NPTE safety and protection practice questions

10 questions · Untimed · Explanation after each question

Safe patient handling, fall prevention, lines, tubes and monitors in acute care, lab values that hold therapy, emergency response, infection control and isolation, and signs of abuse and neglect. FSBPT’s outline gives safety and protection 5–7 of the 180 scored questions.

Line drawing of a hospital bed with side rails, a ventilator on a stand, an IV pole with a fluid bag and a gait belt on the bed rail

Before you start

Every question has four options and one correct answer. Each explanation says why the answer is right and why the most tempting wrong answer is wrong.
Check each answer to see the explanation before moving on. Checked answers cannot be changed.

Original practice questions written to the NPTE-PT Test Content Outline (effective January 2024); they are not NPTE questions or recalled questions. Independent practice, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) or Prometric. NPTE is a registered trademark of FSBPT.