COGNITION AND SENSATION 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔ Which lobe of the cerebrum would the nurse suspect has been affected when a
patient has difficulty making decisions, is unable to focus on a topic being discussed,
and has poor short-term memory? - ✔✔Frontal
✔✔Which cognitive function would likely be affected when the patient's temporal lobe is
injured? - ✔✔Speech
Behavior
Memory (Long-term)
✔✔Where are tactile receptors located? - ✔✔Dermis
Subcutaneous tissue
✔✔Which sense organ structure is responsible for equilibrium? - ✔✔Semicircular canals
✔✔Which patient findings are examples of impaired special senses? - ✔✔Hearing loss
Visual difficulties
Inability to smell food
✔✔Which cerebral lobe is likely damaged when the patient is having difficulty with
voluntary motor function? - ✔✔Frontal
✔✔Which cranial nerve is likely affected when the patient experiences problems with
hearing? - ✔✔Vestibulocochlear
✔✔Which normal age-related changes would the nurse expect to encounter when
caring for an older adult patient? - ✔✔Presbyopia
Presbycusis
Decreased taste
Anosmia
✔✔Place in order the pathway a sensory impulse would travel to the brain. -
✔✔Stimulates sensory receptor
Enters spinal cord
?
Travels to medulla oblongata
?
?
✔✔Which lifestyle factors can lead to hypertension and stroke? - ✔✔Stress
Obesity
Smoking
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔ Which lobe of the cerebrum would the nurse suspect has been affected when a
patient has difficulty making decisions, is unable to focus on a topic being discussed,
and has poor short-term memory? - ✔✔Frontal
✔✔Which cognitive function would likely be affected when the patient's temporal lobe is
injured? - ✔✔Speech
Behavior
Memory (Long-term)
✔✔Where are tactile receptors located? - ✔✔Dermis
Subcutaneous tissue
✔✔Which sense organ structure is responsible for equilibrium? - ✔✔Semicircular canals
✔✔Which patient findings are examples of impaired special senses? - ✔✔Hearing loss
Visual difficulties
Inability to smell food
✔✔Which cerebral lobe is likely damaged when the patient is having difficulty with
voluntary motor function? - ✔✔Frontal
✔✔Which cranial nerve is likely affected when the patient experiences problems with
hearing? - ✔✔Vestibulocochlear
✔✔Which normal age-related changes would the nurse expect to encounter when
caring for an older adult patient? - ✔✔Presbyopia
Presbycusis
Decreased taste
Anosmia
✔✔Place in order the pathway a sensory impulse would travel to the brain. -
✔✔Stimulates sensory receptor
Enters spinal cord
?
Travels to medulla oblongata
?
?
✔✔Which lifestyle factors can lead to hypertension and stroke? - ✔✔Stress
Obesity
Smoking
