OpenStax Clinical Nursing Skills Test Bank
Chapter 26: Assessment of the Neurological System
OpenStax Clinical Nursing Skills
Nursing Test Bank
Chapter 26: Assessment of the Neurological System
Review Questions
Multiple Choice
1. A stroke in the temporal lobe may cause which symptom?
A. inability to understand language*
B. inability to speak
C. loss of body awareness
D. visual compromise
LO: 26.1.1
Difficulty: Difficult
Blooms: Application
AACN: 1.3b
2. Which structure is found in the brainstem?
A. basal ganglia
B. corpus callosum
C. midbrain*
D. thalamus
LO: 26.1.1
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Remembering
AACN: 1.2a
3. A patient says to the nurse, “I like that color on you. It brings out your blue eyes.” The nurse
knows which cranial nerve is intact?
A. I
B. II*
C. III
D. IV
LO: 26.1.1
Difficulty: Moderate
Blooms: Application
AACN: 1.3b
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4. Which spinal nerves are responsible for motor and sensory innervation of the upper limbs
and upper back?
A. C1–C5
B. C5–C8, T1*
C. L1–L5
D. T1–T12
LO: 26.1.1
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Remembering
AACN: 1.2a
5. Which action is controlled by the somatic nervous system?
A. decreasing the blood pressure during a vagal response
B. holding the breath while underwater*
C. increasing heart rate during a horror movie
D. stomach growling prior to a meal
LO: 26.1.2
Difficulty: Moderate
Blooms: Application
AACN: 1.3b
6. A nurse walks into the patient’s room and introduces herself. Upon hearing the nurse, the
patient wakes up and responds with “good morning” and introduces himself. The nurse
then asks the patient to insert the temperature probe into his mouth which he does. What
is the patient’s Glasgow coma score?
A. 12
B. 13
C. 14*
D. 15
LO: 26.2.1
Difficulty: Difficult
Blooms: Analyzing
AACN: 2.3c
7. A 6-month-old is trying peas for the first time and gags. The nurse knows which cranial
nerve is intact?
A. abducens
B. glossopharyngeal*
C. trigeminal
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OpenStax Clinical Nursing Skills
Nursing Test Bank
Chapter 26: Assessment of the Neurological System
Review Questions
Multiple Choice
1. A stroke in the temporal lobe may cause which symptom?
A. inability to understand language*
B. inability to speak
C. loss of body awareness
D. visual compromise
LO: 26.1.1
Difficulty: Difficult
Blooms: Application
AACN: 1.3b
2. Which structure is found in the brainstem?
A. basal ganglia
B. corpus callosum
C. midbrain*
D. thalamus
LO: 26.1.1
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Remembering
AACN: 1.2a
3. A patient says to the nurse, “I like that color on you. It brings out your blue eyes.” The nurse
knows which cranial nerve is intact?
A. I
B. II*
C. III
D. IV
LO: 26.1.1
Difficulty: Moderate
Blooms: Application
AACN: 1.3b
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Chapter 26: Assessment of the Neurological System
4. Which spinal nerves are responsible for motor and sensory innervation of the upper limbs
and upper back?
A. C1–C5
B. C5–C8, T1*
C. L1–L5
D. T1–T12
LO: 26.1.1
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Remembering
AACN: 1.2a
5. Which action is controlled by the somatic nervous system?
A. decreasing the blood pressure during a vagal response
B. holding the breath while underwater*
C. increasing heart rate during a horror movie
D. stomach growling prior to a meal
LO: 26.1.2
Difficulty: Moderate
Blooms: Application
AACN: 1.3b
6. A nurse walks into the patient’s room and introduces herself. Upon hearing the nurse, the
patient wakes up and responds with “good morning” and introduces himself. The nurse
then asks the patient to insert the temperature probe into his mouth which he does. What
is the patient’s Glasgow coma score?
A. 12
B. 13
C. 14*
D. 15
LO: 26.2.1
Difficulty: Difficult
Blooms: Analyzing
AACN: 2.3c
7. A 6-month-old is trying peas for the first time and gags. The nurse knows which cranial
nerve is intact?
A. abducens
B. glossopharyngeal*
C. trigeminal
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