ACBIS STUDY GUIDE EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
Diffuse Axonal Injury - ANS Delicate nerve tissues rip, tear, and stretch
Hematoma - ANS Accumulation of blood, causing pressure
Hydrocephalus - ANS Blockage of CSF, causing pressure
Anoxia - ANS Stop in oxygen getting to the brain
Hypoxia - ANS Decreased amount of oxygen getting to the brain
Hemorrhages - ANS Major bleeding from when the brain rubs against the inside of the skull
Coup- Contracoup - ANS Effect when the back of the head is struck and the front of the brain
is injured by the brain bouncing back and forth.
A-B-C data - ANS "A" stands for antededents to the behavior. "B" is for the behavior. "C" is
for the consequences to the behavior. A-B-C data collects information, not only on the
unwanted behavior, but also on what immediately precedes and follows the behavior.
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,Absence seizures - ANS Formerly known as petit mal, there is transient loss of consciousness.
Person may cease physical movement, have loss of attention or stare vacantly, neither speaking
not apparently hearing what is said. May be excessive eye blinking, staring, or chewing
movements. May be so brief that may not be recognized.
Acquired Brain Injury - ANS An injury to the brain occurring after birth that is not hereditary,
congenital or degenerative; does not refer to brain injuries induced by birth trauma.
Acitive Treatment interaction - ANS Very broad concept that avoids caring for a person in a
custodial sense or behaving in ways that are likely to increase dependency within the
relationship. The term implies directed action, teaching, and a certain degree of risk taking.
ADA - ANS Americans with Disability Act
Administrative Law - ANS Law that is created by administrative agencees, such as the Dept.
of Health and Human Services, Congress or the state legislature. Administrative law authorizes
an agency to create laws knows as rules or regulations.
Advanced Directive - ANS Terms used for a living will.
Akathisia - ANS Inability to sit or stand still; motor restlessness.
Akinesia - ANS Slowness and loss of movement.
Americans with Disabilities Act - ANS Known as the ADA, its purpose is to eliminate
discrimination on the basis of the disability in the full and equal enjoyments of the goods,
services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accomodations of any place of public
accomodation by any person who owns, leases, or operates a place of public accomodation.
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, Amygdala - ANS Close to the hippocampus, the amygdala is a "Fight or Flight" structure
closely tied with emotional memories and reactions.
Anosognosia - ANS Lack of awareness of deficits
Anoxic - ANS Lack of oxygen
Anxiolytics - ANS Anti-anxiety medications
Aphasia - ANS Difficulty understanding speech and/or difficulty expressing thoughts
Apraxia - ANS Inability to conduct purposeful movement
Arachnoid - ANS Like a spiderweb that bridges the brain's many wrinkles and folds.
Arousal - ANS General state of readiness of an individual to process sensory information
and/or organize a response
Aspiration - ANS Inhalation of foods, liquids or vomitus into the lungs
Ataxia - ANS Impaired ability to coordinate movement
Atrophy - ANS Wasting of size or functional activity
Axon - ANS A long 'slim wire' in the neuron that transmits signals from one cell body to
another via junctions known as synapses
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
Diffuse Axonal Injury - ANS Delicate nerve tissues rip, tear, and stretch
Hematoma - ANS Accumulation of blood, causing pressure
Hydrocephalus - ANS Blockage of CSF, causing pressure
Anoxia - ANS Stop in oxygen getting to the brain
Hypoxia - ANS Decreased amount of oxygen getting to the brain
Hemorrhages - ANS Major bleeding from when the brain rubs against the inside of the skull
Coup- Contracoup - ANS Effect when the back of the head is struck and the front of the brain
is injured by the brain bouncing back and forth.
A-B-C data - ANS "A" stands for antededents to the behavior. "B" is for the behavior. "C" is
for the consequences to the behavior. A-B-C data collects information, not only on the
unwanted behavior, but also on what immediately precedes and follows the behavior.
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026.
,Absence seizures - ANS Formerly known as petit mal, there is transient loss of consciousness.
Person may cease physical movement, have loss of attention or stare vacantly, neither speaking
not apparently hearing what is said. May be excessive eye blinking, staring, or chewing
movements. May be so brief that may not be recognized.
Acquired Brain Injury - ANS An injury to the brain occurring after birth that is not hereditary,
congenital or degenerative; does not refer to brain injuries induced by birth trauma.
Acitive Treatment interaction - ANS Very broad concept that avoids caring for a person in a
custodial sense or behaving in ways that are likely to increase dependency within the
relationship. The term implies directed action, teaching, and a certain degree of risk taking.
ADA - ANS Americans with Disability Act
Administrative Law - ANS Law that is created by administrative agencees, such as the Dept.
of Health and Human Services, Congress or the state legislature. Administrative law authorizes
an agency to create laws knows as rules or regulations.
Advanced Directive - ANS Terms used for a living will.
Akathisia - ANS Inability to sit or stand still; motor restlessness.
Akinesia - ANS Slowness and loss of movement.
Americans with Disabilities Act - ANS Known as the ADA, its purpose is to eliminate
discrimination on the basis of the disability in the full and equal enjoyments of the goods,
services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accomodations of any place of public
accomodation by any person who owns, leases, or operates a place of public accomodation.
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026.
, Amygdala - ANS Close to the hippocampus, the amygdala is a "Fight or Flight" structure
closely tied with emotional memories and reactions.
Anosognosia - ANS Lack of awareness of deficits
Anoxic - ANS Lack of oxygen
Anxiolytics - ANS Anti-anxiety medications
Aphasia - ANS Difficulty understanding speech and/or difficulty expressing thoughts
Apraxia - ANS Inability to conduct purposeful movement
Arachnoid - ANS Like a spiderweb that bridges the brain's many wrinkles and folds.
Arousal - ANS General state of readiness of an individual to process sensory information
and/or organize a response
Aspiration - ANS Inhalation of foods, liquids or vomitus into the lungs
Ataxia - ANS Impaired ability to coordinate movement
Atrophy - ANS Wasting of size or functional activity
Axon - ANS A long 'slim wire' in the neuron that transmits signals from one cell body to
another via junctions known as synapses
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