BARRY BMS COMP STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Basal Nuclei - ✔✔Subconscious control of skeletal muscle tone, regulates attention
and cognition, regulate intensity of slow or stereotyped movements.
✔✔All of the above - ✔✔Which of the following structures is or not included in the limbic
system?
TELENCEPHALON: CINGULATE GYRUS, SEPTAL AREA AND PARAHIPPOCAMPAL
GYRUS DIENCEPHALON AND BRAIN STEM
✔✔All of the above - ✔✔Which of the following is/are a function of the limbic system?
✔✔None of the above = cingulate gyrus - ✔✔It plays a role in expressing emotion via
gestures and results
✔✔Dura Mater - ✔✔The most superficial meningeal layer
✔✔Damage to the brainstem is usually fatal - ✔✔Which of the following statements
concerning the brain stem is true?
✔✔False (MOST CRANIAL NERVES LOCATED IN BRAIN STEM 10 OUT OF 12) -
✔✔All cranial nerves enter
✔✔False - ✔✔Brainstem related to sensory?
✔✔Microglial cells - ✔✔pathogens by phagocytosis
✔✔Medulla oblongata - ✔✔lateral corticospinal/ pyramidal tract crosses to the other
side where
✔✔Basilar artery - ✔✔Which of the following is not a part of the circle of willis ?
✔✔Bas / POSTEROIR CEREBRAL ARTERY ISOLATERAL - ✔✔The occipital lobe of
the brain is required by the occipital posterior
✔✔Posterior cerebral artery - ✔✔Which of the following arteries is/are direct branches
of basilar artery?
✔✔Olfactory - ✔✔The 1st cranial nerve is considered as a purely sensory
✔✔False - ✔✔The 7th cranial nerve, facial, as indicated somatic sensory impulses
✔✔Descending motor tracts - ✔✔The pyramids of the medulla contain
,✔✔a. midbrain, pons, medulla, spinal cord (MPMS) - ✔✔Arrange the following in order
from the diencephalon downwards: 1 spinal cord, 2 midbrain, 3 medulla, 4 pons:
✔✔Frontal lobe from parietal lobe - ✔✔The central sulcus separates (MOTOR AND
SENSORY AREAS)
✔✔Vision - ✔✔The occipital lobe is for?
✔✔Lateral rectus; purely motor - ✔✔Abducens nerve does abduction of the eye and
innervates
✔✔Trigeminal nerve - ✔✔Kiss on the cheek is innervated by?
✔✔Vestibulocochlear - ✔✔Which of the following nerves is exclusively sensory?
✔✔All of the above - ✔✔Which of the following is/are a function of CSF?
✔✔True - ✔✔In most people the left hemisphere, dominant, controls reading, writing,
math, and decision-making.
✔✔True - ✔✔Emotions including anger, hostility, envy, fear, and love are mostly
mediated by the limbic system. (T/F)
✔✔True - ✔✔Full consciousness implies that the individual responds to external stimuli
with an array of responses (T/F)
✔✔True - ✔✔Arousal is the state of awareness that an individual exhibits and is
mediated by the reticular activating system (T/F)
✔✔True - ✔✔Sensory INATTENTIVENESS is a form of neglect (T/F)
✔✔All of the above - ✔✔Data processing deficits include which of the following:
Agnosia, dysphasia, acute confusional states
✔✔False - ✔✔Perception is the process of one type of consciousness (T/F)
✔✔False - ✔✔Phenomenal consciousness is full of sensations that are always present
(T/F)
✔✔All of the above - ✔✔Perception includes which of the following: Visual perception,
harmonic perception, or rhythmic perception
, ✔✔True - ✔✔Amodal perception is the full perception of a physical structure when it is
only partially perceived (T/F)
✔✔True - ✔✔Depth perception is the visual ability to perceive the world in 3 dimensions
(T/F)
✔✔False (Binocular cues) - ✔✔Monocular cues include stereopsis (T/F)
✔✔None of the above (Haptic perception) - ✔✔The process of recognizing objects
through touch
✔✔All of the above - ✔✔Consciousness may include which of the following: Thoughts,
sensations, perceptions, moods, emotions, dreams, and self-awareness
✔✔None of the above (Lethargy) - ✔✔Mildy depressed level of consciousness.
Someone in this state can be aroused with little difficulty
✔✔True - ✔✔Stuporous refers to those who are not able to be aroused from a sleep-
like state (T/F)
✔✔True - ✔✔All states of confusion are marked by some degree of inattentiveness and
disorientation (T/F)
✔✔Somnolence (Drowsiness) - ✔✔A state of near sleep, a strong desire for sleep, or
sleeping for unusually long periods
✔✔True - ✔✔Coma is a profound state of unconsciousness (T/F)
✔✔True - ✔✔Covert attention is the act of mentally focusing on one of several possible
sensory stimuli (T/F)
✔✔Focused attention - ✔✔The ability to respond discretely to specific visual, auditory,
or tactile stimuli
✔✔Sustained attention - ✔✔The ability to maintain a consistent behavioral response
during continuous and repetitive activity
✔✔Divided attention - ✔✔The highest level of attention
✔✔None of the above (Alternating attention) - ✔✔The capacity for mental flexibility that
allows individuals to shift their focus of attention and move between tasks having
different cognitive requirements
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Basal Nuclei - ✔✔Subconscious control of skeletal muscle tone, regulates attention
and cognition, regulate intensity of slow or stereotyped movements.
✔✔All of the above - ✔✔Which of the following structures is or not included in the limbic
system?
TELENCEPHALON: CINGULATE GYRUS, SEPTAL AREA AND PARAHIPPOCAMPAL
GYRUS DIENCEPHALON AND BRAIN STEM
✔✔All of the above - ✔✔Which of the following is/are a function of the limbic system?
✔✔None of the above = cingulate gyrus - ✔✔It plays a role in expressing emotion via
gestures and results
✔✔Dura Mater - ✔✔The most superficial meningeal layer
✔✔Damage to the brainstem is usually fatal - ✔✔Which of the following statements
concerning the brain stem is true?
✔✔False (MOST CRANIAL NERVES LOCATED IN BRAIN STEM 10 OUT OF 12) -
✔✔All cranial nerves enter
✔✔False - ✔✔Brainstem related to sensory?
✔✔Microglial cells - ✔✔pathogens by phagocytosis
✔✔Medulla oblongata - ✔✔lateral corticospinal/ pyramidal tract crosses to the other
side where
✔✔Basilar artery - ✔✔Which of the following is not a part of the circle of willis ?
✔✔Bas / POSTEROIR CEREBRAL ARTERY ISOLATERAL - ✔✔The occipital lobe of
the brain is required by the occipital posterior
✔✔Posterior cerebral artery - ✔✔Which of the following arteries is/are direct branches
of basilar artery?
✔✔Olfactory - ✔✔The 1st cranial nerve is considered as a purely sensory
✔✔False - ✔✔The 7th cranial nerve, facial, as indicated somatic sensory impulses
✔✔Descending motor tracts - ✔✔The pyramids of the medulla contain
,✔✔a. midbrain, pons, medulla, spinal cord (MPMS) - ✔✔Arrange the following in order
from the diencephalon downwards: 1 spinal cord, 2 midbrain, 3 medulla, 4 pons:
✔✔Frontal lobe from parietal lobe - ✔✔The central sulcus separates (MOTOR AND
SENSORY AREAS)
✔✔Vision - ✔✔The occipital lobe is for?
✔✔Lateral rectus; purely motor - ✔✔Abducens nerve does abduction of the eye and
innervates
✔✔Trigeminal nerve - ✔✔Kiss on the cheek is innervated by?
✔✔Vestibulocochlear - ✔✔Which of the following nerves is exclusively sensory?
✔✔All of the above - ✔✔Which of the following is/are a function of CSF?
✔✔True - ✔✔In most people the left hemisphere, dominant, controls reading, writing,
math, and decision-making.
✔✔True - ✔✔Emotions including anger, hostility, envy, fear, and love are mostly
mediated by the limbic system. (T/F)
✔✔True - ✔✔Full consciousness implies that the individual responds to external stimuli
with an array of responses (T/F)
✔✔True - ✔✔Arousal is the state of awareness that an individual exhibits and is
mediated by the reticular activating system (T/F)
✔✔True - ✔✔Sensory INATTENTIVENESS is a form of neglect (T/F)
✔✔All of the above - ✔✔Data processing deficits include which of the following:
Agnosia, dysphasia, acute confusional states
✔✔False - ✔✔Perception is the process of one type of consciousness (T/F)
✔✔False - ✔✔Phenomenal consciousness is full of sensations that are always present
(T/F)
✔✔All of the above - ✔✔Perception includes which of the following: Visual perception,
harmonic perception, or rhythmic perception
, ✔✔True - ✔✔Amodal perception is the full perception of a physical structure when it is
only partially perceived (T/F)
✔✔True - ✔✔Depth perception is the visual ability to perceive the world in 3 dimensions
(T/F)
✔✔False (Binocular cues) - ✔✔Monocular cues include stereopsis (T/F)
✔✔None of the above (Haptic perception) - ✔✔The process of recognizing objects
through touch
✔✔All of the above - ✔✔Consciousness may include which of the following: Thoughts,
sensations, perceptions, moods, emotions, dreams, and self-awareness
✔✔None of the above (Lethargy) - ✔✔Mildy depressed level of consciousness.
Someone in this state can be aroused with little difficulty
✔✔True - ✔✔Stuporous refers to those who are not able to be aroused from a sleep-
like state (T/F)
✔✔True - ✔✔All states of confusion are marked by some degree of inattentiveness and
disorientation (T/F)
✔✔Somnolence (Drowsiness) - ✔✔A state of near sleep, a strong desire for sleep, or
sleeping for unusually long periods
✔✔True - ✔✔Coma is a profound state of unconsciousness (T/F)
✔✔True - ✔✔Covert attention is the act of mentally focusing on one of several possible
sensory stimuli (T/F)
✔✔Focused attention - ✔✔The ability to respond discretely to specific visual, auditory,
or tactile stimuli
✔✔Sustained attention - ✔✔The ability to maintain a consistent behavioral response
during continuous and repetitive activity
✔✔Divided attention - ✔✔The highest level of attention
✔✔None of the above (Alternating attention) - ✔✔The capacity for mental flexibility that
allows individuals to shift their focus of attention and move between tasks having
different cognitive requirements
