NCCAOM Foundations Exam Questions
with Answers
4 organs involved in blood and their role? - Answer-SP (main source of blood)
LU (pushes food Qi to the HT)
HT (food Qi transformed to blood)
KD (makes blood through marrow & KD essence)
What circulates nutritive Qi? - Answer-Blood
What nourishes Qi? - Answer-Body fluids
What nourishes Body Fluids? - Answer-Blood
Blood nourishes and replenishes? - Answer-Essence
What transforms into blood? - Answer-Essence. Blood and essence have the same
source (KD)
What organ system transforms, transports and excretes? - Answer-SJ
Which is more turbid heavy and dense. Jin or Ye? - Answer-Ye
Which circulates Nutritive Qi on the interior. Jin or Ye? - Answer-Ye
Which circulates defensive Qi on the exterior. Jin or Ye? - Answer-Jin
Jin is under the control of which organ? - Answer-LU, UJ
What moistens and partially nourishes skin & muscles, manifests as sweat, tears,
saliva, mucus and becomes the component of fluid part of blood? - Answer-Jin
What moistens joints, spine, brain and marrow and lubricates the orifices of the sense
organs? - Answer-Ye
Which spirit is responsible for sleep, plans, projects, life aim, 'coming and going of
Shen? What organ does it reside? Point location? - Answer-Hun, ethereal soul, LV, UB
47
Which spirit is responsible for consciousness, thinking, affections, memory, sleep? What
organs does it reside in? Point location? - Answer-Shen, Mind, HT, UB 44
,Which spirit is responsible for will-power, drive, determination?
What organs does it reside in? Point location - Answer-Zhi, KD, UB 52
A 20 year-old female has chronic migraines. The pain is on the side of the head and
behind the eyes. The pain is stabbing and severe. There is diarrhea and nausea with
her headaches. Her periods are scanty. The tongue is pale and slightly purplish. The
pulse is deep and minute. What is the treatment plan? - Answer-Subdue Liver Yang,
Nourish Liver Blood, Move Blood
FACIAL INSPECTION:
The entire facial complexion is red indicates? - Answer-Excess heat syndrome from
exogenous pathogen, or hyperactive yang
6 exogenous factors are? - Answer-Wind, summer heat, fire, damp, dryness, cold
7 emotions are? - Answer-Anger, joy, sadness, worry, fear, fright
BODY INSPECTION:
Entire body is yellow indicates? - Answer-Jaundice
Bright orange = yang jaundice from damp heat
Hazy, smoky yellow = yang jaundice with more damo than heat
Smoky dark yellow = yin jaundice from cold-damp or long standing blood Xue
FACIAL INSPECTION:
Withered, dried up complexion indicates? - Answer-Heat in ST & SP
Which five element correspondence between the element and the Chinese musical note
is incorrect?
A. Earth - gong
B. Fire - Zheng
C. Metal - Shang
D. Water - Jue - Answer-D. Water - Jue is incorrect. Water corresponds to Yu.
Wood corresponds to Jiao
FACIAL INSPECTION:
Dull pale yellow facial complexion indicates? - Answer-Cold damp in ST/SP
A patient has alternating chills and fever, lack of appetite, dry throat, nausea and
unilateral white tongue coating. What pulse do you expect?
A. Wiry
B. Deep
C. Floating and tight
D. Slippery - Answer-A. Wiry - Shao yang stage
, FACIAL INSPECTION:
Pale with red spots on complexion indicates? - Answer-SP Xu, Stasis of LV blood
Fever, irritability, insomnia, dry mouth & throat, scanty dark urine, red tongue w/out
coating, and thin-fast pulse are symptoms of
A.Yang Ming
B. Shao yang
C. Tai yang
D. Shao Yin - Answer-D. Shao yin
A 9 month year old baby has a high fever for a few days. This was followed by having
sporadic tremors with strong convulsions. Meningitis was ruled out. What is your
treatment principle?
A. Tonify LV blood subdue wind
B. Cool blood, nourish yin, subdue wind
C. Clear heat, cool blood
D. Nourish LV wind, subdue LV yang, subdue wind - Answer-B. Cool blood, nourish yin,
subdue wind
FACIAL INSPECTION:
Bluish purple face and lips indicates? - Answer-+ intermittent pain in the pre cordial
region or behind the sternum = HT Blood Xue
+High fever, violent movement of limbs in children = infantile convulsions
Which five element correspondence between the element and the Western musical note
is incorrect?
A. Earth - do
B. Fire - Sol
C. Metal - Re
D. Water - Mi - Answer-D. Water is 'la'
Wood is 'mi'
A 36 yr old woman has chronic menorrhagia as the main complaint. She has pale-
sallow complexion, tiredness, weak voice and loose stools. She often feels thirst and
her cheeks are occasionally red. The tongue is red on the sides. The pulse is weak and
slightly rapid. After giving treatments for deficient Qi she has not improved. What is the
root?
A. Heat
B. Hot blood
C. Deficient blood
D. Deficient Qi - Answer-B. Hot blood
In treating channel problems which distal points are most powerful?
A. Knee points
B. Feet points
