CERTIFIED STROKE REHABILITATION SPECIALIST (CSRS 2025) ACTUAL VERIFIED EXAM
TEST QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
What functions are associated with the frontal lobe?
Voluntary movement, abstract thinking, planning, memory, and judgement
What are the specialized areas within the frontal lobe?
Motor, pre-motor, pre-frontal, and Broca areas
What is the function of the primary motor cortex?
aka motor homunculus; controls voluntary movement
Lesion = motor deficits/paralysis on contralateral side
What is the function of the pre-motor cortex?
Controls trunk and proximal limb muscles
Responsible for "body part ownership"
Lesion = unilateral neglect
What is the function of the supplemental motor cortex?
Motor planning region - directs activity of primary motor cortex
Lesion = apraxia
,What is the function of Broca's area?
Controls expressive speech
Lesion = expressive aphasia
What is the function of the orbitofrontal cortex?
Responsible for impulse control, inhibition of inappropriate behavior, and carrying out
plans
Lesion = "prefrontal syndrome"
What is the function of the dorsolateral frontal cortex?
Responsible for analytical thinking, problem solving, thinking, attention and focus
Lesion = Disorganization and distractibility
What is the function of the ventromedial frontal cortex?
Part of the limbic system
Responsible for connecting emotions/thoughts and attaches emotional meaning to life
experiences
Lesion = apathetic/flat affect
What is the function of the anterior cingulate gyrus?
Part of the limbic system
,Responsible for integrating thought, motivation, attention, and behavior
Lesion = anxiety (overactive) or apathy (underactive)
What functions are associated with the parietal lobe?
Responsible for perception and processing of sensation
What are the specialized areas with the parietal lobe?
Somatosensory cortex, somatosensory association area, and parietotemporal association
cortex
What is the function of the somatosensory cortex?
aka sensory homunculus; perceives pain, temperature, pressure, touch, vibration, and
proprioception
What is the function of the somatosensory association area?
Responsible for the interpretation of somatosensory information, stereognosis, and
disorders of body image (unilateral neglect)
What is the function of the parietotemporal association cortex?
Involved in abstract thought, reading/writing/math, spatial perception, and understanding
written language
, What is the function of the occipital lobe?
vision
What are the specialized areas within the occipital lobe?
Primary visual cortex and visual association area
What is the function of the primary visual cortex?
Responsible for visual perception and receiving visual input from the contralateral visual
field
Lesion = Hemianopsia (injury on one side) or cortical blindness (injury on both sides)
What is the function of the visual association area?
Responsible for interpretation of visual stimuli, spatial perception, and recognition of faces
Lesion = Visual agnosia (patient can see an item but does not recognize it)
What functions are associated with the temporal lobe?
Contains parts of the limbic system, auditory system, olfactory system, and facial
recognition
What are the specialized areas within the temporal lobe?
TEST QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
What functions are associated with the frontal lobe?
Voluntary movement, abstract thinking, planning, memory, and judgement
What are the specialized areas within the frontal lobe?
Motor, pre-motor, pre-frontal, and Broca areas
What is the function of the primary motor cortex?
aka motor homunculus; controls voluntary movement
Lesion = motor deficits/paralysis on contralateral side
What is the function of the pre-motor cortex?
Controls trunk and proximal limb muscles
Responsible for "body part ownership"
Lesion = unilateral neglect
What is the function of the supplemental motor cortex?
Motor planning region - directs activity of primary motor cortex
Lesion = apraxia
,What is the function of Broca's area?
Controls expressive speech
Lesion = expressive aphasia
What is the function of the orbitofrontal cortex?
Responsible for impulse control, inhibition of inappropriate behavior, and carrying out
plans
Lesion = "prefrontal syndrome"
What is the function of the dorsolateral frontal cortex?
Responsible for analytical thinking, problem solving, thinking, attention and focus
Lesion = Disorganization and distractibility
What is the function of the ventromedial frontal cortex?
Part of the limbic system
Responsible for connecting emotions/thoughts and attaches emotional meaning to life
experiences
Lesion = apathetic/flat affect
What is the function of the anterior cingulate gyrus?
Part of the limbic system
,Responsible for integrating thought, motivation, attention, and behavior
Lesion = anxiety (overactive) or apathy (underactive)
What functions are associated with the parietal lobe?
Responsible for perception and processing of sensation
What are the specialized areas with the parietal lobe?
Somatosensory cortex, somatosensory association area, and parietotemporal association
cortex
What is the function of the somatosensory cortex?
aka sensory homunculus; perceives pain, temperature, pressure, touch, vibration, and
proprioception
What is the function of the somatosensory association area?
Responsible for the interpretation of somatosensory information, stereognosis, and
disorders of body image (unilateral neglect)
What is the function of the parietotemporal association cortex?
Involved in abstract thought, reading/writing/math, spatial perception, and understanding
written language
, What is the function of the occipital lobe?
vision
What are the specialized areas within the occipital lobe?
Primary visual cortex and visual association area
What is the function of the primary visual cortex?
Responsible for visual perception and receiving visual input from the contralateral visual
field
Lesion = Hemianopsia (injury on one side) or cortical blindness (injury on both sides)
What is the function of the visual association area?
Responsible for interpretation of visual stimuli, spatial perception, and recognition of faces
Lesion = Visual agnosia (patient can see an item but does not recognize it)
What functions are associated with the temporal lobe?
Contains parts of the limbic system, auditory system, olfactory system, and facial
recognition
What are the specialized areas within the temporal lobe?
