CCD FINAL EXAM REVIEW UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What is a focal lesion?
Answer:
Localized damage in a specific area (e.g. frontal damage leading to language expression deficits)
Question:
2. Role of left hemisphere
Answer:
Dominant Language, Skilled motor movement, Arithmetic: sequential and analytical calculating skills,
Sense of direction: following a set of written directions in a sequence, Detail-oriented
Question:
3. The left hemisphere only attends to the right visual field. T/F?
Answer:
True
Question:
4. Role of right hemisphere
Answer:
Nondominant Prosody: (intonation) inferences, themes, non-literal language, Attention: Spatial attention
and Visual-spatial analysis, Arithmetic: ability to correctly line up the columns of numbers on the page,
Sense of direction: finding one's way by overall sense of spatial orientation, Global organization/theme
Question:
5. The right hemisphere can't attend to both visual fields. T/F?
Answer:
False
Question:
6. What is anosognosia?
Answer:
reduced awareness/understanding of deficits
Question:
7. What are the causes of RHD?
Answer:
Stroke (most common), tumor, brain injury
Question:
8. RHD (signs/symptoms)
, Answer:
- Visual-perceptual deficits
- Prosodic deficits
- Discourse deficits
- Anosognosia
- Left-sided neglect
Question:
9. RHD common signs
Answer:
- Visual neglect
- Prosodic deficits
- Discourse and pragmatic impairments
- Anosognosia
Question:
10. Cognitive Domain: Attention (RHD)
Answer:
Left neglect, difficulty with selective attention, distractibility
Question:
11. Cognitive domain: Memory (RHD)
Answer:
Impaired recalling visual or spatial information (WM & LTM)
Question:
12. Cognitive Domain: Executive functioning (RHD)
Answer:
Poor problem-solving, impaired judgment, impulsive
Question:
13. Cognitive Domain: Language (RHD)
Answer:
While basic language abilities are usually intact, patients may have difficulties with discourse.
Question:
14. Cognitive Domain: Social Communication (RHD)
Answer:
Significant issues with pragmatic language, including trouble understanding nonverbal cues, humor, and
figurative language.
Question:
15. How RHD impacts the client's functionality (WHO-ICF)
Answer:
Question:
16. RHD formal/informal assessments
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What is a focal lesion?
Answer:
Localized damage in a specific area (e.g. frontal damage leading to language expression deficits)
Question:
2. Role of left hemisphere
Answer:
Dominant Language, Skilled motor movement, Arithmetic: sequential and analytical calculating skills,
Sense of direction: following a set of written directions in a sequence, Detail-oriented
Question:
3. The left hemisphere only attends to the right visual field. T/F?
Answer:
True
Question:
4. Role of right hemisphere
Answer:
Nondominant Prosody: (intonation) inferences, themes, non-literal language, Attention: Spatial attention
and Visual-spatial analysis, Arithmetic: ability to correctly line up the columns of numbers on the page,
Sense of direction: finding one's way by overall sense of spatial orientation, Global organization/theme
Question:
5. The right hemisphere can't attend to both visual fields. T/F?
Answer:
False
Question:
6. What is anosognosia?
Answer:
reduced awareness/understanding of deficits
Question:
7. What are the causes of RHD?
Answer:
Stroke (most common), tumor, brain injury
Question:
8. RHD (signs/symptoms)
, Answer:
- Visual-perceptual deficits
- Prosodic deficits
- Discourse deficits
- Anosognosia
- Left-sided neglect
Question:
9. RHD common signs
Answer:
- Visual neglect
- Prosodic deficits
- Discourse and pragmatic impairments
- Anosognosia
Question:
10. Cognitive Domain: Attention (RHD)
Answer:
Left neglect, difficulty with selective attention, distractibility
Question:
11. Cognitive domain: Memory (RHD)
Answer:
Impaired recalling visual or spatial information (WM & LTM)
Question:
12. Cognitive Domain: Executive functioning (RHD)
Answer:
Poor problem-solving, impaired judgment, impulsive
Question:
13. Cognitive Domain: Language (RHD)
Answer:
While basic language abilities are usually intact, patients may have difficulties with discourse.
Question:
14. Cognitive Domain: Social Communication (RHD)
Answer:
Significant issues with pragmatic language, including trouble understanding nonverbal cues, humor, and
figurative language.
Question:
15. How RHD impacts the client's functionality (WHO-ICF)
Answer:
Question:
16. RHD formal/informal assessments
