CRRN Practice Questions and answers
2025/2026 grade A
1.Loss of visual fields in the left half of each eye - answerLeft Homonymous hemianopsia is evidenced
by:
a.Loss of visual fields in the left half of each eye
b. Significant right sided neglect
c. Loss of visual fields in the nasal half of the left eye
d. Spatial perceptual deficits
2.Pocketing of food and wet voice during meals. - answerWhich requires a swallowing evaluation?
a. Pocketing of food and wet voice during meals
b. Temperature elevation shortly after eating
c. Increased thickness of secretions within 30 minutes of drinking milk
d. Complaints about quality and taste of food
3.Sensory function is preserved below the level of injury and extends through S4-5 - answerThe chart
indicates that your patient has an ASIA B injury at T6-7, which means:
a. Motor function is preserved below the level of injury with most muscles a Grade 3 or higher
b. Motor function is preserved below the level of injury with most muscles a Grade 3 or below
c. There is no sensory or motor function preserved below the level of injury
d. Sensory function is preserved below the level of injury and extends through S4-5
4.Visual perception - answerThe occipital area of the brain is responsible for:
a. Balance and co-ordination
b. Perception of time passage
c. Visual perception
d. Writing, reading, and math skills
,5.Right hemisphere stroke - answerWhich of the following patients is at higher risk for self-injury
because of her diagnosis;
a. Lacunar infarct
b. Basilar artery infarct
c. Left hemisphere stroke
d. Right hemisphere stroke
6.Establishing a change relationship - answerIn your role as a change agent, you will assist your patient
by:
a. Establishing a change relationship
b. Establishing barriers and assisting the patient in defining his challenges
c. Assisting to maintain the status quo
d. Functioning as a restrain force to control movement
7.Temporal lobe - answerAuditory association and the sense of time are associated with the:
a. Frontal lobe
b. Temporal lobe
c. Parietal lobe
d. Occipital lobe
8.Consistent time of day associated with the gastrocolic reflex, triggering of reflex emptying with
suppositories or digital stimulation - answerWhich bowel program is most appropriate for a patient who
has had a spinal cord injury at C5-6:
a. Enemas given daily in the morning to prevent incontinence during the day
b. Consistent time of day associated with the gastrocolic reflex, triggering of reflex emptying with
suppositories or digital stimulation
c. Administration of laxatives and suppositories every evening timed within 6 hours of laxative
administration
d. Bulk fiber products used to form stool with toileting time at a consistent time of the day associated
with the gastro-colic reflex
, 9.maintenance of continence - answerWhich of the following is NOT a primary goal of a bladder
program?
a. maintenance of continence
b. Preservation of upper urinary tracts
c. Prevention of infection
d. Establishment of an effective method of emptying the bladder
10.Flushing below the level of the lesion - answerWhich of the following is not generally a symptom of
an autonomic dysreflexia?
a. Pounding headache
b. Flushing below the level of the lesion
c. Nasal congestion
d. Feeling of apprehension and doom
11.Relaxation of the bladder wall - answerSympathetic stimulation of the detrusor results in:
a. Relaxation of the bladder neck
b. Contraction of the bladder wall
c. Relaxation of the bladder wall
d. Relation of the external sphincter
12.A high incidence of right side neglect - answerExpressions of sexuality may be impaired in patients
who have had a stroke due to all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Communication deficits
b. A high incidence of right side neglect
c. Depression
d. Apraxia
13.Remove/avoid pressure - answerThe first action is to be taken when a red area is noted is:
a. Remove/avoid pressure
b. Apply protective lotion
2025/2026 grade A
1.Loss of visual fields in the left half of each eye - answerLeft Homonymous hemianopsia is evidenced
by:
a.Loss of visual fields in the left half of each eye
b. Significant right sided neglect
c. Loss of visual fields in the nasal half of the left eye
d. Spatial perceptual deficits
2.Pocketing of food and wet voice during meals. - answerWhich requires a swallowing evaluation?
a. Pocketing of food and wet voice during meals
b. Temperature elevation shortly after eating
c. Increased thickness of secretions within 30 minutes of drinking milk
d. Complaints about quality and taste of food
3.Sensory function is preserved below the level of injury and extends through S4-5 - answerThe chart
indicates that your patient has an ASIA B injury at T6-7, which means:
a. Motor function is preserved below the level of injury with most muscles a Grade 3 or higher
b. Motor function is preserved below the level of injury with most muscles a Grade 3 or below
c. There is no sensory or motor function preserved below the level of injury
d. Sensory function is preserved below the level of injury and extends through S4-5
4.Visual perception - answerThe occipital area of the brain is responsible for:
a. Balance and co-ordination
b. Perception of time passage
c. Visual perception
d. Writing, reading, and math skills
,5.Right hemisphere stroke - answerWhich of the following patients is at higher risk for self-injury
because of her diagnosis;
a. Lacunar infarct
b. Basilar artery infarct
c. Left hemisphere stroke
d. Right hemisphere stroke
6.Establishing a change relationship - answerIn your role as a change agent, you will assist your patient
by:
a. Establishing a change relationship
b. Establishing barriers and assisting the patient in defining his challenges
c. Assisting to maintain the status quo
d. Functioning as a restrain force to control movement
7.Temporal lobe - answerAuditory association and the sense of time are associated with the:
a. Frontal lobe
b. Temporal lobe
c. Parietal lobe
d. Occipital lobe
8.Consistent time of day associated with the gastrocolic reflex, triggering of reflex emptying with
suppositories or digital stimulation - answerWhich bowel program is most appropriate for a patient who
has had a spinal cord injury at C5-6:
a. Enemas given daily in the morning to prevent incontinence during the day
b. Consistent time of day associated with the gastrocolic reflex, triggering of reflex emptying with
suppositories or digital stimulation
c. Administration of laxatives and suppositories every evening timed within 6 hours of laxative
administration
d. Bulk fiber products used to form stool with toileting time at a consistent time of the day associated
with the gastro-colic reflex
, 9.maintenance of continence - answerWhich of the following is NOT a primary goal of a bladder
program?
a. maintenance of continence
b. Preservation of upper urinary tracts
c. Prevention of infection
d. Establishment of an effective method of emptying the bladder
10.Flushing below the level of the lesion - answerWhich of the following is not generally a symptom of
an autonomic dysreflexia?
a. Pounding headache
b. Flushing below the level of the lesion
c. Nasal congestion
d. Feeling of apprehension and doom
11.Relaxation of the bladder wall - answerSympathetic stimulation of the detrusor results in:
a. Relaxation of the bladder neck
b. Contraction of the bladder wall
c. Relaxation of the bladder wall
d. Relation of the external sphincter
12.A high incidence of right side neglect - answerExpressions of sexuality may be impaired in patients
who have had a stroke due to all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Communication deficits
b. A high incidence of right side neglect
c. Depression
d. Apraxia
13.Remove/avoid pressure - answerThe first action is to be taken when a red area is noted is:
a. Remove/avoid pressure
b. Apply protective lotion
