Neurology Practice Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease causes severe dementia and myoclonus. - CORRECT
ANSWER ...
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, degenerative, progressive disease of the CNS characterized by
the occurrence of small patches of demyelination in the brain and spinal cord. - CORRECT
ANSWER ...
Parkinson's disease is associated with decreased levels of dopamine due to destruction of
pigmented neuronal cells in the substantia nigra in the basal ganglia of the brain. -
CORRECT ANSWER ...
Huntington disease is a chronic, progressive, hereditary disease of the nervous system that
results in progressive involuntary dancelike movements and dementia. - CORRECT
ANSWER ...
Which of the following is the priority nursing intervention for a patient in myasthenic crisis?
- CORRECT ANSWER Assessing respiratory effort
Myasthenia gravis occurs when antibodies attack which receptor sites? - CORRECT
ANSWER Acetylcholine
The nurse is taking health history from a client admitted to rule out Guillain-Barre syndrome.
An important question to ask related to the diagnosis is which of the following? - CORRECT
ANSWER "Have you experienced any viral infections in the last month?"
The nurse is caring for a client admitted with a diagnosis of septic meningitis. The nurse is
aware that this infection is caused by which of the following? - CORRECT
ANSWER Bacteria
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease causes severe dementia and myoclonus. - CORRECT
ANSWER ...
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, degenerative, progressive disease of the CNS characterized by
the occurrence of small patches of demyelination in the brain and spinal cord. - CORRECT
ANSWER ...
Parkinson's disease is associated with decreased levels of dopamine due to destruction of
pigmented neuronal cells in the substantia nigra in the basal ganglia of the brain. -
CORRECT ANSWER ...
Huntington disease is a chronic, progressive, hereditary disease of the nervous system that
results in progressive involuntary dancelike movements and dementia. - CORRECT
ANSWER ...
Which of the following is the priority nursing intervention for a patient in myasthenic crisis?
- CORRECT ANSWER Assessing respiratory effort
Myasthenia gravis occurs when antibodies attack which receptor sites? - CORRECT
ANSWER Acetylcholine
The nurse is taking health history from a client admitted to rule out Guillain-Barre syndrome.
An important question to ask related to the diagnosis is which of the following? - CORRECT
ANSWER "Have you experienced any viral infections in the last month?"
The nurse is caring for a client admitted with a diagnosis of septic meningitis. The nurse is
aware that this infection is caused by which of the following? - CORRECT
ANSWER Bacteria
