COGNITION AND SENSATION FINAL EXAM 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Which lifestyle factors can lead to hypertension and stroke? - ✔✔Stress
Obesity
Smoking
✔✔Which special sense structure is responsible for color vision? - ✔✔Cones
✔✔Which area of the brain is injured when a patient cannot speak properly from
aphasia? - ✔✔Temporal lobe
✔✔Which effect is associated with the administration of narcotic pain medications? -
✔✔Decreased level of consciousness
✔✔Which medications are ototoxic? - ✔✔Gentamicin
Furosemide
Aspirin
Aminoglycosides
✔✔Which findings indicate that a patient is experiencing an ototoxic effect? -
✔✔Tinnitus
Hearing loss
Problems keeping balance
Issues with equilibrium
✔✔Which cranial nerve would the nurse suspect has been affected in a patient who
uses cocaine and reports a diminished ability to smell? - ✔✔First
✔✔Which information by the nurse indicates a correct understanding of cognition or
sensation? - ✔✔Alertness is controlled by the reticular activating system in the brain.
✔✔Which effects would the nurse expect to find when caring for a patient who uses
street drugs? - ✔✔Dizziness
Confusion
Pupil size changes
✔✔Which sensation effects can result from smoking? - ✔✔Diminished Taste
Reduced smell
✔✔Match the sensation(s) to its cranial nerve(s). - ✔✔First cranial nerve: Smell
Second cranial nerve: Vision
Eighth cranial nerve: Hearing and equilibrium
Seventh and ninth cranial nerves:
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Which lifestyle factors can lead to hypertension and stroke? - ✔✔Stress
Obesity
Smoking
✔✔Which special sense structure is responsible for color vision? - ✔✔Cones
✔✔Which area of the brain is injured when a patient cannot speak properly from
aphasia? - ✔✔Temporal lobe
✔✔Which effect is associated with the administration of narcotic pain medications? -
✔✔Decreased level of consciousness
✔✔Which medications are ototoxic? - ✔✔Gentamicin
Furosemide
Aspirin
Aminoglycosides
✔✔Which findings indicate that a patient is experiencing an ototoxic effect? -
✔✔Tinnitus
Hearing loss
Problems keeping balance
Issues with equilibrium
✔✔Which cranial nerve would the nurse suspect has been affected in a patient who
uses cocaine and reports a diminished ability to smell? - ✔✔First
✔✔Which information by the nurse indicates a correct understanding of cognition or
sensation? - ✔✔Alertness is controlled by the reticular activating system in the brain.
✔✔Which effects would the nurse expect to find when caring for a patient who uses
street drugs? - ✔✔Dizziness
Confusion
Pupil size changes
✔✔Which sensation effects can result from smoking? - ✔✔Diminished Taste
Reduced smell
✔✔Match the sensation(s) to its cranial nerve(s). - ✔✔First cranial nerve: Smell
Second cranial nerve: Vision
Eighth cranial nerve: Hearing and equilibrium
Seventh and ninth cranial nerves:
