WorksheetsOccupational Therapy Quiz
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
An OT practitioner is working on developing an occupational profile for a client who has recently experienced a heart attack and has weakened endurance in daily tasks. What information would be MOST pertinent when developing this profile?
The client has attended college but did not get a degree
The client demonstrates limited ROM in the upper extremities
The client needs adaptive equipment for cooking activities
The client is a single parent who cares for two children
An OTA is assisting with the construction of an occupational profile for a client who has just had a transtibial amputation. What method would provide the BEST information to the OTA?
Interviewing the client about his past history and goals for therapy
Contacting a caregiver to ask about the client’s status before admission
Reviewing the client’s chart noting any significant concerns and history
Talking with other healthcare providers who are also treating the client
An OTA is assisting with the construction of an occupational profile for a client who had a CVA and has aphasia. What method would provide the BEST information to the OTA?
Interviewing the client about her past history and goals for therapy
Contacting a caregiver to ask about the client’s status before admission
Reviewing the client’s chart noting any significant concerns and history
Talking with other healthcare providers who are also treating the client
An OTA is assisting with the construction of an occupational profile for a client who had a recent lower extremity amputation and who is quiet and reserved. What is the BEST way to gather information from this client?
Face-to-face interview
Written assessments
Family communication
An OT practitioner is working with a client to develop an intervention as a part of her outpatient therapy program. The OT practitioner decides to administer the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure to the client. In which area would this tool BEST assist the OT practitioner in the development of interventions?
Self-care
Cognition
Motor skills
Sleep and rest
A client is reporting competence with his ability to engage in preferred leisure activities. Using the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure, how would the OT practitioner MOST LIKELY decide if it is time to change the goals?
The client has stated that he has engaged in the activity 1 or 2 times
The client has stated that his satisfaction has risen from a 5 to an 8
The client has stated that he is considering three new leisure activities
The client has stated that he would rate his leisure abilities as a 3
An OTA is assisting with the collection of assessment information with a client. She asks the client about her role within the home. Which statement below BEST demonstrates that the OTA is using reflective listening?
We are going to get you started on a strengthening program
It sounds like the task you enjoy the most is doing laundry
We make sure everyone can cook an egg before leaving
An OT practitioner is utilizing motivational interviewing with a client to help set up her plan of care. As a part of this process, the practitioner is utilizing open-ended questions. Which of the following is the BEST example of an open-ended question?
What do you enjoy about baking cookies with your grandchildren?
What is your favorite cookie to bake with your grandchildren?
Do you miss baking cookies with your grandchildren?
How often did you bake cookies with your grandchildren?
During a motivational interviewing session, an OT practitioner is engaging in reflective listening. Which of the following is the BEST example of reflective listening?
Be patient. You will get better, and life will move on.
Life must be very difficult for you since the accident.
Will your family members be able to help you when you go home?
Being able to cook dinner for your family was a great source of pride.
An OTA is working with an attorney who has just experienced a CVA, resulting in weakness in her dominant hand. The attorney would like to resume her job; however, she has concerns about signing documents. What would be the BEST example of adapting this activity?
Fitting the attorney with a grip to assist with holding her writing utensil
Suggesting that the attorney use a name stamp to sign her documents
Inquiring about technology to electronically sign all of her documents
Training the attorney to write her name with her nondominant hand
A person who enjoys woodworking has a myocardial infarction resulting in decreased endurance. The OTA wants to include woodworking in his cardiac rehabilitation. How can the OTA BEST grade down this activity for someone with poor endurance?
Have the client sand a piece of wood while standing
Have the client sand a piece of wood while sitting
Have the client paint a piece of wood while seated with a weight on his dominant forearm
Have the client paint a piece of wood while standing with a weight on his dominant forearm
An OTA is working with a client who has just experienced a CVA, resulting in minor weakness in grip strength in his dominant hand. The client would like to be independent in his morning ADL routine. What would be the BEST example of adapting the task of brushing his teeth?
Suggest that he purchase an electric toothbrush
Place foam around the toothbrush for easier grasp
Instruct him to utilize his nondominant hand
Have him hold the toothbrush with both hands
A client with poor hand strength wants to participate in an art project with her grandchild but is having difficulty cutting the shapes out of poster board. How can the OTA BEST grade this activity so the client can successfully participate?
Copy the designs onto a thin piece of paper
Provide loop scissors
Provide precut pieces
Copy the designs onto corrugated cardboard
An individual who has experienced a TBI has difficulty with sequencing. How can the OTA BEST assist this individual with making a cake for her friend’s birthday?
Provide picture cues of the steps to make a cake
Take the client to a store to order a premade cake
Have the client frost the cake after an aide bakes it
Assist the client to make cupcakes instead of a cake
An OTA is working with a client who has experienced a TBI. The client demonstrates impulsivity and sometimes inappropriate language when participating in group settings. How can the OTA BEST assist the client with the social demands of going to a restaurant?
Discuss when the client should arrive to greet his friends
Discuss the menu options and when it will be appropriate to order his food
Discuss types of conversation and language to use while eating with others
Discuss how to order food from the menu that fits his budget
An OTA is working with an accountant who had a CVA resulting in mild hemiparesis. The initial assessment revealed decreased coordination and strength in her dominant hand. She has verbal outbursts towards staff and a history of peripheral neuropathy in her lower extremities due to type 2 diabetes. What motor performance skill is MOST needed for the client to return to her private accounting practice?
Operating the keyboard
Reaching overhead
Standing balance
An OTA is working with an accountant who had a CVA resulting in mild hemiparesis. The initial assessment revealed decreased coordination and strength in her dominant hand. She has verbal outbursts towards staff when frustrated and a history of peripheral neuropathy in her lower extremities due to type 2 diabetes. What social interaction skill is MOST needed for the client to return to her private accounting practice?
Social cues
Anger management
Self-talk
An OTA is working with a client who has experienced a spinal cord injury. The client has spent several weeks in rehabilitation and is preparing to return home. What should the OTA consider FIRST when looking at the space demands of the client’s home?
The number of steps leading up to his apartment
The proximity of the client’s home to his work
The client’s ability to access public transit in the community
The client’s kitchen layout, to see if he can access the stove
An OTA is working with a client who has experienced a severe burn. The client has difficulty raising her arms past 90° of flexion or abduction due to significant scarring. What should the OTA consider FIRST when looking at the space demands of the client’s home?
Her ability to access technology family communication
Her ability to get dressed after showering
Her ability to reach dishes in the upper kitchen cabinets
Her ability to access the laundry room
An OTA is now using a wheelchair as her primary means of mobility. Her spouse voices a concern about the client being able to use their bathroom. What is the FIRST space demand an OTA should assess?
Doorway width
Toilet height
Square footage
An OTA is doing a home assessment for a client who recently had a total knee replacement. The client’s spouse describes the house as being a colonial with the master bed and bath on the second floor. When assessing the bedroom what is the FIRST space demand that should be evaluated?
Doorway width
Distance to the toilet
Height of the bed
Number of stairs
An individual who is being treated for cancer is experiencing chemotherapy-induced neuropathy. Problems with which of the following would MOST LIKELY show that the client is having difficulties with body structures?
Lifting a hairbrush during ADLs
Tying shoes with hands at midline
Listing the steps to brush her teeth
An OTA is working with a client who has experienced a spinal cord injury. The client has spent several weeks in rehabilitation and is preparing to return home. What should the OTA consider to BEST assess the client’s body functions?
Hand strength to grip the wheels on the wheelchair
ROM to lift toothbrush to mouth and brush teeth
Ability to propel wheelchair with an item on his lap
An OTA is working with a client with dementia who is refusing to eat. The client recently had coronavirus disease 2019 and lost her sense of taste. What should the OTA consider to BEST assess the client's body functions?
Gustation
Cognition
Socialization
During an evaluation, an OT practitioner notes that a client has had a traumatic transradial amputation of his nondominant arm in the past year. What would be the BEST term to document this notation?
Motor skills
Body structures
Process skills
Social interaction
During an evaluation, an OT practitioner notes that a client is able to stabilize, grip, and manipulate objects. What would be the BEST term to document these actions?
Motor skills
Body structures
Process skills
Social interaction
An OTA notes that an individual with a TBI is able to appropriately initiate, attend to, and terminate a conversation with another individual. What would be the BEST term to document these actions?
Process skills
Motor skills
Social interaction skills
Body functions
An OTA notes that an individual who had a CVA can choose the appropriate piece of adaptive equipment to don his socks and use it successfully. What would be the BEST term to document these actions?
Process skills
Motor skills
Social interaction
Body functions
