NBCOT COTA EXAM QUESTIONS CORRECTLY ANSWERED
Anterolateral hip replacement precautions - Correct Answer Hip extension, hip adduction, and
hip external rotation
Common observable clinical signs of dysphagia - Correct Answer Drooling, pocketing of food in
the mouth, coughing, or a gurgly speech.
Contraindicated foods for clients with dysphagia - Correct Answer Items such as dry foods
(bread, crackers, chips), chewy foods (meat, candy), thin liquids (water, soda), and food with
mixed consistencies (casseroles, soups)
Aphasia - Correct Answer Absence of cognitive language processing ability which results in
deficits in speech, writing, or sign communication. Can be receptive, expressive, or both.
Anomia - Correct Answer Loss of ability to name objects or to to recognize or recall names; can
be receptive of expressive (type of aphasia)
Broca's aphasia - Correct Answer Expressive aphasia- difficulty speaking
Wernicke's aphasia - Correct Answer Receptive aphasia- difficulty understanding language
Common problems after cerebellum strokes - Correct Answer Abnormal reflexes of the head
and torso, coordination, and balance problems, dizziness, problems with swallowing and
articulation, and cranial nerve deficits
Common problems after brainstem stroke - Correct Answer Strokes in the brainstem are often
life threatening because the brainstem is the control center for essential life functions such as
breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, and arousal. As with cerebellum stroke, survivors of
, brainstem stroke may also present with dizziness, problems with swallowing and articulation,
cranial nerve deficits, and paralysis
Left-sided CVA - Correct Answer MOTOR- Right-sided paralysis/paresis, decreased motor
control of repetitive movements (dysphagia *) / SENSORY- Right-sided sensory loss / VISUAL-
Right visual field cuts (visual neglect) / PERCEPTUAL- Impaired right/left discrimination, verbal
apraxia (hemi-inattention, motor apraxia) / COGNITIVE- Decreased analytic thinking, impaired
logic, impaired time concepts, impaired memory associated with language / BEHAVIORAL- Slow
performance, cautious behavior, depression / SPEECH AND LANGUAGE- Aphasia, agraphia,
dyscalculia, decreased understanding of gestures, impaired reading, decreased ability to learn
new information
Right-sided CVA - Correct Answer MOTOR- Left-sided paralysis/paresis, more severe motor
problems, decreased motor response time (dysphagia) / SENSORY- Left-sided sensory loss /
VISUAL- Left field cuts, visual neglect / PERCEPTUAL- Unilateral neglect, hemi-inattention, motor
apraxia, constructional apraxia, dressing apraxia, agnosia, disorientation for directionality,
difficulty crossing midline / COGNITIVE- Impaired attention span, impaired understanding of the
whole, decreased creativity, impaired memory for performance, poor insight, poor safety
awareness, poor judgment / BEHAVIORAL- Impulsivity, emotional lability / SPEECH AND
LANGUAGE- Decreased ability to differentiate between gestures, decreased learning for familiar
(old) information
ZPP - Correct Answer Zone of partial preservation- Incomplete SCI
Spinal nerves and major parts of body they supply - Correct Answer C1-C3 (head and neck), C4
(diaphragm), C5 (deltoids, biceps), C6 (wrist extensors), C7 (triceps), C8-T1 (hand), T2-T7 (chest
muscles), T8-T12 (abdominal muscles), L1-L5 (leg muscles), S2-S5 (bowel, bladder, sex)
ASIA A - Correct Answer Complete lesion. No motor or sensory function preserved in the sacral
segments S4-S5
Anterolateral hip replacement precautions - Correct Answer Hip extension, hip adduction, and
hip external rotation
Common observable clinical signs of dysphagia - Correct Answer Drooling, pocketing of food in
the mouth, coughing, or a gurgly speech.
Contraindicated foods for clients with dysphagia - Correct Answer Items such as dry foods
(bread, crackers, chips), chewy foods (meat, candy), thin liquids (water, soda), and food with
mixed consistencies (casseroles, soups)
Aphasia - Correct Answer Absence of cognitive language processing ability which results in
deficits in speech, writing, or sign communication. Can be receptive, expressive, or both.
Anomia - Correct Answer Loss of ability to name objects or to to recognize or recall names; can
be receptive of expressive (type of aphasia)
Broca's aphasia - Correct Answer Expressive aphasia- difficulty speaking
Wernicke's aphasia - Correct Answer Receptive aphasia- difficulty understanding language
Common problems after cerebellum strokes - Correct Answer Abnormal reflexes of the head
and torso, coordination, and balance problems, dizziness, problems with swallowing and
articulation, and cranial nerve deficits
Common problems after brainstem stroke - Correct Answer Strokes in the brainstem are often
life threatening because the brainstem is the control center for essential life functions such as
breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, and arousal. As with cerebellum stroke, survivors of
, brainstem stroke may also present with dizziness, problems with swallowing and articulation,
cranial nerve deficits, and paralysis
Left-sided CVA - Correct Answer MOTOR- Right-sided paralysis/paresis, decreased motor
control of repetitive movements (dysphagia *) / SENSORY- Right-sided sensory loss / VISUAL-
Right visual field cuts (visual neglect) / PERCEPTUAL- Impaired right/left discrimination, verbal
apraxia (hemi-inattention, motor apraxia) / COGNITIVE- Decreased analytic thinking, impaired
logic, impaired time concepts, impaired memory associated with language / BEHAVIORAL- Slow
performance, cautious behavior, depression / SPEECH AND LANGUAGE- Aphasia, agraphia,
dyscalculia, decreased understanding of gestures, impaired reading, decreased ability to learn
new information
Right-sided CVA - Correct Answer MOTOR- Left-sided paralysis/paresis, more severe motor
problems, decreased motor response time (dysphagia) / SENSORY- Left-sided sensory loss /
VISUAL- Left field cuts, visual neglect / PERCEPTUAL- Unilateral neglect, hemi-inattention, motor
apraxia, constructional apraxia, dressing apraxia, agnosia, disorientation for directionality,
difficulty crossing midline / COGNITIVE- Impaired attention span, impaired understanding of the
whole, decreased creativity, impaired memory for performance, poor insight, poor safety
awareness, poor judgment / BEHAVIORAL- Impulsivity, emotional lability / SPEECH AND
LANGUAGE- Decreased ability to differentiate between gestures, decreased learning for familiar
(old) information
ZPP - Correct Answer Zone of partial preservation- Incomplete SCI
Spinal nerves and major parts of body they supply - Correct Answer C1-C3 (head and neck), C4
(diaphragm), C5 (deltoids, biceps), C6 (wrist extensors), C7 (triceps), C8-T1 (hand), T2-T7 (chest
muscles), T8-T12 (abdominal muscles), L1-L5 (leg muscles), S2-S5 (bowel, bladder, sex)
ASIA A - Correct Answer Complete lesion. No motor or sensory function preserved in the sacral
segments S4-S5
