Exam Review Questions (Random)

Question 1

Somatodyspraxia

Answer 1

A deficit in learning new motor skills, planning new motor actions and generalizing motor plans

Question 2

Declarative memory

Answer 2

Aspect of long term memory

Include conscious memory for events, knowledge or facts…recall of personal events in an interview

Question 3

Working memory

Answer 3

Temporary storage of information while one is working or attending to it…
Includes ability to recall information immediately after exposure

Question 4

Abstraction

Answer 4

Ability to extrapolate information from an idea to generalize to another situation

Question 5

The preferred approach for assessing work function of persons with psychiatric disabilities is…

Answer 5

Observation in a situational context (think soup cans with OCD)

Question 6

Kohlmann Evaluation of Living Skills

Answer 6

Combines interview items with simulated performance to obtain information about 17 living skills in the areas of self care, safety/health, money management, transportation, telephone, work and leisure

Question 7

Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS)

Answer 7

Requires special training!

Assesses an individual’s motor and process skills, sometimes embedding a task that is an ADL category

Question 8

The Routine Task Inventory

Answer 8

Assessment
Uses observation to assess 14 different areas of ADL and is based on cognitive disabilities model (so clients who are cognitively intact are not appropriate candidates)

Question 9

The Bay Area Functional Performance Evaluation

Answer 9

Measures performance skills (not occupations or ADLs)

Memory, organization, attention spans, test completion, motivation and frustration tolerance

Question 10

Apraxia vs. Agnosia

Answer 10

Apraxia = inability to demonstrate purposeful movements
Agnosia = inability to recognize common objects and their use in an activity

Question 11

What is the MOST important aspect of administering and scoring a standardized test?

Answer 11

Adherence to specific instructions for administration and scoring

Question 12

Self-awareness is…

Answer 12

Not recognizing errors, inability to use feedback, and false beliefs about capabilities

Question 13

Selective attention is…

Answer 13

the ability to attend to relevant stimuli while inhibiting the distractions and irrelevant information (randomly missing M’s in an array)

Question 14

Role performance

Answer 14

Involves identifying, maintaining and balancing functions one assumes or acquires in society
OT’s can help with constructing or reconstructing roles

Question 15

Mental tracking is…

Answer 15

the ability to simultaneously keep track of two or more stimuli, during ongoing activity (e.g. cooking and watching television)

Question 16

Shifting of attention is…

Answer 16

the ability to shift or alternate attention between tasks with different cognitive and or motor requirements

Question 17

Part C Intervention Programs are focused on…

Answer 17

Supporting learning and development within the context of children’s and families’ everyday activities and routines

Question 18

In clients (particulary teens) with conduct disorder, we are particularly concerned with… (2 things)

Answer 18

Attention span

Social interaction

Question 19

Total hip replacement precautions are… (3)

Answer 19

1. No hip flexion past 90 degrees
2. No internal rotation
3. No adduction past midline

Question 20

TENS is an intervention technique often used for…

Answer 20

Pain control

Think Rancho’s patient

Question 21

When treatment planning for patients with an eating disorder, it is particularly important to address

Answer 21

Acknowledging feelings, expressing emotions…to develop coping strategies

Question 22

ADA guidelines for doorways are ____ inches wide

Answer 22

32 inches wide with doors opening 90 degrees

Question 23

ADA guidelines for ramp construction are…

Answer 23

Maximum slop should be 1:12

A foot of ramp for every inch of rise in height

Question 24

2 essential characteristics of Ayres Sensory Integration are…

Answer 24

Inner drive

Active participation

Question 25

Optimal feeding position for a patient with dysphagia is…

Answer 25

Upright sitting

Question 26

Work conditioning vs. work hardening

Answer 26

Work conditioning = typically comes first, non-specific, exercises and performance skills, but no work task simulation
Work hardening = job already determined, this can only occur after work conditioning

Question 27

Swan neck deformity

Answer 27

PIP joint hyperextension

DIP joint flexion

Question 28

Boutonniere deformity

Answer 28

PIP joint flexion

DIP joint hyperextension

Question 29

Mallet deformity

Answer 29

DIP joint flexion

Loss of active extension

Question 30

Chemotherapy induced neuropathy is…

Answer 30

Transient

Typically causes wrist drop or foot drop

Question 31

A directive group is best suited for…

Answer 31

Meets the needs of the most severely and acutely mentally ill and most minimally functioning patients

Question 32

Complex rotation (in hand manipulation) is…

Answer 32

rotation of object 180 to 360 degrees once or repetitively (needed to switch from writing to erasing with pencil)

Question 33

Backward chaining vs Forward chaining

Answer 33

Backward = client does the last steps (immediate success so good for low frustration tolerance)

Forward = client does the first steps (helpful for sequencing and generalizing)

Question 34

Parkinson’s Five Disease Stages

Answer 34

1. Resting tremor appears and symptoms are mild, unilateral
2. Problems develop with trunk mobility and postural reflexes, symptoms are bilateral
3. Mild-moderate functional disability with postural instability
4. Disability increases, difficulties with manipulation and dexterity emerge
5. Confined to a wheelchair or bed