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Question 1

When a physical therapy student works in a clinic without their course work complete, they are known as a physical therapy student.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A foreign graduate, during the time they are applying for a license, can be required to pass an oral examination given by the Board.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The Board has the right to hire an independent agency to evaluate the credentials (academic) of a foreign physical therapist.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Complete transcripts must be provided to the Board for foreign applicants.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

If the transcripts provided to the Board by physical therapy applicants from another country are not English, the Board must provide a translator.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Foreign graduates who are undergoing clinical training prior to licensing must have, every two months; supervisors send a report to the board within 15 days. The minimum training required in a clinical setting for a foreign trained physical therapist is three months.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

The exam given for physical therapist in California is a uniform exam given across the entire country.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

The exam given for physical therapist in California is an uniform exam given across the entire country.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

California gives reciprocity to a physical therapist license in other states.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Once all the clinical skills and course work are finished, a physical therapy student can call themselves “physical therapist license applicant”

Answer 10

True

Question 11

A physical therapist license applicant must work under direct and immediate supervision of a licensed physical therapist.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Direct and immediate supervision means that the physical therapist supervising a physical therapy licensed applicant or aid must be within line of sight.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Once the California state exam is passed, a licensed applicant can call themselves either physical therapist or registered physical therapist.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

A physical therapist can call themselves by the name of the doctor if they have a DPT.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

License for physical therapist are renewed in California every three years.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

If a license is not renewed, then there is a grace period of five years after which the PT exam may need to be retaken.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

The Board has the power to suspend a physical therapist license.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

A physical therapist can supervise up to two physical therapy aides.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

The physical therapy board has both physical therapists and lay people.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

If someone has an accident on a river that empties into the ocean, they are on federal land and therefore may have violated federal law.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Once a physical therapy student passes on their course work when they are in a clinical setting they are known as physical therapy intern.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

The Physical Therapy Board in California supervises the practice of physical therapy in this state.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

The authority of the Physical Therapy Board of California comes form administrative regulations.

Answer 23

False

Question 24

The physical therapy board consists of a minimum of 1 physical therapist involved in education and three physical therapists in the practice of physical therapy.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

To be on the board of physical therapy, a physical therapist must be licensed for at least 4 years.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

There are three public members appointed to the Physical Therapy Board of California.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Members of the Physical Therapy Board are appointed for terms of five years.

Answer 27

False

Question 28

The legislature appoints one of the public members and 4 physical therapists for the board.

Answer 28

False

Question 29

The Senate rules committee and Speaker of the Assembly appoint a public member of the board.

Answer 29

True

Question 30

No member of the Physical Therapy Board can serve for more than two consecutive terms.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

If you violate the PT practice act, disciplinary action is taken by the board.

Answer 31

True

Question 32

At least one regular meeting by the board must be held in Sacramento, Los Angeles, and San Francisco each year.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

In the State of California, physical therapy assistants are NOT licensed.

Answer 33

False

Question 34

A physical therapy assistant does not require supervision.

Answer 34

False

Question 35

A supervising physical therapist supervising a physical therapy assistant directs the care of the patient but the evaluation is done by the physical therapy assistant.

Answer 35

False

Question 36

Treatment provided by a physical therapy assistant must be signed by the supervising physical therapist and not the physical therapy assistant.

Answer 36

False

Question 37

The physical therapy assistant must notify the physical therapist of any change in the patient’s condition not consistent with the proposed goals.

Answer 37

True

Question 38

Only major changes in condition require reevaluation by the supervising physical therapist.

Answer 38

False

Question 39

Within seven days of care being provided by a physical therapy assistant, the supervising physical therapist shall review, cosign and date all documentation.

Answer 39

True

Question 40

The physical therapist can, in lieu of weakly reviewing and cosigning notes, conduct a weekly case conference and document this in the patient record.

Answer 40

True

Question 41

Since a physical therapy assistant is licensed, there is no reason for regular case conferences with a physical therapist.

Answer 41

False

Question 42

The State determines the frequency of conferences between a physical therapist and a physical therapy assistant.

Answer 42

False

Question 43

The physical therapy assistant shall establish a discharge plan which is then signed by the physical therapist.

Answer 43

False

Question 44

At the time of discharge, the supervising physical therapist who is supervising a physical therapy assistant (or within 7 days of discharge) shall document in the patients records along with his or her signature how the patient responded to treatment.

Answer 44

True

Question 45

A physical therapy assistant can only be licensed in California if they have graduated from a approved PT school.

Answer 45

False

Question 46

Physical therapy assistants can be licensed in California after they have taken a written exam and have military training with a minimum of five hundred fifty hours of technical courses relating to physical therapy and 350 hours of clinical experience.

Answer 46

True

Question 47

Someone can work as a PT assistant for 36 months under a full time physical therapist and, have had the appropriate course work, challenge the physical therapy assistant licensing exam.

Answer 47

True

Question 48

Half the time a person has been supervised in the practice of physical therapy under a supervising physical therapist, if they wish to challenge a physical therapy assessment exam, must be in a hospital setting.

Answer 48

True

Question 49

Work experience for the purpose of challenging the physical therapy assistant exam can be over a period of twenty years.

Answer 49

False

Question 50

Once a physical therapy assistant has completed academic course work, they are known as a physical therapy assistant intern.

Answer 50

True

Question 51

Physical therapy and physical therapy assistant students must wear name badges with their name clearly identified as students in 18 point type.

Answer 51

True

Question 52

A physical therapy assistant, student, or intern shall document each treatment in the patient record along with his or her signature.

Answer 52

True

Question 53

Clinical instructors, during internship, must countersign with only their last name or first and last initial.

Answer 53

False

Question 54

A physical therapy aide, in California, is an unlicensed person.

Answer 54

True

Question 55

A physical therapist can only supervise only up to two physical therapy aides in patient related tasks.

Answer 55

True

Question 56

If a business trains a worker and tells them how to perform there job, they are probably an employee.

Answer 56

True

Question 57

If an employee has very large unreimbursed expenses, they may be an independent contractor.

Answer 57

True

Question 58

If a person paid on a regular wage basis is hourly, weekly, or monthly, they may be a independent employee and not a contractor.

Answer 58

True

Question 59

If a person is working for someplace and can take a loss from a job, they may be an independent contractor.

Answer 59

True

Question 60

It is often better to have written contracts to describe relationships between parties to determine whether someone is an employer or independent contractor.

Answer 60

True

Question 61

If someone is working as an independent contractor, their employer still withholds FICA.

Answer 61

False

Question 62

If someone is an independent contractor, the company does not pay employment insurance.

Answer 62

True

Question 63

If someone is an independence contractor, the company does not have to pay disability.

Answer 63

True

Question 64

Under U.S. law, you are either an employee or an independent contractor.

Answer 64

True

Question 65

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act the Department of Labor enforces independent contractor rules.

Answer 65

True

Question 66

The IRS has an important interest in auditing companies who violate contractor rules.

Answer 66

True

Question 67

The IRS can levy huge fines if someone is working as an independent contractor when they are really an employee.

Answer 67

True

Question 68

Employees may be cheated of over time pay if they are working as an independent.

Answer 68

True

Question 69

The Miranda decision covers your right to have an attorney in a civil trial.

Answer 69

False

Question 70

Gideon vs. Florida established your right to have an attorney when you are being questioned in a criminal case.

Answer 70

False

Question 71

During a criminal proceeding, the police can hold you for up to 24 hours after you are arrested without charging you with a crime.

Answer 71

True

Question 72

Evidentiary hearings in a criminal case establish whether unconstitutional practices have been used to collect material to be used against you in court.

Answer 72

True

Question 73

“Fruit of the poisonous tree” means that if evidence is gathered illegally, any evidence that is gathered as a result of that illegal search can not be used against you in court.

Answer 73

True

Question 74

In a criminal trial, the prosecutor must turn all evidence over to the defense before trial.

Answer 74

True

Question 75

An opening statement in a criminal civil trial contains only a summary of the case and can not provide an argument.

Answer 75

True

Question 76

During a criminal case, the defense shows their case first.

Answer 76

False

Question 77

In a criminal trial, the jury is given instructions in writing so that they understand all of the charges and the legal elements of the charges.

Answer 77

True

Question 78

What can be included in closing statement in a criminal trial is very different than that of a civil trial.

Answer 78

False

Question 79

During a criminal trial, a defendant can take the Fifth Amendment. This means that they do not have to answer questions that will incriminate themselves.

Answer 79

True

Question 80

The level of evidence that the prosecution needs to present in a criminal trial is that you are guilty by a proponderous of evidence.

Answer 80

False

Question 81

In the Unite States, it can take years before you are brought to trial on a criminal charge.

Answer 81

False

Question 82

In a criminal case, you only have a right to a jury trial if the judge agrees to let you have a jury trial.

Answer 82

False

Question 83

In civil trials, the process begins when a party files a complaint against the other.

Answer 83

True

Question 84

In a civil trial, once the complaint has been filed, it must be stamped by the court of clerks and served on the party.

Answer 84

True

Question 85

If you write a complaint against another person, you can personally hand it to them.

Answer 85

False

Question 86

Process servers, operate under the Fourth Amendment, and serve complaints on other parties.

Answer 86

True

Question 87

If a complaint is filed against a corporation, any officer of the corporation can be served with legal papers.

Answer 87

False

Question 88

If a certified complaint in a civil case, an attorney certifies that the attorney has checked the facts and they are correct.

Answer 88

True

Question 89

In answering the civil complaint, there are only three possible answers that can be given True, Not true, and “there is not enough knowledge at this point to answer.”

Answer 89

True

Question 90

If a complaint is not answered, then a default judgment will be entered.

Answer 90

True

Question 91

Once the complaint and answered filed, the trial is scheduled

Answer 91

False

Question 92

In a civil case, discovery allows the parties to gain information but the original complaint can not be changed.

Answer 92

False

Question 93

An affidavit is a sworn statement by a party as to what they will testify to a trial.

Answer 93

True

Question 94

In a summary judgment, all issues can be dismissed or part of the issues could be dismissed before trial.

Answer 94

True

Question 95

In a civil or criminal case, if a party disagrees with a judge, they have right to an appeal.

Answer 95

True

Question 96

Abuse of children is discouraged in our society.

Answer 96

True

Question 97

If someone is your patient and they abuse a child, they have a right to confidentiality and you can not tell anyone.

Answer 97

False

Question 98

If a health care professional reports child abuse and they are incorrect, they can be sued.

Answer 98

False

Question 99

A person who is age 17 falls under the child abuse laws.

Answer 99

True

Question 100

Child abuse can be defined as employment that uses persuasion, inducement, and enticement, or cohersion, or any child to engage in sexual explicit conduct.

Answer 100

True

Question 101

About forty percent of all child abuse victims are boys.

Answer 101

True

Question 102

From birth to age three there are about sixteen children abused per thousand children.

Answer 102

True

Question 103

American Indians and Pacific Islanders have some of the highest rates of child abuse.

Answer 103

True

Question 104

Asians have the highest rate of child abuse in their children.

Answer 104

False

Question 105

Child abuse reports must be made as soon as practical.

Answer 105

True

Question 106

Written reports of child abuse must be within 36 hours after the abuse is noted.

Answer 106

True

Question 107

Elder abuse law have been passed because elders are a very vulnerable group subject to abuse, neglect, or abandonment.

Answer 107

True

Question 108

The most vulnerable group of elders and subject to elder abuse are elders in nursing homes.

Answer 108

True

Question 109

To prove elder abuse, the level of proof is proponderous of evidence.

Answer 109

True

Question 110

If someone is convicted of elder abuse, they can be forced to pay a monitory award and reasonable attorney fees.

Answer 110

True

Question 111

Under Federal Law, communicable diseases must be reported to the centers for disease control.

Answer 111

True

Question 112

Failure to report a communicable disease is a felony.

Answer 112

False

Question 113

Births, but not deaths, have mandatory reporting requirements.

Answer 113

False

Question 114

Medical malpractice is carried in the National Practitioner Data Bank.

Answer 114

True

Question 115

Local police adequately covered cases of domestic violence; but the Federal government passed a National domestic Violence Act to provide more protection.

Answer 115

False

Question 116

Under Federal law, it is mandatory for the police to investigate acts of domestic violence.

Answer 116

True

Question 117

Under California’s Violence against Women’s Act, employees can take time off work if they are victims of domestic violence.

Answer 117

True

Question 118

In California, someone can receive up to five years of criminal conviction victims of domestic violence.

Answer 118

True

Question 119

The Fair Labor Standards Act provides minimum wage for all employees.

Answer 119

False

Question 120

The Occupational Safety and Health Care Administration in both the state and Federal government provide standards for safe work areas.

Answer 120

True

Question 121

All workmen’s compensation insurance companies are owned by the State of California for workers in the State of California.

Answer 121

False

Question 122

Not carrying workman’s compensation insurance in the State of California for your employees is a violation of criminal law.

Answer 122

True

Question 123

When an employer pays for workman’s compensation insurance, he can not be personally sued if the employee is injured.

Answer 123

True

Question 124

Presently, an injured worker has unlimited access to physical therapy.

Answer 124

False

Question 125

Worker’s who are injure under the state workman’s compensation system, can receive temporary disability benefits.

Answer 125

True

Question 126

Death benefits for a worker who is injured in the State of California can exceed two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Answer 126

False

Question 127

A medical corporation can only be owned by a medical professional in that field.

Answer 127

True

Question 128

A physician can never hire a physical therapist.

Answer 128

False

Question 129

A sole proprietorship can be owned by one person and therefore, a husband and wife can never own one.

Answer 129

False

Question 130

In a sole proprietorship business taxes are reported separately from personal taxes on separate forms.

Answer 130

False

Question 131

In partnerships, owners report the losses or profits of the business in proportions in percentage of ownership.

Answer 131

True

Question 132

In a limited partnership, the limited partners have control over the general partners.

Answer 132

False

Question 133

All partners in a limited partnership are equally liable to lawsuits.

Answer 133

False

Question 134

A C-corporation is a corporation owned by less than 35 people.

Answer 134

False

Question 135

Sub chapter S corporations are usually owned by less than 35 people.

Answer 135

True

Question 136

Sub chapter S corporations have the returns reported on personal income taxes.

Answer 136

False

Question 137

In an S-corporation, the officers can receive health care benefits and dental insurance as of full deduction.

Answer 137

True

Question 138

In an S-corporation, there must be yearly board meetings.

Answer 138

True

Question 139

In an S-corporation, if owners mix their personal financing and personal expenses with the corporation expenses, the corporate veil can be pierced.

Answer 139

True

Question 140

A C-corporation pays taxes on its earnings before the distribution of profits.

Answer 140

True

Question 141

A non profit corporation must provide benefits to society at large.

Answer 141

False

Question 142

A Limited Liability Company is a type of corporation.

Answer 142

False

Question 143

A Limited Liability Company requires articles of organization to form.

Answer 143

True

Question 144

Professional corporations are classified as personal service corporations by the IRS.

Answer 144

True

Question 145

To establish a corporation, articles must be filed with the state so that the corporation is registered.

Answer 145

True

Question 146

For a corporation, articles of incorporation must filled with the federal government through the department of treasury.

Answer 146

True

Question 147

Special Form insurance is the most comprehensive of the general liability policies.

Answer 147

True

Question 148

Basic Form coverage includes losses by fire, lightning, explosion, windstorm, smoke, aircraft for vehicles, and possibly sprinkler leaks & sink holes. There are usually a list of exclusions however.

Answer 148

True

Question 149

The Terrorism Risk Act requires insurance companies to provide coverage per loss from a terrorist.

Answer 149

True

Question 150

In a commercial lease, you will probably need to cover the landlord against losses.

Answer 150

True

Question 151

Product liability insurance only needs to be carried by a product manufacturer.

Answer 151

False

Question 152

Your personal vehicle insurance policy will cover your business use of a car.

Answer 152

False

Question 153

Charges for workman’s compensation insurance are taken out of the employees pay check.

Answer 153

False

Question 154

Triple net charges on a lease include the tenant paying rental plus the landlords operating costs, taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance.

Answer 154

True

Question 155

If you pay money to improve a leased property, the landlord will pay you the money back when you leave.

Answer 155

False

Question 156

Federal and state laws prohibit you from discriminating against an employee based on color, gender, or religious beliefs.

Answer 156

True

Question 157

Age discrimination applies to people over the age of 35.

Answer 157

False

Question 158

The Americans with Disability Act prevents you from hiring or firing someone because of their skill and experience.

Answer 158

False

Question 159

Jobs should be advertised in widely read newspapers to avoid charges of discrimination.

Answer 159

True

Question 160

If someone tells you that they can bring client lists if you hire them, they are one of the better candidates to hire as an employee.

Answer 160

False

Question 161

To protect yourself legally you should say that all your employees are contractors.

Answer 161

False

Question 162

You can always ask the applicants name on a job interview.

Answer 162

True

Question 163

You should always ask a perspective employee their original name or if the court has changed their name.

Answer 163

False

Question 164

It is lawful to ask an employee’s maiden name.

Answer 164

False

Question 165

Birth place is a common question asked on an employment questionnaire.

Answer 165

False

Question 166

It is always good to ask perspective employees the birth place or their closest relatives so that you can notify them that they are injured on the job.

Answer 166

False

Question 167

Copies of the birth certificates are legal forms of proof that you can ask the perspective employee.

Answer 167

False

Question 168

You can legally ask a person on an employment interview if they are over 18 years of age.

Answer 168

True

Question 169

It is proper to ask somebody their religion on a job application in all cases.

Answer 169

False

Question 170

You can photograph an applicant for the job so you can remember what they look like when you make your decision about who you are going to hire.

Answer 170

False

Question 171

Height and weight are important information on a job interview.

Answer 171

False

Question 172

In California, you can surprise someone applying for a job with a random drug test.

Answer 172

False

Question 173

Under Federal law, any perspective employee can get a lie detector test.

Answer 173

False

Question 174

A purpose of employee manuals is to notify employees of their rights.

Answer 174

True

Question 175

A purpose of the employee manual is to protect you legally if you need to dismiss an employee.

Answer 175

True

Question 176

An employee should contain a history of the company.

Answer 176

True

Question 177

The employee manual should specify how people are hired and what are the qualifications are for different jobs.

Answer 177

True

Question 178

An employee manual should contain disciplinary procedures for employees.

Answer 178

True

Question 179

An employee manual should contain clothing and conduct policies.

Answer 179

True

Question 180

If someone is not behaving to your expectations you can immediately fire them in California.

Answer 180

False

Question 181

Prior to firing someone in California, they should get hearings and written warnings in most cases.

Answer 181

True

Question 182

You can never fire someone in California without warnings and hearings.

Answer 182

False