NURS 6035 Exam 2 2025/2026 Updates
Questions with Detailed Answers Actual Exam
(Score A)-Marquette University
Abstraction
Higher cerebral function that requires comprehension and judgement
Commonly uses proverbs: interpret "people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw
stones"
Affect
emotional response to an event
visual agnosia
the inability to recognize a visual stimulus despite the ability to see it and pick it up
agnosia
failure to recognize a sensory stimulus despite normal primary sensation
,tactile agnosia
The inability to identify objects by touch
Can feel the weight of the object, yet unable to understand the significance or the use
of the object; can still name objects by sight, draw pictures of objects, as well as reach
them
Caused by lesions to the parietal lobe
Autotopagnosia
term used to describe a patients inability to recognize his or her own body part such
as hand or leg
Praxis
ability to perform a motor activity
Dyspraxia
the decreased ability to perform the activity
,the patient hears and understands the command but cannot integrate the motor
activities that will complete the function
ask a patient to pour water from a beside pitchers into a glass and drink the water
a pt with dyspraxia may either drink the water from the pitcher or try to drink the
empty glass
a deep frontal lobe lesions is frequently responsible
Constructional Apraxia
the patient is unable to construct or draw simple designs
the examiner draws a shape and asks the patient to copy it
often have a lesion in the posterior portion of the parietal lobe
Definition of retinal detachment and timing of onset
two layers of the retina separate from each other
ACUTE painless visual loss
painless loss of vision over a longer period of time occurs with?
, compression of the optic nerve
ACUTE painless visual loss can be caused by?
retinal detachment
painless loss of vision over a longer period occurs with?
compression of optic nerve
Amaurosisfugax
transient visual loss up to 3 minutes and is a feature of internal carotid artery disease
Migraine
is a biphasic type of headache associated with a prodromal phase called the aura,
followed by the headache phase
during the aura, one or more physiologic events occur. These include transient
experiences of autonomic, visual, motor, or sensory phenomena
common visual symptoms are photophobia, blurred vision, and scotomata
Questions with Detailed Answers Actual Exam
(Score A)-Marquette University
Abstraction
Higher cerebral function that requires comprehension and judgement
Commonly uses proverbs: interpret "people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw
stones"
Affect
emotional response to an event
visual agnosia
the inability to recognize a visual stimulus despite the ability to see it and pick it up
agnosia
failure to recognize a sensory stimulus despite normal primary sensation
,tactile agnosia
The inability to identify objects by touch
Can feel the weight of the object, yet unable to understand the significance or the use
of the object; can still name objects by sight, draw pictures of objects, as well as reach
them
Caused by lesions to the parietal lobe
Autotopagnosia
term used to describe a patients inability to recognize his or her own body part such
as hand or leg
Praxis
ability to perform a motor activity
Dyspraxia
the decreased ability to perform the activity
,the patient hears and understands the command but cannot integrate the motor
activities that will complete the function
ask a patient to pour water from a beside pitchers into a glass and drink the water
a pt with dyspraxia may either drink the water from the pitcher or try to drink the
empty glass
a deep frontal lobe lesions is frequently responsible
Constructional Apraxia
the patient is unable to construct or draw simple designs
the examiner draws a shape and asks the patient to copy it
often have a lesion in the posterior portion of the parietal lobe
Definition of retinal detachment and timing of onset
two layers of the retina separate from each other
ACUTE painless visual loss
painless loss of vision over a longer period of time occurs with?
, compression of the optic nerve
ACUTE painless visual loss can be caused by?
retinal detachment
painless loss of vision over a longer period occurs with?
compression of optic nerve
Amaurosisfugax
transient visual loss up to 3 minutes and is a feature of internal carotid artery disease
Migraine
is a biphasic type of headache associated with a prodromal phase called the aura,
followed by the headache phase
during the aura, one or more physiologic events occur. These include transient
experiences of autonomic, visual, motor, or sensory phenomena
common visual symptoms are photophobia, blurred vision, and scotomata
