Irene Gold Practice Questions Part II

The doctor is standing on the right side of a prone patient contacting the right side of the spinous process and performs a single hand diversified move on T6 with the LOD, P-A I-S and L-M with clockwise torque. What is the listing?
PRS
PLS
PRI
PLI

PRS

You are performing a lumbar pull maneuver on a patient where there is convexity to the right and the spinous is on the left at the L4 segment. The correct contact hand is the ___ and the contact is on the ____.
Left; right mammillary
Left; right spinous
R

Left; right mammillary

C6 reveals a prominent left articular pillar. In a seated patient position, what is the best contact if the doctor is standing behind the patient?
Index contact on the left articular pillar
Index contact on the right articular pillar
Index contact on the

Index contact on the right side of the spinous

The segment is fixated in left rotation and left lateral bending. What is the most appropriate vertebral body listing?
RPS
RPI
LPS
LPI

LPI

To correct a PLI listing at C5 with the doctor standing behind a seated patient, the contact is made on the ___ and the proper line of drive is ___.
Right articular pillar; P-A, I-S, L-M
Left articular pillar; P-A, I-S, M-L
Left spinous process; P-A, I-S,

Right articular pillar; P-A, I-S, L-M

There is restriction in right lateral bending and restriction in right body rotation. What is the best Gonstead listing?
PRS
PLS
PRI
PLI

PRS

A patient is lying with the left side up, the doctor uses a right hand digital contact pulling the spinous from right to left using a counter-clockwise torque. What is the spinous listing?
PRI
PRS
PLI
PLS

PRI

With the patient in the prone position the doctor stands to the left and uses a left thenar pad contact on the transverse process of T5. He thrusts from P-A and I-S. What is the best listing?
LP
RP
LPI
LPS

LP

If the vertebral body has moved posterior right and superior, what is the correct contact point for adjusting the T4 segment?
Right transverse process
Left transverse process
Spinous left
Spinous right

Right transverse process

The vertebral body of L5 has a dynamic listing of left rotation restriction and left lateral flexion restriction. The static listing is right posterior inferior body. There is also a right convex scoliosis noted in the lumbar spine. What is the proper con

Right mammillary process

There is a left body restriction with left lateral flexion fixation at T7. Using a crossed bilateral pisiform adjustment, the ___ is the contact hand, you stand on the ___ and use ___ torque.
Right; right; clockwise
Left; right; clockwise
Left; left; cloc

Left; right; clockwise

If a lumbar segment is fixated in right lateral flexion with right body rotation with a right convexity, what is the proper contact point for adjusting?
Spinous right
Spinous left
Left mamillary
Right mammillary

Right mammillary

If the vertebral body is restricted from right lateral bending and restricted from left rotation, what is the Gonstead spinous listing?
PLS
PRS
PLI
PRI

PLI

A prominent right transverse process of T10 in a left sectional convexity is best corrected using a single hand contact on the ___ side of the ____ while the doctor stands on the ___ side of the prone patient.
Right; spinous; right
Left; spinous; left
Lef

Left; spinous; left

There is restriction in right lateral bending and fixation in right rotation of the C5 vertebral segment. To adjust the C5 segment with the patient supine, the patient's head is laterally flexed to _____and the correct segmental contact point is ____.
Lef

Right; body right

A prominent left mammillary process of L2 in a left sectional convexity is most effectively corrected by a pisiform push technique. The ___ side of the patient should be down, the ___ thigh should be contacted, the ____ hand is the contact hand on the ___

Right; left; right; left mammillary

What is the correct segmental contact point for a thoracic vertebra in left lateral flexion and right spinous rotation?
Left lamina
Right lamina
Spinous right
Spinous left

Spinous right

There is restriction in right body rotation in a left thoracic convexity. This is effectively corrected by using a double transverse crossed bilateral pisiform technique with a ____ hand contact on the ___ while the doctor stands to the ____ of the prone

Right; left transverse; left

If the Gonstead listing is PRS, this correlates with which dynamic listing?
Fixated left rotation and fixated right lateral flexion
Fixated right rotation and fixated left lateral flexion
Restricted right rotation and fixated left lateral flexion
Restrict

Restricted right rotation and fixated left lateral flexion

Which Gonstead spinal listing is representative of a lumbar vertebral segment that is positioned posteriorly with right spinous rotation and right convexity with an open wedge on the left?
PLI-M
PLS
PRS
PRI-SP

PRI-SP

The doctor stands on the right side of a prone patient and contacts the T6 transverse process with clockwise torque. What is the listing of this patient?
PRS
PRI
PLS
PLI

PLI

The L4 vertebral body is restricted in right rotation and restricted in left lateral bending. The most appropriate adjusting technique is a side posture pisiform contact on the ____ and with ___ torque.
Left mammillary; CCW
Right mammillary; CCW
Spinous r

Left mammillary; CCW

Palpation of a vertebrae reveals that the spinous has deviated to the left and superior. This correlates to which dynamic listing?
Restricted right rotation and restricted left lateral flexion
Restricted right rotation and restricted right lateral flexion

Restricted left body rotation and restricted left lateral flexion

A prominent left mammillary process of L2 in a left sectional convexity is best corrected using a side posture push move. The stabilization hand is the ___, the thigh contacted is the ____ and the segmental contact point is the ____.
Left; right; mammilla

Left; left; mammillary

Correction of L3, indicated by the shaded vertebra in the exhibit, using a pisiform spinous contact requires a _______ hand contact with the patient lying on the _______ side.
See picture
right; right
right; left
left; left
left; right

left; left

If you are contacting the medial border of the PSIS and your line of correction is P-A and I-S in side posture position, what is your listing that you are correcting?
a. AS ilium
b. PI Ilium
c. Base posterior sacrum
d. ASIN

PI ilium

Which of the following is an example of primary care?

Health screening

What is the best method to prevent the onset of illness?

Primary intervention

_____ is the best choice for a patient that presents with a desire to maintain and improve their health.

Wellness care plan

Mesothelioma is due to excessive exposure to which of the following?

Asbestos

Exposure to excess heat is most detrimental to a patient who has ___:

Multiple sclerosis

What is the primary agency that funds medical research in the United States?

NIH

Which of the following is an example of secondary prevention?

Laboratory evaluation following angina pain

The best advice for a patient who has chronic hip pain due to recurring low back sprain strain is _____.

Re-education exercises

Which agency is responsible for assembling safety of medical devices?

FDA

____ will decrease Acetylcholinesterase levels.

Organophosphates

Which of the following is the most common person to cause fatal violence in the workplace?

Former employee

Which of these is the most common type of workplace injury?

Sprain/strain

The most common fatality that occurs at work is due to _____.

Falls

14. What's the leading cause of mental illness in the elderly?

Depression

15. If a child ate paint chips and became ill what would it be mostly?

Lead poisoning

16. Which of the following is the most common reason to be kept off from work?

Musculoskeletal

17. Why is there a statue of limitations?

Enough time to discover injury

18. Which of the following is dangerous to be around because your red blood cells have a higher affinity for this over oxygen?

carbon monoxide

19. Which of the following is a dangerous substance that found in people's homes and can lead to cancer?

Radon

20. When performing a lumbar pull move, your inferior hand is doing which of the following?

pulling

21. The depletion of the ozone layer is associated with which of the following?

Skin cancer

22. Which of the following is a secondary preventable factor that leads to disease?

Smoking

23. The patient was in between deciding if they had a problem or not is which of the following?

Contemplation

24. The ABC's are used to assess a condition. The A stands for which of the following?

Assessment

25. The number one avoidable health condition to produce disease is ____________.

Smoking

26. Which of the following is a common cause of low birth weight in a newborn?

Smoking

27. Your patient presents with chronic low back pain and repeated sprains of the lumbar spine. Which of the following would be the most appropriate treatment plan?

corrective exercises

29. How many times should a patient exercise in a week?

30 minutes 5�

30. How many pounds would you lose in a week if you reduced your calories 500 a day?

3

31. The mother presents with her child who has small facial features and small head. This is associated with which of the following?

alcohol consumption

32. What part of the Health Belief model entails the subjective assessment of the risk in developing a health problem?

Perceived susceptibility

33. Physical activity is promoted in all ages to reduce ____?

Morbidity

34. What is the reason why chlorine is used in drinking water?

To remove coliform

35. To prevent Osteoporosis, what exercise(s) is/are recommended?

Weight bearing exercises three times per week

36. The most common unintentional injury between the ages 20 to 44 is ____?

MVA's

37. Physical activity is promoted to ___.

Reduce depression

38. The US federal agency that administers Medicare and Medicaid is ____?

CMS

39. In the presence of O2, what would result in a harmful substance?

Carbon dioxide

40. Which of the following agencies wrote about the blood borne pathogens to protect health care workers?

OSHA

41.Which of the following is not a focus of Healthy People 2020?

Universal healthcare

42. Which of the following is not part of the 12 topics of Healthy People 2020?

Exercise

43. According to the core assumptions of the health belief model, how would an employee gauge if they want to attend a screening held in the workplace?

If he/she has an expectation that he/she will avoid a negative health condition

44. Removing human waste for use occurs in which of the following steps in the water treatment cycle?

Filtratio

The best view to visualize the articular processes in the spine is the _____.

Pillar

Which of the following views of the shoulder is best to see the greater tuberosity?

external rotation

The tube tilt of the AC Joint view is ____ degrees.

5

If you are using a 20-degree tube tilt, the FFD should be adjusted in which manner?

Drop 4inches

Which of the following views is best to visualize the apices of the lungs?

Lordotic

Which of the following views is taken with the hand flat on the table?

Medial oblique elbow

The tunnel view is best to visualize the _____.

intercondylar fossa

The Patellofemoral joint space is best seen on the _____ view.

Sunrise

The normal Kohler's teardrop distance is ______.

7mm

The best view to see a fracture through the anterior and posterior arch of atlas is the _____.

APOM

What is the proper tube tilt when taking an anterior oblique film in the cervical spine?

15 degrees caudal

In a LPO Lumbar oblique which of the following are visualized?

Left pars; Right SI joint

Which of the following is the correct tube tilt for an A-P sacral view?

15 degrees cephalic

When taking a frog leg view of the hip the tube tilt is ____ and the distance is ____.

No tube tilt; 40 inches

Which of the following cervical views requires a 15-degree cephalic tube tilt?

APLC

The tube tilt for an A-P knee is ____.

5 degrees cephalad

The tube tilt for an A-P sacrum is ____.

15 degrees cephalic

The tube tilt for an A-P coccyx is _____.

10 caudal

The best view to visualize the IVF's in the lumbar spine is _____.

Lateral

The lumbar gravity line should is drawn at the level of the L3 vertebral body should fall though the ____.

Sacral base

Which of the following radiographs is best to determine basilar invagination?

Lateral cervical

Which of the following is the proper procedure when taking thoracic radiographs?

Suspended inspiration

A scaphoid fracture is best visualized on the ____ film.

P-A with ulnar deviation

Which of the following x-ray views is not included in a Davis series?

Swimmer's view

Which of the following is NOT a part of the normal ankle series?

Lateral oblique

What is the correct orientation of the plantar surface of the foot to the film?

Parallel

What is the best view to see the intercondylar fossa at the knee?

Tunnel

What is the proper tube tilt to take a frog leg lateral?

No tube tilt

A lateral decubitus chest view is used to access which of the following?

Pleural effusion

The proper way to obtain an L5/S1 spot shot is to have ____ tube tilt.

25�cephalic

Shenton's Line is drawn from the ____ to the ____.

Femoral neck, obturator foramen

While viewing the APOM you notice the teeth are covering the C2 segment, what is the most likely issue with this film?

the head is flexed forward

Which of the following has a cephalic tube tilt?

A-P sacrum

Which of the following views is the ankle perpendicular to the cassette?

A-P ankle