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140 ORTHOTIC FITTER TEST REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH 100% DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026, Exams of Health sciences

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140 ORTHOTIC FITTER TEST REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH 100% DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026 STUDY SET

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140 ORTHOTIC FITTER TEST REVIEW
QUESTIONS WITH 100% DETAILED
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026 STUDY
SET
WHICH OF THESE ABC PRACTITIONERS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO TREAT UNSTABLE SPINAL
CONDITIONS AND LONG BONE FRACTURE.
CERTIFIED ORTHOTIST
SPINAL BRACING HELPS TO CONTROL BACK PAIN BY ALL OF THESE EXCEPT
ALLOWING FREE VERTEBRAL MOTION
THESE ARE USED TO DE-WEIGHT SPINAL STRUCTURES BY INCREASING ABDOMINAL
COMPRESSION
CORSETS
THERMOPLASTIC PANELS ADDED TO A CORSET
ENHANCE A/P CONTROL
TRUE OF FALSE. STATIC ORTHOSES ALLOW RESTRICTED RANGE OF MOTION AGAINST
RESISTANCE AT A FIXED ANGLE.
FALSE
THIS IS A LONG-TERM DISEASE THAT CAUSES INFLAMMATION OF THE JOINTS BETWEEN
THE SPINAL BONES AND THE JOINTS BETWEEN THE SPINE AND THE PELVIS, EVENTUALLY
CAUSES THE AFFECTED SPINAL BONES TO JOIN TOGETHER
ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS
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140 ORTHOTIC FITTER TEST REVIEW

QUESTIONS WITH 100% DETAILED

CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026 STUDY

SET

WHICH OF THESE ABC PRACTITIONERS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO TREAT UNSTABLE SPINAL

CONDITIONS AND LONG BONE FRACTURE.

CERTIFIED ORTHOTIST

SPINAL BRACING HELPS TO CONTROL BACK PAIN BY ALL OF THESE EXCEPT

ALLOWING FREE VERTEBRAL MOTION

THESE ARE USED TO DE-WEIGHT SPINAL STRUCTURES BY INCREASING ABDOMINAL

COMPRESSION

CORSETS

THERMOPLASTIC PANELS ADDED TO A CORSET

ENHANCE A/P CONTROL

TRUE OF FALSE. STATIC ORTHOSES ALLOW RESTRICTED RANGE OF MOTION AGAINST

RESISTANCE AT A FIXED ANGLE.

FALSE

THIS IS A LONG-TERM DISEASE THAT CAUSES INFLAMMATION OF THE JOINTS BETWEEN

THE SPINAL BONES AND THE JOINTS BETWEEN THE SPINE AND THE PELVIS, EVENTUALLY

CAUSES THE AFFECTED SPINAL BONES TO JOIN TOGETHER

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS

THIS OCCURS WHEN THE BONES OF THE SPINE BETWEEN DUE TO TRAUMA. USUALLY THE

TRAUMA NECESSARY TO BREAK THE BONES OF THE SPINE IS QUITE LARGE. IN CERTAIN

CIRCUMSTANCES HOWEVER, SUCH AS IN ELDERLY PEOPLE AND IN PEOPLE WITH CANCER

THESE SAME BONES CAN BREAK WITH LITTLE OR NO FORCE. THE VERTEBRAE MOST

COMMONLY BROKEN ARE THOSE IN THE LOWER BACK.

VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURE

THIS IS AN INWARD CURVATURE OF A PORTION OF THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN.ALTHOUGH

THE HUMAN SPINE HAS SOME NORMAL INWARD CURVATURE, EXCESSIVE INWARD

CURVATURE CAN BE CAUSED BY TIGHT LOW BACK MUSCLES, EXCESSIVE VISCERAL FAT, AND

PREGNANCY.

LORDOSIS

THIS CONDITION IS CHARACTERIZED BY PAIN THAT SHOOTS SHOWN THE LEG. A BULGING

OR RUPTURED (HERNIATED) DISK IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF THE PAIN.

SCIATICA

THESE ORTHOSES USUALLY OFFER ADDITIONAL IMMOBILIZATION FORT HE THUMB AREA.

THEY ARE INDICATED FOR SOFT TISSUE INJURIES, GAMEKEEPER INJURIES, COLLATERAL

LIGAMENT SUPPORT AND AVULSION FRACTURES OF THE THUMB

THUMB SPICA

CLASSIC WAY TO SPLINT HT HAND AFTER A STROKE WITH THUMB IN FULL OPPOSITION,

WRIST IN DORSIFLEXION, AND MP JOINTS FLEXED.

WRIST- HAND COCK- UP SPLINT

A SHOULDER ORTHOSES PROVIDES _________ PRESSURE ON THE FOREARM/ELBOW

UPWARD

BUSINESS PLAN

THE ORTHOTIC FITTER MUST USE THE APPLICABLE ______ CODES

HCPCS

SELLING YOUR PRACTICE TO PROFESSIONALS, PATIENTS AND CUSTOMERS INVOLVES ALL

OF THESE KEY ELEMENTS EXCEPT:

SHYNESS

AS ORTHOTIC FITTERS, WE HIGHLY DEPEND UPON INDIVIDUALS SENDING PATIENTS TO US.

THESE ARE CALLED

REFERRAL SOURCES

THESE ARE THE DOCTORS ARE THAT ARE IN CHARGE IN THE PATIENTS EVERY DAY MEDICAL

CARE

PCP

COLD CALLING A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE IS

THE LEAST EFFECTIVE

COMMUNICATING PATIENT INFORMATION TO THE REFERRING PHYSICIAN MAY INCLUDE

ALL OF THESE EXCEPT

NEW BRACE PRICING STRUCTURES

CLARIFYING PRESCRIPTIONS OR ORDERS WITH THE PHYSICIAN OR THEIR STAFF IS USUALLY

DONE

IN PERSON

ACKNOWLEDGING REFERRALS IS A WAY TO THANK THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER FOR THEIR

CONTINUED REFERRALS. IT CAN BE DONE WITH ALL OF THESE EXCEPT

MONEY

POOR QUALITY MATERIALS AND DEVICES MAY RESULT IN ALL OF THESE EXCEPT

INCREASED REFERRALS

WHICH OF THESE FALL UNDER THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE OF AN ABC ORTHOTIC FITTER?

CERVICAL COLLARS FOR STABLE SPINE CONDITIONS

PREFABRICATED TLSO

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION ORTHOTIC

TRUE OR FALSE? ABC ORTHOTIC FITTERS ARE ALLOWED TO FORMULATE TREATMENT

PLANS

TRUE

WHAT MATERIAL IS LIGHTWEIGHT, CLOSED CELL, CROSS LINKED POLYETHYLENE FOAM

OFTEN USED IN FOAM COLLARS AND FOOT ORTHOSES

PLASTAZOTE

WHICH OF THESE MATERIALS SOFTENS WHEN HEATED AND HARDENS WHEN COOLED,

RETAINING THE NEW SHAPE? IT IS OFTEN USED WHEN A STIFF, SEMI- RIGID MATERIALS IS

REQUIRED IN AN ORTHOTIC.

POLYPROPYLENE

WHAT IS THE COMMON TERM FOR "HOOK AND LOOP"?

VELCRO

WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST TOOL TO ADJUST A CORSET STAY?

STAY BENDER

ACCORDING TO THE FACTS IN THE PRESENTATION, HOW MANY DISABLING WORKPLACE

INJURIES OCCUR EACH YEAR?

AT PATIENT INTAKE

ARTHRITIC OR POST CVA PATIENTS ARE BEST SERVED WITH THIS TYPE OF CLOSURE

HOOK AND LOOP

LOSS OF PROTECTIVE SENSATION IN THE DIABETIC FOOT CAN BE ASSESSED VIA

ABC STANDS FOR

AMERICAN BOARD FOR CERTIFICATION IN ORTHOTICS, PROSTHETICS AND PEDORTHICS

BOC STANDS FOR

BOARD OF CERTIFICATION/ ACCREDITATION INTERNATIONAL

WHICH ORTHOSES HAS A PROXIMAL TRIM LINE?

HKAFO

THE PHILADELPHIA COLLAR IS MADE OF WHAT MATERIAL?

PLASTAZOTE

THIS BRACE LOOKS LIKE A HINGED KNEE BRACE, BUT IT ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY PUSHES THE

KNEE OUT LATERALLY

OA BRACE

THIS IS A CONDITION CAUSING EXTREMELY WEAK AND FRAGILE BONES, WHICH MAKES

THEM SUSCEPTIBLE TO FRACTURES. PEOPLE WITH THIS CONDITION OFTEN HAVE LOOSE

JOINTS WITH HYPERMOBILITY

OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA

THIS IS A DEGENERATIVE DISEASE OF THE HIP JOINT CHARACTERIZED BY OSTEONECROSIS

OF THE FEMORAL HEAD. TYPICALLY FOUND IN YOUNG CHILDREN

LEGG- CALVE- PERTHES

THIS CONDITION IS CAUSED BY AN INTERRUPTION OF THE BLOOD SUPPLY TO ANY PART OF

THE BRAIN. AS A RESULT HE AFFECTED AREA OF THE BRAIN IS UNABLE TO FUNCTION.,

LEADING TO AN INABILITY TO MOVE ONE OR MORE LIMBS ON ONE SIDE OF THE BODY

CEREBRAL VASCULAR ACCIDENT (CVA)

THIS CONDITION IS THE RESULT OF DAMAGE TO A LIGAMENT WHICH IS THE FIBROUS

BAND WHICH CONNECTS BONE TO BONE

SPRAINS

MOST OF THE BODY'S FLUIDS ARE FOUND OUTSIDE OF THE CELLS ARE NORMALLY STORED

IN

THE INTERSTITIAL SPACES

THIS TYPE OF EDEMA OCCURS BECAUSE OF DILATION, OR ENLARGEMENT OF THE VEINS

AND DYSFUNCTION OF THEIR VALVES

VENOUS EDEMA

THIS TYPE OF EDEMA MAY BE DUE TO OBSTRUCTION FROM PRESSURE FROM A CANCER,

ENLARGED LYMPH NODES, DESTRUCTION OF LYMPH VESSELS BY RADIOTHERAPY, OR

INFILTRATION OF THE LYMPHATICS BY INFECTION

LYMPHEDEMA

WHAT DUROMETER IS THE SOFTEST?

WHICH OF THESE ARE UNTRUE OF ALIPLAST?

OPEN CELL

WHAT DOES M.S.D.S STAND FOR?

MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS

VEINS

THE SOMATIC AND AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEMS ARE PART OF

THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

THE LIQUID PART OF THE BLOOD IS CALLED

PLASMA

THESE ARE THIN WALLED VESSELS IN WHICH GAS, NUTRIENT AND WASTE EXCHANGE

OCCUR

CAPILLARIES

OXYGENATION AND CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL OF THE BLOOD OCCURS HERE

LUNGS

PLASMA COMPOSES WHAT % OF THE BLOOD?

WHICH OF THESE TYPES OF ORTHOSES WOULD FALL WITHIN THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE OF A

CFO?

ASPEN CERVICAL COLLAR

ALL OF THESE ARE REQUIRED TO BECOME A CFO EXCEPT

VIDEO PRACTICAL EXAM

WHICH OF THESE HAS THE BROADEST SCOPE OF PRACTICE?

COF

TO PROVIDE AN ORTHOTIC WITH OUT A PRESCRIPTION, ALL OF THESE MUST BE TRUE

EXCEPT

IT IS FOR A CLOSE FRIEND

IN COMPRESSION HOSE, THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSION IS ACHIEVED HERE

IN THE ANKLE

IS PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY AN INDICATION FOR COMPRESSION GARMENT?

NO

WHICH DEGREE OF COMPRESSION HOSE COULD BE PURCHASED OVER THE COUNTER?

10 - 20 MM HG

THESE COMPRESSION GARMENTS ARE WORN WHEN THE PATIENT IS NON- AMBULATORY

OR POST- SURGICAL TO HELP PREVENT POOLING OF BLOOD IN THE LEGS THAT COULD

LEAD TO A VENOUS THROMBOSIS

ANTI- EMBOLISM

PREFABRICATED ORTHOSES MAY BE SQUIRED

FROM INVENTORY

IF THE BRACE DOES NOT APPEAR TO FIT CORRECTLY WHAT DO YOU DO?

REMOVE IS AND TRY AGAIN

PATIENT EDUCATION ALSO INCLUDES

TRIMMING AND CUSTOMIZATION

ONCE THE ORTHOSIS IS DELIVERED TO THE FACILITY AND IN THE FITTER'S HANDS, IT

SHOULD BE

QUALITY CHECKED

BEFORE YOU FIT THE ORTHOSIS YOU NED TO _____ THE PATIENT

COMMUNICATE WITH

THE PATIENT SHOULD BE POSITED SO AS