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MRB PHYSIO TEST SERIES
TOPIC – EX THERAPY & MASSAGE
1. 1. Goals of passive range of motion 7. During concentric exercises, the muscle
exercises are all of the following; EXCEPT: length __________
a) Maintain joint and connective tissue a) Shortens b) Lengthens
mobility. c) Remains same d) None of these
b) Enhance synovial movement for cartilage
nutrition. 8. PRE Delorme regimen proposed the use
c) Develop coordination. of progressive loading in three sets with a
d) Decrease or inhibit pain. percentage of 10-RM and starts
with________
2. In stretching exercises, when a relatively a) 1 repetition of 50% of 10-RM
short-duration stretch force that is b) 10 repetitions of 100% of 10-RM
repeatedly but gradually applied, released c) 10 repetitions of 50% of 10-RM
and then reapplied is described as d) 10 repetitions of 50% of 1-RM
a) Static progressive stretching
b) Intermittent stretching 9. For near normal range of motion for hip
c) Ballistic stretching extension, knee should be kept into
d) Static stretching a) Complete extension b) Slightly flexed
c) Complete flexion
3. If a person is having biceps contracture, d) Slightly extended
then in stretching, according to the 'Agonist
Contraction' method, which muscle works 10. When a near normal range of motion is
as agonist? available for the triceps brachii muscle, the
a) Biceps b) Triceps position of the patient to perform elbow
c) Brachioradialis d) Brachialis extension should be
a) Sitting and standing
4. 6. The ideal duration of mechanical b) Supine and prone
stretch should be c) Sitting and prone
a) 15 to 30 minutes b) 15 to 30 seconds d) Standing and prone
c) 5 to 10 seconds d) 5 to 10 minutes
11. The system___________is based on a 6
5. In type IIA muscle fiber, the capacity of RM working weight.
resistance to fatigue is a) DAPRE regimen b) Delorme regimen
a) High b) Intermediate c) Circuit weight regimen
c) Low d) Very low d) PREP regimen

6. 10. All of the following are the signs and 12. Maximum resistance is experienced and
symptoms of muscle fatigue; EXCEPT: also maximum torque is produced when
a) Smooth active movement the shoulder is at________ of flexion.
b) Inability to complete the movement a) 60° b) 90° c) 120° d) 180°
patterns
c) Substitute motions
d) Decline in peak torque

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13. _________ muscle stabilizes the 21. All of the following are used to increase
diaphragm as it eccentrically contracts muscle power; EXCEPT:
during phonation. a) Springs b) Peg boards
a) Internal abdominal oblique c) Theraband d) Dumbbells
b) External abdominal oblique
c) Quadratus lumborum 22. A standing posture in which one leg is
d) Levatores costarum placed directly forward with knee flexed
and the behind leg straight with body
14. Small-amplitude oscillators stimulate inclined forward in a line with it is called
the mechanoreceptors that may help in __________standing.
pain reduction by neurophysiological a) Lax stoop b) Stoop
effects. Mechanoreceptors include_______ c) Fall out d) Lunge sideways
a) Golgi tendons b) Muscle spindles
c) Both a and b d) None of these 23. All of the following are contributors of
good posture; EXCEPT:
15. A patient/person trying to figure out a) Mental attitude
'what to do, refers to which stage of motor b) Hygienic condition
learning? c) Free surrounding d) Conflict
a) Cognitive b) Associate
c) Autonomous d) Automatic 24. The work that is being done during
____________ contraction is called negative
16. The feedback received during the task, work.
post task related to the quality of a) Concentric b) Eccentric
performance is c) Isometric d) Static
a) Knowledge of performance
b) Knowledge of results 25. If dense connective tissues are found in
c) Augmented feedback chronic contractures, it____________
d) Extrinsic feedback a) Makes the tissues more brittle
b) Requires short-duration stretch
17. Property of water that gives upper c) Requires high-intensity stretch
thrust is called d) Requires ballistic stretch
a) Hydrostatic pressure
b) Viscosity 26. The term medial refers to:
c) Buoyancy a) toward the head b) toward the feet.
d) Surface tension c) toward the midline of the body.
d) toward the outside of the body.
18.__________ is the derived position of
hanging. 27.If it is not a good idea to do a massage,
a) Half hanging b) Stoop hanging it is called:
c) Fall hanging d) Stride hanging a) indication. b) contraindication.
c) beneficial. d) area of endangerment
19. Overload is a ____________ training
principle.
28. The definition of tapotement is:
a) Strength b) Stretch
a) a warming stroke.
c) Coordination d) Equilibrium
b) a percussion stroke.
c) a slow, soothing stroke.
20. Friction massage is given to__________
d) a kneading stroke.
a) Provide relaxation
b) Breakdown adhesion
c) Decrease swelling
d) Decrease muscle spasm
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29. The use of linen or towel placement on 36. If after a few sessions the massage
a client while giving a massage is called therapist tends to have lower back pain,
a)draping b)wrapping this means that __________
c)packing d)toweling a)the table is too low
b)the table is too high
30. In the Ling System, movements are c)the table is too wide
performed by the patient and can be called d)therapist muscle weakness
exercise.
a) active b) passive 37. When the massage therapist develops
c) duplicated d) therapeutic pain in the upper back, shoulder or arms,
this may mean that ...
31. Which of the following techniques is a a)the table is too low
stroking or smoothing movement that b)the table is too high
signals the beginning and end of a c) the table is too wide
massage? d)therapist muscle weakness
a)effleurage b)petrissage
c)Tapotement d)vibration 38. Indirect responses to touch are called .
a)reflex effects b)mechanical effects
32. Which technique you should avoid in c)both d)none
patient on wheel chair
a)effleurage b)stroking 39. Friction increases the activity of _______
c)tapotement d)kneading a)gastric glands b)salivary glands
c)sweat glands d)sebum glands
33. An embolus is a loosened piece of blood
clot which may float in the blood) If it 40. Avoid working directly on bony areas
reaches the lungs it can causes with ____________
a)death b)contusion in lungs a)elderly or slim clients
c)block in pulmonary vein b)male clients
d)serious bleeding c)female clients d)overweight clients

34. A good height for a table is when the 41. It’s good to use tapotement and
massage therapist stands next to the table vibration movements in the following
and his/her hand is ... situation
a)just touching the table with fingertips a)relaxation b)bruise
b)flat on table and arm bent to 90° c)poor muscle tone
c)flat on the table with the arm straight d)to increase strength
d)flat hands on the edge of table
42. Skin rolling_______________
35. The massage room dimension need to a) is a valuable connective tissue technique.
be a minimum of b) is applied with force.
a) 3m x 3.6m (10 feet by 12 feet) c) determines body fat composition.
b) 5m x 3.6m (12feet by 12 feet) d) smoothes out wrinkles.
c) 6m x 3.6m (14feet by 12 feet)
d) 3m x 3.0m (10 feet by 11.5 feet)

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43. To reduce tension in shortened and c)by decreasing sebum production

contracted muscles it’s best to apply d)decreasing sweat glands
a)cold therapy b)deep tissue massage
c)effleurage d)stroking 49. The reflex effects of massage affect body
functions and tissues through
44. John Upledger is credited with a)skin b)urinary system
developing which of the following? c)excretory system d)nervous system
a) craniosacral therapy b)kinesiology
c) neuromuscular techniques d) reflexology 50. An increase in the amount of blood in
the vessels of an organ or muscle is called
45. In massage, lifts, squeezes, and presses _____________
the tissues. a)congestion b)hematoma
a) effleurage b) petrissage c)hyperemia d)erythema
c) friction d) tapotement

46. In the past, a female massage

practitioner was called
a) massager b) masseuse
c) masseur d) masso

47. In his writings, Hippocrates used the

word , which means the art of rubbing a
body part upward)
a) anatripsis b) Hippocratic
c). Ayurveda d) tschanpua

48. How does massage make the skin softer

and more supple?
a)by stopping sebum production
b)by increasing sebum production

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