Board Exam Questions
NCPTA
APTA
Pop Culture
Anatomy
100
The two possible testing dates that are offered in the same month for the PT board exam in 2016. Or, for PTAs, the summer exam date for the PTA board exam in 2016.
What is July 19 and 20 (PT) or July 6 (PTA)
100
The current NCPTA President
Who is David Edwards
100
Name of the monthly magazine available free to all members of APTA.
What is PT in Motion?
100
NFL team that won Super Bowl 49.
Who are the New England Patriots?
100
Name three of the muscles responsible for hip abduction.
What are the gluteus medius, gluteus minimus, piriformis, obturator internus, or tensor fascia latae?
200
The maximum number of times that a testing candidate is allowed to attempt the board exam in one 12-month period.
What is 3?
200
The address of the NCPTA website
What is www.ncpt.org
200
The current APTA president.
Who is Sharon Dunn?
200
The season of "Saturday Night Live" that is currently airing.
What is Season 41?
200
The ligament of the knee joint that is vascular and is considered intra-capsular.
What is the MCL?
300
The number of days that a test candidate must be from graduating form a CAPTE accredited institution in order to sit for the board exam.
What is 90 days?
300
Name two of the seven NCPTA districts
What are Capital, Coastal, Foothills, Mountain, Piedmont, Sandhill, and Triad
300
The city and state that are hosting the National Student Conclave this year.
What is Omaha, NE?
300
The team that has won the most college basketball national championships.
What is UCLA?
300
The names of the carpal bones connected to the distal radius.
What are the scaphoid and lunate?
400
The lifetime maximum number of times a candidate is allowed to sit for either the PT or the PTA board exam.
What is 6?
400
This event was developed by APTA and the North Carolina Chapter as a flexibility screening for Special Olympics members at the 1999 Special Olympics Summer World Games.
What is FUNfitness
400
The four major APTA conferences.
What are CSM, Federal Advocacy Forum, NEXT, and NSC?
400
American Idol is finishing its 15th and final season next year. Name 4 of the previous winners.
Who are: Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Kris Allen, Lee Dewyze, Scotty McCreery, Phillip Phillips, Candice Glover, Caleb Johnson, and Nick Fradiani?
400
Name the layers of meninges from superficial to deep.
What are the dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater?
500
Candidates cannot get a scale score below this number more than once before they are banned for life from future board exam attempts.
What is 401?
500
Name 4 of the 7 NCPTA Special Interest Groups
What is Acute Care, EMG/NVC, Orthopaedic, Student, PTA, Pediatric, and Private Practice
500
The APTA's current vision statement.
What is transforming society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience?
500
Game of Thrones broke the record this year for number of Emmy's in a single year, winning 12. This is the show that previously held the record of 10.
What is The West Wing?
500
The muscle that inserts on the first metatarsal and medial cuneiform.
What is the fibularis (peroneus) longus?
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