ACBIS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | ACBIS CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE
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All acquired brain injuries are traumatic brain injuries, true or false - correct answer ✔✔False
Which of the following are inertial brain injuries? - correct answer ✔✔Coup-countercoup injury
An acquired brain injury: - correct answer ✔✔Can be be caused by external force or internal
insults to the brain CANNOT BE hereditary, congenital, degenerative
Which of the following has the highest incidence rate of TBI? - correct answer ✔✔Falls
A traumatic brain injury can be caused by an open or closed injury, true or false - correct answer
✔✔True
A non-traumatic insult can be caused by; - correct answer ✔✔Stroke, anoxia (complete loss of
oxygen), tumors
Mortality from seizures is how many times more like after a brain injury after TBI? - correct
answer ✔✔22 times
If a person has one brain injury, how many more times likely they will have another? - correct
answer ✔✔3 times
If you have a second brain injury, you're 5 times more likely to have a third brain injury. - correct
answer ✔✔8 TIMES MORE LIKELY AFTER THE SECOND TO GET A THIRD
,The increase of TBI rates of men than women is: - correct answer ✔✔40% to 20% (of men
compared to women)
Examples of traumatic brain injury are all of the following except: - correct answer ✔✔Stroke (IT
IS: concussion, gunshot wound, diffuse axonal injury)
What is the age group that have the highest number of sports related traumatic brain injury -
correct answer ✔✔10-19
LOC stands for - correct answer ✔✔Loss of consciousness
Women who have experienced domestic violence have a rate of 67% that suffer traumatic brain
injury, true or false - correct answer ✔✔True
What is the leading cause of brain injury in the military? - correct answer ✔✔Blast injuries
Which of the following is not a brain injury screening tool? - correct answer ✔✔MPAI-4
(functional assessment) (IS SCREENING: ACE, ImPACT, TBIQ)
CARF stands for - correct answer ✔✔Commission on Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities
The total annual cost for all people injuries with brain injury is $152 billion, true or false -
correct answer ✔✔False
The Olmstead Decision was an important ruling because - correct answer ✔✔Challenged
government to develop cost effective, community-based services for people with disabilities
The TBI act of 1996 is the single most important because it gave authority for all of the following
except: - correct answer ✔✔Funds advocacy programs (IT DID: the CDC to establish project to
, prevent TBI, through the NIH awards grants for research and treatment, HRSA makes grants
available for states to carry out demonstration projects and statewide services)
What is the average decrease in life expectancy after TBI: - correct answer ✔✔7 years
Results of a CT scan do not typically show consequences of PPCS and are usually not used in
treatment planning, true or false - correct answer ✔✔True
Once it is determined a person is stable, what time of intervention is the most effective to
address mTBI? - correct answer ✔✔Early treatment
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is: - correct answer ✔✔A progressive condition typically
seen from repetitive brain trauma
What percentage of all TBI's are mTBI's - correct answer ✔✔75%
Which of the following symptoms are NOT usually associated with mTBI - correct answer
✔✔Increased energy (ARE: fatigue, headaches, changes in balance)
Components of Central Nervous System (CNS) include - correct answer ✔✔Brain and Spinal
Cord
This lobe integrates sensory information from the body - correct answer ✔✔Parietal
This lobe is responsible for executive functions - correct answer ✔✔Frontal
This lobe is primarily responsible for vision - correct answer ✔✔Occipital
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All acquired brain injuries are traumatic brain injuries, true or false - correct answer ✔✔False
Which of the following are inertial brain injuries? - correct answer ✔✔Coup-countercoup injury
An acquired brain injury: - correct answer ✔✔Can be be caused by external force or internal
insults to the brain CANNOT BE hereditary, congenital, degenerative
Which of the following has the highest incidence rate of TBI? - correct answer ✔✔Falls
A traumatic brain injury can be caused by an open or closed injury, true or false - correct answer
✔✔True
A non-traumatic insult can be caused by; - correct answer ✔✔Stroke, anoxia (complete loss of
oxygen), tumors
Mortality from seizures is how many times more like after a brain injury after TBI? - correct
answer ✔✔22 times
If a person has one brain injury, how many more times likely they will have another? - correct
answer ✔✔3 times
If you have a second brain injury, you're 5 times more likely to have a third brain injury. - correct
answer ✔✔8 TIMES MORE LIKELY AFTER THE SECOND TO GET A THIRD
,The increase of TBI rates of men than women is: - correct answer ✔✔40% to 20% (of men
compared to women)
Examples of traumatic brain injury are all of the following except: - correct answer ✔✔Stroke (IT
IS: concussion, gunshot wound, diffuse axonal injury)
What is the age group that have the highest number of sports related traumatic brain injury -
correct answer ✔✔10-19
LOC stands for - correct answer ✔✔Loss of consciousness
Women who have experienced domestic violence have a rate of 67% that suffer traumatic brain
injury, true or false - correct answer ✔✔True
What is the leading cause of brain injury in the military? - correct answer ✔✔Blast injuries
Which of the following is not a brain injury screening tool? - correct answer ✔✔MPAI-4
(functional assessment) (IS SCREENING: ACE, ImPACT, TBIQ)
CARF stands for - correct answer ✔✔Commission on Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities
The total annual cost for all people injuries with brain injury is $152 billion, true or false -
correct answer ✔✔False
The Olmstead Decision was an important ruling because - correct answer ✔✔Challenged
government to develop cost effective, community-based services for people with disabilities
The TBI act of 1996 is the single most important because it gave authority for all of the following
except: - correct answer ✔✔Funds advocacy programs (IT DID: the CDC to establish project to
, prevent TBI, through the NIH awards grants for research and treatment, HRSA makes grants
available for states to carry out demonstration projects and statewide services)
What is the average decrease in life expectancy after TBI: - correct answer ✔✔7 years
Results of a CT scan do not typically show consequences of PPCS and are usually not used in
treatment planning, true or false - correct answer ✔✔True
Once it is determined a person is stable, what time of intervention is the most effective to
address mTBI? - correct answer ✔✔Early treatment
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is: - correct answer ✔✔A progressive condition typically
seen from repetitive brain trauma
What percentage of all TBI's are mTBI's - correct answer ✔✔75%
Which of the following symptoms are NOT usually associated with mTBI - correct answer
✔✔Increased energy (ARE: fatigue, headaches, changes in balance)
Components of Central Nervous System (CNS) include - correct answer ✔✔Brain and Spinal
Cord
This lobe integrates sensory information from the body - correct answer ✔✔Parietal
This lobe is responsible for executive functions - correct answer ✔✔Frontal
This lobe is primarily responsible for vision - correct answer ✔✔Occipital
