FREE NPTE Physical Therapist Review Question and Answers

Question 1

A physical therapist is employed by an orthopedic outpatient clinic.
The patient states, "I tore 3 of my 4 Rotator cuff muscles in the past," throughout the patient's history.
Which of the following muscles can never be thought to be torn?

Accepted Answer

Teres major

Answer

Infraspinatus

Answer

Teres minor

Answer

Supraspinatus

Question 2

A patient is showing signs of right-sided heart failure, the charge nurse on the cardiac unit informs you. In which of the following scenarios would right-sided heart failure not be present?

Accepted Answer

SOB (shortness of breath)

Answer

Anorexia

Answer

Nausea

Answer

Rapid weight gain

Question 3

A person with a left CVA and right lower extremity hemiparesis is being taught how to utilize a quad cane by a physical therapist. Which of the following gait patterns is appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Place the cane in the patient's left upper extremity, encourage cane, then right lower extremity, then left upper extremity gait sequence.

Answer

Place the cane in the patient's right upper extremity, encourage cane, then right lower extremity, then left upper extremity gait sequence.

Answer

Place the cane in the patient's right upper extremity, encourage cane, then left lower extremity, then right upper extremity gait sequence.

Answer

Place the cane in the patient's left upper extremity, encourage cane, then left lower extremity, then right upper extremity gait sequence.

Question 4

A patient is suffering SOB, calf pain, and warmth across the posterior calf, a physical therapist on an ICU unit notices. Which of the following medical disorders could all of these point to?

Accepted Answer

Patient may have a DVT

Answer

Patient may be exhibiting signs of dermatitis

Answer

Patient may be in the late phases of CHF

Answer

Patient may be experiencing anxiety after surgery.

Question 5

In a pediatric clinic, a physical therapist is answering phone calls. Which of the following reports most urgently calls for the physical therapist's attention right away?

Accepted Answer

A 8 year-old boy has been vomiting and appears to have slower movements and has a history of an atrio-ventricular shunt placement.

Answer

A 10 year-old girl feels a dull pain in her abdomen after doing sit-ups in gym class.

Answer

A 7 year-old girl that had a cast on her right ankle is complaining of itching.

Answer

A 7 year-old boy has been having a low fever and headache for the past 3 days that has history of an anterior knee wound.

Question 6

A patient who has recently been diagnosed with COPD and fibromyalgia is being treated by a physical therapist. Which of the ensuing duties need should the physical therapist assign to an assistant?

Accepted Answer

Transferring the patient during the third visit

Answer

Ambulating the patient for the first time

Answer

Taking the patient's vital sign while setting up an exercise program

Answer

Educating the patient on monitoring fatigue

Question 7

In the step-down unit, a patient is receiving care from a physical therapist. There are indicators of elevated intracranial pressure in the patient. Of the following, which does not indicate elevated intracranial pressure?

Accepted Answer

Increased pupil size bilaterally

Answer

Bradycardia

Answer

Vomiting

Answer

Change in LOC

A physical therapist is employed by an orthopedic outpatient clinic.The patient states, "I tore 3 of my 4 Rotator cuff muscles in the past," throughout the patient's history.Which of the following muscles can never be thought to be torn?

A physical therapist is employed by an orthopedic outpatient clinic.
The patient states, "I tore 3 of my 4 Rotator cuff muscles in the past," throughout the patient's history.
Which of the following muscles can never be thought to be torn?