Deck 20: Occupational Therapy

Question 1

According to the text, occupations are _____.

A) Activities that offer meaning to the client
B) Employment opportunities
C) Careers
D) Avocations

Answer 1

Activities that offer meaning to the client

Question 2

The Affordable Care Act of 2010 is expected to increase the need of occupational therapists by _____.

A) Putting more insurance dollars in the field in the future
B) Instituting less government regulation
C) Making it less expensive to assist persons living independently and functionally at home, work, and in the community
D) Decreasing the number of community health workers

Answer 2

Making it less expensive to assist persons living independently and functionally at home, work, and in the community

Question 3

Moral treatment refers to what belief?

A) A belief to disregard all need for morals
B) A belief that only moral people are entitled to consideration and compassion care
C) A belief that one must always use morals and values
D) A belief that work chores and leisure activities offer clients a sense of contribution to the common good

Answer 3

A belief that work chores and leisure activities offer clients a sense of contribution to the common good

Question 4

Which term is core to occupational therapy (OT) and refers to the ordinary and familiar things that people do every day?

A) Jobs
B) Occupation
C) Vocation
D) Adaptation

Question 5

Asclepiades of Bithynia, a Greek physician, used what activities to treat mentally ill clients?

A) Sun bathing
B) Routine care
C) Running
D) Music

Question 6

What is the philosophical base of the OT profession?

A) Truth and the American way
B) People who work are sick less often
C) Recognition of the human capacity for growth and self-understanding, as well as the power of occupation
D) The belief that all mammals are active beings and incapable of directing their own behavior

Question 7

Which group met in March 1917 for the first time to actively engage mentally and physically ill clients in arts and crafts and observed reduced or eliminated symptoms of physical illnesses with tuberculosis, nervous disorders, and polio?

A) The American Occupational Therapy Association
B) The Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy
C) The American Speech Therapy Association
D) The American Red Cross

Question 8

Which national event(s) most influenced the growth of the OT profession?

A) World Wars I and II
B) The Vietnam War
C) The Great Depression
D) The Black Plague

Question 9

Which law(s) significantly affected the growth of the OT profession and began covering inpatient OT services?

A) Workers' Compensation
B) Social Security Acts
C) Managed Care
D) Medicaid

Question 10

What movement saw value in creating healthy utopian-like communities through the engagement of skilled and creative work?

A) The Occupation Movement
B) The Arts and Crafts Movement
C) The Civil Rights Movement
D) The Women's Movement

Question 11

Which American physician encouraged a return to a simpler lifestyle, favoring manual labor over machines and factory work?

A) Herbert Hall
B) Tom Hall
C) James Kildare
D) Elizabeth Corday

Question 12

The Education of the Handicapped Act was passed and OT was included in the initiative to benefit which population?

A) Low-income
B) Native American
C) School-aged children
D) Military families

Question 13

Which organization is a national voluntary professional association that represents the concerns and interests of occupational therapists and endeavors to improve the quality of OT services?

A) The World Federation of Activity Specialists
B) The State Therapy Association
C) The American Occupational Therapy Association
D) The American Occupational and Physical Therapy Association

Question 14

In 2004, the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education determined that all entry-level OT education must be completed at which level?

A) Medical school
B) Bachelor's
C) Master's
D) Certificate program

Question 15

The process of interventions for modifying or adapting environments may include _____.

A) Prescriptions drugs and dental services
B) The use of ergonomic principles in home, work, school, and community settings
C) Durable medical equipment and professional services
D) Hospital care and professional services

Question 16

The process of evaluation and enacting interventions using skilled application of daily life activities may involve the following strategies and methods: _____.

A) Prescriptions drugs and dental services
B) Durable medical equipment and professional services
C) Skills training with feeding, eating, and swallowing to ensure nutritional demands
D) Hospital care and professional services

Question 17

Which text helps to guide the occupational therapist and the OT assistant (OTA) in their practice by describing core concepts that are foundational to OT practice?

A) The Occupational Therapy Manager
B) Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
C) Willard and Spackman's Occupational Therapy
D) AOTA Practice Framework

Question 18

Fieldwork requirements average _____ weeks for those studying OT.

A) 10
B) 15
C) 20
D) 24

Question 19

Fieldwork requirements average _____ weeks for those studying in an OTA program.

A) 10
B) 15
C) 20
D) 24

Question 20

According to Workforce Trends in Occupational Therapy, the largest employer of occupational therapists and OTAs are _____.

A) Hospitals
B) Outpatient clinics
C) Mental health facilities
D) School systems