PRITE 2024 Questions with complete
solutions!!
The primary taste cortex in humans:
- Dorsolateral
- Orbitofrontal
- Anterior insulra
-Somatosensory
- Posterior temporal - ANSWERAnterior insular
Which area requires public schools to provide edu resources for children with disabilities -
ANSWERfederal government
Patient is not able to produce 11 words starting with letter P but can name 12 animals. Where is the
injury?
- Normal
-Frontal lobe
- Parietal
- Factitious
- Temporal - ANSWERFrontal
Ambigious results on multiple sleep latency test. What would confirm narcolepsy?
- Genetic analysis
- Auto antibody test
- EEG
- CSF orexin
- PET scan - ANSWERCSF orexin
Which of the following changes in people over age 65 most likely responsible for increased risk of
chronic subdural hematoma?
- Cortical atrophy
- lacunae in the basal ganglia
- Thickening and ossification of dura mater
- Occlusions of small penetrating cerebral arteries
- Increase permeability of BBB - ANSWERCortical atrophy
,Improvement tool used to identify as many possible causes for an effect or problem and sort ideas
into useful diagnosis? - ANSWERFishbone diagrams
Which of the following circuits mediates the ability to resist responding to aggravating situations with
hostility?
- papez
- dorsolateral
-orbitofrontal
-frontoparietal
-anterior cingulate - ANSWERorbitofrontal = inhibition center
anterior cingulate cortex = emotions, impulse control
Salience network = right ant insula --> anterior cingulate cortex --> left ant insula
default mode network = posterior cingulate, left and right parietal, OFC
key component of collaborative care programs that integrate mental health services into primary
care settings? - ANSWERcare management
Feelings of persecution are most reflective of which of the following defense mechanisms?
- Denial
- Projection
- Repression
- Regression
- Reaction formation - ANSWERProjection
Visual hallucinations - wavy distortions, both visual fields
Vertigo
dysarthria
tingling in both hands and feet
perioral numbness
occipital headache - ANSWERBasilar migraine
slap the pal, of his hand on his knee, alternating with the back of his hand, in rapid succession-
abnormality in this indicates? - ANSWERdysdiadochokinesia
NMDA receptor mechanism - ANSWERIonotropic receptor causes depolarisation. Mg2+ block
Projective identification- when a person projects their own thoughts/beliefs on to another person,
that other person believes that to be true.
Which psychiatric disorder is most common with epilepsy? - ANSWERMDD
, Enhancement of dopamine transmission in which tract is associated with addicting and reinforcing
effects of repeated exposre to psychostimulant drugs?
- Mesolimbic
- Nigrostriatal
- Mesocortical
- Corticostriatal
- Tuberoinfindubular? - ANSWERMesolimbic
Which neurostimulation modalities has received FDA approval for recurrent MDD? - ANSWERVagus
nerve stimulation
Cant read or write but has verbal fluency- where is the defect? - ANSWERLeft POSTERIOR cerebral
artery = angular gyrus effects cognition and language
alexia (inability to understand what is being read) agraphia
WHat is Romberg test and what does it test? - ANSWERDisequilibrium when feet are together and
eyes closed
Posterior columns
indicates loss of propioception
tabes dorsalis neurosyphilis
Neurodevelopment of brain- diancephalon precursor for?
-cortex
-thalamus
- cerbellum
- basal ganglia
- hippocampus - ANSWERthalamus
Experiences of unreality, detachment, or being an outside observer with respect to one's thoughts,
feelings, sensations, body, or actions
e.g. perceptual alterations, distorted sense of time, unreal or absent self, emotional and/or physical
numbing - ANSWERDepersonalization
Experiences of unreality or detachment with respect to surroundings
solutions!!
The primary taste cortex in humans:
- Dorsolateral
- Orbitofrontal
- Anterior insulra
-Somatosensory
- Posterior temporal - ANSWERAnterior insular
Which area requires public schools to provide edu resources for children with disabilities -
ANSWERfederal government
Patient is not able to produce 11 words starting with letter P but can name 12 animals. Where is the
injury?
- Normal
-Frontal lobe
- Parietal
- Factitious
- Temporal - ANSWERFrontal
Ambigious results on multiple sleep latency test. What would confirm narcolepsy?
- Genetic analysis
- Auto antibody test
- EEG
- CSF orexin
- PET scan - ANSWERCSF orexin
Which of the following changes in people over age 65 most likely responsible for increased risk of
chronic subdural hematoma?
- Cortical atrophy
- lacunae in the basal ganglia
- Thickening and ossification of dura mater
- Occlusions of small penetrating cerebral arteries
- Increase permeability of BBB - ANSWERCortical atrophy
,Improvement tool used to identify as many possible causes for an effect or problem and sort ideas
into useful diagnosis? - ANSWERFishbone diagrams
Which of the following circuits mediates the ability to resist responding to aggravating situations with
hostility?
- papez
- dorsolateral
-orbitofrontal
-frontoparietal
-anterior cingulate - ANSWERorbitofrontal = inhibition center
anterior cingulate cortex = emotions, impulse control
Salience network = right ant insula --> anterior cingulate cortex --> left ant insula
default mode network = posterior cingulate, left and right parietal, OFC
key component of collaborative care programs that integrate mental health services into primary
care settings? - ANSWERcare management
Feelings of persecution are most reflective of which of the following defense mechanisms?
- Denial
- Projection
- Repression
- Regression
- Reaction formation - ANSWERProjection
Visual hallucinations - wavy distortions, both visual fields
Vertigo
dysarthria
tingling in both hands and feet
perioral numbness
occipital headache - ANSWERBasilar migraine
slap the pal, of his hand on his knee, alternating with the back of his hand, in rapid succession-
abnormality in this indicates? - ANSWERdysdiadochokinesia
NMDA receptor mechanism - ANSWERIonotropic receptor causes depolarisation. Mg2+ block
Projective identification- when a person projects their own thoughts/beliefs on to another person,
that other person believes that to be true.
Which psychiatric disorder is most common with epilepsy? - ANSWERMDD
, Enhancement of dopamine transmission in which tract is associated with addicting and reinforcing
effects of repeated exposre to psychostimulant drugs?
- Mesolimbic
- Nigrostriatal
- Mesocortical
- Corticostriatal
- Tuberoinfindubular? - ANSWERMesolimbic
Which neurostimulation modalities has received FDA approval for recurrent MDD? - ANSWERVagus
nerve stimulation
Cant read or write but has verbal fluency- where is the defect? - ANSWERLeft POSTERIOR cerebral
artery = angular gyrus effects cognition and language
alexia (inability to understand what is being read) agraphia
WHat is Romberg test and what does it test? - ANSWERDisequilibrium when feet are together and
eyes closed
Posterior columns
indicates loss of propioception
tabes dorsalis neurosyphilis
Neurodevelopment of brain- diancephalon precursor for?
-cortex
-thalamus
- cerbellum
- basal ganglia
- hippocampus - ANSWERthalamus
Experiences of unreality, detachment, or being an outside observer with respect to one's thoughts,
feelings, sensations, body, or actions
e.g. perceptual alterations, distorted sense of time, unreal or absent self, emotional and/or physical
numbing - ANSWERDepersonalization
Experiences of unreality or detachment with respect to surroundings
