What are the components of the exam? Do they include multiple-choice, practical, etc?

The Orthopedic Specialty Certification Exam consists of the following item types:

• Stand-Alone Items
  • multiple choice
  • multi-select
  • drag-and-drop
  • hot spot
• Focused Testlets
  • A focused testlet consists of a scenario followed by key/critical items related to that scenario
  • Each focused testlet may include multiple choice items and/or any of the previous types.

The exam contains a combination of 125 scored and unscored (experimental) items. There will not be a practical component. Sample Exam Questions can be found here.