NBCOT and OTKE Practice Test | 120
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An OT receives a home health referral for a 78-year-old male client with general weakness.
During the evaluation, the OT notices that the client is dehydrated, malnourished, has poor
personal hygiene, and is living in unsafe conditions. The OT suspects that this is a case of
elderly abuse. Given these signs and symptoms, what form of elderly abuse is suspected?
Select one:
a. Physical abuse
b. Sexual abuse
c. Psychological abuse
d. Neglect ✔✔d. Neglect
An occupational therapist is working with a client who had a LE amputation. Which of
the following treatment is NOT considered an appropriate treatment?
Select one:
a. Transfer training using standing pivot
b. Desensitization
c. Wrapping the residual limb to decrease swelling
,d. Strengthening exercises on the residual limb ✔✔d. Strengthening exercises on the residual
limb
An OT is evaluating a client who is complaining of severe pain, edema and temperature changes
in their L UE after a fall. Upon evaluating the clients' arm, you also notice discoloration and
tropic changes. What UE injury do you suspect the client to have?
Select one:
a. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
b. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
c. Skier's Thumb
d. Dupurytren's Disease ✔✔a. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
An occupational therapist is seeing a new patient for evaluation. Upon reviewing medical
records, the OT reads that the patient fell in her home and now has a Smith's fracture. What
should the OT expect to see?
Select one:
a. Fracture of the distal radius with volar displacement
b. Fracture of the distal ulna
c. Fracture of the distal radius with dorsal displacement
d. Fracture of the 5th metacarpal ✔✔a. Fracture of the distal radius with volar displacement
,An OT is working with a client with complex regional pain syndrome. Which of the following is
NOT an OT intervention for complex regional pain syndrome?
Select one:
a. ADL to encourage pain-free activities
b. Joint mobilization
c. AROM to involved joints
d. Splinting to prevent contractures and enable ability to engage in occupation-based activities
✔✔b. Joint mobilization
A 45-year-old client sustained burns to the front of her left arm, posterior trunk, front of her
left leg, and back of her left leg. Using the Rule of Nines, calculate the total body surface
area percentage that is burned.
Select one:
a. 66%
b. 45%
c. 40.5%
d. 62.5% ✔✔c. 40.5%
An OT is working with a client in a sub-acute unit of the hospital who is experiencing pain. The
pain they are describing is persistent, aches deep in the muscle, and is highly sensitive in tender
spots. What type of pain is this client experiencing?
, Select one:
a. Fibromyalgia pain syndrome
b. Acute pain
c. Myofascial pain syndrome
d. Chronic pain ✔✔c. Myofascial pain syndrome
A client with a diagnosis of trigger finger is seen in an outpatient hand clinic for an initial
occupational therapy evaluation. The client reports having a trigger finger release surgery done
1 month prior and complains of pain and limited ROM. Which of these treatment interventions
would NOT be appropriate?
Select one:
a. Edema control
b. Tendon gliding exercises
c. Strengthening exercises with repetitive gripping
d. Scar massage ✔✔c. Strengthening exercises with repetitive gripping
An OT is seeing an 8-year-old girl diagnosed with Osteogenesis Imperfecta after recent
surgery to fix a bone malformation. The OT is educating the family about safe exercises for the
patient to engage in. Which of the following exercises or activities should the OT suggest to
the patient's family considering the symptoms of Osteogenesis Imperfecta?
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