SCRN PRACTISE EXAM /70 CORRECT QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 2023/2024 / ALL CORRECT.

SCRN PRACTISE EXAM /70 CORRECT QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 2023/2024 / ALL CORRECT. SCRN Practice Exam 2023 1. A person with a stroke who seems unaware of their disability:: anosognosia 2. Pt presents complaining of double vision, lacks horizontal eye movements while tracking is preserved. What area of the brain can cause internuclear opthalmoplegia?: Brainstem 3. Watershed stroke is described as:: Stroke between two adjacent cerebral arteries 4. Cerebrospinal fluid is produced at a rate of...: 0.3-0.4ml/min 5. A patient with locked-in syndrome most likely had an infarct in the...: pons (pontine) 6. A lacunar infarct is indicative of an event...: in a small artery 7. The MOST important point to emphasize in a community education program on strokes that will directly improve patient outcome and disability in setting of a stroke?: Activate EMS 8. What is a risk factor for a spontaneous carotid dissection?: Connective tissue disease 9. What is the MOST significant risk factor for stroke?: Hypertension 10. One fourth of all strokes occur in patients under the age of...: 75 11. Atrial fibrillation is associated with..: An increased risk of stroke and mortality 12. What is an example of exclusion criteria for tPA administration?: Bleeding diathesis (unusual susceptibility to bleeding, usually due to hypocoagubility) 13. Findings consistent with alterations in posterior cerebral circulation:: - Ataxia and visual deficits 14. Predictor of a two-day risk for stroke following a TIA:: ABCD2 15. What sign elicited during a physical examination would be indicative of meningeal irritation?: Kernig's Sign 16. The most sensitive and specific imaging technique for demonstrating acute infarction is...: MR diffusion-weighted imaging 17. A patient with SAH is ordered a cerebral angiogram. This test should...: - identify the etiology of the bleed 18. What diagnosis in a patient is a contraindication in performing a lumbar puncture?: SAH 19. A neurologist has ordered a TTE. This test is best at identifying...: ventricular thrombus 20. A woman with sickle cell disease is being seen for preventative stroke diagnostic testing. What procedure would you expect to be performed?: Transcranial doppler 21. A patient is scheduled for embolization of L AVM. The goal of the treatment is...: Occlusion of the deep arterial feeding vessels