Itec Past Exam Papers

[Tressa Sibel]

Ourexaminer was great and put us at ease and asked us pretty simple questions. What have you learnt from the consultation, what have you niticed from reading the feet and what have you noticed from the treatment compared to the consultation?

:DHi Rosie!

Yes the time has flown by, and I have to say I think we have all three of us at some point wondered what on earth we have gotten ourselves into, but it's all beggining to come together now.

I don't know about Russ or Loopy Lass but I had times when I wanted to give up. So glad I didn't. I feel so much more positive now and have plans for what I want to do in the future, I enjoyed my Massage course last year, but once it was over did not know what direction to take, this year is different, I have big plans, and fingers crossed I have made a usefull contact. One of my case studies is a practice manager, large surgery, five doctors, nurses and health care workers etc, she has been so impressed with Reflexology, mention has been made of a room for therapies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! now I'm not silly enough to get all excited about this (No wait a minute,[sm=bouncy.gif] [sm=jump2.gif][sm=jump3.gif][sm=dance.gif]yeah I am) But who knows? it might just happen.

Good luck to Russ and Loopy in the rest of your exams, and any more Ideas on oral questions would be very welcome.

Thanks Sar;)

It's helped a lot this year having you along for the ride, albeit in a different course.

I am proud of you too, you have worked sooo hard and are so goood at what you do!

I just know there is a distinction on the horizon for you.

Jenny many thanks for taking the time to write all these out for us.. it's appreciated.. past papers are like golddust here and you've probably helped several people up their grades by posting. Thanks again!

Is this ethical? Are there really people out there who are only qualifying because they have good short term memory? Some of this knowledge looks pretty essential for a therapist to me...........

Presumably theres an assessment by the course tutor too?

Sharon

when i first started to see the "sample" question papers posted here, i thought it was a tremendous resource. as a student, it would have been great to have had sample papers to practise on and get a feel for the type of questions. mind you, when i did the exams, the answers were essay style, so very different.

students, you are doing yourselves a diservice by supplying the questions and answers... especially from what could be a currently circulatiing papers. true, maybe the chances of someone reading these papers getting the same questions is slim, but even so... "YOU" worked hard to do the exam and now "YOU" are giving someone else the answers... someone perhaps less able than yourself and therefore perhaps, who is not yet ready to be out there practising?

With ITEC you (currently) have to do 10 Case studies and loads of coursework all of which have to acheieve a pass mark before you even get to sit the exams. You then get asked questions by the examiner whilst you are doing your practical exam. There is no way in my opinion that having some exams questions is going to be enough to qualify as a Reflexologist.

At first i thought that these sample questions were a bit too good to be true but i feel that these actually got me through my A&P as it is a totally different way of revising and this is the way that best suits me, it is not a question of remembering the answers, it is a question of having a go at the question, looking at the answer to see if it is whatI thought then going through my notes/text books to check that the answer is correct. As i cant revise by reading a book and then try to remember exactly everything that i have just read.

Most of the questions that I practiced last year appeared on the paper and i could actually visualise the answer, tis a good feeling when you actually know the answer before looking at the choices and not through cheating but by revising ?

I have got my exams in May/June and I have got 40 case studies to hand in by May 15th it has been a hard slog so far but i am determined to ace it!! I thought massage was hard enough but this course really pushes you to the limit![:@]

25. Which of the following bones are found in the feet?

a. metacarpals, carpals and phalanges

b. capitate, carpals and phalanges

c. calcaneum, navicular and talus

d. cuboid, scaphoid and cuneiform

30. A manipulative therapy using soft tissue techniques and the first complementary therapy officially recognized in law. Which of the following fits this description?

a. chiropractic

b. kinesiology

c. reiki

d. osteopathy

31. What aftercare advice would you give a client who was stressed and smoked and drank coffee to excess?

a. stop smoking and reduce coffee intake

b. stop smoking and cut out all coffee

c. reduce coffee intake gradually and try to cut down or stop smoking

d. carry on smoking and drinking coffee

32. Why do we advise clients to relax and take it easy after a treatment

a. to enhance the effects of the treatment

b. because they may feel tired after the treatment

c. so that the client feels they have had value for money

d. because you always give this advice

34. During a reflexology treatment your client begins to cry. Do you:

a. immediately stop the treatment

b. worry that you have upset the client

c. reassure the client that this is a normal reaction

d. refer them back to their GP for further treatment

37. What do you understand by the term informed consent?

a. Informing the client they need to consent to treatment

b. Explaining what the treatment entails before the client consents to treatment

c. The client needs to sign that they consent to treatment

d. Telling the client nothing about the treatment

44. When working on a client with Osteoarthritis would you:

a. perform a basic sequence only

b. avoid the parathyroids

c. pay particular attention to the digestive system

d. give extra attention to the adrenals and joints affected.

6. A client has a raised temperature with no known cause, what do you do?

a. foot reflexology

b. hand reflexology

c. explain why you cannot treat the client today

d. perform a light treatment

7. What treatment would you give a client who has bruising over a large area of one foot.

a. decline to treat until the bruising has gone

b. request GP consent

c. treat the feet, but avoid the bruising

d. treat the hands instead

19. What do you understand by term contraindication

a. a condition that can be treated

b. a condition that makes treatment more effective

c. a condition that makes treatment undesirable

d. a condition that is terminal

4. Why is a client suffering from psychosis contra-indicated to reflexology?

a. the treatment may cause headaches

b. the treatment may stimulate circulation

c. the treatment may trigger emotional stability

d. the treatment may trigger emotional instability

6. Where are the reflex areas for the sinuses situated?

a. below the diaphragm line directly below the forth toe

b. in the tip of the big toe only

c. in the balls of the feet

d. in the tip of the toes

7. The reflex for the shoulder is:

a. on the outside of the sole at the base of the little toe

b. on the outside of the sole at the base of the large toe

c. on the outside edge of the heel

d. on the inside of the sole at the base of the small toe

9. The reflexes for the adrenal glands are:

a. on the soles of both feet slightly above the waistline below the gap between the big toe and 2nd toe

b. on the soles of both feet slightly above the waistline between the 3rd and 4th toe

c. below the big toe and slightly over the ball of the foot

d. on the sides of both feet on the neck of the big toe

11. Where is the reflex area for the uterus?

a. on the ball of each foot

b. on the outside of the foot on the midpoint of a diagonal from the ankle bone to the back of the heel

c. on the inside of the foot, on the midpoint of a diagonal between the ankle bone and the back of the heel

d. at the front of the ankle

14. Where is the gall bladder reflex?

a. on the plantar aspect of the left foot

b. on the front of the right foot

c. on the lateral edge of the left foot

d. on the plantar aspect of the right foot

15. Where is the duodenal reflex area?

a. on the plantar aspect of the right foot on the medial edge

b. on the plantar aspect of the left foot on the medial edge

c. on the plantar aspect of the right foot on the lateral edge

d. on the heel of the right foot

16. When reading the feet you would recognise a heel spur by observing:

a. extra growth of bone in the heel

b. gradual loss of bone density in the heel

c. calcium deficiency in the bone

d. lateral displacement of the heel

26. Acupressure is defied as:

a. fine needles placed at particular points along energy channels of the body in order to unblock, increase or decrease energy flows

b. use of gentle massage on pain relieving pressure points along the energy channels in the toes

c. use of firm thumb or fingertip massage on pain relieving pressure points along energy channels of the of the body in order to unblock, increase or decrease energy flows

d. diagnosis of treatment of mechanical problems in the skeletal system

29. Bowen technique is defined as:

a. rebalancing of the body using gentle moves on the tissues

b. the use of plants to make herbal remedies

c. use of essential oils for their therapeutic effects

d. infusions of plants to treat mental and emotional problems

31. Referral procedures are:

a. reference and cross reference of reflex points

b. referral to another complementary or medical practitioner

c. referring to treating other areas of the body

d. referral to consultation form prior to treatment

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