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16. A deep sulcus that outlines and sweeps backward above the temporal pole, and then continues on the superolateral
surface, almost horizontally backwards, marking the line along which the hemisphere became folded. The speech and
hearing area are both closely associated with it.
a. Medial d. Collateral
b. Central e. Calcarine
c. Lateral
17. This joint is the upper extremity’s only attachment to the trunk.
a. Sternoclavicular d. Glenohumeral
b. Acromioclavicular e. Scapulothoracic
c. Scapulothoracic
18. The shape of articulating surfaces of bi-axial joints are either
a. Plane or saddle d. hinge or pivot
b. Condyloid or ellipsoid e. ball and socket
c. Pivot or condyloid
19. Area of skin supplied by one dorsal root.
a. Erector pili d. Epidermis
b. Dermatome e. Dermis
c. Myotome
20. Proximal side to side tremor found on heel thin or finger-nose testing:
a. Cerebellar tremor c. Myoclonus
b. Parkisonian tremor d. Senile Tremor
21. Theoretical relationships are established between the primary concept to be measured and one or more other concepts in
this type of validity.
a. Prescriptive d. Construct
b. Content e. Face
c. Predictive
22. Facial expression is an age-related change that may affect expressive communication in the elderly. The sagging cheeks
or jowls which give a resting appearance of “anger” or “crabbiness” to many elderly are actually the result of
a. Pessimistic outlook over the years
b. Significant loss of fat in the muscle fibers of the face
c. Denervated facial nerve
d. None of these
e. anhydrosis
23. The following statements describe the Median Nerve, EXCEPT:
a. It is formed from the lateral and medial cords of the brachial plexus.
b. It accompanies the axillary and brachial arteries.
c. As it passes the cubital fossa, it gives off a deep branch, the anterior interosseous nerve
d. It gives off branch only until it reaches the elbow region
e. It enters with the long tendons and supplies the three thenar muscles and all lumbricals
24. The following statement characterize the Radial Nerve, EXCEPT:
a. A little father down the arm, it passes obliquely lateral wards to run behind the humerus in its spiral groove, deep to
the Triceps
b. As it crosses the elbow joint, it supplies the muscles arising from the lateral supracondylar ridge: the Brachioradialis
and Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis
c. It is the largest nerve of the upper limb
d. Its nerve divides include C5, C6, C7, C8 and T1
e. The nerve divides into a long Superficial Branch and Deep Branch or Posterior Interosseous Nerve.
25. The Act known as the Philippine Physical and Occupational Therapy Law, creating the board of examiners for PT and OTs
is known as Republic Act No.
a. 8066 d. 8056
b. 5680 e. 5690
c. 5670
26. Assistive devices are often used and prescribed to facilitate the process of gait training. The following statements are
true, EXCEPT:
a. These devices may be used as permanent functional aids the can be used for home or community ambulation.
b. When a person using an assistive device has compromised cardio respiratory function, the increased demand may
not be within the limits of his or her reserve capacity
c. Ambulating while using an assistive device is known to create a metabolic demand different from that for unassisted
ambulation
d. Assistive devices are used as transitional aids towards the goal of independent ambulation
27. The following statement characterize De Quervain’s disease, EXCEPT:
a. Combinations of hand twisting and forceful gripping can cause the disease
b. Repetitive friction accounts for the absorb thickening of the fibrous sheath and resultant contraction of the tendons
c. Attributed to excessive friction between two thumb tendons and their common sheath
d. Affects the tendons on the side of the wrist and at the base of the thumb
e. The tendons affected are connected to the muscles on the back of the forearm that contract to pull the thumb back
and away from the hand.
40. These mechanoreceptors are found in the skin and connective tissues surrounding bones and joints to detect vibration:
a. Muscle spindle d. Pacinian Corpuscles
b. Ruffini’s end organs e. Krause’s end bulb
c. Miessner’s corpuscles
41. A pathway of communication between the two hemispheres to created as these fibers cross the midline from one
hemisphere to the other.
a. Transhemisphere d. Superior Longitudinal Bundle
b. Projection e. Association
c. Commissural
42. The aorta leaves this chamber of the heart.
a. Right ventricle d. Left ventricle
b. It bypasses the heart e. Left auricle
c. Right auricle
43. Nerve cells at rest are positively charged on the outside and negatively charged on the inside
a. Active Potentials d. Depolarization
b. Action Potential e. Resting membrane potential
c. Hyperpolarization
44. The following statements describes Down Syndrome, EXCEPT:
a. Deficit in eye-hand coordination laterality, and visual control were present in older children.
b. The present of monosynaptic reflex during platform perturbations suggested that balance problem do not result from
hypotonia but from defects within higher-level postural control mechanisms
c. In 7-11 years of age group, those with Down Syndrome scored equally in running speed, balance strength and visual
motor controls than the group without
d. In children 1-6 years of age postures responses to loss of balance were slow and therefore insufficient for
maintaining stability
e. Attainment of early motor milestones is though to be delayed because of problems with ligamentous laxity in some
joints, decreased strength, and hypotonia.
45. Transaction of the pituitary stalk will produce
a. Increased LH Ant. d. increased FSH
b. Decreased TSH Ant. e. increased ACTH
c. Decrease prolactin
46. The following statements apply to Duchenne (pseudohypertrophic) dystrophy, EXCEPT:
a. Subject is still able to rise from a forward flexed position without using his hands to assist the movement
b. Contractures are common and patients seldom survive into the third decade
c. The enlargement of the muscles is due to fatty infiltration and the muscles are weak.
d. A primary, genetic disorder characterized by early weakness and enlargement of the musculature of the calves,
thighs, hips and shoulders
e. Onset is in the first five years of life and occurs almost exclusively in boys
47. This structure resist the tendency of the femur to slide forwards off the plateau like tibial surface in actions such as in
jumping with knees bent:
a. Lateral collateral ligament d. Anterior cruciate ligament
b. Posterior cruciate ligament e. Medial collateral ligament
c. Medial and lateral menisci
48. Plantar-flexion contractures can interfere with the performance of functional tasks through the following, EXCEPT:
a. Soft tissues passively limit dorsiflexion to the muscle moment developed about the ankle during the stance phase.
b. Decrease the plantar flexor moment when the ankle is in dorsiflexed positions.
c. There is knee hyperextension during the stance phase
d. There is decreased ankle dorsiflexion during the swing phase
e. There is decreased peak hip extension in late stance phase
49. This joint is primarily responsible for inversion/eversion and abduction/adduction of the foot.
a. Talonavicular d. transverse tarsal
b. Talocrural e. calcaneocuboid
c. subtalar
50. This muscle has an extensive origin from the whole lower half of the shaft of the humerus and inserted by a tendon into
the tuberosity of the ulna below the coronoid process, its sole concern is flexion of the elbow joint
a. Brachialis d. Biceps brachii
b. Brachioradialis e. Coracobrachialis
c. Pronator Teres
51. When force is applied at a site intermediate between the fulcrum and the weight to be moved, this lever
a. Does not exist d. can not be moved
b. Is a first class lever e. is a third class lever
c. Is a second class lever
52. Following statements are true of upper motor neurons, EXCEPT:
a. Provides final direct link with muscles through myoneural junctions
b. Synapse directly on alpha, beta and gamma motorneuron in the spinal cord and cranial nerve nuclei.
c. Completely contained within the central nervous system
d. Synonymous to corticospinal tract
e. Lesion results in exaggerated deep reflexes and muscle rigidity.
53. Gait patterns between young (20-40 y.o.) and old (60-80 y.o) people differ in their gait performance as follows, EXCEPT:
a. Ankle dorsiflexion is slightly increased in older, while ankle plantar flexion was decreased in older people.
b. Peak hip flexion exhibit a slightly increase in the older persons.
85. Factors contributing to neuropathic plantar ulceration in patients with diabetes include the following, EXCEPT:
a. Food deformities
b. Limited mobility of the great toes metatarsophalangeal joint
c. Limited mobility of the talocrural joint
d. Limited mobility of the subtalar joint
e. Increased plantar sensation
86. The following are true of Tetanic contractions, EXCEPT:
a. Serial, continuous contractions, in which individual contractions cannot be distinguished
b. Series of increasingly stronger twitch contractions occurring in response to repeated contractions
c. They occur in response to a bombardment of the muscle by rapid, successive stimuli
d. Incomplete Tetanic contractions may convert to a normal contraction if the excessive stimulation ceases abruptly
87. In evaluating the client, the caregiver
a. Initiate planning for extended treatment as necessary.
b. Prepare and document the treatment plan and program
c. Determines the client’s current conditions his functional abilities and limitations
d. Documents client’s condition and functional outcome abilities
e. Determines and selects the appropriate treatment techniques and equipment
88. Splints that incorporate some elastic component such as springs of rubber bands that exerts a force on the joint but
allow for some change of joint position.
a. Dynamic-progressive d. Static
b. Static-progressive e. Dynamic
c. Static-progressive
89. When defining the motion between the foot and leg, a common center of rotation is assumed with this joint primarily
responsible for dorsiflexion/plantar flexion components:
a. Metatarsophalangeal d. transverse tarsal
b. Talonavicular e. calcaneocuboid
c. Talocrural
90. The following statements are true of biceps brachii, EXCEPT:
a. A simultaneous flexion of the shoulder and elbow and supination of the forearm will result from an isolated,
unopposed contraction of the biceps.
b. When the forearm is supinated, it acts in flexion of the elbow with or without a load, in slow or in fast movements in
either concentric or eccentric contraction
c. Its effectiveness as a supinator is almost four times as effective as the supinator at an angle of 90 degrees
d. It is most effective as a supinator when the elbow is flexed at about a 145 degree angle.
e. Its effectiveness as a supinator diminishes as the elbow is extended
91. The following statements describe repair of acute instability, EXCEPT
a. Advancement of the posterior oblique ligament is a reconstructive procedure that is almost always used
b. Peripheral tears of the medial meniscus is salvaged buy suturing the structure to the capsular ligaments
c. The need to drill holes in bone to reattach ligaments is seldom necessary inasmuch as the periosteum is usually
intact and will hold sutures well
d. Repair of an acute case by direct suture is usually avoided
92. Segmental development is evidence of the human torso’s nerve supply of an orderly series of spinal nerves; i. e one pair
of spinal nerve supplies this strip-like area of skin, and is known as a
a. Myotome d. Spinal Nerves
b. Terminal Branches e. Vertebral Nerves
c. Dermatome
93. Differentiation of these three vesicles at the rostral end of the neural tube initiates brain development.
a. Prosencephalon, mesencephalon and metencephalon
b. Telencephalon, diencephalon, and mesencephalon
c. Prosencephalon, mesencephalon and rhombencephalon
d. Mesencephalon, rhombencephalon and metencephalon
e. Prosencephalon, rhombencephalon and myelencephalon
94. When digital muscles have their proximal attachment in the forearm or humerus, they are classified as
a. Extrinsic d. midtrinsic
b. Thenar e. hypothenar
c. Intrinsic
95. These muscles retract the protracted scapula and turn the glenoid fossa downwards, thus forcibly lowering the raised
arm, with other muscles, they keep the scapula applied to the chest wall.
a. Serratus Anterior d. Rhomboids
b. Trapezius e. Levator Scapulae
c. Pectoralis minor
96. The most important factor giving rise to a concentrated urine is the presence of
a. Digital convoluted tubule
b. Proximal tubule
c. Anti-diuretic hormone
114. The following statements are true in the technique known as phonophoresis, EXCEPT:
a. Medications commonly used include hydrocortisone, dexamethasone, salicylate and lidocaine, and frequently,
hydrocortisone is combined with a gel base to formulate a 10% hydrocortisone solution
b. Combined use of a drug-impregnated coupling medium with ultrasound to drive whole molecules of topically applied
medication percutaneously into inflamed tissues
c. Often applied via continuous ultrasound with intensity between 1.0 and 2.0 W.cm, at a frequency of 5 MHz, and with
treatment duration of 5 minutes.
d. The physical mechanism by which phonophoresis acts is not known
e. Acts is a fast, painless, noninvasive alternative to local injection
115. In this type of gating, protein channel gates are opened by the binding of another molecule with the protein causing a
conformational change in the protein molecule that opens or closes the gate:
a. Ligand gating c. Voltage gating
b. None of these d. Both of these
116. Babinski’s sign is a strong indication of a disorder of:
a. Basal nuclei d. Vestibulospinal tract
b. Reticulospinal tract e. Tectospinal tract
c. Corticospinal tract
117. This elbow flexor is innervated by the radial nerve and attaches proximally to a ridge on the humerus above the lateral
epicondyle:
a. None of these c. Biceps
b. Brachioradialis d. Brachialis
118. If your patient can’t support his full weight on his legs but does have a reasonably good muscular coordination and arm
strength, which crutch walking gait would you choose?
a. Four-point gait d. Three-point-gait (non weight bearing)
b. Swing-through three-point gait e. Two-point gait
c. Three-point-and-one gait (partial-weight-bearing)
119. Components of subtalar joint pronation when the foot is bearing weight:
a. Excessive calcaneal eversion, talar abduction and talar dorsiflexion
b. Excessive calcaneal eversion, talar adduction and talar plantar flexion
c. Moderate calcaneal inversion and talar dorsiflexion
d. Excessive calcaneal inversion, talar adduction, and talar plantar flexion
e. Talar adduction and talar dorsiflexion and moderate calcaneal inversion
120.The hormone regulating Ca++ metabolism that is produced by the kidney is
a. Estrogen d. 1-25 OH2 cholecalciferol
b. Thyroid e. calcitonin
c. parathyroid
121.The following apply to Distraction, EXCEPT:
a. Relieves pain in the cervical spine by decreasing pressure on the joint capsule around the facet joint
b. May help alleviate muscle spasm by relaxing the contracted muscle
c. The test faithfully reproduce pain referred to the upper extremity from the cervical spine
d. The test demonstrates the effect that neck traction might have in relieving pain
e. Relieves pain due to a narrowing of the neural foramen by widening the foramen
122.Changes in the capability to produce a given response during practice when augmented feedback about the performance
is provided
a. Initiative d. Performance
b. Response e. Function
c. Learning
123.This type of contraction occurs when muscular tension equals the opposing force
a. Relaxed d. concentric
b. Isometric e. eccentric
c. isotonic
124.The most abundant cation inside the living cell is
a. Na+ d. Cl-
b. K+ e. Ca++
c. Mg++
125.The gate control theory of Melzack and Wall has been used to explain the effectiveness of conventional sensory level
TENS in reducing pain. The following statements discuss the theory, EXCEPT
a. Central transmission of pain impulses via large-diameter, a myelinated fiber is via inhibition of second order neurons
located in the dorsa horn.
b. Intramuscular receptors send afferent impulses via group III and IV fibers and the spinothalamic tract to brain-stem
cardiovascular centers.