Free Massage & Bodywork Licensing Examination Exam MBLEx Exam Practice Test

Upon administering the passive range of motion test on the neck of your client, you find a mild decrease in rotation to the right. Which muscle would be shortened?

• Left levator scapularis
• Right levator scapularis
• Left trapezius
• Right semispinalis capitis

What does a visual assessment help determine?

• Neurological dysfunctions
• Soft tissue injuries
• Muscular and structural symmetry and deviations
• Painful movement patterns

What does the term meiosis relate to?

• Cell division
• Milk production
• Muscle deterioration
• Voluntary contractions

There are two main roles between a therapist and a client. The first role is as a massage therapist and the second role is as .

• an instructor
• a counselor
• a professional
• a confidant

Which of the following is not found in the nucleus of a cell?

• Nucleolus
• Chromatin
• Chromosomes
• Lysosomes

Which of the following muscle groupings are considered phasic muscles?

• Triceps brachii, deltoid
• Temporalis masseter
• Quadratus lumborum, cervical erector spinae
• Gastrocnemius, soleus

A small, rough protuberance on a bone is called a .

• Tuberosity
• Condyle
• Trochanter
• Spine

A range of motion assessment of a joint is calculated by testing .

• its capsular pattern
• the cartilage
• inert tissue
• posture

Which best describes auscultation?

• watching
• listening
• palpating
• concluding

Which of the following muscles would contribute to wrist abduction?

• Brachioradialis
• Extensor carpi radialis
• Flexor diqitorum lonqus
• Extensor carpi ulnaris