OTD Neuro Final UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which of the following is not a way to test for unilateral neglect?
a. Have the client draw a clock
b. Have the client draw a stick figure
c. Have the client read a book to themselves
d. Observe the client while eating - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C
Which example best describes Ideomotor Apraxia?
a. The client sees a toothbrush and starts brushing their hair with it.
b. The client sees a toothbrush and knows they need to use it to brush their teeth but can't get
their body to carry out the task
c. The client cannot tell that the toothbrush is in front of the tooth paste
d. The client cannot locate a toothbrush in their toiletry bag - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B
Which of the following cranial nerves is not associated with eye movement?
a. CN III
b. CN V
c. CN VI
d. CN IV - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B
After a car accident, Rob experienced difficulty planning his day due to memory deficits.
Which area of Rob's limbic system was impacted or damaged?
a. Amygdala
b. Hypothalamus
c. Hippocampus
d. Basal Ganglia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C
, Identify the nervous system that is responsible for the innervation of smooth muscle, cardiac
muscle, and glands, and has subdivisions that either activate the nerves, glands and visceral
muscles, or it brings the body back to homeostasis.
a. Somatic Nervous System
b. Parasympathetic Nervous System
c. Sympathetic Nervous System
d. Autonomic Nervous System - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- D
Following acute encephalitis, Rachel was told that she has bilateral amydala damage. What is
most likely a symptom due to this?
a. Episodic Memory
b. Cognitive and emotional behaviors
c. Attaching emotional content to memories
d. Fear and prediction of negative stimuli - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C
Jane was in an MVA and sustained a head injury and experienced some changes in her
personality. She has low impulse control and gambles much of her money away, she cannot
plan ahead, assess situations that might be risky, and has issues with her working memory.
Jane most likely experienced damage to what part of the brain?
a. Motor Cortex
b. Prefrontal Cortex
c. Temporal lobe
d. Occipital lobe - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B
You are working in a second-grade classroom and you have a new student named Tom. You
observe that Tom is having trouble completing and turning in assignments on time because he
does not know how to get started on assignments. You have noticed that Tom is not able to
carry out and attend to longer tasks. You have provided Tom with several ways to complete a
math problem but notice that he has difficulties switching between the strategies that you
showed him. One day at recess, you noticed that Tom was standing on top of the monkey bars
in his socks. What kind of disorder do you suspect Tom has?
a. Self-control disorder
b. Sensory processing disorder
c. Issues with executive functioning
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which of the following is not a way to test for unilateral neglect?
a. Have the client draw a clock
b. Have the client draw a stick figure
c. Have the client read a book to themselves
d. Observe the client while eating - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C
Which example best describes Ideomotor Apraxia?
a. The client sees a toothbrush and starts brushing their hair with it.
b. The client sees a toothbrush and knows they need to use it to brush their teeth but can't get
their body to carry out the task
c. The client cannot tell that the toothbrush is in front of the tooth paste
d. The client cannot locate a toothbrush in their toiletry bag - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B
Which of the following cranial nerves is not associated with eye movement?
a. CN III
b. CN V
c. CN VI
d. CN IV - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B
After a car accident, Rob experienced difficulty planning his day due to memory deficits.
Which area of Rob's limbic system was impacted or damaged?
a. Amygdala
b. Hypothalamus
c. Hippocampus
d. Basal Ganglia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C
, Identify the nervous system that is responsible for the innervation of smooth muscle, cardiac
muscle, and glands, and has subdivisions that either activate the nerves, glands and visceral
muscles, or it brings the body back to homeostasis.
a. Somatic Nervous System
b. Parasympathetic Nervous System
c. Sympathetic Nervous System
d. Autonomic Nervous System - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- D
Following acute encephalitis, Rachel was told that she has bilateral amydala damage. What is
most likely a symptom due to this?
a. Episodic Memory
b. Cognitive and emotional behaviors
c. Attaching emotional content to memories
d. Fear and prediction of negative stimuli - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C
Jane was in an MVA and sustained a head injury and experienced some changes in her
personality. She has low impulse control and gambles much of her money away, she cannot
plan ahead, assess situations that might be risky, and has issues with her working memory.
Jane most likely experienced damage to what part of the brain?
a. Motor Cortex
b. Prefrontal Cortex
c. Temporal lobe
d. Occipital lobe - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B
You are working in a second-grade classroom and you have a new student named Tom. You
observe that Tom is having trouble completing and turning in assignments on time because he
does not know how to get started on assignments. You have noticed that Tom is not able to
carry out and attend to longer tasks. You have provided Tom with several ways to complete a
math problem but notice that he has difficulties switching between the strategies that you
showed him. One day at recess, you noticed that Tom was standing on top of the monkey bars
in his socks. What kind of disorder do you suspect Tom has?
a. Self-control disorder
b. Sensory processing disorder
c. Issues with executive functioning
