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Exam Prep 2

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 
How would you bext relax pectoralis major in a supine client?
a.
put a pillow under the head
c.
put pillows under the arms
b.
put a pillow under the head and knees
d.
put pillows under the knees
 

 2. 
Exercise during which the patient deos not assist the therapist is called?
a.
coordinated
c.
passive
b.
resistive
d.
active
 

 3. 
What do you do if you are working on a aclint and he/she complains of pain where you are working?
a.
say “no pain, no gain”
c.
stop the massage
b.
back off and continue communicating to be sure they are comfortable now
d.
only work areas that don’t cause pain.
 

 4. 
If you are using a technique which requires firm pressure and it is causing pain you should?
a.
have the client quantify the pain then modify the pressure
c.
continue with the same pressure
b.
explain to the client why the pain is necessary
d.
terminate the session
 

 5. 
Which best describes the location of the Yin channels?
a.
anterior
c.
promixal
b.
posterior
d.
distal
 

 6. 
Which would you use to increase mobility at a joint?
a.
gliding
c.
percussion
b.
range of motion
d.
friction
 

 7. 
If you’re standing on your tip toes and have pain in your leg, which muscle is involved?
a.
gastrocnemius
c.
semimembranous
b.
semitendinous
d.
rhomboids
 

 8. 
What should you do for a concious adult who is choking and cannot cough, speak or breathe?
a.
give two full breaths
c.
give abdominal thrusts
b.
do a finger sweep
d.
lower the person to the floor and open the airway
 

 9. 
Which would be contraindicated when doing range of motion on the lower extremity of a supine client?
a.
make sure the hip doesn’t rotate as it flexes
c.
make sure you don’t hyperextend the knee
b.
make sure the hip does rotate as you flex
d.
make sure the hip doesn’t hyperextend
 

 10. 
Which muscle would you need to strengthen after a lateral ankle sprain?
a.
gastrocnemius
c.
popliteus
b.
soleus
d.
peroneus longus
 

 11. 
Which type of movement occurs at the radioulnar joints?
a.
abduction
c.
rotation
b.
gliding
d.
adduction
 

 12. 
Integumentary system is responsible for?
a.
solid waste removal
c.
secretes bile
b.
temperature regulation
d.
circulates oxygen throughout the body
 

 13. 
If you have a recent injury that is swollen and hot, how do you classify that?
a.
acute
c.
chronic
b.
subacute
d.
b and c
 

 14. 
Deep massage relieves muscle spasm by?
a.
causing hyperemia and increased local circulation
c.
increasing the nociception
b.
causing increased systemic circulation
d.
both b and c
 

 15. 
What organ functions in the filerting of dead red blood cells and platelets?
a.
the spleen
c.
the gallbladder
b.
the pancreas
d.
the liver
 

 16. 
Which massage/bodywork movement raises, squeezes, rolls, or pinches the skin and musclular tissues with firm pressure?
a.
vibrating
c.
precussion
b.
kneading
d.
cross fiber friction
 

 17. 
While giving a massage, how do you know if your pressure is causing discomfort?
a.
he/she is holding his/her breath
c.
redness of skin
b.
slow breathing
d.
increase in skin temperature
 

 18. 
Universal sign for choking?
a.
“I’m choking”
c.
waving arms overhead
b.
coughing
d.
grasping the throat
 

 19. 
Palpation of which body landmark helps tolocate a common endagerment site?
a.
patella
c.
supraspinous process
b.
tibial tuberosity
d.
medial epicondyle of the humerous
 

 20. 
Which term would best describe the art of feeling muscles for tension and changes?
a.
gliding
c.
range of motion
b.
palpation
d.
friction
 

 21. 
Degenerative cartilage is found in?
a.
rheumatoid arthristis
c.
gouty arthristis
b.
osteoarthritis
d.
bursitis
 

 22. 
How can a bladder infection go into the kidneys?
a.
through the ureters
c.
through the glomerulus
b.
through the urethra
d.
through the nephron
 

 23. 
Tapotement should never be used?
a.
over the heart
c.
over the kidneys
b.
on the legs
d.
prior to effleurage
 

 24. 
Which of the following describes pitting edema?
a.
you press into the tissue, an indentation remains
c.
you tap the tissue, it is numb and red
b.
you press into the tissue, fluids will ooze out
d.
you tap the tissue, it is red and painful
 

 25. 
Which bony landmark is palpated to assist in locating the brachial plexus?
a.
clavicle
c.
lateral malleolus
b.
olecranon
d.
spine of the scapula
 

 26. 
If a client asks you to squeeze a blackhead, what do you do?
a.
refuse due to hygiene
c.
charge more for that service
b.
do so beacuse it is requested
d.
b and c
 

 27. 
Alternate contraction and dilation of blood vessels is an effect of?
a.
cold compress
c.
percussion douche
b.
contract bath
d.
salt glow
 

 28. 
Blood going to the lungs from the heart would pass through?
a.
the aorta
c.
the pulmonary artery
b.
the left ventricle
d.
the left artrium
 

 29. 
During massage, the area of the body bordered by the clavicle, sternum, and pectoralis can be considered an endangerment site because it contains the?
a.
subclavian vein
c.
lymph nodes
b.
carotid artery
d.
epidermal tissue
 

 30. 
How many paris of spinal nerves are there?
a.
31
c.
124
b.
62
d.
248
 

 31. 
Client presents with an injured joint, you apply a/an?
a.
ace bandage
c.
support above the joint
b.
sling
d.
firm stable support
 

 32. 
Nerve cells consist of all the following except?
a.
body/soma
c.
axon
b.
sarcolemma
d.
dendrite
 

 33. 
In what area do you avoid deep pressure massage?
a.
anterior arm
c.
forearm
b.
posterior arm
d.
posterior thigh
 

 34. 
Sciatic nerve goes between which two landmarks?
a.
greater trochanter and ischial tuberosity
c.
sits
b.
rotator cuff muscles
d.
greater trochanter and iliac crest
 

 35. 
Why is the sternocleidomastoid generally massaged towards the heart with the neck rotated?
a.
thyroid
c.
pectoralis minor
b.
phyarynx
d.
jugular veins
 

 36. 
Contracting the neck flexors bilaterally would result from?
a.
looking up at the ceiling when standing
c.
rotation of the head to the left or right
b.
lifting the head when supine
d.
lateral flexion to the left or right
 

 37. 
Origin of what abductore of the shoulder is superior to the glenohumeral joint?
a.
deltoid
c.
subscapularis
b.
infrasupraspinatus
d.
teres minor
 

 38. 
Intercarpal articulations are capable of which motion?
a.
rotation
c.
flexion
b.
gliding
d.
abduction
 

 39. 
What is the origin of the short head of the biceps brachii?
a.
coracoid process
c.
radial tuberosity
b.
olecrannon process
d.
lateral epicondyle
 

 40. 
The bony prominence on the lateral side of the ankle (malleolus) is part of what bone?
a.
tibia
c.
femur
b.
fibula
d.
humerus
 

 41. 
What two types of joints would be found in the spine?
a.
ellipsoid/suture
c.
gliding/symphysis
b.
hinge/syndesmosis
d.
saddle/synchondrosis
 

 42. 
What is the most common cause of tenonitis?
a.
aging
c.
overuse
b.
trauma
d.
bacterial infection
 

 43. 
All of the following are functions of the skin except?
a.
stabilize body tempertaure
c.
protection
b.
remove solid wastes
d.
vitamin D synthesis
 

 44. 
What is a saddle joint?
a.
humeroulnar joint
c.
carpometacarpal joint of the thumb
b.
glenohumeral joint
d.
metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb
 

 45. 
Which posterior thigh muscle is the most superficial?
a.
semimembranosus
c.
rectus femoris
b.
adductor magnus
d.
semitendinosus
 

 46. 
What are two major functional characteristics of nervous tissue?
a.
irritability and conductivity
c.
flexion and extension
b.
activity and contraction
d.
thermoregulatory and chemical production
 

 47. 
Palpaltion of which bony landmark helps locate the ulnar nerve?
a.
calcaneous
c.
anterior margin of tibia
b.
spine of the scapula
d.
medial epicondyle of the humerus
 

 48. 
The treatment goal of pleasurable, soothing bodywork is to?
a.
reset the stretch reflex
c.
engage the sympathetic nervous system
b.
stimulate the withdrawl relfex
d.
stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system
 

 49. 
Concentric contractioni of the triceps causes what action?
a.
extension
c.
pronation
b.
supination
d.
flexion
 

 50. 
What gland secretes aldosterone?
a.
thymus
c.
pituitary
b.
thyroid
d.
adrenal (cortex)
 

 51. 
Skeletal muscle strength increases with repeated contraction/relaxation. This phenomenon is?
a.
twitch
c.
treppe
b.
tetanus
d.
fibrillation
 

 52. 
What cells are important in maintaining the body’s immunity?
a.
erythrocytes
c.
lymphocytes
b.
thrombocytes
d.
neutrophils
 

 53. 
Which muscle needs to be strengthened with a lateral ankle sprain?
a.
peroneus longus
c.
flexor hallucis longus
b.
tibialis anterior
d.
flexor digitorium longus
 

 54. 
Which of the following conditionsis most apt to result from stress, poor diet, and lack of exercise?
a.
neuritis
c.
constipation
b.
tendonitis
d.
double vision
 

 55. 
Primary function of the lymph nodes is to?
a.
make white blood cells
c.
filter red blood cells
b.
make red blood cells
d.
regulate ntercellular fluid, filter and neutralize bacteria
 

 56. 
What is the waterproofing (water repelling) substance in the skin?
a.
blood
c.
keratin
b.
melanin
d.
elastin
 

 57. 
RBC’s are also called?
a.
leukocytes
c.
thrombocytes
b.
erythrocytes
d.
platelets
 

 58. 
In which type of headache is massage an effective analgesic treatment?
a.
acute migraine
c.
chronic psychogenic
b.
chronic tension
d.
post-traumatic
 

 59. 
Sugars ad straches belong to which class of organic compounds?
a.
proteins
c.
lipids
b.