First Year Comprehensive Examination

Sample Questions

1. What meridian traverses the scapula?

a. Gallbladder
b. Small Intestine
c. Triple Warmer
d. Bladder

2. The Luo point of the Lung meridian is located:

a. one cun superior to the wrist crease, on a line joining Lung 5 and
Lung 9.
b. seven cun superior to the wrist crease, on a line joining Lung 5 and
Lung 9.
c. 1.5 cun above the wrist crease, on the superior border of the styloid
process of the radius
d. on the wrist crease, on the radial side of the radial artery

3. Three functions of the Heart meridian are:

a. governs blood, houses thought and controls blood vessels
b. governs water, houses the mind and controls sinews
c. manifests on the lips, controls sinews, houses thought
d. opens to the tongue, houses the mind and controls sweat

4. The symptoms of vertigo, poor memory, night sweating, sore back and
constipation with red tongue, no coating, rapid pulse are indications of:
a. Kidney yin deficiency
b. Heart yin deficiency
c. Liver Fire
d. stagnation of Liver qi

5. The pulse of Blood deficiency patient would most likely be:

a. rapid
b. long
c. choppy
d. slow
What does a pale tongue with black moss signify?

A. Cold transforming into Heat

B. Excess Heat

C. Excess Cold

D. Deficient Cold

Which is not an ingredient of yu ju wan (escape restraint pill)?

A. cang zhu (rhizoma atractylodis)

B. chuan xiong (radix chuanxiong)

C. shan zha (fructus craetegi)

D. xiang fu (rhizoma cyperi rotundi)

E. shan zhi zi (fructus gardeniae)

Your female patient admits to being abused by her husband. What advise would you give her?

A. Tell her to stand up for herself

B. Advise her not to return home

C. Tell her to bring her husband for treatment

D. Offer information on safe shelters and counseling

Which Yang organ is the Uterus most closely associated with?

A. Stomach

B. Gall Bladder

C. Small Intestine

D. Large Intestine
Someone who lives in the hot, dry climate of Phoenix, Arizona might be prone to problems with
the

A. Spleen and Lungs

B. Heart and Lungs

C. Liver and Kidneys

D. Kidneys and Heart

What do you do when you ask a mostly naked and draped patient to reposition themselves on the
table during treatment?

A. Hold the draping as they reposition themselves

B. Assist their body to reposition themselves

C. Turn away until they reposition themselves

D. Look and wait until they reposition themselves

zhi zi (fructus gardeniae) does NOT enter the

A. Heart

B. Gall Bladder

C. Lung

D. Stomach

Which pulse does not signify Yin Deficiency?

A. scattered pulse (san mai)

B. fine pulse (xi mai)

C. minute pulse (wei mai)

D. leather pulse (ge mai)

Which of the following pulses does NOT have a floating quality?

A. hollow pulse (kou mai)

B. leather pulse (ge mai)

C. knotted pulse (jie mai)

D. soggy pulse (ru mai)