SCRN PRACTICE EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
A person with a stroke who seems unaware of their disability: - ANS anosognosia
Pt presents complaining of double vision, lacks horizontal eye movements while tracking is
preserved.
What area of the brain can cause internuclear opthalmoplegia? - ANS Brainstem
Watershed stroke is described as: - ANS Stroke between two adjacent cerebral arteries
Cerebrospinal fluid is produced at a rate of... - ANS 0.3-0.4ml/min
A patient with locked-in syndrome most likely had an infarct in the... - ANS pons (pontine)
A lacunar infarct is indicative of an event... - ANS in a small artery
The MOST important point to emphasize in a community education program on strokes that
will directly improve patient outcome and disability in setting of a stroke? - ANS Activate
EMS
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, What is a risk factor for a spontaneous carotid dissection? - ANS Connective tissue disease
What is the MOST significant risk factor for stroke? - ANS Hypertension
One fourth of all strokes occur in patients under the age of... - ANS 75
Atrial fibrillation is associated with.. - ANS An increased risk of stroke and mortality
What is an example of exclusion criteria for tPA administration? - ANS Bleeding diathesis
(unusual susceptibility to bleeding, usually due to hypocoagubility)
Findings consistent with alterations in posterior cerebral circulation: - ANS Ataxia and visual
deficits
Predictor of a two-day risk for stroke following a TIA: - ANS ABCD2
What sign elicited during a physical examination would be indicative of meningeal irritation? -
ANS Kernig's Sign
The most sensitive and specific imaging technique for demonstrating acute infarction is... -
ANS MR diffusion-weighted imaging
A patient with SAH is ordered a cerebral angiogram. This test should... - ANS identify the
etiology of the bleed
What diagnosis in a patient is a contraindication in performing a lumbar puncture? -
ANS SAH
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
A person with a stroke who seems unaware of their disability: - ANS anosognosia
Pt presents complaining of double vision, lacks horizontal eye movements while tracking is
preserved.
What area of the brain can cause internuclear opthalmoplegia? - ANS Brainstem
Watershed stroke is described as: - ANS Stroke between two adjacent cerebral arteries
Cerebrospinal fluid is produced at a rate of... - ANS 0.3-0.4ml/min
A patient with locked-in syndrome most likely had an infarct in the... - ANS pons (pontine)
A lacunar infarct is indicative of an event... - ANS in a small artery
The MOST important point to emphasize in a community education program on strokes that
will directly improve patient outcome and disability in setting of a stroke? - ANS Activate
EMS
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, What is a risk factor for a spontaneous carotid dissection? - ANS Connective tissue disease
What is the MOST significant risk factor for stroke? - ANS Hypertension
One fourth of all strokes occur in patients under the age of... - ANS 75
Atrial fibrillation is associated with.. - ANS An increased risk of stroke and mortality
What is an example of exclusion criteria for tPA administration? - ANS Bleeding diathesis
(unusual susceptibility to bleeding, usually due to hypocoagubility)
Findings consistent with alterations in posterior cerebral circulation: - ANS Ataxia and visual
deficits
Predictor of a two-day risk for stroke following a TIA: - ANS ABCD2
What sign elicited during a physical examination would be indicative of meningeal irritation? -
ANS Kernig's Sign
The most sensitive and specific imaging technique for demonstrating acute infarction is... -
ANS MR diffusion-weighted imaging
A patient with SAH is ordered a cerebral angiogram. This test should... - ANS identify the
etiology of the bleed
What diagnosis in a patient is a contraindication in performing a lumbar puncture? -
ANS SAH
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