Qbank Week 8 Neurology Test Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
A disease that produces sporadic, progressive weakness and abnormal fatigue of voluntary
skeletal muscles is: - Ans -Myasthenia gravis
A complex pathophysilogic process that affects the brain and is a result of direct external
contact forces is: - Ans -Concussion
The type of seizure that affects both cerebral hemispheres and causes an impairment of
consciousness is: - Ans -Generalized seizure
Inflammation of the dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater and underlying cortex that
causes increased intracranial pressure is: - Ans -Meningitis
The condition caused by inability of the brain to understand sound despite normal
detection of sound by the inner ear is known as: - Ans -Auditory neuropathy spectrum
disorder
A dysfunction of cranial nerve VI (abductees nerve) would likely result in: - Ans -
Esotropia
A progressive neurodegenerative disease that destroys motor neuron is: - Ans -
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
An abnormally excessive curvature of the thoracic spine is know as: - Ans -Kyphosis
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Paroxysmal events associated with abnormal electrical discharge of neurons in the brain
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are known as: - Ans -Seizures
, A 34 year old patient who has experienced a traumatic brain injury and has been diagnosed
with retrograde amnesia will NOT: - Ans -Remember events tat occurred immediately
before the head trauma
The cause of movement disorder in Parkinson's disease is thought to be related to
destruction of cells in the: - Ans -Substantia nigra
In a patient with meningitis secondary to Haemophilius influenza infection, the history may
reveal recent: - Ans -Sinusitis
Which diagnostic study can be useful in differentiating Alzheimer's disease from dementia
with Lewy bodies? - Ans -PET scan
Which of the following is a disorder of the spinal nerve root that results from compression,
inflammation, or tearing of the nerve roots at the vertebral canal? - Ans -
Radiculopathy (pinched nerve)
A decrease in oxygen and glucose to brain tissue that is related to congestion and edema in
affected vessel is caused by: - Ans -A thrombus
A diagnosis of meningitis should be considered in the patient who exhibits: - Ans -
Positive Brudziski and Kernig signs. (Brudiski flex neck and legs bend on its own) (Kernig lift
leg and bend knee and have pain in back of thigh)
An acute, autoimmune, rapid progressive demyeliantion of peripheral nerve is known as: -
Ans -Guillian-Barre syndrome
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Answers 100% Pass
A disease that produces sporadic, progressive weakness and abnormal fatigue of voluntary
skeletal muscles is: - Ans -Myasthenia gravis
A complex pathophysilogic process that affects the brain and is a result of direct external
contact forces is: - Ans -Concussion
The type of seizure that affects both cerebral hemispheres and causes an impairment of
consciousness is: - Ans -Generalized seizure
Inflammation of the dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater and underlying cortex that
causes increased intracranial pressure is: - Ans -Meningitis
The condition caused by inability of the brain to understand sound despite normal
detection of sound by the inner ear is known as: - Ans -Auditory neuropathy spectrum
disorder
A dysfunction of cranial nerve VI (abductees nerve) would likely result in: - Ans -
Esotropia
A progressive neurodegenerative disease that destroys motor neuron is: - Ans -
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
An abnormally excessive curvature of the thoracic spine is know as: - Ans -Kyphosis
1
Paroxysmal events associated with abnormal electrical discharge of neurons in the brain
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are known as: - Ans -Seizures
, A 34 year old patient who has experienced a traumatic brain injury and has been diagnosed
with retrograde amnesia will NOT: - Ans -Remember events tat occurred immediately
before the head trauma
The cause of movement disorder in Parkinson's disease is thought to be related to
destruction of cells in the: - Ans -Substantia nigra
In a patient with meningitis secondary to Haemophilius influenza infection, the history may
reveal recent: - Ans -Sinusitis
Which diagnostic study can be useful in differentiating Alzheimer's disease from dementia
with Lewy bodies? - Ans -PET scan
Which of the following is a disorder of the spinal nerve root that results from compression,
inflammation, or tearing of the nerve roots at the vertebral canal? - Ans -
Radiculopathy (pinched nerve)
A decrease in oxygen and glucose to brain tissue that is related to congestion and edema in
affected vessel is caused by: - Ans -A thrombus
A diagnosis of meningitis should be considered in the patient who exhibits: - Ans -
Positive Brudziski and Kernig signs. (Brudiski flex neck and legs bend on its own) (Kernig lift
leg and bend knee and have pain in back of thigh)
An acute, autoimmune, rapid progressive demyeliantion of peripheral nerve is known as: -
Ans -Guillian-Barre syndrome
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