COKO Study Guide 2026
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📋 COKO Exam Format at a Glance
📚 COKO Topics to Study (69)
✍️ Sample COKO Questions & Answers
1. A kinesiologist is working with a client who has a hearing impairment. Which adjustment BEST supports effective communication?
Facing the client and using clear speech combined with visual or written supports provides the most accessible and respectful communication.
2. A kinesiologist uses the Apley Scratch Test to screen shoulder mobility. This test primarily assesses which combined shoulder movement pattern?
The Apley Scratch Test assesses flexion with external rotation reaching behind the head, and extension with internal rotation and adduction reaching behind the back.
3. Under the COKO Standards of Practice, which element is essential when documenting a client's progress note?
Progress notes must capture objective findings, interventions, and client responses to meet COKO documentation standards.
4. How should sensitive information be communicated to a client?
Sensitive information requires a private environment and compassionate communication to protect dignity and ensure understanding.
5. A kinesiologist observes a client clutching their chest, radiating pain to the left arm, with diaphoresis. The client insists it is just muscle soreness. What should the kinesiologist do?
Classic myocardial infarction signs (chest pain radiating to arm, sweating) require immediate EMS activation regardless of the client's minimization of symptoms.
6. Under COKO regulations, how long must a kinesiologist typically retain client records after the last date of service for an adult client?
COKO standards generally require retention of adult client records for a minimum of 10 years from the last date of service.