APHASIA QUIZ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | APHASIA EXAM PRACTICE STUDY
GUIDE 2026/2027
All of the following can be used to screen for aphasia *except*:
A. Mississippi Aphasia Screening Test-II
B. Bedside Evaluation Screening Test-II
C. Frequency Aphasia Screening Test-II
D. Duration Aphasia Screening Test-II - correct answer ✔✔D. Duration Aphasia Screening Test-II
You're assessing a 60 y/o woman for a possible dx of aphasia, and you are interested in the
specific type of aphasia this woman might have. You notive that she has marked buccofacial
apraxia. This condition alone might suggest which of the following?
A. Wernicke's aphasia
B. Anomic aphasia
C. Transcortical sensory aphasia
D. Broca's aphasia, transcortical motor aphasia, or conduction aphasia - correct answer ✔✔D.
Broca's aphasia, transcortical motor aphasia, or conduction aphasia
Jaxson, a 78 y/o male, recently experienced a CVA leading to damage of the border areas
between the tissues that are supplied by the anterior, middle, and posterior cerebral arteries.
His speech is nonfluent, although his repetition of words and sentences is preserved. All other
aspects of Jaxson's language are severely impaired. Jaxson most likely presents with:
A. Global aphasia
B. Transcortical motor aphasia
C. Transcortical sensory aphasia
, D. Mixed transcortical aphasia - correct answer ✔✔D. Mixed transcortical aphasia
You're assessing a 60 y/o woman for a possible dx of aphasia, and you are interested in the
specific type of aphasia this woman might have. You notive that she has marked buccofacial
apraxia. This condition alone might suggest which of the following?
A. Wernicke's aphasia
B. Anomic aphasia
C. Transcortical sensory aphasia
D. Broca's aphasia - correct answer ✔✔D. Broca's aphasia
a 48 y/o stroke pt was misreading words that were irregularly spelled (e.g., Wednesday) but has
not problems with non-words that they had never encountered before (e.g., diggle). This pt
probably presents with what type of alexia?
A. Functional alexia
B. Deep alexia
C. Surface alexia
D. Phonological alexia - correct answer ✔✔C. Surface alexia
Impaired facial recognition is more common in patients with
A. anterior right hemisphere damage
B. posterior right hemisphere damage
C. left temporal lobe damage
D. damage to the perisylvian region - correct answer ✔✔B. posterior right hemisphere damage
GUIDE 2026/2027
All of the following can be used to screen for aphasia *except*:
A. Mississippi Aphasia Screening Test-II
B. Bedside Evaluation Screening Test-II
C. Frequency Aphasia Screening Test-II
D. Duration Aphasia Screening Test-II - correct answer ✔✔D. Duration Aphasia Screening Test-II
You're assessing a 60 y/o woman for a possible dx of aphasia, and you are interested in the
specific type of aphasia this woman might have. You notive that she has marked buccofacial
apraxia. This condition alone might suggest which of the following?
A. Wernicke's aphasia
B. Anomic aphasia
C. Transcortical sensory aphasia
D. Broca's aphasia, transcortical motor aphasia, or conduction aphasia - correct answer ✔✔D.
Broca's aphasia, transcortical motor aphasia, or conduction aphasia
Jaxson, a 78 y/o male, recently experienced a CVA leading to damage of the border areas
between the tissues that are supplied by the anterior, middle, and posterior cerebral arteries.
His speech is nonfluent, although his repetition of words and sentences is preserved. All other
aspects of Jaxson's language are severely impaired. Jaxson most likely presents with:
A. Global aphasia
B. Transcortical motor aphasia
C. Transcortical sensory aphasia
, D. Mixed transcortical aphasia - correct answer ✔✔D. Mixed transcortical aphasia
You're assessing a 60 y/o woman for a possible dx of aphasia, and you are interested in the
specific type of aphasia this woman might have. You notive that she has marked buccofacial
apraxia. This condition alone might suggest which of the following?
A. Wernicke's aphasia
B. Anomic aphasia
C. Transcortical sensory aphasia
D. Broca's aphasia - correct answer ✔✔D. Broca's aphasia
a 48 y/o stroke pt was misreading words that were irregularly spelled (e.g., Wednesday) but has
not problems with non-words that they had never encountered before (e.g., diggle). This pt
probably presents with what type of alexia?
A. Functional alexia
B. Deep alexia
C. Surface alexia
D. Phonological alexia - correct answer ✔✔C. Surface alexia
Impaired facial recognition is more common in patients with
A. anterior right hemisphere damage
B. posterior right hemisphere damage
C. left temporal lobe damage
D. damage to the perisylvian region - correct answer ✔✔B. posterior right hemisphere damage
