CERTIFIED STROKE REHABILITATION
SPECIALIST CSRS EXAM SCRIPT 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◍ What are the specialized areas within the frontal lobe?
Answer: Motor, pre-motor, pre-frontal, and Broca areas
◍ What is the function of the primary motor cortex? Answer:
aka motor homunculus; controls voluntary movement
Lesion = motor deficits/paralysis on contralateral side
◍ What is the function of the pre-motor cortex? Answer:
Controls trunk and proximal limb muscles
Responsible for "body part ownership"
Lesion = unilateral neglect
◍ What is the function of the supplemental motor cortex?
Answer: Motor planning region - directs activity of primary
motor cortex
Lesion = apraxia
◍ What is the function of Broca's area? Answer: Controls
expressive speech
Lesion = expressive aphasia
◍ What is the function of the orbitofrontal cortex? Answer:
Responsible for impulse control, inhibition of inappropriate
behavior, and carrying out plans
Lesion = "prefrontal syndrome"
◍ What is the function of the dorsolateral frontal cortex?
Answer: Responsible for analytical thinking, problem solving,
thinking, attention and focus
Lesion = Disorganization and distractibility
, ◍ What is the function of the ventromedial frontal cortex?
Answer: Part of the limbic system
Responsible for connecting emotions/thoughts and attaches
emotional meaning to life experiences
Lesion = apathetic/flat affect
◍ What is the function of the anterior cingulate gyrus? Answer:
Part of the limbic system
Responsible for integrating thought, motivation, attention, and
behavior
Lesion = anxiety (overactive) or apathy (underactive)
◍ What functions are associated with the parietal lobe? Answer:
Responsible for perception and processing of sensation
◍ What are the specialized areas with the parietal lobe? Answer:
Somatosensory cortex, somatosensory association area, and
parietotemporal association cortex
◍ What is the function of the somatosensory cortex? Answer:
aka sensory homunculus; perceives pain, temperature, pressure,
touch, vibration, and proprioception
◍ What is the function of the somatosensory association area?
Answer: Responsible for the interpretation of somatosensory
information, stereognosis, and disorders of body image
(unilateral neglect)
◍ What is the function of the parietotemporal association
cortex? Answer: Involved in abstract thought,
reading/writing/math, spatial perception, and understanding
written language
◍ What is the function of the occipital lobe? Answer: vision
SPECIALIST CSRS EXAM SCRIPT 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◍ What are the specialized areas within the frontal lobe?
Answer: Motor, pre-motor, pre-frontal, and Broca areas
◍ What is the function of the primary motor cortex? Answer:
aka motor homunculus; controls voluntary movement
Lesion = motor deficits/paralysis on contralateral side
◍ What is the function of the pre-motor cortex? Answer:
Controls trunk and proximal limb muscles
Responsible for "body part ownership"
Lesion = unilateral neglect
◍ What is the function of the supplemental motor cortex?
Answer: Motor planning region - directs activity of primary
motor cortex
Lesion = apraxia
◍ What is the function of Broca's area? Answer: Controls
expressive speech
Lesion = expressive aphasia
◍ What is the function of the orbitofrontal cortex? Answer:
Responsible for impulse control, inhibition of inappropriate
behavior, and carrying out plans
Lesion = "prefrontal syndrome"
◍ What is the function of the dorsolateral frontal cortex?
Answer: Responsible for analytical thinking, problem solving,
thinking, attention and focus
Lesion = Disorganization and distractibility
, ◍ What is the function of the ventromedial frontal cortex?
Answer: Part of the limbic system
Responsible for connecting emotions/thoughts and attaches
emotional meaning to life experiences
Lesion = apathetic/flat affect
◍ What is the function of the anterior cingulate gyrus? Answer:
Part of the limbic system
Responsible for integrating thought, motivation, attention, and
behavior
Lesion = anxiety (overactive) or apathy (underactive)
◍ What functions are associated with the parietal lobe? Answer:
Responsible for perception and processing of sensation
◍ What are the specialized areas with the parietal lobe? Answer:
Somatosensory cortex, somatosensory association area, and
parietotemporal association cortex
◍ What is the function of the somatosensory cortex? Answer:
aka sensory homunculus; perceives pain, temperature, pressure,
touch, vibration, and proprioception
◍ What is the function of the somatosensory association area?
Answer: Responsible for the interpretation of somatosensory
information, stereognosis, and disorders of body image
(unilateral neglect)
◍ What is the function of the parietotemporal association
cortex? Answer: Involved in abstract thought,
reading/writing/math, spatial perception, and understanding
written language
◍ What is the function of the occipital lobe? Answer: vision
