APHASIA FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | APHASIA FINAL STUDY
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A thrombus stroke is a type of ischemic stroke that occurs when a blood clot also called a
thrombus forms and blocks blood throat flow through the artery in which it formed. - correct
answer ✔✔True
Aneurysms are pouches formed in weekend arterial walls the stretch arterial walls within
aneurysms are susceptible to rupture when this occurs it is referred to as. - correct answer
✔✔hemorrhagic stroke
an aphasia evaluation battery should include each of the following assessment areas auditory
comprehension, repetition, naming, and spontaneous speech - correct answer ✔✔true
Anomia can occur - correct answer ✔✔all of the above
conduction aphasia is a fluent aphasia characterized by grossly impaired repetition An relatively
preserve language comprehension - correct answer ✔✔True
Gary had a stroke several months ago that left him impaired in several ways. When his doctor
came to talk with him today, Gary began the conversation with the following statement God I've
been yawning a lot. I'm terribly tired because the computer is on the shelf and I won't talk
about the cellophane, last year, often enough. Everything's going great. I imply a bit now an
then otherwise you understand I need to go to the park, trump through the kimedy, and so on.
Which of the following is Gary suffering from? - correct answer ✔✔Wernicke's aphasia
The family and caregivers are important to consider in the assessment process and for support
and treatment of aphasia. - correct answer ✔✔True
, a word-finding deficit characterizes virtually all aphasias. For which aphasia would a phonemic
you be most beneficial in facilitating retrieval of the target word? - correct answer ✔✔Broca's
When assessing an aphasic client, assessments are particularly useful when the client wants to -
correct answer ✔✔compare patients test performance with other patients, compare across
several test occasions,communicate with other professionals about performance
Describes an aphasia characterized by hesitations, revisions, shortened MLU in silence is in
speech. - correct answer ✔✔Non-fluent aphasia
Which of the following is not a common trait of Broca's aphasia? - correct answer ✔✔severely
impaired comprehension
aphasic patients with good auditory comprehension often - correct answer ✔✔are able to self-
monitor
you are assessing a 60-year-old woman for possible diagnosis of aphasia and you're asking the
patient to point to pictures of objects this would be considered a test of - correct answer
✔✔single word comprehension
arcuate fasciculus: - correct answer ✔✔band of nerve fibers connecting Broca's to Wernicke's
limbic system - correct answer ✔✔mediates emotion feelings language in memory
posterior lesions - correct answer ✔✔fluent type aphasias
Broca's area - correct answer ✔✔3rd frontal convolution
Wernicke's area - correct answer ✔✔Superior temporal gyrus
GUIDE 2026/2027
A thrombus stroke is a type of ischemic stroke that occurs when a blood clot also called a
thrombus forms and blocks blood throat flow through the artery in which it formed. - correct
answer ✔✔True
Aneurysms are pouches formed in weekend arterial walls the stretch arterial walls within
aneurysms are susceptible to rupture when this occurs it is referred to as. - correct answer
✔✔hemorrhagic stroke
an aphasia evaluation battery should include each of the following assessment areas auditory
comprehension, repetition, naming, and spontaneous speech - correct answer ✔✔true
Anomia can occur - correct answer ✔✔all of the above
conduction aphasia is a fluent aphasia characterized by grossly impaired repetition An relatively
preserve language comprehension - correct answer ✔✔True
Gary had a stroke several months ago that left him impaired in several ways. When his doctor
came to talk with him today, Gary began the conversation with the following statement God I've
been yawning a lot. I'm terribly tired because the computer is on the shelf and I won't talk
about the cellophane, last year, often enough. Everything's going great. I imply a bit now an
then otherwise you understand I need to go to the park, trump through the kimedy, and so on.
Which of the following is Gary suffering from? - correct answer ✔✔Wernicke's aphasia
The family and caregivers are important to consider in the assessment process and for support
and treatment of aphasia. - correct answer ✔✔True
, a word-finding deficit characterizes virtually all aphasias. For which aphasia would a phonemic
you be most beneficial in facilitating retrieval of the target word? - correct answer ✔✔Broca's
When assessing an aphasic client, assessments are particularly useful when the client wants to -
correct answer ✔✔compare patients test performance with other patients, compare across
several test occasions,communicate with other professionals about performance
Describes an aphasia characterized by hesitations, revisions, shortened MLU in silence is in
speech. - correct answer ✔✔Non-fluent aphasia
Which of the following is not a common trait of Broca's aphasia? - correct answer ✔✔severely
impaired comprehension
aphasic patients with good auditory comprehension often - correct answer ✔✔are able to self-
monitor
you are assessing a 60-year-old woman for possible diagnosis of aphasia and you're asking the
patient to point to pictures of objects this would be considered a test of - correct answer
✔✔single word comprehension
arcuate fasciculus: - correct answer ✔✔band of nerve fibers connecting Broca's to Wernicke's
limbic system - correct answer ✔✔mediates emotion feelings language in memory
posterior lesions - correct answer ✔✔fluent type aphasias
Broca's area - correct answer ✔✔3rd frontal convolution
Wernicke's area - correct answer ✔✔Superior temporal gyrus
