NBCOT OTR modalities and wound care practice questions

10 questions · Untimed · Explanation after each question

Hot packs, paraffin, cryotherapy, ultrasound, TENS, NMES, biofeedback and iontophoresis with their contraindications, pressure injury stages, wound healing, line management and telehealth set-up. Part of Domain 3, Select and Manage Interventions, which is 38% of the NBCOT OTR exam.

Line drawing of a therapeutic ultrasound unit with its transducer, a hot pack heating cabinet and a cold pack

Before you start

Single-answer questions have one best answer among three or four options. Scenario-set questions follow an opening scene and have six options with three correct: select three, and you earn a point for each correct one. Each explanation says why the answer is right and why the tempting wrong answers are wrong.
Check each answer to see the explanation before moving on. Checked answers cannot be changed.

Original practice questions written to the NBCOT 2022 OTR Examination Content Outline, not NBCOT exam questions. Independent practice, not affiliated with or endorsed by NBCOT (the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy) or Pearson VUE. OTR is a certification mark of NBCOT.