ACBIS study guide Comprehensive Questions
(Frequently Tested) with Verified Answers Graded A+
1. Diffuse Axonal Injury Answer: Delicate nerve tissues rip, tear, and stretch
2. Hematoma Answer: Accumulation of blood, causing pressure
3. Hydrocephalus Answer: Blockage of CSF, causing pressure
4. Anoxia Answer: Stop in oxygen getting to the brain
5. Hypoxia Answer: Decreased amount of oxygen getting to the brain
6. Hemorrhages Answer: Major bleeding from when the brain rubs against the inside of
the skull
7. Coup- Contracoup Answer: Effect when the back of the head is struck and the front of
the brain is injured by the brain bouncing back and forth.
8. A-B-C data Answer: "A" stands for antededents to the behavior. "B" is for the behavior.
"C" is for the consequences to the behavior. A-B-C data collects information, not only
on the unwanted behavior, but also on what immediately precedes and follows the
behavior.
9. Absence seizures Answer: Formerly known as petit mal, there is transient loss of
consciousness. Person may cease physical movement, have loss of attention or stare
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vacantly, neither speaking not apparently hearing what is said. May be excessive eye
blinking, staring, or chewing movements. May be so brief that may not be recognized.
10. Acquired Brain Injury Answer: An injury to the brain occurring after birth that is not
hereditary, congenital or degenerative; does not refer to brain injuries induced by birth
trauma.
11. Acitive Treatment interaction Answer: Very broad concept that avoids caring for a
person in a custodial sense or behaving in ways that are likely to increase dependency
within the relationship. The term implies directed action, teaching, and a certain
degree of risk taking.
12. ADA Answer: Americans with Disability Act
13. Administrative Law Answer: Law that is created by administrative agencees, such as
the Dept. of Health and Human Services, Congress or the state legislature.
Administrative law authorizes an agency to create laws knows as rules or regulations.
14. Advanced Directive Answer: Terms used for a living will.
15. Akathisia Answer: Inability to sit or stand still; motor restlessness.
16. Akinesia Answer: Slowness and loss of movement.
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17. Americans with Disabilities Act Answer: Known as the ADA, its purpose is to
eliminate discrimination on
the basis of the disability in the full and equal enjoyments of the goods, services,
facilities, privileges, advantages, or accomodations of any place of public accomodation
by any person who owns, leases, or operates a place of public accomodation.
18. Amygdala Answer: Close to the hippocampus, the amygdala is a "Fight or Flight"
structure closely tied with emotional memories and reactions.
19 Anosognosia Answer: Lack of awareness of deficits
20. Anoxic Answer: Lack of oxygen
21. Anxiolytics Answer: Anti-anxiety medications
22. Aphasia Answer: Difficulty understanding speech and/or difficulty expressing
thoughts
23. Apraxia Answer: Inability to conduct purposeful movement
24. Arachnoid Answer: Like a spiderweb that bridges the brain's many wrinkles and
folds.
25. Arousal Answer: General state of readiness of an individual to process sensory
information and/or organize a response
(Frequently Tested) with Verified Answers Graded A+
1. Diffuse Axonal Injury Answer: Delicate nerve tissues rip, tear, and stretch
2. Hematoma Answer: Accumulation of blood, causing pressure
3. Hydrocephalus Answer: Blockage of CSF, causing pressure
4. Anoxia Answer: Stop in oxygen getting to the brain
5. Hypoxia Answer: Decreased amount of oxygen getting to the brain
6. Hemorrhages Answer: Major bleeding from when the brain rubs against the inside of
the skull
7. Coup- Contracoup Answer: Effect when the back of the head is struck and the front of
the brain is injured by the brain bouncing back and forth.
8. A-B-C data Answer: "A" stands for antededents to the behavior. "B" is for the behavior.
"C" is for the consequences to the behavior. A-B-C data collects information, not only
on the unwanted behavior, but also on what immediately precedes and follows the
behavior.
9. Absence seizures Answer: Formerly known as petit mal, there is transient loss of
consciousness. Person may cease physical movement, have loss of attention or stare
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vacantly, neither speaking not apparently hearing what is said. May be excessive eye
blinking, staring, or chewing movements. May be so brief that may not be recognized.
10. Acquired Brain Injury Answer: An injury to the brain occurring after birth that is not
hereditary, congenital or degenerative; does not refer to brain injuries induced by birth
trauma.
11. Acitive Treatment interaction Answer: Very broad concept that avoids caring for a
person in a custodial sense or behaving in ways that are likely to increase dependency
within the relationship. The term implies directed action, teaching, and a certain
degree of risk taking.
12. ADA Answer: Americans with Disability Act
13. Administrative Law Answer: Law that is created by administrative agencees, such as
the Dept. of Health and Human Services, Congress or the state legislature.
Administrative law authorizes an agency to create laws knows as rules or regulations.
14. Advanced Directive Answer: Terms used for a living will.
15. Akathisia Answer: Inability to sit or stand still; motor restlessness.
16. Akinesia Answer: Slowness and loss of movement.
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_6moi5
17. Americans with Disabilities Act Answer: Known as the ADA, its purpose is to
eliminate discrimination on
the basis of the disability in the full and equal enjoyments of the goods, services,
facilities, privileges, advantages, or accomodations of any place of public accomodation
by any person who owns, leases, or operates a place of public accomodation.
18. Amygdala Answer: Close to the hippocampus, the amygdala is a "Fight or Flight"
structure closely tied with emotional memories and reactions.
19 Anosognosia Answer: Lack of awareness of deficits
20. Anoxic Answer: Lack of oxygen
21. Anxiolytics Answer: Anti-anxiety medications
22. Aphasia Answer: Difficulty understanding speech and/or difficulty expressing
thoughts
23. Apraxia Answer: Inability to conduct purposeful movement
24. Arachnoid Answer: Like a spiderweb that bridges the brain's many wrinkles and
folds.
25. Arousal Answer: General state of readiness of an individual to process sensory
information and/or organize a response
