NSG 527 FINAL EXAM -WILKES UNIVERSITY
|ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
1. What is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the CNS
a. Glutamine
b. Acetylcholine
c. GABA
d. Serotonin
CORRECT ANSWER
c. GABA
Question 2
2. What is the major mechanism of neurotransmitter action in the nervous system?
a. The release of neurochemicals into the synapse
b. Electrical impulses to move the message down the axon
c. Receptors to receive the message
d. Termination of neurotransmitter action in the sympathetic nervous system reuptake into
presynaptic neuron
CORRECT ANSWER
d. Termination of neurotransmitter action in the sympathetic nervous system reuptake
into presynaptic neuron
Question 3
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,3. Afferent neurons send impulses ___________ the CNS away from the __________
system.
a. Towards; peripheral
b. Away from; sympathetic
c. Away from; peripheral
d. Towards; autonomic
CORRECT ANSWER
a. Towards; peripheral
Question 4
4. Which area of the brain is involved in working memory, planning and insight?
a. Parietal
b. Occipital
c. Frontal
d. Tempora
CORRECT ANSWER
c. Frontal
Question 5
5. Sam is a 78 year old male that has Parkinson's Disease. What area of Sam's brain is
affected in Parkinson's disease?
a. Hypothalamus
b. Septal nuclei
c. Basal ganglia
d. amygdala
CORRECT ANSWER
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, c. Basal ganglia
Question 6
6. What is responsible for myelin formation in the CNS
a. Dorsal raphe
b. oligodendrocyte
c. Cingulate gyrus
d. Node of the ranvier
CORRECT ANSWER
b. oligodendrocyte
Question 7
7. What is the hippocampus function
a. Responsible for Gaiting and filtering function sensory into cortical areas
b. Involved in working memory, planing, and insight
c. Learning processing information into memories; assigns set time and place to memories
d. None of the above
CORRECT ANSWER
c. Learning processing information into memories; assigns set time and place to
memories
Question 8
8. Which area is responsible for the "fear and rage" emotional memories in the brain?
a. Amygdala
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, b. Limbic system
c. Thalamus
d. Frontal lobe
CORRECT ANSWER
a. Amygdala
Question 9
9. This is involved in the inner most part of the front, partial and temporal lobes.
a. Hippocampus
b. CNS
c. Thalamus
d. Limbic system
CORRECT ANSWER
d. Limbic system
Question 10
10. What does the thalamus brain area do?
a. Learning processing information into memories
b. Gaiting and filtering function sensory into cortical areas, relaying sensory and motor
signals, as well as regulation of consciousness and alertness.
c. Inner most part of the front, partial, and temporal lobes
d. Responsible for "fear and rage"
CORRECT ANSWER
b. Gaiting and filtering function sensory into cortical areas, relaying sensory and motor
signals, as well as regulation of consciousness and alertness.
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|ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
1. What is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the CNS
a. Glutamine
b. Acetylcholine
c. GABA
d. Serotonin
CORRECT ANSWER
c. GABA
Question 2
2. What is the major mechanism of neurotransmitter action in the nervous system?
a. The release of neurochemicals into the synapse
b. Electrical impulses to move the message down the axon
c. Receptors to receive the message
d. Termination of neurotransmitter action in the sympathetic nervous system reuptake into
presynaptic neuron
CORRECT ANSWER
d. Termination of neurotransmitter action in the sympathetic nervous system reuptake
into presynaptic neuron
Question 3
1
,3. Afferent neurons send impulses ___________ the CNS away from the __________
system.
a. Towards; peripheral
b. Away from; sympathetic
c. Away from; peripheral
d. Towards; autonomic
CORRECT ANSWER
a. Towards; peripheral
Question 4
4. Which area of the brain is involved in working memory, planning and insight?
a. Parietal
b. Occipital
c. Frontal
d. Tempora
CORRECT ANSWER
c. Frontal
Question 5
5. Sam is a 78 year old male that has Parkinson's Disease. What area of Sam's brain is
affected in Parkinson's disease?
a. Hypothalamus
b. Septal nuclei
c. Basal ganglia
d. amygdala
CORRECT ANSWER
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, c. Basal ganglia
Question 6
6. What is responsible for myelin formation in the CNS
a. Dorsal raphe
b. oligodendrocyte
c. Cingulate gyrus
d. Node of the ranvier
CORRECT ANSWER
b. oligodendrocyte
Question 7
7. What is the hippocampus function
a. Responsible for Gaiting and filtering function sensory into cortical areas
b. Involved in working memory, planing, and insight
c. Learning processing information into memories; assigns set time and place to memories
d. None of the above
CORRECT ANSWER
c. Learning processing information into memories; assigns set time and place to
memories
Question 8
8. Which area is responsible for the "fear and rage" emotional memories in the brain?
a. Amygdala
3
, b. Limbic system
c. Thalamus
d. Frontal lobe
CORRECT ANSWER
a. Amygdala
Question 9
9. This is involved in the inner most part of the front, partial and temporal lobes.
a. Hippocampus
b. CNS
c. Thalamus
d. Limbic system
CORRECT ANSWER
d. Limbic system
Question 10
10. What does the thalamus brain area do?
a. Learning processing information into memories
b. Gaiting and filtering function sensory into cortical areas, relaying sensory and motor
signals, as well as regulation of consciousness and alertness.
c. Inner most part of the front, partial, and temporal lobes
d. Responsible for "fear and rage"
CORRECT ANSWER
b. Gaiting and filtering function sensory into cortical areas, relaying sensory and motor
signals, as well as regulation of consciousness and alertness.
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