Sample Boards

Question 1

What condition will happen if a person has excessive bicarbonate ingestion?

A. Respiratory Acidosis
B. Respiratory Alkalosis
C. Metabolic Acidosis
D. Metabolic Alkalosis

Answer 1

D. Metabolic Alkalosis

Question 2

Effects of prolonged bed rest, EXCEPT:

A. Increase in BP
B. Increase in PR
C. Decrease in cardiac output
D. Decrease in vital capacity
E. None of these

Answer 2

A. Increase in BP

Question 3

A universal cuff is applicable in the ff. Complete SCI levels, helping in movements and ADLs. Which of the ff. would the cuff be inapplicable:

A. C5
B. C6
C. C4
D. C7
E. NOTA

Answer 3

C. C4

Question 4

Elevation of the hemiplegic arm beyond horizontal results to the extension and abduction of the fingers

A. Raimiste’s Phenomenon
B. Homolateral Synkinesis
C. Soque’s phenomenon
D. Instinctive avoiding reaction

Answer 4

C. Soque’s phenomenon

Question 5

What bone if dislocated will produce carpal tunnel syndrome?

A. Scaphoid
B. Capitate
C. Triquetrum
D. Lunate

Answer 5

D. Lunate

Question 6

What deformity is present in the angulation inside the knee is less than 170 degrees?

A. Genu valgum
B. Genu varum
C. Genu recurvatum
D. Any of these

Answer 6

B. Genu varum

Question 7

A patient in supine is asked to flex the hip of the unaffected leg against resistance. If the patient has an organic weakness, the examiner will feel pressure on the heel of the affected leg as the patient involuntarily extends the hip to compensate for the weakness. If the patient has non-organic weakness, the examiner will not feel any pressure on the heel of the affected leg. This is called ______.

A. Freiberg’s Sign
B. J-Sign
C. Hoover’s Sign
D. Ober’s Sign

Answer 7

C. Hoover’s Sign

Question 8

A 55yo female is referred to physical therapy after being diagnosed with adhesive capsulitis. The patient’s range of motion is consistent with a capsular pattern at the shoulder. Which motion would typically be MOST limited?

A. Lateral rotation
B. Medial rotation
C. Flexion
D. Adduction

Answer 8

A. Lateral rotation

Question 9

The therapist flexes and adducts the hip, pushes the femur posteriorly and dislocates the hip. This test is known as:

A. Barlow’s
B. Ortolani’s
C. Galeazzi’s
D. Alli’s

Answer 9

A. Barlow’s

Question 10

The most structurally stable yet mobile single joint in the human body

A. Acetabulofemoral
B. Glenohumeral
C. Tibiofemoral
D. Patellofemoral

Answer 10

A. Acetabulofemoral

Question 11

Which of the ff. Statements is incorrect regarding spinal cord segment and vertebral level?

A. Lumbar Cord at T10-T12
B. T12 cord is at T8
C. Sacral and coccygeal segments are at L1
D. T10 cord is at T7
E. None of these

Answer 11

B. T12 cord is at T8

Question 12

What vertebral joint is most commonly affected in rheumatoid arthritis?

A. C1-C2
B. C5-C6
C. L5-S1
D. T9-T10

Answer 12

A. C1-C2

Question 13

A rare developmental anomaly which presents with a cystic dilatation of the 4th ventricle (to a lesser extent the lateral and third ventricles), with a widely separated hypoplastic cerebellar hemispheres and enlarged posterior fossa with signs and symptoms of hydrocephalus combined with a prominent occiput

Answer 13

Dandy-walker syndrome

Question 14

A neurological disorder in which a fluid-filled cyst (syrinx) forms within the spinal cord. Patients complain of pain, muscle weakness and atrophy especially in hands and arms, temperature insensitivity in the upper limbs, spasticity or stiffness in lower limbs and progressive scoliosis

Answer 14

Syringomyelia

Question 15

AKA brittle bone disease

Answer 15

OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA