Occupational Therapy Sample Questions

1. Case Sample #1

Hailey is a 14-year-old female client being treated for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).  Her parents are concerned with Hailey's future as she decided to stop attending her high-school classes and has even threaten to drop-out.  Hailey has also been caught multiple times smoking cigarettes and drinking her parent's alcohol.  Hailey is assigned to meet with an occupational therapist for treatment.

What would be the occupational therapist's first step in treating Hailey?

2. Case Sample #1

Hailey is a 14-year-old female client being treated for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).  Her parents are concerned with Hailey's future as she decided to stop attending her high-school classes and has even threaten to drop-out.  Hailey has also been caught multiple times smoking cigarettes and drinking her parent's alcohol.  Hailey is assigned to meet with an occupational therapist for treatment.

The occupational therapist would notice Hailey's OCD negatively impacting her:

3. Case Sample #1

Hailey is a 14-year-old female client being treated for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).  Her parents are concerned with Hailey's future as she decided to stop attending her high-school classes and has even threaten to drop-out.  Hailey has also been caught multiple times smoking cigarettes and drinking her parent's alcohol.  Hailey is assigned to meet with an occupational therapist for treatment.

Which of the following is the most important question the occupational therapist should ask the client?

4. Case Sample #1

Hailey is a 14-year-old female client being treated for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).  Her parents are concerned with Hailey's future as she decided to stop attending her high-school classes and has even threaten to drop-out.  Hailey has also been caught multiple times smoking cigarettes and drinking her parent's alcohol.  Hailey is assigned to meet with an occupational therapist for treatment.

What is the most widely used for measuring OCD for adolescents?

5. Case Sample #1

Hailey is a 14-year-old female client being treated for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).  Her parents are concerned with Hailey's future as she decided to stop attending her high-school classes and has even threaten to drop-out.  Hailey has also been caught multiple times smoking cigarettes and drinking her parent's alcohol.  Hailey is assigned to meet with an occupational therapist for treatment.

What are ways that the school can promote or modify the environment for students with OCD to feel comfortable and be able to contribute to the classroom, except?

6. Case Sample #1

Hailey is a 14-year-old female client being treated for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).  Her parents are concerned with Hailey's future as she decided to stop attending her high-school classes and has even threaten to drop-out.  Hailey has also been caught multiple times smoking cigarettes and drinking her parent's alcohol.  Hailey is assigned to meet with an occupational therapist for treatment.

During treatment, the occupational therapist ask Hailey to make a hierarchy of the obsession and grade them accordingly. The OT ask her to start with the low impulse thought and progress slowly towards the moderate level of impulse.  What technique is being used here?

7. By utilizing the Canadian Practice Process Framework (CPPF), occupational therapists can identify these key actions to enable clients to reach their occupational goals. Which of the following is not true regarding CPPF?

8. An occupational therapist participates in a research study to determine the effect of noise level on the ability to perform a physical skill. In this specific study, noise is the:

9. For a collaborative leader to help the team develop synergy and engage in client centred practices, ensure that it facilitates effective collaborative care, the leader must perform these two functions:

10. An occupational therapist that asked himself "will this action compromise my objectivity?". Which type of conflict of interest test is this OT demonstrating?

11. The mother mentions to the occupational therapist that she is hopeful that her child will become independent with a wheelchair.  Which of the following features would be most important for the wheelchair?

12. A 18-year-old male client was recently diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder. Which of the following comments by the client would confirmed his diagnosis?

13. Case Sample #2

Patricia is an occupational therapist is part of a multidisciplinary team for a pediatric client in a leg cast for treatment for a fractured left ankle.  The multidisciplinary team consist of an orthopaedic doctor, registered nurse, two practice nurses, one physiotherapist, and one occupational therapist.  Patricia has been working with the team at this rehabilitation clinic for the last 12 months.

The orthopaedic doctor is demonstrating a "Laissez-Faire" leadership style with his staff at his rehabilitation clinic. The following are characteristics of this leadership style, except:

14. Case Sample #2

Patricia is an occupational therapist is part of a multidisciplinary team for a pediatric client in a leg cast for treatment for a fractured left ankle.  The multidisciplinary team consist of an orthopaedic doctor, registered nurse, two practice nurses, one physiotherapist, and one occupational therapist.  Patricia has been working with the team at this rehabilitation clinic for the last 12 months.

In a situation in which Patricia, the physiotherapist and the practical nurses experience conflicts relating to communication, which of the following would be the best statement by the orthopaedic doctor to his staff?

15. Case Sample #2

Patricia is an occupational therapist is part of a multidisciplinary team for a pediatric client in a leg cast for treatment for a fractured left ankle.  The multidisciplinary team consist of an orthopaedic doctor, registered nurse, two practice nurses, one physiotherapist, and one occupational therapist.  Patricia has been working with the team at this rehabilitation clinic for the last 12 months.

After discharge for this client, which of the following activities is most important for the occupational therapist to reinforce?

16. Case Sample #2

Patricia is an occupational therapist is part of a multidisciplinary team for a pediatric client in a leg cast for treatment for a fractured left ankle.  The multidisciplinary team consist of an orthopaedic doctor, registered nurse, two practice nurses, one physiotherapist, and one occupational therapist.  Patricia has been working with the team at this rehabilitation clinic for the last 12 months.

Patricia and the physiotherapist express concerns working with the orthopaedic doctor who is also in charge of the hospital's performance improvement program. The best way to evaluate and improve performance is to implement:

17. Case Sample #2

Patricia is an occupational therapist is part of a multidisciplinary team for a pediatric client in a leg cast for treatment for a fractured left ankle.  The multidisciplinary team consist of an orthopaedic doctor, registered nurse, two practice nurses, one physiotherapist, and one occupational therapist.  Patricia has been working with the team at this rehabilitation clinic for the last 12 months.

If Patricia is responsible for planning and structuring for client with limited cognitive social and verbal skills, with the main goal of task accomplishment, what type of leadership style is this?

18. Case Sample #2

Patricia is an occupational therapist is part of a multidisciplinary team for a pediatric client in a leg cast for treatment for a fractured left ankle.  The multidisciplinary team consist of an orthopaedic doctor, registered nurse, two practice nurses, one physiotherapist, and one occupational therapist.  Patricia has been working with the team at this rehabilitation clinic for the last 12 months.

Which of these case management methods employs the intrinsic use of multidisciplinary plans of care that are based on the client's current condition, and reflect interventions and expected outcomes within a pre-established timeline?

19. Case Sample #2

Patricia is an occupational therapist is part of a multidisciplinary team for a pediatric client in a leg cast for treatment for a fractured left ankle.  The multidisciplinary team consist of an orthopaedic doctor, registered nurse, two practice nurses, one physiotherapist, and one occupational therapist.  Patricia has been working with the team at this rehabilitation clinic for the last 12 months.

Team _________ should reflect standards of respect and civility so as to enable collaborative teamwork, effective conflict management, and shared decision making.

20. An occupational therapist documents a 7-year-old client with Intellectual Disability (ID) being able to learn through gestures and can independently wash their hands, however, struggles with routine daily functions. What IQ range is this client?