NBCE Boards Part II - Chiropractic Practices Exam Already Solved 100%

L1 has a static listing of spinous right or a dynamic listing of decreased right rotation. The doctor utilizing the prone lumbar unilateral reinforced pisiform spinous contact procedure would stand on the __ side contact with the __ hand. a. left, left b. left, right c. right, right d. right, left - Answer c. right, right The chiropractor would utilize the prone thoracic unilateral reinforced pisiform mammillary contact procedure standing on the right side contacting the right mammillary of L2 if the patient evaluation revealed decreased __ and decreased __ with motion palpation at L2 - L3. a. left later flexion, left rotation b. left lateral flexion, right rotation c. right lateral flexion, left rotation d. right lateral flexion, right rotation - Answer c. right lateral flexion, left rotation What is the name given to the energy believed to influence the body in health and disease? a. prana b. innate c. chi d. orgone - Answer b. innate During a side posture adjusting technique, flexing the patient's knee would help in which type of innominate misalignment? a. medial innominate b. lateral innominate c. anterior innominate d. posterior innominate - Answer c. anterior innominate Which management option is unlikely to be helpful in idiopathic scoliosis without a bony skeletal defect? a. if < age 3, refer for cobb's angle measurement b. observe periodically for skeletal maturiy c. refer for trial of bracing if the curve is greater than 30 degrees d. treat areas of segmental dysfunction - Answer c. refer for trial of bracing if the curve is greater than 30 degrees What is the name of the instrumentation which assesses heat emission from the body and is used to determine the presence of a subluxation? a. algometry b. thermography c. surface electromyography d. galvanic skin resistance - Answer b. thermography Which is not typical of a sacroiliac joint dysfunction syndrome? a. positive valsava test b. weakness of the hip and spine extensor mechanism c. taut and tender fibers over the posterior ilium d. lower lumbar muscle hypertonicity - Answer a. positive valsava test When performing a leg length analysis according to the derifield technique, which of the following is indicative of a negative D? a. short leg gets longer b. short leg stays short c. even leg gets longer d. short leg gets even - Answer b. short leg stays short Which adjusting maneuver is most likely to be helpful in a patient with a cervical malposition with a fixation in extension? a. prone thenar pull spinous b. prone hypothenar spinous push c. thumb pillar anterior pull supine d. index pillar prone technique - Answer b. prone hypothenar spinous push Spondylolisthesis is most likely to cause low back pain in which situation? a. 21 year old male athlete b. 78 year old hypertensive c. 59 year old post-gastrectomy d. 57 year old diabetic - Answer a. 21 year old male athlete Which utilizes a right inferior stabilization hand? a. PLI-T / Double Transverse / Prone / T3 b. PRI-T / Single Hand / Prone / T1 c. PRS / Double Transverse / Prone / T11 d. PRS / Double Thenar / Prone / T6 - Answer d. PRS / Double Thenar / Prone / T6 Which is the most effective type of adjustment for an extension fixation in the mid-thoracic region? a. supine hypothenar transverse b. prone unilateral hypothenar transverse c. prone bilateral thenar transverse d. knee-chest hypothenar spinous - Answer d. knee-chest hypothenar spinous What is the listing on the right if there is point tenderness over the superior aspect of the right sacroiliac joint? a. AS ilium b. PI ilium c. IN ilium d. EX ilium - Answer b. PI ilium Which adjusting maneuver is best for a patient with a fixation at L5 when extension fixation is considered primary? a. hypothenar spinous push b. reverse lumbar roll c. prone thenar mammillary push d. spinous push-pull - Answer a. hypothenar spinous push Which condition on its own is not a contraindication to high velocity low amplitude thrust? a. severe pain b. dizziness c. anti-coagulant meds d. fractures - Answer b. dizziness Which is not a reasonable reaction to an adjustment? a. mild tenderness b. soreness for less than 2 days c. fatigue d. worsening of objective signs - Answer d. worsening of objective signs If the left PSIS lies more lateral to the second sacral tubercle than the right PSIS, what is the listing on the left associated with this finding? a. AS ilium b. PI ilium c. IN ilium d. EX ilium - Answer d. EX ilium Which statement is correct if a seated patient bends forward and the right sacroiliac joint glides higher than the left? a. left SI fixation b. left SI instability c. right SI fixation d. right SI is freely movable - Answer c. right SI fixation What is the listing on the left if the upper part of the ischial tuberosity on the left is palpated posterior relative to the upper part of the ischial tuberosity on the right? a. AS ilium b. PI ilium c. IN ilium d. EX ilium - Answer a. AS ilium What is the listing on the right if the upper part of the ischial tuberosity on the right lies anterior relative to the upper part of the ischial tuberosity on the left? a. AS ilium b. PI ilium c. IN ilium d. EX ilium - Answer b. PI ilium Which of these listings uses a left stabilization hand? a. PRI-T / Double Transverse / Prone / T11 b. PRS / Double Thenar / Prone / L2 c. PRI-M / Single Hand / Prone / L1 d. PRI / Single Hand / Pull / L5 - Answer d. PRI / Single Hand / Pull / L5 The most common disc to be involved with disc protrusion, clinically speaking, is seen where? a. L1- L2 b. L3 - L4 c. L4 - L5 d. L5 - S1 - Answer d. L5 - S1 Which motion will be decreased in a patient who has an anterior talus subluxation at the tibiotalar joint? a. eversion b. plantar flexion c. inversion d. dorsiflexion - Answer d. dorsiflexion A 47 year old man presents with low back pain and right buttock pain. His weight-bearing ferguson angle is 54 degrees. Kemp's upon right lateral bending and extension is positive. Goldthwait test is negative. Which is the most likely diagnosis for this patient? a. posteromedial disc on the left b. posteromedial disc on the right c. posterolateral disc on the left d. lumbar facet syndrome - Answer d. lumbar facet syndrome The chiropractor should utilize the prone thoracic unilateral reinforced pisiform mammillary contact procedure standing on the left side contacting the left mammillary of L2 if the patient evaluation revealed decreased __ and decreased __ with motion palpation at L2 - L3. a. left lateral flexion, right rotation b. left lateral flexion, left rotation c. right lateral flexion, right rotation d. right lateral flexion, left rotation - Answer a. left lateral flexion, right rotation Which finding is associated with an anterior innominate malposition? a. low gluteal fold b. elevated ASIS c. anterolateral superior PSIS d. functional ipsilateral leg length deficiency - Answer c. anterolateral superior PSIS Which orthopodeic test when positive might suggest a possible pleural problem? a. Schepelmann b. Halstead c. Lewin-Gaenslin d. Sternal Compression - Answer a. Schepelmann