CBIS RETEST STUDY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2024
Cognitive Rehabilitation rests in what fundamental principles - ANSWER Neuroplasticity and Adaptability
The spinal cord is ... - ANSWER part of the central nervous system
The National Institute on Disability and Rehab Research (NIDRR) provide funding for - ANSWER TBI
Grants
In evaluating headaches COLDER is used for what? - ANSWER Character of a headache
Greater # of synapses within a grouping = - ANSWER greater neurotransmission, efficiency of
neurotransmission, and improved neural communication
Treatment methods for Persistent Post Concussion Syndrome - ANSWER neuropsych assessments, psych
history
A diagnosis of dementia must be... - ANSWER coupled with a limitation in everyday life due to cognitive
change
Individuals with TBI are how many times more likely to die of a seizure disorder compared to individuals
without - ANSWER 37x
Psychiatric symptoms may occur at or near the end of formal rehabilitation and may interfere with
community reentry. What plays a role in determining duration of symptoms? - ANSWER Stressors related
to living with a disability
What factors are likely to influence a patient's behavior? - ANSWER Mechanism of injury, communication
impairments, pain from orthopedic injuries, overstimulating environment
Sleep disturbances after brain injury are reported to be ____ - ____ % - ANSWER 30-70%
,Acquired Brain Injury - ANSWER caused by external force or internal insults to the brain
What has the highest incidence of TBI? - ANSWER Falls
Disorders of Consciousness - ANSWER Coma, Minimally Conscious State, Persistent Vegetative State,
Vegetative State
Working Memory + Example - ANSWER Allows the brain to briefly hold new information while it's
needed in the short term. It may then help to transfer it into long-term memory. Rehearsing a phone
number, then writing it down
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - ANSWER Special Needs Services are provided to
children!
U.S. legislation granting educational rights to people with cognitive, emotional, or physical disabilities
from birth until age 21; initially passed in 1975, it has been amended and reauthorized in 1997 and again
in 2004. IDEA operates under six basic principles: zero reject, nondiscriminatory identification and
evaluation, free and appropriate public education, least restrictive environment, due process, and parent
and student participation in shared decision making with regard to educational planning.
Practical Strategies for Coma Emergence - ANSWER Control environmental stimuli, Implement routines &
structure, educate family members & caregivers, & provide individual with familiar objects
Acute Measures used early after injury include... - ANSWER Glasgow coma scale, Abbreviated Injury
Scale, Loss of Consciousness Scale, Measures of Post Traumatic Amnesia
Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory (MPAI) - ANSWER clinical evaluation tool designed for use in post-
acute care for brain injury rehabilitation (for more information, visit www.tbims.org/combi/mpai)
Glasgow Coma Scale - ANSWER eyes, verbal, motor
Max- 15 pts, below 8= coma
,Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) - ANSWER Reflects the nature of the injury and its threat to life by body
system.
loss of consciousness (LOC) - ANSWER Loss of consciousness indicates that the patient at some point lost
awareness and could not respond to cues.
Settings Neuropsychologists make assessments - ANSWER Acute inpatient setting, acute rehabilitation,
sub-acute care, transitional rehabilitation setting
Intermittent schedule of reinforcement - ANSWER a reinforcement schedule in which a particular
response is sometimes but not always reinforced
Traumatic Brain Injury - ANSWER a blow to the head or a penetrating head injury that damages the brain
According to the CDC, mTBI represents what percent if all TBI's? - ANSWER 75%
Four-term contingency - ANSWER MO - antecedent - behavior - consequence
Safest recommendation for managing individuals during Coma-Emergent Agitation? - ANSWER
Environmental management
fatigue - ANSWER Extreme tiredness, exhaustion
It is difficult to measure fatigue because ... - ANSWER Fatigue is subjective
sustained attention - ANSWER the ability to maintain attention to a selected stimulus for a prolonged
period of time
focused attention - ANSWER Attending to a particular stimulus while ignoring others; it requires a high
level of awareness.
, selective attention - ANSWER the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus
alternating attention - ANSWER ability to alternate attention back and forth between stimuli
5 types of attention - ANSWER focused, sustained, selective, alternating, divided
divided attention - ANSWER concentrating on more than one activity at the same time
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy - ANSWER CTE, Tau protein found by Bennett Omalu
moral or religious model - ANSWER disability = sin, evil or character flaw
biomedical model - ANSWER A perspective that explains illness solely in terms of biological factors.
Metacognition - ANSWER awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes.
case management model - ANSWER promotes collaboration, communication, and teamwork among
caregivers; makes efficient use of time; and increases quality by focusing care on carefully developed
outcomes.
First stage of case management are - ANSWER Assessments
parietal lobe - ANSWER A region of the cerebral cortex whose functions include processing information
about touch.
temporal lobe - ANSWER A region of the cerebral cortex responsible for hearing and language.
frontal lobe - ANSWER A region of the cerebral cortex that has specialized areas for movement, abstract
thinking, planning, memory, and judgement
ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2024
Cognitive Rehabilitation rests in what fundamental principles - ANSWER Neuroplasticity and Adaptability
The spinal cord is ... - ANSWER part of the central nervous system
The National Institute on Disability and Rehab Research (NIDRR) provide funding for - ANSWER TBI
Grants
In evaluating headaches COLDER is used for what? - ANSWER Character of a headache
Greater # of synapses within a grouping = - ANSWER greater neurotransmission, efficiency of
neurotransmission, and improved neural communication
Treatment methods for Persistent Post Concussion Syndrome - ANSWER neuropsych assessments, psych
history
A diagnosis of dementia must be... - ANSWER coupled with a limitation in everyday life due to cognitive
change
Individuals with TBI are how many times more likely to die of a seizure disorder compared to individuals
without - ANSWER 37x
Psychiatric symptoms may occur at or near the end of formal rehabilitation and may interfere with
community reentry. What plays a role in determining duration of symptoms? - ANSWER Stressors related
to living with a disability
What factors are likely to influence a patient's behavior? - ANSWER Mechanism of injury, communication
impairments, pain from orthopedic injuries, overstimulating environment
Sleep disturbances after brain injury are reported to be ____ - ____ % - ANSWER 30-70%
,Acquired Brain Injury - ANSWER caused by external force or internal insults to the brain
What has the highest incidence of TBI? - ANSWER Falls
Disorders of Consciousness - ANSWER Coma, Minimally Conscious State, Persistent Vegetative State,
Vegetative State
Working Memory + Example - ANSWER Allows the brain to briefly hold new information while it's
needed in the short term. It may then help to transfer it into long-term memory. Rehearsing a phone
number, then writing it down
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - ANSWER Special Needs Services are provided to
children!
U.S. legislation granting educational rights to people with cognitive, emotional, or physical disabilities
from birth until age 21; initially passed in 1975, it has been amended and reauthorized in 1997 and again
in 2004. IDEA operates under six basic principles: zero reject, nondiscriminatory identification and
evaluation, free and appropriate public education, least restrictive environment, due process, and parent
and student participation in shared decision making with regard to educational planning.
Practical Strategies for Coma Emergence - ANSWER Control environmental stimuli, Implement routines &
structure, educate family members & caregivers, & provide individual with familiar objects
Acute Measures used early after injury include... - ANSWER Glasgow coma scale, Abbreviated Injury
Scale, Loss of Consciousness Scale, Measures of Post Traumatic Amnesia
Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory (MPAI) - ANSWER clinical evaluation tool designed for use in post-
acute care for brain injury rehabilitation (for more information, visit www.tbims.org/combi/mpai)
Glasgow Coma Scale - ANSWER eyes, verbal, motor
Max- 15 pts, below 8= coma
,Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) - ANSWER Reflects the nature of the injury and its threat to life by body
system.
loss of consciousness (LOC) - ANSWER Loss of consciousness indicates that the patient at some point lost
awareness and could not respond to cues.
Settings Neuropsychologists make assessments - ANSWER Acute inpatient setting, acute rehabilitation,
sub-acute care, transitional rehabilitation setting
Intermittent schedule of reinforcement - ANSWER a reinforcement schedule in which a particular
response is sometimes but not always reinforced
Traumatic Brain Injury - ANSWER a blow to the head or a penetrating head injury that damages the brain
According to the CDC, mTBI represents what percent if all TBI's? - ANSWER 75%
Four-term contingency - ANSWER MO - antecedent - behavior - consequence
Safest recommendation for managing individuals during Coma-Emergent Agitation? - ANSWER
Environmental management
fatigue - ANSWER Extreme tiredness, exhaustion
It is difficult to measure fatigue because ... - ANSWER Fatigue is subjective
sustained attention - ANSWER the ability to maintain attention to a selected stimulus for a prolonged
period of time
focused attention - ANSWER Attending to a particular stimulus while ignoring others; it requires a high
level of awareness.
, selective attention - ANSWER the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus
alternating attention - ANSWER ability to alternate attention back and forth between stimuli
5 types of attention - ANSWER focused, sustained, selective, alternating, divided
divided attention - ANSWER concentrating on more than one activity at the same time
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy - ANSWER CTE, Tau protein found by Bennett Omalu
moral or religious model - ANSWER disability = sin, evil or character flaw
biomedical model - ANSWER A perspective that explains illness solely in terms of biological factors.
Metacognition - ANSWER awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes.
case management model - ANSWER promotes collaboration, communication, and teamwork among
caregivers; makes efficient use of time; and increases quality by focusing care on carefully developed
outcomes.
First stage of case management are - ANSWER Assessments
parietal lobe - ANSWER A region of the cerebral cortex whose functions include processing information
about touch.
temporal lobe - ANSWER A region of the cerebral cortex responsible for hearing and language.
frontal lobe - ANSWER A region of the cerebral cortex that has specialized areas for movement, abstract
thinking, planning, memory, and judgement
