NBCOT scenario set practice questions

2 scenario sets · 8 questions · Untimed · Explanation after each question

Two scenario sets in the OTR format. Each starts with an opening scene about a client and a practice setting, followed by four related questions with six options each: select the three best. You earn a point for each correct option, and wrong choices lose nothing. Scenario sets replaced the clinical simulation (CST) items on January 2, 2024.

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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.