PEDORTHIC PRACTICE EXAM 2025 UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM WITH CORRECT
SOLUTIONS.
The normal ROM of the hip joint when flexed or extended is: a) Equal internal rotation and external
rotation
b) More internal rotation than external rotation
c) Less internal rotation than external rotation
d) 270 degrees total ROM - (answer)a
Normal ROM of the knee joint is
a) 90 degrees of flexion, 10 degrees of hyperextension and 10 degrees internal rotation
b) 110 degrees of flexion, 0 degrees hyperextension, 18 degrees internal rotation
c) 115 degrees of flexion, 0 degrees hyperextension and 5 degrees of external rotation
d) 130 degrees of flexion, 5 degrees of hyperextension and 5 degrees of internal rotation - (answer)d
A patient who has normal ankle dorsiflexion with the knee flexed and limited dorsiflexion with the knee
extended ndicates:
a) Soleus equinus
b) Gastrocnemius equinus
c) Triceps surae equinus
d) Bony (rigid) equinus - (answer)b
Ankle dorsiflexion needed for normal gait is:
a) 20 degrees
b) 5 degrees
c) 10 degrees
d) 0 degrees - (answer)c
Ankle motion occurs primarily in which of the following planes?
A. Sagittal
B. Frontal
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SOLUTIONS.
C. Transverse
D. All of the above - (answer)a
The neutral position of the STJ by the "Root" method is defined as:
a) Heel vertical position
b) 1/3 of the ROM, from maximum everted position
c) 1/3 of the ROM, from maximum inverted position
d) 0 degrees everted or inverted position - (answer)b
The neutral position of the STJ neutral position by the positional method (Morden Method) is
determined by:
a) Position of the calcaneal bisection compared to the tibial bisection with the ankle maximally
dorsiflexed and the calcaneal-cuboid joint in congruity
b) The 184 metatarsal phalangeal joint maximally dorsiflexed compared to the calcaneal bisection to the
bisection of the lower of the tibia
c) The position of the lower 1/3 tibia when the CSP is vertical
d) Position of calcaneal bisection compared to the bisection of the lower 1/3 of the tibia with the TNJ in
congruity - (answer)d
Forefoot varus is defined as:
a) The degrees of deviation of the forefoot plane inverted to the rearfoot plane with the STJ in neutral
position
b) The degrees of deviation of the forefoot plane everted to the rearfoot plane with the STJ in neutral
position
c) The degrees of plantar flexion of the FF in relation to the RF plane
d) The degrees of dorsiflexion of FF in relationship to the RF plane - (answer)a
The RF plane is often defined as:
a) The plane parallel to the metatarsal condyles
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SOLUTIONS.
b) The plane parallel to the plantar aspect of the tibial plafond c) The plane parallel to the plantar aspect
of the calcaneal tuberosities
d) The plantar parallel to the MTJ - (answer)c
Rearfoot varus is the amount of calcaneal bisection deviation with the STJ in neutral position:
a) Everted from the bisection of the lower 1/3 of the tibia
b) Inverted
c) Rotated anteriorly
d) Rotated posteriorly - (answer)b
FF Equinus is defined as the amount of plantar flexion of the FF from the midfoot to the forefoot:
a) To the rearfoot plane
b) The forefoot plane
c) The MTJ
d) The tibial plafond - (answer)a
Metatarsus adductus is characterized by:
a) A triangular shpaed foot
b) Pronate triangular foot
c) High arched foot, common "C" shaped foot which pronates d) High arched foot, "Comma" shaped
foot which supinates - (answer)c
Flexible equinus is characterized by:
a) Limited ankle dorsiflexion of the ankle with rigid jamming
b) Limited ankle dorsiflexion with knee flexed
c) Limited ankle dorsiflexion with knee extended
d) Both B &C - (answer)d
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SOLUTIONS.
Normal malleolar torsion position is:
a) Interior torsion of 18 degrees
b) External torsion of 18 degrees
c) Internal malleolar torsion of 5 degrees
d) External malleolar torsion of 5 degrees - (answer)b
Tibial varum is best measured by:
a) Physical measurement
b) Muscular analysis
c) External anatomical measurement
d) Radiographic measurement - (answer)d
In measuring the STJ ROM, it is important to maintain the foot dorsiflexed to resistance. This means to
dorsiflex the ankle to resistance. True or False - (answer)false
The causes of a true forefoot valgus is:
a) Developmental malformation necessary to compensate for the inverted and rigid rearfoot
b) The over activity in the invertor muscles ranging from obvious spasm to clinically undetectable
increases in muscle tone
c) Not congenital, that it is a compensatory position
d) Potentially all of the above, but considered controversial - (answer)d
The medial arch height can be categorized as high, medium or low by measuring the angle formed
between the distal medial malleolus, the navicular tuberosity, and the metatarsal head. If the resultant
angle approaches 180 degrees, the arch is considered:
a. High
b. Medium
C. Low
SOLUTIONS.
The normal ROM of the hip joint when flexed or extended is: a) Equal internal rotation and external
rotation
b) More internal rotation than external rotation
c) Less internal rotation than external rotation
d) 270 degrees total ROM - (answer)a
Normal ROM of the knee joint is
a) 90 degrees of flexion, 10 degrees of hyperextension and 10 degrees internal rotation
b) 110 degrees of flexion, 0 degrees hyperextension, 18 degrees internal rotation
c) 115 degrees of flexion, 0 degrees hyperextension and 5 degrees of external rotation
d) 130 degrees of flexion, 5 degrees of hyperextension and 5 degrees of internal rotation - (answer)d
A patient who has normal ankle dorsiflexion with the knee flexed and limited dorsiflexion with the knee
extended ndicates:
a) Soleus equinus
b) Gastrocnemius equinus
c) Triceps surae equinus
d) Bony (rigid) equinus - (answer)b
Ankle dorsiflexion needed for normal gait is:
a) 20 degrees
b) 5 degrees
c) 10 degrees
d) 0 degrees - (answer)c
Ankle motion occurs primarily in which of the following planes?
A. Sagittal
B. Frontal
,PEDORTHIC PRACTICE EXAM 2025 UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM WITH CORRECT
SOLUTIONS.
C. Transverse
D. All of the above - (answer)a
The neutral position of the STJ by the "Root" method is defined as:
a) Heel vertical position
b) 1/3 of the ROM, from maximum everted position
c) 1/3 of the ROM, from maximum inverted position
d) 0 degrees everted or inverted position - (answer)b
The neutral position of the STJ neutral position by the positional method (Morden Method) is
determined by:
a) Position of the calcaneal bisection compared to the tibial bisection with the ankle maximally
dorsiflexed and the calcaneal-cuboid joint in congruity
b) The 184 metatarsal phalangeal joint maximally dorsiflexed compared to the calcaneal bisection to the
bisection of the lower of the tibia
c) The position of the lower 1/3 tibia when the CSP is vertical
d) Position of calcaneal bisection compared to the bisection of the lower 1/3 of the tibia with the TNJ in
congruity - (answer)d
Forefoot varus is defined as:
a) The degrees of deviation of the forefoot plane inverted to the rearfoot plane with the STJ in neutral
position
b) The degrees of deviation of the forefoot plane everted to the rearfoot plane with the STJ in neutral
position
c) The degrees of plantar flexion of the FF in relation to the RF plane
d) The degrees of dorsiflexion of FF in relationship to the RF plane - (answer)a
The RF plane is often defined as:
a) The plane parallel to the metatarsal condyles
,PEDORTHIC PRACTICE EXAM 2025 UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM WITH CORRECT
SOLUTIONS.
b) The plane parallel to the plantar aspect of the tibial plafond c) The plane parallel to the plantar aspect
of the calcaneal tuberosities
d) The plantar parallel to the MTJ - (answer)c
Rearfoot varus is the amount of calcaneal bisection deviation with the STJ in neutral position:
a) Everted from the bisection of the lower 1/3 of the tibia
b) Inverted
c) Rotated anteriorly
d) Rotated posteriorly - (answer)b
FF Equinus is defined as the amount of plantar flexion of the FF from the midfoot to the forefoot:
a) To the rearfoot plane
b) The forefoot plane
c) The MTJ
d) The tibial plafond - (answer)a
Metatarsus adductus is characterized by:
a) A triangular shpaed foot
b) Pronate triangular foot
c) High arched foot, common "C" shaped foot which pronates d) High arched foot, "Comma" shaped
foot which supinates - (answer)c
Flexible equinus is characterized by:
a) Limited ankle dorsiflexion of the ankle with rigid jamming
b) Limited ankle dorsiflexion with knee flexed
c) Limited ankle dorsiflexion with knee extended
d) Both B &C - (answer)d
, PEDORTHIC PRACTICE EXAM 2025 UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM WITH CORRECT
SOLUTIONS.
Normal malleolar torsion position is:
a) Interior torsion of 18 degrees
b) External torsion of 18 degrees
c) Internal malleolar torsion of 5 degrees
d) External malleolar torsion of 5 degrees - (answer)b
Tibial varum is best measured by:
a) Physical measurement
b) Muscular analysis
c) External anatomical measurement
d) Radiographic measurement - (answer)d
In measuring the STJ ROM, it is important to maintain the foot dorsiflexed to resistance. This means to
dorsiflex the ankle to resistance. True or False - (answer)false
The causes of a true forefoot valgus is:
a) Developmental malformation necessary to compensate for the inverted and rigid rearfoot
b) The over activity in the invertor muscles ranging from obvious spasm to clinically undetectable
increases in muscle tone
c) Not congenital, that it is a compensatory position
d) Potentially all of the above, but considered controversial - (answer)d
The medial arch height can be categorized as high, medium or low by measuring the angle formed
between the distal medial malleolus, the navicular tuberosity, and the metatarsal head. If the resultant
angle approaches 180 degrees, the arch is considered:
a. High
b. Medium
C. Low
