answer ✔✔A wheelchair with lateral side supports and a lap tray.
What do you do with a child with spasticity? - correct answer ✔✔Rhythmic movements
combined with gentle shaking
One of the concerns seen most frequently in cerebral palsy is: - correct answer ✔✔- Absent or
impaired righting and equilibrium responses.
- Wide ranges of movement patterns
Occupational therapy practitioners use positioning and handling techniques for children with
cerebral palsy to: - correct answer ✔✔- Maintain postural alignment
- Facilitate improved movement patterns
- Facilitate performance of ADL's
accurate solutions already passed
Why is caregiver education an important consideration for any pediatric OTA? Select the BEST
answer - correct answer ✔✔Families/Caregivers must understand what they can do and why
they should do it to ensure home carryover and client gains
What is an infant's first method of mobility? - correct answer ✔✔Rolling
On which of the performance contexts can the pediatric occupational therapy practitioner have
the greatest impact? - correct answer ✔✔Environmental Context
What long term goals would a COTA who works in an outpatient pediatric clinic work on with an
8 year old child with cerebral palsy? - correct answer ✔✔Dressing, buttoning one inch buttons,
and related modifications and adaptations
What long term goals would a COTA work on in a school setting with an ambulatory six year old
child who has a one year developmental delay throughout all developmental areas gross motor,
personal social, sensory motor, activities of daily living and fine motor skills. - correct answer
✔✔Attention span for circle time activities, toilet hygiene for wiping, taking off and putting on a
light weight jacket, and handwriting for school tasks
What goals would a COTA working in an acute hospital setting work on with a 16 year old who
has asthma and is being chronically readmitted? - correct answer ✔✔Use of psycho educational
model to instruct client in triggers for asthma, strategies for incorporating the use of an inhaler
when needed; ensuring that an inhaler is available at all times; and energy conservation
techniques related to dressing such as sitting down to put pants, socks, and shoes on in a
straight back chair that has back support
, What goals would a COTA work on in a home bound setting with a child with a three year old
who has Down's Syndrome and has not met their developmental milestones? This child is being
treated at home for they are medically fragile. - correct answer ✔✔Protective extension to the
front and self-feeding starting with finger foods and decreased tongue thrust.
A new student age 10 with HIV has been added to a COTA's fine motor group in a school setting.
The group involves cutting with scissors and the use of a plastic knife for cold meal preparation?
The COTA knows that they need to do the following? - correct answer ✔✔Proceed to
implement treatment per standard policies, procedures, and precautions
The COTA's role in the evaluation phase is: - correct answer ✔✔To give assessments tools within
their competency level
The OTR's role in the evaluation phase is: - correct answer ✔✔To determine the areas to be
assessed, choose the evaluation tool to be used, and to interpret the test results
To provide for trunk stability in a patient with cerebral palsy what would you use? - correct
answer ✔✔A wheelchair with lateral side supports and a lap tray.
What do you do with a child with spasticity? - correct answer ✔✔Rhythmic movements
combined with gentle shaking
One of the concerns seen most frequently in cerebral palsy is: - correct answer ✔✔- Absent or
impaired righting and equilibrium responses.
- Wide ranges of movement patterns
Occupational therapy practitioners use positioning and handling techniques for children with
cerebral palsy to: - correct answer ✔✔- Maintain postural alignment
- Facilitate improved movement patterns
- Facilitate performance of ADL's
