Bloom's Taxonomy
Bloom's Taxonomy is a way of distinguishing the fundamental questions within the education system. The BOC prep questions we have created are from the different disciplines in Bloom's Taxonomy to test your understanding on the shoulder on varies levels.
BOC Prep Questions
1. What is the difference between Anatomical and Functional Range of Motion?
2. Which of the following contribute to glenohumeral joint instability?
a. Labral pathology
b. Muscular weakness
c. Capsular instability
d. Ligamentous pathology
e. All of the above
3. Which of the following special tests is the best to use to identify a SLAP lesion?
a. Grind test
b. Feagin test
c. Obrien’s
d. Clunk test
e. Gerber Lift Off
4. What is the normal range of motion for internal rotation of the shoulder complex?
a. 90 degrees
b. 20 degrees
c. 60 degrees
d. 120 degrees
e. 45 degrees
5. A subluxing long head of the biceps tendon could indicate damage to which of the following?
a. Superior GH ligament
b. Transverse humeral ligament
c. SC ligament
d. Inferior GH ligament
e. Coracoclavicular ligament
6. Upon evaluation of an athlete, you determine that he or she has unilateral scapular winging. This is an indication of weakness to which muscle?
a. Subscapularis
b. None of the above
c. Teres minor
d. Serratus anterior
e. Upper trapezius
7. Which of the following is true regarding rotator cuff tendinitis?
a. It doesn’t heal well because of the relatively poor vascularization of the tendons
b. The injury is typically due to a single acute rotary force of the shoulder
c. Pain commonly refers down the side of the thorax
d. One of the commonly involved structures is the subscapularis tendon
e. All of the above
8. Which of the following is a test that assesses for inferior GH instability?
a. Posterior Apprehension
b. Roo’s test
c. AC Joint Compression
d. Allen’s test
e. Feagin’s test
9. What is a positive sign when performing the Gerber lift off test?
a. Pain when actively abducting the arm from the side against resistance
b. Significant weakness when performing active forward flexion against resistance
c. Significant weakness when attempting to lift the arm away from the side
d. Inability to lift the hand off the lumbar spine
e. Inability to slowly lower the arm
10. The brachial artery is a continuation of what artery?
a. Axillary
b. Subclavian
c. External carotid
d. Internal carotid
11. What is another name for the bicipital groove?
12. What muscle is primarily responsible for eccentrically contracting in order to decelerate the arm during the follow- through phase of the throwing motion?
a. Teres major
b. Supraspinatus
c. Infraspinatus
d. Biceps brachii
e. Latissimus dorsi
13. What type of diagnosis do athletic trainers make?
14. Tingling and/ or numbness over the deltoid region of the shoulder would indicate damage to what spinal nerve root?
a. C3
b. C4
c. C5
d. C6
e. C7
15. Which of the following best defines Sprengel’s deformity?
a. A posteriorly dislocated sternoclavicular joint
b. Atrophy of the deltoid muscle
c. A congenitally undescended scapula
d. Atrophy of the upper trapezius muscle
e. An exostosis at the acromioclavicular joint
2. Which of the following contribute to glenohumeral joint instability?
a. Labral pathology
b. Muscular weakness
c. Capsular instability
d. Ligamentous pathology
e. All of the above
3. Which of the following special tests is the best to use to identify a SLAP lesion?
a. Grind test
b. Feagin test
c. Obrien’s
d. Clunk test
e. Gerber Lift Off
4. What is the normal range of motion for internal rotation of the shoulder complex?
a. 90 degrees
b. 20 degrees
c. 60 degrees
d. 120 degrees
e. 45 degrees
5. A subluxing long head of the biceps tendon could indicate damage to which of the following?
a. Superior GH ligament
b. Transverse humeral ligament
c. SC ligament
d. Inferior GH ligament
e. Coracoclavicular ligament
6. Upon evaluation of an athlete, you determine that he or she has unilateral scapular winging. This is an indication of weakness to which muscle?
a. Subscapularis
b. None of the above
c. Teres minor
d. Serratus anterior
e. Upper trapezius
7. Which of the following is true regarding rotator cuff tendinitis?
a. It doesn’t heal well because of the relatively poor vascularization of the tendons
b. The injury is typically due to a single acute rotary force of the shoulder
c. Pain commonly refers down the side of the thorax
d. One of the commonly involved structures is the subscapularis tendon
e. All of the above
8. Which of the following is a test that assesses for inferior GH instability?
a. Posterior Apprehension
b. Roo’s test
c. AC Joint Compression
d. Allen’s test
e. Feagin’s test
9. What is a positive sign when performing the Gerber lift off test?
a. Pain when actively abducting the arm from the side against resistance
b. Significant weakness when performing active forward flexion against resistance
c. Significant weakness when attempting to lift the arm away from the side
d. Inability to lift the hand off the lumbar spine
e. Inability to slowly lower the arm
10. The brachial artery is a continuation of what artery?
a. Axillary
b. Subclavian
c. External carotid
d. Internal carotid
11. What is another name for the bicipital groove?
12. What muscle is primarily responsible for eccentrically contracting in order to decelerate the arm during the follow- through phase of the throwing motion?
a. Teres major
b. Supraspinatus
c. Infraspinatus
d. Biceps brachii
e. Latissimus dorsi
13. What type of diagnosis do athletic trainers make?
14. Tingling and/ or numbness over the deltoid region of the shoulder would indicate damage to what spinal nerve root?
a. C3
b. C4
c. C5
d. C6
e. C7
15. Which of the following best defines Sprengel’s deformity?
a. A posteriorly dislocated sternoclavicular joint
b. Atrophy of the deltoid muscle
c. A congenitally undescended scapula
d. Atrophy of the upper trapezius muscle
e. An exostosis at the acromioclavicular joint