Hawaii Massage Test: Questions With Correct Solutions
Who revoked your license and issues fines? Right Ans - Board of massage
therapy
Sagital plane Right Ans - divides body into left and right
How do you store clean linen Right Ans - Closed closet
Water sanitation procedure Right Ans - Immerse object completely
What is used on soiled linen Right Ans - Chlorine bleach
Temperature of hot water that the skin can withstand Right Ans - 100°
(98°-104°>115°)
Where is the sternum located Right Ans - Front of thorax
What does blood draining through the lungs do Right Ans - Removes
carbon dioxide and replaces oxygen
Connective tissue structure supports except Right Ans - Memory scar
information
Circular motion using finger tips, heel and thumb Right Ans - Circular
friction
With doctors consent, how do you massage on edema? Right Ans -
Effleurage
What massage do you use to massage between joints? Right Ans - Friction
What do you do when a first time client is worried about drapping? Right
Ans - Offer fully draped and or clothes on
Bilateral, unilateral, and lateral flexion on the neck. What muscle? Right
Ans - SCM (sternocleidomastoid)
, Sanitation of sheets. How often? Right Ans - After each client, wash with
soapy water, 10% bleach
How do you avoid rancid odors collecting in the sheets? Right Ans - Wash
daily
Could you practice massage with a different business? Right Ans - Yes with
floor to ceiling partition
What nerve supplies the forearm, wrist, and side of thumb? Right Ans -
Radial
First four lumbar nerves do what? Right Ans - Lumbar plexus(hip), femoral
nerve, saphenous nerve( innervates lower back and anterior aspect of legs)
A system that keeps clients/therapists safe from diseases of blood? Right
Ans - Universal precautions
A system of body deals with blood, veins, capillaries? Right Ans -
Cardiovascular system
Lymphatic (drainage) systems excrete at all places except? Right Ans -
Cranial
Laws(5.10.15) Right Ans - 5 days to notify board (pmt left), 10 days to
designate new PMT, after 15 days license will be suspended.
The apprentice license can be revoked if all happens except Right Ans -
Change SMT with written notice
PMT's license can be revoked if Right Ans - Abandoning premises
What part of the body is found in the lumbar region? Right Ans - Lower
back
What nerve supplies the foot and toes? Right Ans - Plantar
Sciatic nerve supplies Right Ans - Sciatic( tibial nerve, peroneal nerve), hip,
posterior leg( hamstring), foot and toe
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