BOC Practice Test 2

A copious dose of the following vitamin is potentially very dangerous?

Vitamin A

Vitamin B6

Vitamin C

Vitamin B12

Vitamin A

When crossing multiple time zones, what can be done to help combat jet lag?

-Consume copious amounts of caffeine only when traveling east

-Adjust all schedules to the local time once you arrive

-Consume copious amounts of caffeine only when traveling west

-Make no changes to your schedules

Adjust all schedules to the local time once you arrive

When a patient is injured and there is an abrupt withdrawal from training, this can lead to a condition known as sudden exercise abstinence syndrome.

True

False

True

Under which conditions should an athletic helmet be removed after an injury?

-If the athlete requests it be removed

-If, after a reasonable period of time, the facemask cannot be removed to gain access to the airway

-The chief EMT requests that it be removed

-If the helmet causes immobilization of the head or jaw

The helmet should never be removed

-If, after a reasonable period of time, the facemask cannot be removed to gain access to the airway

When fitting an athlete for crutches, what angle should the elbow be bent to?

90 degrees

10 degrees

45 degrees

0 degrees

30 degrees

30 degrees

Which are contraindications to massage?

I. Inflammation

II. Pregnancy

III. Hemorrhage

IV. Infection

V. Phlebitis

I, III, IV, V

The basal metabolic rate is increased in individuals with hyperthyroidism.

True

False

True

Cerebral Palsy is diagnosed by skeletal muscle biopsy.

True

False

Falsev

A flak jacket is a piece of equipment designed to protect the athlete after sustaining what type of injury?

Scapular injury

Hip pointer injury

Abdominal injury

Rib injury

Clavicle injury

Rib injury

Following a hockey game, the goalie complains of severe shoulder pain. Upon observation, the athlete's humerus appears to be subluxed. The athletic trainer immobilizes his shoulder and immediately refers him to the team physician.

Which two pieces of documentation should be used to record this information?

SOAP notes

Focus charting

A patient should be referred to a physician after a concussion when there is a loss of consciousness on the field, amnesia lasting longer than 15 minutes, deterioration of neurologic function, unequal, dilated, or unreactive pupils, irregularity in respirations, and/or vomiting.

True

False

True

What diagnosis does EIA stands for?

Exercise-induced arrhythmia

Exercise-induced asthma

Exercise-induced allergy

Exercise-induced aneurysm

Exercise-induced angina

Exercise-induced asthma

Emotional instability, depression, a reduced sense of accomplishment, and a lack of interest in activity or sport are all potential signs of a patient suffering from burnout.

True

False

True

You are in the position to hire an assistant athletic trainer. You have a specific person in mind, but your athletic director implies he is not comfortable with this person’s gender. Which level of the law mandates the hiring and firing of employees?

State

Local

City

District

Federal

Federal

Which modality should be utilized if the desired therapeutic effect is decreased pain, edema and inflammation?

Moist heat packs

Ultrasound

Diathermy

Fluidotherapy

Ice packs

Ice packs

What is an AED used for?

-To provide immobilization of the lumbar spine and pelvis after a spinal injury

-To treat arrhythmias of the heart

-To treat hypovolemic shock

-To assess the athlete’s level of consciousness after a head injury

-To defibrillate the heart when an unconscious victim has no pulse

-To treat arrhythmias of the heart

-To defibrillate the heart when an unconscious victim has no pulse

True or False: A very low-carb diet can cause extremely high blood pH levels.

True

False

True

A 60-year-old male presents with consistent intermittent claudication of the lower extremities after walking for 5 to 10 minutes. The pain is relieved with rest, and there are atrophic skin changes in the skin of both lower legs. He is diabetic and a smoker.

Which four tests will you recommend along with your evaluation?

Ultrasonography

CT scans

Cardiac stress testing

Arterial Doppler

Which completed form is used in order for an athletic trainer to gain the quickest reimbursement from an insurance company?

HCFA-1500 form

CPT 1-A form

UCR form

An incident report form

None of the above

HCFA-1500 form

You are covering a women’s basketball game at your school, when you see one of your athletes go up for a rebound and land awkwardly on her right leg. She falls to the court in obvious pain so you run onto the court to tend to the athlete.

You do your preliminary evaluation and escort her to the athletic training facility, which is next to the basketball court. You suspect she has torn her ACL. Which of the following special tests is used to test the integrity of the ACL?

McMurray’s test

Apley's test

Lachman’s test

Varus stress test

Lachman’s test

What is not an error when planning the design of a sports medicine facility?

Concentrating on function rather than style

The use of wood for the main flooring material

Having the adaptive access on the other side of the building

Non-ground fault interrupter receptacles places within the hydrotherapy area

Having only one entrance and exit

Concentrating on function rather than style

An athlete is 5 days post-op from a partial meniscectomy. What exercise is not appropriate to perform at this time?

Achilles stretching

Four quadrant straight leg raises

Stationary bicycling with minimal/no resistance

Eccentric quadriceps strengthening

Hip flexor strengthening

Eccentric quadriceps strengthening

What is Myopia?

Blindness in one eye

Complete blindness

Farsightedness

Nearsightedness

Nearsightedness

A patient comes to the athletic training facility with a tick embedded in his lower leg. What should the athletic trainer instruct the patient not to do?

Keep the area clean and free of other debris

Pull the tick off with tweezers

Cover the tick with mineral oil

Put fingernail polish remover onto its body

All of the above

Pull the tick off with tweezers

What are contraindications for iontophoresis?

Analgesia

Inflammation

Ischemia

Medication Sensitivity

Open Lesions

Arterial Disease

Medication Sensitivity

Open Lesions

Arterial Disease

Which organization certifies facemasks that are used in ice hockey helmets?

CSA

HECC

NOCSAE

ASTM

NCAA

HECC

Balance and coordination are critical for athletic performance.

What is the feedback from the muscles, as to what they are doing during a particular activity, known as?

What is the area of the brain that assists in controlling movement?

Proprioception, brain stem

Muscle perception, medulla

Kinesthesia, cortex

Proprioception, cerebellum

Kinesthesia, cerebrum

Proprioception, cerebellum

Deep frostbite is considered a medical emergency. What is the proper course of treatment for a patient that has frostbite?

Very slow, careful rewarming of the body part with warm water.

Firm, sustained pressure of the hand on the affected body part.

Rapid rewarming of the affected body part with warm water.

Quick friction in order to increase local circulation

None of the above

Rapid rewarming of the affected body part with warm water.

What is an appropriate treatment for an acute quadriceps contusion?

Light massage

Pulsed ultrasound

Ice massage followed by gentle stretch

Ice pack with compression wrap with the knee in flexion

Heat pack and massage

Ice pack with compression wrap with the knee in flexion

A 15-year-old lacrosse player gets checked during a game and receives a hard blow to his forearm. You run onto the field, and when you begin your secondary survey, you notice he is in severe pain and is grabbing at his arm. You see that there is a gross deformity of the proximal/dorsal aspect of the forearm. He complains he cannot rotate his forearm.

The athlete is in obvious discomfort. After your initial assessment, what do you do next?

Splint the upper arm and forearm to support and protect the extremity

Give the athlete a sling to wear

Strap the athlete’s arm to his side

Give the athlete Naprosyn for pain

Give the athlete Percocet for pain

Splint the upper arm and forearm to support and protect the extremity

To prevent the possibility of an acute compartment syndrome, the athletic trainer should advise his or her field hockey players to wear what piece of equipment?

Thigh Pads

Mouthguards

Helmets

Gloves

Shin Guards

Shin Guards

Using a cookbook approach for clinical practice that ignores clinician experience or the circumstances of a specific patient is acceptable as long you utilize the same treatment on all patients of similar injuries.

True

False

False

An 18-year-old baseball player has been diagnosed with acute appendicitis.

Upon evaluation, what signs and symptoms might he be complaining of?

Low-grade fever (99°F to 100°F)

Abdominal rigidity/cramping

Rebound pain

Increased white blood cell count

What is a type of organizational culture characterized by consensus, teamwork, and participatory decision making?

Transformational

Personalistic

Formulistic

Organizational

Collegial

Collegial

One of your female patients presents with dysuria, a sense of urgency to urinate, decreased urine volume, nocturia, low back pain, and pyuria. What do you suspect this patient has?

Pyoperitonitis

Dermatitis

Prostatitis

Vaginitis

Cystitis

Cystitis

The codes that were established by the AMA for health care providers to receive third-party reimbursement are CPT codes. What does CPT stand for?

Current Procedural Treatments

Current Provider Terminology

Consensus Procedural Treatments

Current Provider Treatments

Current Procedural Terminology

Current Procedural Terminology

Which methods for funding public sector sports medicine facilities utilizes an institution’s assets in cash and investments that are not normally used for operational purposes?

Capital campaign

Tax-exempt bonds

An endowment

Commercial loans

Unrestricted loans

An endowment

What type of muscular contraction by the quadriceps help decelerate the body during running descending hills?

Positive

Concentric

Isokinetic

Isometric

Eccentric

Eccentric

During CPR, it is most convenient and efficient to monitor the athlete’s circulation by palpating the carotid artery. Where is the carotid pulse located?

In the groove between the larynx and the sternocleidomastoid muscle

Between the mastoid process and pharynx

At the base of the neck superior to the manubrium

2 inches below the base of the earlobe on the side of the neck

Antecubital fossa of the elbow

In the groove between the larynx and the sternocleidomastoid muscle

What is the normal dosage for one tablet of Aspirin?

200 mg

400 mg

500 mg

375 mg

325 mg

325 mg

If a patient has purulent discharge in the eye, what do you believe their diagnosis is?

Bacterial conjunctivitis

Corneal abrasion

Macular degeneration

Bacterial conjunctivitis

One of your softball players is a Type 1 diabetic. You are preparing for an all-day softball tournament, and your athlete reports to you that her blood glucose level is 90 mg/dL.

The athlete notices a blister is forming on the back of her right heel. What do you do next?

Inspect the area and make sure it is properly cared for to avoid any complications

Wash it with an alcohol-based solution to dry it out

Have the athlete change shoes and wear white socks

Pad the area with a “doughnut”

Tell the athlete to suck it up and put an adhesive bandage on it

Inspect the area and make sure it is properly cared for to avoid any complications

During a pre-participation examination, an athlete reveals that they had surgery during the summer that may affect their sports participation status. The athletic trainer contacts the surgeon to learn the details of the surgery, but is denied access to the athlete’s records. What federal legislation is responsible for protecting the athletes medical information?

Americans with Disabilities Act

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

An athlete comes to the athletic training facility with a tick embedded in his lower leg. What should the athletic trainer instruct the athlete to do? Select all that apply.

Keep the area clean and free of other debris

Pull the tick off with tweezers

Cover the tick with mineral oil

Put fingernail polish remover onto its body

All of the above

Cover the tick with mineral oil

Put fingernail polish remover onto its body

Upon visual inspection, an athletic trainer observes an athlete’s fifth digit in extension at the MCP and DIP joints and flexion at the PIP joint. Which injury has this athlete sustained?

Boutonniere deformity

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Cubital tunnel syndrome

Dupuytren's contracture

Boutonniere deformity

Which instructions or techniques are correct for the use of a cane?

Cane Height is adjusted so elbow is flexed 20-30 degrees

Cane is held in the contralateral hand

Cane moves forward with the involved extremity

One of your patients has been stung by a bee and is showing signs of anaphylaxis. Which medication would be appropriate to administer to stop the reaction?

Epinephrine

Heparin

An antitussive

A histamine-2 blocker

None of the above

Epinephrine

Anterior compartment syndrome may be addressed without consequence up to 72 hours after the initial injury.

True

False

False

Which organization certifies football helmets to make sure they are able to withstand repeated blows of high mass and low velocity?

FDA

NSA

NATA

NFL

NOCSAE

NOCSAE