CBIS COMPREHENSIVE EXAM LATEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Nutrition after brain injury is complicated by
A. Availability of food
B. Safety awareness
C. Restraints
D. Lack of utensils - ✔✔B. Safety awareness
✔✔Match phases of swallowing:
A. Oral preparatory/ oral stage
B. Pharyngeal phase
C. Esophageal phase
D. Includes movement of the bolus past the epiglottis, through the pharynx and past the
upper esophageal sphincter
E. Mastication, bolus formation, and propulsion of the bolus into the pharynx
F. Bolus moves through the esophagus toward the lower esophageal sphincter - ✔✔A,
E
B, D
C, F
✔✔What percentage of severe TBIs has difficulty with swallowing?
A. 65% problems at oral phase
B. 73% problems at the pharyngeal phase
C. 84%
D. 90% - ✔✔D. 90% problems with swallowing
✔✔What percentage of brain injuries has difficulties with libido, arousal and sexual
performance?
A. 30-40%
B. 30-50%
C. 50-60%
D. 40-60% - ✔✔D. 40-60%
✔✔Pressure sores can be prevents by which of the following?
A. Keeping skin clean and dry
B. Changing positions
C. Keeping pt in a supine position with decreased pressure on honey areas
D. Teach them to move independently in w/c
E. A and B
F. C and D
G. All
H. None - ✔✔E. A and B
, ✔✔Match stages of pressure ulcers
A. Stage I
B. Stage II
C. Stage III
D. Stage IV
E. Unstageable
F. Deep Tissue Injury
G. Intact skin w/ non-Blanche me redness of a localized area usually over a bony
prominence
H. Full thickness tissue kiss in which actual depth of the ulcer is completely obscured by
slough and/or eschar in the wound bed.
I. Full thickness tissue loss. Subcutaneous fat may be visible but bone, tendon or
muscle are not exposed.
J. Partial thickness loss of dermis presenting as a shallow open ulcer with a red pink
wound bed, w/o slough.
K. Purple or maroon localized area of discolored intact skin or blood-filled blister due to
damage of underlying soft tissue from pressure and/or shear.
L. Full thickness tissue loss with exposed bone tendon or muscle. Often includes
undermining and tunneling. - ✔✔A, G
B, J
C, I
D, L
E, H
F, K
✔✔True or False?
Individuals with brain injuries are susceptible to infection when they have open wounds,
use in-dwelling devices or are immune-suppressed. - ✔✔True
✔✔After a TBI, individuals are ____% more likely to die of a seizure as compared to the
general population.
A. 19%
B. 22%
C. 26%
D. 28% - ✔✔B. 22%
✔✔List risk factors for each type of seizure:
Early Post-Traumatic Seizures - ✔✔-severe brain injury
-depressed skull fracture
-hematomas
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Nutrition after brain injury is complicated by
A. Availability of food
B. Safety awareness
C. Restraints
D. Lack of utensils - ✔✔B. Safety awareness
✔✔Match phases of swallowing:
A. Oral preparatory/ oral stage
B. Pharyngeal phase
C. Esophageal phase
D. Includes movement of the bolus past the epiglottis, through the pharynx and past the
upper esophageal sphincter
E. Mastication, bolus formation, and propulsion of the bolus into the pharynx
F. Bolus moves through the esophagus toward the lower esophageal sphincter - ✔✔A,
E
B, D
C, F
✔✔What percentage of severe TBIs has difficulty with swallowing?
A. 65% problems at oral phase
B. 73% problems at the pharyngeal phase
C. 84%
D. 90% - ✔✔D. 90% problems with swallowing
✔✔What percentage of brain injuries has difficulties with libido, arousal and sexual
performance?
A. 30-40%
B. 30-50%
C. 50-60%
D. 40-60% - ✔✔D. 40-60%
✔✔Pressure sores can be prevents by which of the following?
A. Keeping skin clean and dry
B. Changing positions
C. Keeping pt in a supine position with decreased pressure on honey areas
D. Teach them to move independently in w/c
E. A and B
F. C and D
G. All
H. None - ✔✔E. A and B
, ✔✔Match stages of pressure ulcers
A. Stage I
B. Stage II
C. Stage III
D. Stage IV
E. Unstageable
F. Deep Tissue Injury
G. Intact skin w/ non-Blanche me redness of a localized area usually over a bony
prominence
H. Full thickness tissue kiss in which actual depth of the ulcer is completely obscured by
slough and/or eschar in the wound bed.
I. Full thickness tissue loss. Subcutaneous fat may be visible but bone, tendon or
muscle are not exposed.
J. Partial thickness loss of dermis presenting as a shallow open ulcer with a red pink
wound bed, w/o slough.
K. Purple or maroon localized area of discolored intact skin or blood-filled blister due to
damage of underlying soft tissue from pressure and/or shear.
L. Full thickness tissue loss with exposed bone tendon or muscle. Often includes
undermining and tunneling. - ✔✔A, G
B, J
C, I
D, L
E, H
F, K
✔✔True or False?
Individuals with brain injuries are susceptible to infection when they have open wounds,
use in-dwelling devices or are immune-suppressed. - ✔✔True
✔✔After a TBI, individuals are ____% more likely to die of a seizure as compared to the
general population.
A. 19%
B. 22%
C. 26%
D. 28% - ✔✔B. 22%
✔✔List risk factors for each type of seizure:
Early Post-Traumatic Seizures - ✔✔-severe brain injury
-depressed skull fracture
-hematomas
