NBCOT Practice Exam 1 Latest 2022
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An OT is preparing to evaluate a toddler who has upper extremity orthopedic concerns. How will
the OT MOST likely obtain the majority of initial assessment data?
A. Me
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NBCOT Practice Exam 1 Latest 2022
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An OT is preparing to evaluate a toddler who has upper extremity orthopedic concerns. How will
the OT MOST likely obtain the majority of initial assessment data?
A. Measurement tools that assess visual-motor skills
B. Dynamometer and pinch meter readings.
C. Observation of child during activities in the child-care center.
D. Functional independence measures. ✔✔C. Observation of child during activities in the childcare center.
Through observation of the child during child-care center activities, the OT can collect information
about the child's motor performance skills and participation in activities that require upper
extremity/hand skill. Naturalistic observation is a method of ecological assessment, which is "a
primary mechanism for obtaining data relevant to the child's performance context..... Skilled
observation of child performing a functional task offers..... important information about the child's
performance". Answers A, B, ad D are all appropriate choices after the child is old enough for
these assessments.
During an initial evaluation, the OT suspects that a child has somatodyspraxia. In what area should
the OT focus the evaluation?
A. Ability to print or write.
B. Reading competency.
C. Math calculations.
D. New motor task planning. ✔✔D. New motor task planning.
"Somatodyspraxia is described as a deficit in learning new motor skills, planning new motor
actions, and generalizing motor plans." Inability to print or write (answer A) is termed
"dysgraphia." The term "dyslexia" (answer B) means dysfunction in reading. Inability to perform
mathematics (answer C) is known as "dyscalculia"
An OT working in a long-term care facility needs to evaluate the long-term memory of a resident.
Which of the following methods is BEST for evaluating memory or personally experienced events
(declarative memory)?
A. Show the person a series of objects and ask him to recall the objects within 60 seconds.
B. Ask the individual how he spent New Year's/
C. Have the individual state the place, date, and time.
D. Ask the client to remember to bring a specific item to the next therapy session ✔✔B Ask the
individual how he spent New Year's
"Declarative memory is one aspect of long term memory and includes conscious memory for
events, knowledge or facts". It is commonly assessed through verbal interviews and informal
testing such as asking a question about an individual's recall of personal events (answer B).
Working memory refers to "the temporary storage of inforamtion while one is working with it or
attending to it" (answer A). "Prospective memory involves the ability to remember intentions or
activities that will be required in the future" (answer D). Knowing the date, place, and time is
indicative of orientation (answer C).
A child avoids playground equipment that requires her feet to be off the ground. What does this
behavior MOST likely indicate?
A. Difficulty modulating proprioception.
B. Somatodyspraxia
C. Gravitational insecurity
D. Bilateral integration/sequencing deficit. ✔✔C. Gravitational insecurity.
Gravitational insecurity is described as "fear response to movement". The child easily experiences
a fear of falling and prefers to keep her feet firmly on the ground. Tactile defensiveness (answer
A) is a term used to describe discomfort with various textures and with unexpected touch.
Somatodyspraxia (answer B) has is "foundation in somatosensory (e.g. primarily tactile but also
proprioceptive) discrimination deficits, which interfere with the development of body scheme and
awareness". Bilateral integration and sequencing deficits are related to "poor vestibularpropioceptive discrimination, which interferes with the ability to coordinate, sequence, and
execute motor actions quickly and efficiently".
When the OT suspects tactile defensiveness as a rationale for a child's challenges, in what area of
participation should the OT focus on FIRST?
A. Play behavior
B. Dressing habits
C. Social skills
D. Leisure interests ✔✔B. Dressing habits
Children with tactile defensiveness are "bothered by tactile aspects of daily living activities....
specific types of clothing.... specific textures materials". The child may be bothered by certain
textures or avoid wearing turtlenecks, socks, or shoes. Conversely, some children may never take
off their shoes to avoid tactile stimulation. Play behavior (answer A), social skills (answer C), and
the choice of hobbies (answer D) could be affected secondarily, as a result of intolerance to certain
textures or human touch. Knowledge of the child's dressing habits will give the OT key information
at the start of the evaluation process.
An OT is working with an individual with schizophrenia who is in the process of preparing to
move from a state hospital to a group home. During a baking group, the client becomes agitated
and leaves the room when another client uses the electric hand mixer to mix the cake batter, and
again when two clients begin to argue loudly about which type of icing to use. How would the OT
BEST describe the behavior?
A. Low registration
B. Sensory avoiding
C. Sensation seeking
D. A hearing impairment ✔✔B. Sensory avoiding
The individual's actions are indicative of sensor avoiding behavior, characterized by a low
threshold to stimuli perceived as noxious, followed by an active response such as leaving the room.
Individuals with sensory avoiding behavior may "become distressed in situations in which they
cannot control the environment" and "do well in l
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