Certified Brain Injury
Specialist (CBIS) Questions
with Complete Solutions
Graded A+
Athetoid movements - Answer: slow, involuntary writhing movements of the hands, feet, fingers, and
toes; usually caused by lesions to the brain
Autonomic Dysregulation - Answer: involuntary, automatic changes in body temp, HR, BP and breathing
caused by malfunction of autonomic nervous system
Agnosia - Answer: lack of awareness of sensations and inability to recognize objects
Akinesia - Answer: slowness or loss of voluntary movement; often result of damage to basal ganglia
Amygdala - Answer: part of limbic system, tied to emotional memories/reactions; includes aggressive
responsive and fight-or-flight response
Anosognosia - Answer: Lack of awareness or denial of paralysis of a limb
Antecedent - Answer: used in behavioral psych to describe a contextual cue that results in a behavior
Anterior cord syndrome - Answer: Loss of muscle control, pain & temperature sensation below lesion
No loss of proprioception or touch sensation
Apraxia - Answer: inability to perform particular purposive actions, as a result of brain damage.
Ataxia - Answer: lack of muscle coordination during voluntary movement
Specialist (CBIS) Questions
with Complete Solutions
Graded A+
Athetoid movements - Answer: slow, involuntary writhing movements of the hands, feet, fingers, and
toes; usually caused by lesions to the brain
Autonomic Dysregulation - Answer: involuntary, automatic changes in body temp, HR, BP and breathing
caused by malfunction of autonomic nervous system
Agnosia - Answer: lack of awareness of sensations and inability to recognize objects
Akinesia - Answer: slowness or loss of voluntary movement; often result of damage to basal ganglia
Amygdala - Answer: part of limbic system, tied to emotional memories/reactions; includes aggressive
responsive and fight-or-flight response
Anosognosia - Answer: Lack of awareness or denial of paralysis of a limb
Antecedent - Answer: used in behavioral psych to describe a contextual cue that results in a behavior
Anterior cord syndrome - Answer: Loss of muscle control, pain & temperature sensation below lesion
No loss of proprioception or touch sensation
Apraxia - Answer: inability to perform particular purposive actions, as a result of brain damage.
Ataxia - Answer: lack of muscle coordination during voluntary movement