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RHAB 1110: Kinesiology
Final Comprehensive ExaminationPractice Questions
I.
The following activities require an eccentric contraction of the muscle
identified. Please answer true or false.
1.) TRUE
Triceps
The “down phase of a push up.
2.) FALSE
Quadriceps
Straightening your bent knee in the prone
position.
3.) TRUE
Tibialis Anterior
Heel strike to foot flat position in the gait
cycle.
4.) FALSE Flexor Carpi Radialis
Performing wrist flexion holding a 2
pound weight with your forearm
supported on a table and your wrist
hanging off (palm facing up).
5.) FALSE Right External Oblique
Performing a sit up (the “up” phase) and
bringing your right shoulder toward your left
knee.
6.) TRUE
Right Quadriceps
Stepping off a curb with your left leg.
7.) TRUE
Tibialis Anterior
Walking down a steep hill.
8.) FALSE Middle Deltoid
Standing in anatomical position, lift your arm
up out to the side (abduction).
9.) TRUE
Lying prone, lowering leg from a
hyperextended position.
Gluteus Maximus
10.) FALSE Iliopsoas
Kicking a ball.
11.) TRUE
Lowering phase of a sit up.
Rectus Abdominis
II.) The following activities require the muscle identified to work via reversal
of muscle action. Please answer true or false.
1.) TRUE
Gastrocnemius
In a closed kinetic – the ability of a person to
stand upright without the use of their
quadriceps muscles.
2.) TRUE
Upper Trapezius
Extending the head and neck with the
shoulder girdle stabilized.
3.) TRUE
Quadratus Lumborum
A person with a fused knee performs hip
hiking for foot clearance.
4.) FALSE
Iliopsoas
Performing a sit up with your hip and knees
flexed, feet flat on the floor (ankles not
stabilized).
5.) TRUE
Lattisimus Dorsi
Elevation of the pelvis with the arms stabilized
(i.e. during crutch walking).
6.) FALSE
Pectoralis Minor
After a race, an athlete places his hands on
his hips to try to catch his breath (helping to
increase the diameter of the rib cage).
III. The following activities require a concentric contraction of the muscle
identified. Please answer true or false.
1.) FALSE Tibialis Anterior
Performing bilateral heel raises in standing.
2.) TRUE
Performing knee extension in sitting with a 5
pound weight attached around your ankle.
Quadriceps
3.) FALSE Anterior Deltoid
Pulling down a window shade from an
overhead position.
4.) TRUE
Supinator
Turning the key in your car to start the
ignition.
5.) TRUE
Rhomboids
Squeezing your shoulder blades together
6.) FALSE
Diaphragm
During expiration
7.) TRUE
Peroneus Longus
Performing ankle eversion exercises with
theraband for resistance.
8.) TRUE
Flexor Digitorum Profundus
Squeezing a lemon.
IV.) The following muscle pairs all have components of their actions that act
antagonistically to each other. Please answer true or false.
1.) FALSE
Tibialis Posterior; Tibialis Anterior
2.) TRUE
Iliopsoas: Gluteus Maximus
3.) TRUE
Serratus Anterior; Middle Trapezius
4.) FALSE
Teres Major; Lattisimus Dorsi
5.) TRUE
Extensor Carpi Radialis; Flexor Carpi Ulnaris
6.) TRUE
Biceps; Triceps
7.) FALSE
Sternocleidomastiod; Scalenes
V.) The following positions will cause the specified insufficiency of the muscle
identified. Please answer true or false.
1.) TRUE
Hamstrings:
Hip flexion with knee extension will cause passive
insufficiency of this muscle.
2.) FALSE
Rectus Femoris:
Hip extension with knee flexion will cause active
insufficiency of this muscle.
3.) TRUE
Extensor Digitorum: Wrist flexion causing fingers to extend will cause
passive insufficiency of this muscle.
4.) FALSE
Triceps:
Shoulder flexion with elbow extension will cause
active insufficiency of this muscle.
VI.) The following activities accurately describe open-chain activity. Please answer
true or false.
1.) FALSE
Performing a squat is an open chain activity for the LE.
2.) TRUE
Extending your knee in sitting with a 5 pound weight attached to your
ankle is an example of an open chain activity for the LE.
3.) TRUE
In the standing position, raising your arm above head holding a 2 pound
weight is an example of an open chain activity for the UE.
4.) FALSE
Performing a wall push up is an example of an open chained activity for
the UE.
VII. Please analyze the following statements about arthrokinematics, and state
whether they are TRUE or FALSE.
1.) TRUE
When you reach your arms out to stretch as you awake in the morning
and your elbows move into the extended position, the radial head is
moving posteriorly on the capitulum
2.) FALSE
When you kick a soccer ball, the tibial condyles are gliding posteriorly on
the femoral condyles
3.) TRUE
When you raise up onto your “tip toes” the talus is gliding anteriorly
within the mortise created by the distal ends of the tibia and fibula
4.) FALSE
When you give the “thumbs up” sign and extend the IP joint of the thumb,
the base of the distal phalanx is moving anteriorly relative to the distal
end of the proximal phalanx