Massage & Bodywork Licensing Examination – FSMTB MBLEx Bodywork Modalities Practice Test 2021 (Massage Therapy Exams like BMP, NCBTMB, AMTA Massage & Bodywork Licensing Examination (MBLEx)).
Note: In the MBLEx exam, the section entitled Overview of Massage/Bodywork Modalities, History, and Culture will no longer be a separate section.
- Overview of Massage/Bodywork Modalities will be reassigned as a subcategory under the section entitled Benefits and Physiological Effects of Techniques that Manipulate Soft Tissue; and
- History and Culture subcategories will no longer be tested.
MBLEx Bodywork Modalities Practice Test 2023
The following question answers are just a sample test and not an actual test question. MBLEx Modalities and History Practice Test is designed to test your knowledge and learn something new with the help of this quiz. At the end of the quiz, you can check your score and correct answers.
Test Name | Massage & Bodywork Licensing Examination (MBLEx) |
Administrated by | Federation Of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB) |
Purpose | Massage Therapy License Exam & Certification |
Practice Test Type | Modalities and History Sample Test 1 |
Total Question | 50(fifty) |
Type of Question | Multiple-Choice (Quiz) |
Answers Availability | Yes |
Printable PDF | coming soon |
Massage Therapy Exam Bodywork Modalities Practice Test 1
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Massage & Bodywork Licensing Exam Test: will help you to prepare ABMP Exam (Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP), National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB), AMTA (American Massage Therapy Association) and Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB) Massage & Bodywork Licensing Examination (MBLEx).
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Question 1 of 50
1. Question
1 pointsFor what is Dr. Johann Mezger known?
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Question 2 of 50
2. Question
1 pointsWhich touch modality has Paul St. John further developed as a means to normalize muscle function and reduce pain by way of various tissue manipulation techniques and trigger-point therapy?
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Question 3 of 50
3. Question
1 pointsPalpation of what in a muscle causes the client to feel referred pain in another part of the body?
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Question 4 of 50
4. Question
1 pointsWhich is a form of structural integration, named after its founder, that involves deep tissue manipulation and works to loosen restrictions between fascia and muscle?
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Question 5 of 50
5. Question
1 pointsWhich touch modality is based on the premise that change can be affected in different parts of the body by working the corresponding reflex areas in the feet, hands, or ears?
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Question 6 of 50
6. Question
1 pointsWhich is the correct anatomical position in Eastern medicine?
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Question 7 of 50
7. Question
1 pointsWho, in the early twentieth century, was the first to observe the craniosacral mechanism?
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Question 8 of 50
8. Question
1 pointsWhich touch modality is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that focuses on the attunement of Chakras and also promotes healing by a gentle laying on of hands?
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Question 9 of 50
9. Question
1 pointsWhich are the dual energies that are believed to flow along the meridians of the body?
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Question 10 of 50
10. Question
1 pointsWhich touch modality was researched and systematized by John Upledger and is based on the osteopathic work of William Sutherland?
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Question 11 of 50
11. Question
1 pointsWhich touch modality focuses on integrating the body and mind through awareness of the body during body movement patterns?
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Question 12 of 50
12. Question
1 pointsWhich discipline uses the flow of Yin and Yang along the meridians to determine diagnosis and treatment?
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Question 13 of 50
13. Question
1 pointsWhich is the hydrotherapy modality in which the client is in a steam cabinet with his head protruding?
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Question 14 of 50
14. Question
1 pointsWhich touch modality uses varied speed, direction, and amounts of digital pressure alone meridians in order to enhance movement of chi and promote balance and health?
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Question 15 of 50
15. Question
1 pointsWhich modality works to activate body fluid circulation and stimulate proper functioning of the parasympathetic nervous immune systems?
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Question 16 of 50
16. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following statements is the most generally true?
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Question 17 of 50
17. Question
1 pointsWhich touch modality focuses on tsubos and is a combination of the traditional Chinese medicine practice of acupressure with Western concepts of massage and medicine?
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Question 18 of 50
18. Question
1 pointsWhich massage modality is administered using the feet?
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Question 19 of 50
19. Question
1 pointsAccording to historical records, who was one of the first to specifically describe the medical benefits of anointing and massage?
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Question 20 of 50
20. Question
1 pointsWhich touch modality was developed by Dr. Randolph Stone and is a synthesis of western medicine and eastern wisdom practices that is based upon attraction, repulsion and neutrality, the 3 universal principles of energy?
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Question 21 of 50
21. Question
1 pointsWhich modality uses rhythmic compression along energy channels of the body along with a variety of techniques that manipulate and lubricate the joints?
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Question 22 of 50
22. Question
1 pointsWho is credited with developing Swedish massage?
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Question 23 of 50
23. Question
1 pointsWhich touch modality was developed by Elizabeth Dicke and is a type of connective tissue massage that follows the patterns of dermatomes?
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Question 24 of 50
24. Question
1 pointsHow many pairs of meridians are there in the body according to Eastern philosophy and Traditional Chinese Medicine?
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Question 25 of 50
25. Question
1 pointsWho is considered to be the father of osteopathic medicine and osteopathy?
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Question 26 of 50
26. Question
1 pointsWhich touch modality involves rocking, bouncing, cradling, shaking, and moving body parts through natural range of motion to release deep-seated physical and mental patterns and facilitate relaxation and increased mental clarity and physical mobility?
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Question 27 of 50
27. Question
1 pointsWho is known as the “Mother of Reflexology”?
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Question 28 of 50
28. Question
1 pointsMichael Murphy and Dick Price established the Esalen Institute in 1962 in Big Sur, California, as the center for:
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Question 29 of 50
29. Question
1 pointsIbn Sina (often called Avicenna) brought together and organized existing medical knowledge from the Romans, Greeks, and India in a manuscript titled:
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Question 30 of 50
30. Question
1 pointsHippocrates (460–377 BCE) is widely regarded as:
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Question 31 of 50
31. Question
1 pointsCollaborative health care that uses a team of medical and alternative health professionals to address aspects of health is called
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Question 32 of 50
32. Question
1 pointsThe first organization in the world dedicated to scientifically exploring how touch affects health and well-being was:
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Question 33 of 50
33. Question
1 pointsA study that performs a systematic review using defined statistical methods to combine the findings of several primary studies is called:
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Question 34 of 50
34. Question
1 pointsThai medicine has four traditional elements including:
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Question 35 of 50
35. Question
1 pointsA massage provided to decrease stress, promote relaxation, and support the body’s natural restorative mechanisms is defined as:
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Question 36 of 50
36. Question
1 pointsA massage provided to address chronic soft-tissue holding patterns, softtissue injury, or chronic pain is defined as:
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Question 37 of 50
37. Question
1 pointsPassive treatment in this massage system includes terms like effleurage, petrissage, and tapotement:
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Question 38 of 50
38. Question
1 pointsAbhyanga is the Sanskrit word for:
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Question 39 of 50
39. Question
1 pointsOne of the primary reasons contemporary clients seek out massage therapy is for:
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Question 40 of 50
40. Question
1 pointsThe Egyptians documented their medical practices on a type of paper called:
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Question 41 of 50
41. Question
1 pointsImportant early textbooks on Chinese medicine include:
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Question 42 of 50
42. Question
1 pointsMany cultures had a version of a medicine man, healer, shaman, witch, midwife, or witch doctor who worked to:
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Question 43 of 50
43. Question
1 pointsMassage was a highly regarded therapy practiced at:
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Question 44 of 50
44. Question
1 pointsThe study of anatomy dramatically advanced during the period known as:
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Question 45 of 50
45. Question
1 pointsDocumentation of early Native American healers demonstrates that they were skilled:
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Question 46 of 50
46. Question
1 pointsAyurveda is the traditional medical system of:
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Question 47 of 50
47. Question
1 pointsBecause it is a natural response to physical pain, this therapy was practiced widely all over the world before recorded history:
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Question 48 of 50
48. Question
1 pointsThe Dutch physician who provided the names for passive soft-tissue manipulation in Swedish massage was:
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Question 49 of 50
49. Question
1 pointsThese are mostly related to meridian concepts in Oriental medicine, in which the 14 basic meridians flow in a pattern. The practitioner can palpate the meridians at specific acupuncture points or perform pulse reading, which can be an assessment of the meridian flow at the wrists, where all basic meridians can be accessed.
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Question 50 of 50
50. Question
1 pointsThe practitioner who wrote “The Art of Massage, Its Physiological Effects and Therapeutic Applications” is:
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