CH 1 Massage As A Profession MCQ PDF

CH 1: Massage as a Profession Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. Which of the following is considered part of professionalism? a. Having personal ethics b. Adhering to certain methods and standards c. Paying organizational dues d....

CH 1: Massage as a Profession Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. Which of the following is considered part of professionalism? a. Having personal ethics b. Adhering to certain methods and standards c. Paying organizational dues d. Writing research papers ____ 2. Therapeutic touch is characterized as a. a type of service. b. a product the professional sells. c. desiring a specific treatment outcome. d. using only deep pressure. ____ 3. Professional therapeutic massage involves the ability to a. identify a pattern of muscle tension in a client. b. know how massage application can affect the client’s body. c. understand how the systems of the client’s body work together. d. All of the above are true. ____ 4. A client begins receiving massage therapy after the death of her husband. The purpose of the session for this client should be for her to experience a. a ritual. b. verbal communication. c. eroticism. d. compassion. ____ 5. The word massage is derived from the a. Latin root massa. b. Greek roots massein and masso. c. Arabic root mass or mass’h. d. All of the above are true. ____ 6. The skin’s relationship to touch is shown by the fact that it a. receives projected sensations from visceral structures. b. has no effect on the autonomic nervous system. c. reflects visceral conditions but not emotions. d. prevents deeper sensations from reaching the surface of the body. ____ 7. A massage therapist needs to be aware that touch as communication a. sometimes has the potential for being misunderstood. b. may be a less emotionally powerful form than speech. c. is often more clear than speech. d. creates an individual’s area of personal space. ____ 8. A sense of appropriate, comfortable personal space is determined by a person’s a. gender. b. age. c. culture. d. All of the above are true. ____ 9. Spiritual touch is described as a. never being appropriate. b. staying separate from organic healing of the body. c. involving body, mind, and spirit. d. focusing on the functioning of the body. ____ 10. The best approach to a massage session with a ticklish client is to a. always use deeper pressure. b. explain that therapeutic touch is not erotic. c. explain each therapeutic touch ahead before the treatment. d. use light stroking after the client has relaxed. ____ 11. The areas considered to be “no-touch zones” in most societies are a. the anus, genitals, mouth, and feet. b. mouth, ears, nose, anus, and genitals. c. anus, genitals, breasts, and backs of the thighs. d. hands, feet, anus, genitals, and mouth. ____ 12. A profession has the following characteristics except a. a specialized body of knowledge and extensive training. b. an orientation toward service and a commonly accepted code of ethics. c. mandated certification in specialties and regulated volunteer requirements. d. legal recognition through licensure and membership in a professional association. ____ 13. Occupational/vocational education is specifically designed to educate for a career/job resulting in a a. b. c. d. master’s degree. bachelor’s degree. diploma. board certification. ____ 14. A client-centered framework for providing massage therapy that includes assessment and evaluation, plan of care, treatment, reassessment and reevaluation to improve health and/or wellbeing influenced by scope of practice and professional standards is massage therapy a. education. b. documentation. c. licensure. d. specialization. ____ 15. Current trends suggest that the massage profession is changing in which way? a. Professional massage is becoming more sophisticated, requiring increased education. b. The rate of acceptance of massage is slowly increasing but only for wealthy clients. c. Massage professionals will work primarily outside the health care environment. d. Multiple employment opportunities within the service/wellness area of massage will decrease, and jobs in managed health care will increase. ____ 16. The Federation of State Massage Boards developed which entity? a. Model Practice Act b. Board Certification c. Entry Level Analysis Project d. Massage Therapy Body of Knowledge ____ 17. Ling divided movements into a. exercise, resistive exercise, and range of motion and stretching. b. exercise, gymnast-directed positions, and movements in opposition to one another. c. cardiovascular and muscle-building. d. passive stretches and active range of motion. ____ 18. Swedish/classical massage became more accepted after it was validated by the medical community, which was thanks to a. Ling. b. Ibn Sina. c. Kellogg. d. Mezger. ____ 19. One of the most influential massage researchers of current times is a. Ronald Melzack. b. Dorothy Voss. c. David Palmer. d. Dr. Tiffany Field. ____ 20. Bodywork sessions that include the use of concepts such as prana, chakras, and energy balance would indicate a foundation in a. Ling’s movement cure. b. Russian massage. c. Hatha yoga. d. Chinese Tui na. ____ 21. Elizabeth Dicke developed which approach? a. Massage as an aid to postsurgical recovery b. Swedish movements as used in the United States c. Classic Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation d. Connective tissue massage ____ 22. The arts, beliefs, customs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought created by a specific group of people at a particular time are called a. culture. b. society. c. government. d. tribe. ____ 23. Touch applied to support and convey awareness of and empathy for the client as a whole person is called a. palliative. b. energetic. c. expressive. d. awareness. ____ 24. The partnership between massage therapist and client based on clients’ goals, values, wants, and needs and reflected during massage sessions is considered a. massage. b. assessment c. client centered. d. health messaging. ____ 25. Touch applied with the intent of achieving a specific anatomic or physiologic outcome is called a. energetic. b. mechanical. c. emotional. d. documentation. ____ 26. A recent graduate from massage school is hoping to find an employment position doing massage to earn money to go on to chiropractic school. She feels that massage school was a great preparation for the chiropractic studies. Which statement best explains why? a. Studying to be a chiropractor means she can be unconcerned about practicing professional touch while she does massage. b. Chiropractic school will allow her to be less focused on the therapeutic application of touch. c. She is pursuing a career track that builds on skills she learned in massage school about presenting herself as a professional. d. While working at the massage job, she will not be expected to maintain occupational standards. ____ 27. Which factor is involved in massage application? a. The anatomy and physiology of touch sensation b. Nurturing the survival aspect of touch c. Accepting the communicational aspects of touch d. All of the above ____ 28. A massage therapist has moved from an urban environment to a rural environment. Of the following, which would be the most influential in establishing a new client base? a. Culture b. Gender c. Age d. Spirituality ____ 29. A massage practitioner is adjusting to an ethnically diverse client base on a cruise ship. She is asking the supervisor to explain what the various populations will want when they receive massage. What may be short-sighted about this approach? a. It is important to consider gender and age when establishing rapport with clients. b. The massage practitioner should be inquiring about gender differences, not cultural differences. c. The massage practitioner should be more focused on length of treatment times. d. Generalization is not helpful when working with individuals, regardless of culture. ____ 30. A client is saying that he was uncomfortable during a massage he received while on vacation but cannot identify why. The massage therapist who gave the massage had a strong personality and was quite insistent that the way he performed massage was the most correct method. The most likely reason that the client was not comfortable is because the touch seemed a. aggressive. b. erotic. c. spiritual. d. nurturing. ____ 31. A massage therapist notices that he consistently feels unsettled when working with clients who have been in severe accidents. This is because the massage therapist’s father was injured in a work-related accident. What is being described? a. Culture b. Genetic predisposition c. Life events d. Subculture ____ 32. A client requests that the massage therapist avoid the chest and abdomen during the massage. The best explanation of why is because these areas a. are highly sensitive. b. are mechanically addressed. c. correspond to the area of the sixth chakra. d. get cold easily. ____ 33. Gender ___________ emphasizes the equal treatment people with the emphasis on people as individuals. a. professionalism b. bias c. identity d. neutrality ____ 34. Which factor contributed most to the revival of massage in the 1960s? a. The humanistic movement b. The increase in the number of professional massage associations c. Acceptance of massage by the medical community d. Conclusive mechanisms research ____ 35. Touch as a part of healing interventions is characterized by a. developing from multiple cultures. b. being based solely on Chinese folk medicine. c. being first written about 2000 years ago. d. not becoming popular with physicians until the 1400s.