What type of procedure is acupuncture?
A. an aseptic procedure
B. a clean procedure
C. a sterile procedure
D. an antiseptic procedure - ️️B. a clean procedure
In a back pain patient, which would prompt you to make an immediate emergency
referral?
A. Back pain with leg weakness
B. Back p...
TCM TEST QUESTIONS
What type of procedure is acupuncture?
A. an aseptic procedure
B. a clean procedure
C. a sterile procedure
D. an antiseptic procedure - ✔️✔️B. a clean procedure
In a back pain patient, which would prompt you to make an immediate emergency
referral?
A. Back pain with leg weakness
B. Back pain with bladder incontinence and saddle anaesthesia
C. Sharp back pain with coughing or sneezing
D. Back pain with numbness and tingling in the feet - ✔️✔️B. Back pain with bladder
incontinence and saddle anaesthesia
The smallest bone in the body is?
A. stirrup
B. trapezoid
C. triquetral
D. metacarpal - ✔️✔️A. stirrup
The longest bone in the body is?
A. humerus
B. tibia
C. femur
D. the spine - ✔️✔️C. femur
,A hypertensive patient has shortness of breath, nausea, and dizziness. Which type of
pulse would require an immediate emergency referral?
A. Regular, fast pulse at 100 beats per minute lasting 20-30 minutes
B. Irregular, pulse at 90 beats per minute
C. Irregular fast pulse at more than 200 beats per minute
D. Regular, slow pulse at 50 beats per minute lasting 30-60 minutes - ✔️✔️B. Irregular
fast pulse at more than 200 beats per minute
The Liver channel connects with the Liver and Gall Bladder zangfu as well as the
A. Lung and Stomach
B. Lung and Spleen
C. Kidneys and Heart
D. Spleen and Kidneys - ✔️✔️A. Lung and Stomach
Which dermatome innervates the anterior ankle and foot?
A. L5
B. S1
C. L3
D. S2 - ✔️✔️A. L5
Which point combination best treats yang jaundice?'
A. BL-19 (dan shu), BL-20 (pi shu)
B. GB-41 (zu lin qi), ST-36 (zu san li)
C. LR-3 (tai chong), GB-34 (yang ling quan)
D. BL-20 (pi shu) with moxibustion, BL-48 (yang gang) - ✔️✔️C. LR-3 (tai chong), GB-
34 (yang ling quan)
, Clinical symptoms of traumatic pneumothorax include all of the following EXCEPT
A. chest pain
B. cough, dyspnea
C. headache
D. pallor, cyanosis - ✔️✔️C. headache
If the hands of the acupuncturist are visibly soiled it is recommended that they be
washed with
A. an alcohol-based disinfectant
B. anti-microbial products
C. germicidal bar soap
D. liquid soap and water - ✔️✔️D. liquid soap and water
Which of the following is the correct procedure for swabbing the skin before an
acupuncture treatment?
A. Use the same alcohol swab for all point locations
B. Use a different alcohol swab for each body area
C. Change alcohol swabs for every three point locations
D. Change alcohol swabs for every five point locations - ✔️✔️B. Use a different alcohol
swab for each body area
Which extra point transforms phlegm and dissipates swelling?
A. this point is located on the tip of the olecranon process of the ulna
B. this point is located on the anterior aspect of the shoulder joint, between the anterior
axillary crease and the depression that lies anterior and inferior to the acromion, at the
origin of the deltoid muscle
C. this point is located 0.5 to 1.0 cun lateral to the depression below the spinous
process of C7
D. this point is located 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of T8 -
✔️✔️A. this point is located on the tip of the olecranon process of the ulna
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