WILKES NSG 500 TEST 2 PRACTICE TEST 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ paresis. Answer: weakness of muscles rather than paralysis
◉ tic. Answer: involuntary, compulsive, repetitive twitching of a
muscle group
◉ myoclonus. Answer: Rapid, sudden jerk or a short series of jerks
at fairly regular intervals. (ex: hiccup)
◉ fasciculation. Answer: rapid continuous twitching of resting
muscle without movement of limb
◉ chorea. Answer: sudden, rapid, jerky, purposeless movement
involving limbs, trunk, or face
irregular intervals, not rhythmic or repetitive
◉ athetosis. Answer: slow, writhing involuntary movements
,◉ tremor. Answer: involuntary contraction of opposing muscle
groups resulting in rhythmic movement of one or more joints
◉ rest tremor. Answer: occurs when muscles are quiet and
supported against gravity (hand in lap), coarse and slow, partly or
completely disappears with voluntary movement
◉ intention tremor. Answer: worse with voluntary movement (like
reaching to a target)
◉ spastic hemiparesis. Answer: Arm is immobile against the body,
with flexion of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, and fingers and adduction
of shoulder; does not swing freely. Leg is stiff and extended and
circumducts with each step (drags toe in a semicircle).
◉ cerebellar ataxia. Answer: staggering, wide-based gait; difficulty
with turns; uncoordinated movement with positive Romberg sign
◉ parkinsonian (festinating). Answer: Posture is stooped; trunk is
pitched forward; elbows, hips, and knees are flexed. Shuffling gait.
Difficulty with any change in direction.
◉ scissors. Answer: knees cross or are in contact, like holding an
orange between the thighs.
, ◉ steppage or foot drop. Answer: slapping quality, looks like walking
up stairs with no stairs there
◉ waddling. Answer: weak hip muscles- when the person takes a
step, the opposite hip drops, which allows compensatory lateral
movement of pelvis
◉ short leg. Answer: Leg length discrepancy >2.5 cm (1 inch).
◉ cerebral palsy. Answer: damage to cerebral cortex from a
developmental defect (infancy and childhood), intrauterine
meningitis or encephalitis, birth trauma, anoxia
◉ muscular dystrophy. Answer: a chronic, progressive wasting of
skeletal musculature producing weakness contracture and
respiratory dysfunction or death
◉ Parkinsonism. Answer: loss of dopamine-producing neurons
causing motor tract disorder
symptoms: resting tremor, bradykinesia, cogwheel rigidity
◉ cerebellar. Answer: A lesion in one hemisphere produces motor
abnormalities on the ipsilateral side.
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ paresis. Answer: weakness of muscles rather than paralysis
◉ tic. Answer: involuntary, compulsive, repetitive twitching of a
muscle group
◉ myoclonus. Answer: Rapid, sudden jerk or a short series of jerks
at fairly regular intervals. (ex: hiccup)
◉ fasciculation. Answer: rapid continuous twitching of resting
muscle without movement of limb
◉ chorea. Answer: sudden, rapid, jerky, purposeless movement
involving limbs, trunk, or face
irregular intervals, not rhythmic or repetitive
◉ athetosis. Answer: slow, writhing involuntary movements
,◉ tremor. Answer: involuntary contraction of opposing muscle
groups resulting in rhythmic movement of one or more joints
◉ rest tremor. Answer: occurs when muscles are quiet and
supported against gravity (hand in lap), coarse and slow, partly or
completely disappears with voluntary movement
◉ intention tremor. Answer: worse with voluntary movement (like
reaching to a target)
◉ spastic hemiparesis. Answer: Arm is immobile against the body,
with flexion of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, and fingers and adduction
of shoulder; does not swing freely. Leg is stiff and extended and
circumducts with each step (drags toe in a semicircle).
◉ cerebellar ataxia. Answer: staggering, wide-based gait; difficulty
with turns; uncoordinated movement with positive Romberg sign
◉ parkinsonian (festinating). Answer: Posture is stooped; trunk is
pitched forward; elbows, hips, and knees are flexed. Shuffling gait.
Difficulty with any change in direction.
◉ scissors. Answer: knees cross or are in contact, like holding an
orange between the thighs.
, ◉ steppage or foot drop. Answer: slapping quality, looks like walking
up stairs with no stairs there
◉ waddling. Answer: weak hip muscles- when the person takes a
step, the opposite hip drops, which allows compensatory lateral
movement of pelvis
◉ short leg. Answer: Leg length discrepancy >2.5 cm (1 inch).
◉ cerebral palsy. Answer: damage to cerebral cortex from a
developmental defect (infancy and childhood), intrauterine
meningitis or encephalitis, birth trauma, anoxia
◉ muscular dystrophy. Answer: a chronic, progressive wasting of
skeletal musculature producing weakness contracture and
respiratory dysfunction or death
◉ Parkinsonism. Answer: loss of dopamine-producing neurons
causing motor tract disorder
symptoms: resting tremor, bradykinesia, cogwheel rigidity
◉ cerebellar. Answer: A lesion in one hemisphere produces motor
abnormalities on the ipsilateral side.
