NPTE-PTA Other Systems & System Interactions Practice Questions
Other Systems & System Interactions makes up 9 of every 50 questions on a Tigertest NPTE-PTA practice test. Here are 10 of the 36 questions on it, each with the answer and the reason.
Updated by the Tigertest team. Based on the FSBPT NPTE-PTA Test Content Outline (2024). Original questions; 50 per test, weighted like the real exam. Not affiliated with FSBPT.
1. A pressure injury shows full-thickness skin loss with fat visible but no bone or tendon. Which stage is it?
- A.Stage 1
- B.Stage 3
- C.Stage 2
- D.Stage 4
Answer: B. Stage 3 is full-thickness skin loss into fat. Stage 2 is partial thickness with exposed dermis; stage 4 exposes fascia, muscle, tendon or bone.
2. A wound on the lateral malleolus is pale, round and very painful, and the foot is cool. What type is it most likely?
- A.Neuropathic
- B.Pressure
- C.Venous
- D.Arterial
Answer: D. Arterial ulcers are often on the toes or lateral ankle, painful, pale with little drainage, with weak pulses. Leg elevation tends to worsen the pain.
3. Which description fits a venous ulcer?
- A.Medial ankle, heavy drainage
- B.Sacrum over a bony point
- C.Toe tip, dry, pale base
- D.Under the first metatarsal head
Answer: A. Venous ulcers usually sit near the medial malleolus with irregular edges, edema and heavy drainage. Compression and elevation are standard.
4. A plantar ulcer under the first metatarsal head in a patient with diabetic neuropathy is mainly caused by:
- A.Prolonged sitting in a chair
- B.An allergic reaction
- C.Unfelt repeated pressure
- D.Poor venous return
Answer: C. Neuropathic ulcers form over weight-bearing points the patient cannot feel. Offloading and footwear are key.
5. In a wound bed, what does yellow, stringy, moist tissue usually indicate?
- A.Epithelium
- B.Eschar
- C.Slough
- D.Granulation
Answer: C. Slough is moist yellow nonviable tissue. Beefy red tissue is granulation; black, dry, leathery tissue is eschar.
6. A burn is blistered, moist, red and very painful. What depth is it most likely?
- A.Superficial partial thickness
- B.Superficial (first degree)
- C.Subdermal burn
- D.Full thickness (third degree)
Answer: A. Superficial partial-thickness burns blister and are very painful. Full-thickness burns are dry, leathery and insensate.
7. A patient has a burn across the front of the neck. Which position helps prevent a contracture?
- A.Chin tucked to chest
- B.Neck flexion on pillows
- C.Neck rotated to one side
- D.Neck extension
Answer: D. Burns contract toward the position of comfort, which for the anterior neck is flexion. Positioning in extension, without a pillow, counters it.
8. A patient has a burn in the axilla. Which shoulder position is usually used?
- A.Internal rotation across the chest
- B.About 90 degrees of abduction
- C.Arm held at the side
- D.Full shoulder adduction
Answer: B. The axilla tends to contract into adduction, so the shoulder is positioned in abduction (about 90 degrees or more, as ordered).
9. Which sign helps confirm lymphedema of the leg?
- A.Redness that blanches on pressure
- B.Toe skin fold cannot be lifted
- C.Calf pain on ankle dorsiflexion
- D.Pitting that clears in seconds
Answer: B. A positive Stemmer sign, the inability to lift a fold of skin over the second toe or finger, suggests lymphedema.
10. During manual lymphatic drainage of an arm, which area is usually cleared first?
- A.The middle of the forearm
- B.The swollen hand only
- C.The fingertips first
- D.Proximal nodes and trunk
Answer: D. Proximal regions are cleared first so fluid moved later from distal areas has somewhere to go.
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