Health Assessment: Neurological Assessment Questions And
Answers 2025\2026
Which assessment finding would be the earliest and most sensitive indicator that
there is an alteration in intracranial regulation?
A. Change in level of consciousness
B. Inability to focus visually
C. Loss of primitive reflexes
D. Unequal pupil size - CORRECT ANSWER-A. Change in level of consciousness
What is the CNS comprised of? - CORRECT ANSWER-the brain and spinal cord
What is the peripheral nervous system? - CORRECT ANSWER-all the nerve fibers
(outside of the brain and spinal cord) including 12 pairs of cranial nerves, 31 pairs
of spinal nerves and all of their branches
What does the thalamus do? - CORRECT ANSWER-relays information for the
cerebral cortex
What does the brain stem do? - CORRECT ANSWER-controls breathing, heart rate,
function
,The nurse observes that a patient's gait is unsteady and assesses a positive
Romberg sign. Which area of the brain is most likely affected?
A. Hypothalamus
B. Medulla oblongata
C. Cerebellum
D. Left hemisphere - CORRECT ANSWER-C. Cerebellum
What is the cerebral cortex involved in? - CORRECT ANSWER-thoughts, memory,
reasoning, sensation and voluntary movement
What are the four lobes of the cerebrum? - CORRECT ANSWER-frontal, parietal,
occipital and temporal
Where is Wernicke's area and what does it do? - CORRECT ANSWER-temporal
lobe, language comprehension
Where is Broca's area and what does it do? - CORRECT ANSWER-frontal lobe,
motor speech
Damage to the cerebral cortex occurs when highly specialized neurologic cells are
what? What is an example? - CORRECT ANSWER-deprived of blood supply, such as
when a cerebral artery becomes occluded
What occurs in Wernicke's aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWER-trouble associating
words to situations
, What occurs in Broca's aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWER-know what they want to say
but they cant get the words out
On most people speech is located on the _______ side of the brain - CORRECT
ANSWER-left
What is global aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWER-when both wernicke's and broca's
aphasia occurs
Left cerebral cortex receives sensory information from and controls motor
function to __________ side of the body - CORRECT ANSWER-right
The nurse is performing a mental status examination on a patient diagnosed with
subdural hematoma. This test assesses which of the following?
A. Cerebellar function
B. Intellectual function
C. Cerebral function
D. Sensory function - CORRECT ANSWER-C. Cerebral function
What are the four main parts of the peripheral nervous system? - CORRECT
ANSWER-reflexes, cranial nerves, spinal nerves, autonomic nervous system
What are reflexes? - CORRECT ANSWER-basic defense mechanisms of nervous
system
Answers 2025\2026
Which assessment finding would be the earliest and most sensitive indicator that
there is an alteration in intracranial regulation?
A. Change in level of consciousness
B. Inability to focus visually
C. Loss of primitive reflexes
D. Unequal pupil size - CORRECT ANSWER-A. Change in level of consciousness
What is the CNS comprised of? - CORRECT ANSWER-the brain and spinal cord
What is the peripheral nervous system? - CORRECT ANSWER-all the nerve fibers
(outside of the brain and spinal cord) including 12 pairs of cranial nerves, 31 pairs
of spinal nerves and all of their branches
What does the thalamus do? - CORRECT ANSWER-relays information for the
cerebral cortex
What does the brain stem do? - CORRECT ANSWER-controls breathing, heart rate,
function
,The nurse observes that a patient's gait is unsteady and assesses a positive
Romberg sign. Which area of the brain is most likely affected?
A. Hypothalamus
B. Medulla oblongata
C. Cerebellum
D. Left hemisphere - CORRECT ANSWER-C. Cerebellum
What is the cerebral cortex involved in? - CORRECT ANSWER-thoughts, memory,
reasoning, sensation and voluntary movement
What are the four lobes of the cerebrum? - CORRECT ANSWER-frontal, parietal,
occipital and temporal
Where is Wernicke's area and what does it do? - CORRECT ANSWER-temporal
lobe, language comprehension
Where is Broca's area and what does it do? - CORRECT ANSWER-frontal lobe,
motor speech
Damage to the cerebral cortex occurs when highly specialized neurologic cells are
what? What is an example? - CORRECT ANSWER-deprived of blood supply, such as
when a cerebral artery becomes occluded
What occurs in Wernicke's aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWER-trouble associating
words to situations
, What occurs in Broca's aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWER-know what they want to say
but they cant get the words out
On most people speech is located on the _______ side of the brain - CORRECT
ANSWER-left
What is global aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWER-when both wernicke's and broca's
aphasia occurs
Left cerebral cortex receives sensory information from and controls motor
function to __________ side of the body - CORRECT ANSWER-right
The nurse is performing a mental status examination on a patient diagnosed with
subdural hematoma. This test assesses which of the following?
A. Cerebellar function
B. Intellectual function
C. Cerebral function
D. Sensory function - CORRECT ANSWER-C. Cerebral function
What are the four main parts of the peripheral nervous system? - CORRECT
ANSWER-reflexes, cranial nerves, spinal nerves, autonomic nervous system
What are reflexes? - CORRECT ANSWER-basic defense mechanisms of nervous
system
