USAHS Domain Final Exam – Questions & Solutions
Why do we use activity analysis ✔️Ans - To evaluate the performance
abilities required to complete a tasks
Analyze possible areas of concern and generate purposeful activities for
treatment
Understand the therapeutic potential of activities to help a client improve
performance skills or restoring a client factor that impacts performance
skills or helping prevent future problems by changing or adapting activity
demands and context in which activity is performed
Follows OTPF terminology: environment, person factors, body functions
Best fit challenge ✔️Ans - Selecting an activity someone enjoys,
challenging the system so improvement is made, grading it to challenge the
person
making activities more intense or easier. making sure we are matching the
persons needs
Occupational analysis ✔️Ans - is contextualized
dives deep into examining the demands of the task and how those demands
are met or not met by that particular client
-examine the client factors: values, beliefs, spirituality, how that is all
associated with occupation
we view the occupation as being part of performance patterns a client
experiences in daily life
explores meaning of occupation, purpose of occupation in clients life, level
of skill in performing occupation
Activity analysis ✔️Ans - is not contextualized
, examines the typical demands of an activity outside the context of an
individuals performance
Best way to explore meaning of occupational performance for client is to
✔️Ans - ask the client if its meaningful
how is this activity important to you, how does it make you feel, how have
you been not affected by being able to participate in the activity, in what
ways does this activity define you
is by nature its embedded in a social and physical environment and its
situated in a performance context
performance pattern: habits, routines, rituals, roles
context is very important when looking at occupational analysis
-cultural, personal, temporal, virtual, physical, social
OT will always blend ✔️Ans - activity and occupational analysis
It allows OT to have a better understanding of client occupational
performance and utilize knowledge of activity (why we use the activity) for
therapeutic purposes
Theory of cognitive domain ✔️Ans - know that theories that involve both
global and specific mental functions provide the aspects for human
cognition
brings us into lifespan
piagets theory
-defines how human beings come to know what they know; stressed
importance of active learning and readiness
-cognitive growth terms: schema, assimilation, accommodations, dis
equilbrium, equilbrium
Childhood development occurs across domain of ✔️Ans - social
emotional
physical
Why do we use activity analysis ✔️Ans - To evaluate the performance
abilities required to complete a tasks
Analyze possible areas of concern and generate purposeful activities for
treatment
Understand the therapeutic potential of activities to help a client improve
performance skills or restoring a client factor that impacts performance
skills or helping prevent future problems by changing or adapting activity
demands and context in which activity is performed
Follows OTPF terminology: environment, person factors, body functions
Best fit challenge ✔️Ans - Selecting an activity someone enjoys,
challenging the system so improvement is made, grading it to challenge the
person
making activities more intense or easier. making sure we are matching the
persons needs
Occupational analysis ✔️Ans - is contextualized
dives deep into examining the demands of the task and how those demands
are met or not met by that particular client
-examine the client factors: values, beliefs, spirituality, how that is all
associated with occupation
we view the occupation as being part of performance patterns a client
experiences in daily life
explores meaning of occupation, purpose of occupation in clients life, level
of skill in performing occupation
Activity analysis ✔️Ans - is not contextualized
, examines the typical demands of an activity outside the context of an
individuals performance
Best way to explore meaning of occupational performance for client is to
✔️Ans - ask the client if its meaningful
how is this activity important to you, how does it make you feel, how have
you been not affected by being able to participate in the activity, in what
ways does this activity define you
is by nature its embedded in a social and physical environment and its
situated in a performance context
performance pattern: habits, routines, rituals, roles
context is very important when looking at occupational analysis
-cultural, personal, temporal, virtual, physical, social
OT will always blend ✔️Ans - activity and occupational analysis
It allows OT to have a better understanding of client occupational
performance and utilize knowledge of activity (why we use the activity) for
therapeutic purposes
Theory of cognitive domain ✔️Ans - know that theories that involve both
global and specific mental functions provide the aspects for human
cognition
brings us into lifespan
piagets theory
-defines how human beings come to know what they know; stressed
importance of active learning and readiness
-cognitive growth terms: schema, assimilation, accommodations, dis
equilbrium, equilbrium
Childhood development occurs across domain of ✔️Ans - social
emotional
physical
