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The CA-JAM exam has 50 questions and runs 1 hour 30 minutes.
These 10 free CA-JAM questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the California Jurisprudence Assessment Module (CAL-JAM) blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
A California physical therapist evaluates a patient with new unilateral calf swelling and recognizes findings concerning for deep vein thrombosis. Which response best reflects the legal boundary of the PT license?
Correct answer: D - Recognize the red flag, facilitate prompt medical evaluation, and avoid diagnosing the disease
The Physical Therapy Board of California is considering a proposal that would speed license processing but remove a safeguard shown to reduce patient harm. If those interests cannot be reconciled, which consideration is controlling?
Correct answer: A - Protection of the public
A nonexempt foreign-educated PT applicant takes the TOEFL iBT Home Edition on February 2, 2026. The single-test scores are Reading 5.0, Listening 4.5, Writing 4.0, Speaking 5.0, and Total 4.5. How should California's current minimums be applied?
Correct answer: C - The report does not qualify because Writing is below 4.5
A PT is renewing a California license for the first time after 16 months of licensure and submits payment before the expiration date. The PT has completed 4 hours of hands-on basic life support, 2 hours of ethics, laws, and regulations, and 7 hours of other approved activity. What remains to satisfy the continuing-competency requirement?
Correct answer: B - Two additional hours of other approved activity
A physical therapist license applicant has been treating under direct and immediate supervision while awaiting the first licensing examination result. The result is a failure. The clinic wants the applicant to continue treating until the retake. What is lawful?
Correct answer: A - End all PT license-applicant practice privileges when the failed result is received
A California PT license expired four years ago. The renewal application was filed June 3, accrued renewal fees were paid June 5, and the delinquency and penalty fees were paid June 9. Assuming all other requirements are met, what is the statutory effective date of the renewal?
Correct answer: D - June 9
During a chart audit, a supervisor finds that an authorized PT license applicant signed each treatment entry, but the supervising PT countersigned all of the week's entries on Friday. Which correction is required?
Correct answer: B - Have the supervising PT countersign each entry on the day the treatment occurs
Before treating a self-referred patient, a PT gave the required oral notice, obtained the patient's signature on the required 14-point written notice, and satisfied the other direct-access requirements. On calendar day 20, at visit 8, the patient's range of motion and functional tolerance are improving toward documented goals, with no signs of a condition outside PT scope. What may the PT do at this point?
Correct answer: C - Continue treatment without plan-of-care approval at this point
A self-referred patient is only at visit 5 on calendar day 14, but objective testing shows no progress toward the documented functional goals despite appropriate modification of the plan. Which duty has already been triggered?
Correct answer: A - Refer now to a physician and surgeon, dentist, podiatrist, or chiropractor, as appropriate
At a patient's final scheduled visit, a PTA performs assigned interventions and records the treatment delivered. How should the final-visit documentation be completed?
Correct answer: D - The PTA signs the treatment entry; the supervising PT prepares and signs the discharge summary
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