Chamberlain NR 325 Exam 2 Questions with Correct Answers
(Grade A+)
Question 1: Which sided stroke has impaired speech/language aphasia; impaired right/left
discrimination; slow performance/cautious,; depression/anxiety; impaired comprehension.
Answer: Left-Sided
Question 2: Which sided stroke has spatial perception deficits; denying/minimizing; rapid
performance/short attention; impulsiveness; impaired judgment; impaired time.
Answer: Right-sided
Question 3: _____ are the confirming diagnostic studies for stroke.
Answer: CT; CT angiogram; CT/MRI perfusion and diffusion imaging; MRI; Magnetic resonance
angiography (MRA)
Question 4: _____ are the confirming laboratory studies for stroke.
Answer: Prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time; CBC (including platelets); Electrolyte
panel with blood glucose; Lipid profile; Renal and hepatic studies
Question 5: Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is used to produce localized fibrinolysis by
binding to the fibrin in the thrombi, and is the immediate treatment for _____ _____.
Answer: Ischemic stroke
Question 6: Aspirin at a dose of 325 mg may be started within 24 to 48 hours after the onset of an _____
stroke.
Answer: ischemic
Question 7: Anticoagulants and platelet inhibitors are contraindicated in patients with _____ strokes.
Answer: hemorrhagic
Question 8: The main drug therapy for patients with _____ stroke is the management of hypertension.
Answer: hemorrhagic
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, Question 9: The _____ _____ of a spinal cord injury (SCI) is initial physical disruption of the spinal
cord.
Answer: primary injury
Question 10: The _____ _____ of a spinal cord injury is from processes, such as ischemia, hypoxia,
hemorrhage, edema
Answer: secondary injury
Question 11: _____ _____ may occur shortly after acute SCI. It is characterized by loss of deep tendon
and sphincter reflexes, loss of sensation, and flaccid paralysis below the level of injury.
Answer: Spinal shock
Question 12: _____ _____ involvement results in total loss of sensory and motor function below the level
of injury.
Answer: Complete cord
Question 13: _____ _____ involvement results in a mixed loss of voluntary motor activity and sensation
and leaves some tracts intact.
Answer: Incomplete cord
Question 14: SCI at C1-C3
Answer: Often fatal; Movement in neck and above, loss of innervation to diaphragm, absence of
independent respiratory function
Question 15: SCI at C4
Answer: Sensation and movement in neck and above; May be able to breathe without ventilator
Question 16: SCI at C5
Answer: Full neck, partial shoulder, back, biceps; Gross elbow, inability to roll over or use hands; “
Respiratory reserve
Question 17: SCI at C6
Answer: Shoulder and upper back abduction and rotation at shoulder; Full biceps to elbow flexion, wrist
extension, weak grasp of thumb; “ Respiratory reserve
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(Grade A+)
Question 1: Which sided stroke has impaired speech/language aphasia; impaired right/left
discrimination; slow performance/cautious,; depression/anxiety; impaired comprehension.
Answer: Left-Sided
Question 2: Which sided stroke has spatial perception deficits; denying/minimizing; rapid
performance/short attention; impulsiveness; impaired judgment; impaired time.
Answer: Right-sided
Question 3: _____ are the confirming diagnostic studies for stroke.
Answer: CT; CT angiogram; CT/MRI perfusion and diffusion imaging; MRI; Magnetic resonance
angiography (MRA)
Question 4: _____ are the confirming laboratory studies for stroke.
Answer: Prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time; CBC (including platelets); Electrolyte
panel with blood glucose; Lipid profile; Renal and hepatic studies
Question 5: Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is used to produce localized fibrinolysis by
binding to the fibrin in the thrombi, and is the immediate treatment for _____ _____.
Answer: Ischemic stroke
Question 6: Aspirin at a dose of 325 mg may be started within 24 to 48 hours after the onset of an _____
stroke.
Answer: ischemic
Question 7: Anticoagulants and platelet inhibitors are contraindicated in patients with _____ strokes.
Answer: hemorrhagic
Question 8: The main drug therapy for patients with _____ stroke is the management of hypertension.
Answer: hemorrhagic
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, Question 9: The _____ _____ of a spinal cord injury (SCI) is initial physical disruption of the spinal
cord.
Answer: primary injury
Question 10: The _____ _____ of a spinal cord injury is from processes, such as ischemia, hypoxia,
hemorrhage, edema
Answer: secondary injury
Question 11: _____ _____ may occur shortly after acute SCI. It is characterized by loss of deep tendon
and sphincter reflexes, loss of sensation, and flaccid paralysis below the level of injury.
Answer: Spinal shock
Question 12: _____ _____ involvement results in total loss of sensory and motor function below the level
of injury.
Answer: Complete cord
Question 13: _____ _____ involvement results in a mixed loss of voluntary motor activity and sensation
and leaves some tracts intact.
Answer: Incomplete cord
Question 14: SCI at C1-C3
Answer: Often fatal; Movement in neck and above, loss of innervation to diaphragm, absence of
independent respiratory function
Question 15: SCI at C4
Answer: Sensation and movement in neck and above; May be able to breathe without ventilator
Question 16: SCI at C5
Answer: Full neck, partial shoulder, back, biceps; Gross elbow, inability to roll over or use hands; “
Respiratory reserve
Question 17: SCI at C6
Answer: Shoulder and upper back abduction and rotation at shoulder; Full biceps to elbow flexion, wrist
extension, weak grasp of thumb; “ Respiratory reserve
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