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These 10 free FAS questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Functional Anatomy Specialist (FAS) blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
With the pelvis held still, an athlete moves a straight leg sideways away from the body's midline. Identify the principal plane of this hip movement and its perpendicular axis.
Correct answer: B - Frontal plane; anteroposterior axis
With the upper arm held against the trunk and the elbow bent, a client turns the palm from facing up to facing down without bending the wrist. At which articulation does the radial head rotate to permit this movement?
Correct answer: C - Proximal radioulnar joint, a pivot joint
For a static elbow-flexion hold, a dumbbell exerts 50 N downward with a perpendicular moment arm of 0.30 m about the elbow. The forearm and hand exert another 20 N downward with a 0.15 m moment arm. Treat the elbow flexors as one force with a 0.04 m perpendicular moment arm; ignore antagonist activity and other moments. What flexor force balances the load?
Correct answer: D - 450 N
In skeletal muscle cross-bridge cycling, which event directly allows an attached myosin head to release actin?
Correct answer: A - ATP binding to myosin
A clinician reports that a 72-year-old woman completed eight valid repetitions on the CDC STEADI 30-Second Chair Stand: a 17-inch armless chair, feet flat, and arms crossed at the chest. She had no pain and did not use her arms to rise. How should the specialist interpret this result?
Correct answer: B - Below-average performance that flags increased fall risk
During a slow, body-weight hip hinge, a client lowers the trunk by flexing at the hips while keeping the lumbar spine in the same position. Gravity creates flexion moments at the hips and spine. How do gluteus maximus and the lumbar extensors act to control this descent?
Correct answer: C - Gluteus maximus: eccentric; lumbar extensors: isometric
A physiotherapist's movement report describes limited passive ankle dorsiflexion with the knee straight and substantially greater dorsiflexion with the knee bent. The hindfoot position and testing force were kept consistent. Which muscle's attachment pattern most plausibly accounts for this knee-position-dependent difference?
Correct answer: D - Gastrocnemius
A coach cues an overhead reach as 'lift the shoulder blade straight up.' The specialist explains that the glenoid must also turn upward as the arm rises. Which muscle combination supplies this upward-rotation force couple?
Correct answer: A - Serratus anterior with upper and lower trapezius
During right single-leg stance, the unsupported left side of a client's pelvis begins to drop. Without assuming that one muscle is weak, which muscular torque at the supporting hip would directly oppose the drop?
Correct answer: D - Right hip abduction torque
After ball release in an overarm throw, the humerus continues rotating internally while muscular torque brakes that rotation. For this rotational component of the follow-through, the expected braking action is:
Correct answer: B - Eccentric action of infraspinatus and teres minor
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