Principle of Assessment 1 - Test for Massage Therapist

1. What is the assessment?

A) The use of an procedure in an attempt to cure or mitigate a disease, condition, or injury

B) Evaluation the nature of a condition

C) A documented plan that describes the client’s condition and procedures

D) The identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by physician

… Answer is B)

2. An assessment performed by an RMT is a diagnosis.

A) True

B) False

… Answer is B)
An assessment performed by an RMT is not a diagnosis by law.

3. The assessment is not mandatory for massage therapy

A) True

B) False

… Answer is B)
RMT should assess client as mandated by the CMTO.

4. Which of the following tool is used for assessment?

A) Health history and questionnaires

B) Observation

C) Palpation

D) Orthopedic testing

E) All of the above

… Answer is E)

5. RMTs have to an assessment even through the client may have been previously assessed or diagnosed by another professional.

A) True

B) False

… Answer is A)

6. Treatment plans should contain the following information, except?

A) Duration and frequency of treatment

B) Positioning of the client

C) Treatment of symptoms and structures

D) Specific techniques used

E) Any contraindications present

F) Any hydrotherapy

G) Any exercises prescribed

… Answer is E)
any contraindications: RMT should obtain during assessment .

7. SOAP is a standard system for recording the information gathered from the client.

A) True

B) False

… Answer is A)

8. Which of the following statement is correct about SOAP?

A) Subjective ; all information the examiner obtains from your testing and history.

B) Objective ; all information the client tells you about current symptoms and/or health history

C) Assessment ; what condition your are treating the client for

D) Plan of management ; check the progress of the client and evaluate the effectiveness of treatment

… Answer is C)
Subjective( all information the client tells you about current symptoms and/or health history) objective (all information the examiner obtains from your testing and history) plan of management(what your treatment will consist of)

9. Objective in SOAP is that all information the examiner obtains from your testing and history.

A) True

B) False

… Answer is A)

10. SOAP notes are done initial visit.

A) True

B) False

… Answer is B)
SOAP notes are done each and every visit

11. Why RMTs need to record SOAP notes?

A) To know the client’s progress and improvement.

B) To communicate better with other health professionals

C) It is your defense in court proceedings

D) It increases the level of knowledge of the client about their condition and helps them to participate in their own progress

E) All of the above

… Answer is E)

12. Which of the following statement is not correct about re-evaluation/re-assessment?

A) These are done periodically to check the progress of the client

B) A re-assessment may use all the tests done at the time of the initial assessment.

C) Each and every visit should also contain some sort of update from the previous visit

D) All of the above

… Answer is B)
A re-assessment may not use all the tests done at the time of the initial assessment, just thos that gave positive results initially

13. Which one is ‘open-ended questions’?

A) Do you have a headache.

B) Do you have any questions for me

C) Do you smoke

D) Are you pregnant?

…

Answer is B)

14. A good health history should contain both open and closed ended questions

A)True

B) False

…

Answer is A)

15. This is called psychologia or somatoform pain and is a manifestation of pain that arises from emotion, stress or a previous traumatic experience. It is often poorly localized and hard to define or explain from the client.

A) Referred pain

B) Functional pain

C) Deep somatic pain

D) Cutaneous pain

…

Answer is B)
functional or psychogenic pain Type of pain

16. Which of the following statement is not correct about deep somatic pain??

A) It originates in the organs and is often hard to locate

B) It is often described as being dull and aching

C) Example include healed bones or sprains/strains

D) It is more diffuse than cutaneous pain and can refer to other parts of the body

E) Often arises from muscles, ligaments, tendons, bone or fascia

…

Answer is A)
It originates in the organs and is often hard to locate -visceral pain

17. Cutaneous pain is from superficial tissue damage. It is often well localized, sharp and burning.

A) True

B) False

…

Answer is A)

18. This is the kind of pain that radiates or travels along a dermatome of a nerve due to inflammation, compression or irritation of some sort. It is sharp, shooting that may be accompanied by paresthesia, numbness, tingling and weakness or reflex loss.

A) Radicular pain

B) Visceral pain

C) Referred pain

D) Deep somatic pain

…

Answer is A)

19. Vital signs are included

A) Pulse rate, body weight, blood pressure

B) Blood pressure, respiratory rate, temperature, height

C) Pulse rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, temperature

D) Pulse rate, O2 saturation, blood pressure, respiratory rate

…

Answer is C)

20. Which of the following is not correct?

A) Hypertension ; high blood pressure

B) Hypotension : low blood pressure

C) Bradycardia : slow heart rate than normal

D) Apnea : difficult breathing

…

Answer is D)
apnea : stop breathing