CBIS CERTIFIED BRAIN INJURY SPECIALIST
EXAM BANK ACTUAL EXAM 250
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
WITH FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS
AND STUDY GUIDE EXPERT VERIFIED FOR
GUARANTEED PASS ALREADY GRADED A+
"What are the 4 functions of the Reticular Activating System (RAS)? - CORRECT ANSWER=> 1.
arousal
2. alertness
3. concentration
4. basic biological rhythms"
"Thalamus - CORRECT ANSWER=> The relay station for incoming and outgoing sensory
information
Consequences of injury include deficits in attention, concentration, memory, mental stamina,
sensory integration, stress, emotional responses"
"Hypothalamus - CORRECT ANSWER=> Controls thirst, hunger, sexual responses, endocrine
function, temperature (fight or flight response).
Consequences of injury to this area can can disruption in hormone, endocrine and
neurochemical systems"
"Hippocampus - CORRECT ANSWER=> Memory function
Limits new learning"
"Amygdala - CORRECT ANSWER=> Emotional memory and reaction
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,Can lead to aggression and poor emotional regulation"
"Basal Ganglia - CORRECT ANSWER=> Causes the body to be on alert when something is not
working correctly
Consequences of injury can include slow movements, rigidity, tremors and LOB"
"Cerebellum - CORRECT ANSWER=> Coordinates and modulates all body movement
Consequences of injury cause impairment in coordination, balance and proprioception"
"Frontal Lobe - CORRECT ANSWER=> Houses emotional control, behavioral control, verbal
expression, problem solving, decision making, social control, motivation and attention"
"Temporal Lobe - CORRECT ANSWER=> Center for learning and hearing. Houses memory, face
recognition, selective attention, locating objects, object categorization, receptive language,
emotional responses, language comprehension.
When damaged, leads to the inability to speak or understand language"
"Parietal Lobe - CORRECT ANSWER=> Primary sensory cortex. Houses tactile performance, spatial
orientation, academic skills, object naming, visual attention and eye-hand coordination.
Can lead to left vs right sensory deficits and deficits in attention/ alertness."
"Occipital Lobe - CORRECT ANSWER=> Visual stimuli processing"
"Prefrontal Cortex - CORRECT ANSWER=> the PFC reviews and dictates the best option before
making a final decision
When injured, executive function is severely impacts"
"Broca's Area - CORRECT ANSWER=> Location: lower motor cortex, L frontal-temporal
Functions: controls muscles in face/ mouth
Consequences of injury: haltered, labored, dysarthria speech"
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, "Wernicke's Area - CORRECT ANSWER=> Location: left temporal parietal lobe
Functions: ability to make sense of spoken word
Consequences of Injury: can speak fluently but does not make sense"
"How do the atlas and axis vertebrae move? - CORRECT ANSWER=> The atlas supports the skull
and the axis is responsible for horizontal head movement. They pivot on one another."
"Where does the spinal cord end? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Conus medullaris - coccygeal region
(coccyx)"
"Afferent nerves - CORRECT ANSWER=> Sensory nerves (sends information)"
"Efferent nerves - CORRECT ANSWER=> Motor nerves (receives information)"
"Computed Tomorgraphy (CT) - CORRECT ANSWER=> Combines a series of x-ray images from
different angles and uses computer processing to create cross sectional images. Provides more
detail than an x-ray"
"Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - CORRECT ANSWER=> uses magnetic radio waves and a
computer to create a detailed cross sectional image of brain structures. Does not use radiation."
"Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) - CORRECT ANSWER=> Can identify major brain tracts. Can ID
corpus callosum damage."
"Functional MRI (fMRI) - CORRECT ANSWER=> views activated brain regions"
"Diffuse axonal injury - CORRECT ANSWER=> shearing of axon via a rapid shifting of the brain
inside the skull"
"Hypoxia - CORRECT ANSWER=> decreased amount of O2 to the brain"
"Anoxia - CORRECT ANSWER=> no O2 to the brain"
"What is experience-dependent learning? - CORRECT ANSWER=> "fire together, wire together"
Behavior leads to synaptic change which then leads to motor map reorganization"
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EXAM BANK ACTUAL EXAM 250
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
WITH FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS
AND STUDY GUIDE EXPERT VERIFIED FOR
GUARANTEED PASS ALREADY GRADED A+
"What are the 4 functions of the Reticular Activating System (RAS)? - CORRECT ANSWER=> 1.
arousal
2. alertness
3. concentration
4. basic biological rhythms"
"Thalamus - CORRECT ANSWER=> The relay station for incoming and outgoing sensory
information
Consequences of injury include deficits in attention, concentration, memory, mental stamina,
sensory integration, stress, emotional responses"
"Hypothalamus - CORRECT ANSWER=> Controls thirst, hunger, sexual responses, endocrine
function, temperature (fight or flight response).
Consequences of injury to this area can can disruption in hormone, endocrine and
neurochemical systems"
"Hippocampus - CORRECT ANSWER=> Memory function
Limits new learning"
"Amygdala - CORRECT ANSWER=> Emotional memory and reaction
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,Can lead to aggression and poor emotional regulation"
"Basal Ganglia - CORRECT ANSWER=> Causes the body to be on alert when something is not
working correctly
Consequences of injury can include slow movements, rigidity, tremors and LOB"
"Cerebellum - CORRECT ANSWER=> Coordinates and modulates all body movement
Consequences of injury cause impairment in coordination, balance and proprioception"
"Frontal Lobe - CORRECT ANSWER=> Houses emotional control, behavioral control, verbal
expression, problem solving, decision making, social control, motivation and attention"
"Temporal Lobe - CORRECT ANSWER=> Center for learning and hearing. Houses memory, face
recognition, selective attention, locating objects, object categorization, receptive language,
emotional responses, language comprehension.
When damaged, leads to the inability to speak or understand language"
"Parietal Lobe - CORRECT ANSWER=> Primary sensory cortex. Houses tactile performance, spatial
orientation, academic skills, object naming, visual attention and eye-hand coordination.
Can lead to left vs right sensory deficits and deficits in attention/ alertness."
"Occipital Lobe - CORRECT ANSWER=> Visual stimuli processing"
"Prefrontal Cortex - CORRECT ANSWER=> the PFC reviews and dictates the best option before
making a final decision
When injured, executive function is severely impacts"
"Broca's Area - CORRECT ANSWER=> Location: lower motor cortex, L frontal-temporal
Functions: controls muscles in face/ mouth
Consequences of injury: haltered, labored, dysarthria speech"
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, "Wernicke's Area - CORRECT ANSWER=> Location: left temporal parietal lobe
Functions: ability to make sense of spoken word
Consequences of Injury: can speak fluently but does not make sense"
"How do the atlas and axis vertebrae move? - CORRECT ANSWER=> The atlas supports the skull
and the axis is responsible for horizontal head movement. They pivot on one another."
"Where does the spinal cord end? - CORRECT ANSWER=> Conus medullaris - coccygeal region
(coccyx)"
"Afferent nerves - CORRECT ANSWER=> Sensory nerves (sends information)"
"Efferent nerves - CORRECT ANSWER=> Motor nerves (receives information)"
"Computed Tomorgraphy (CT) - CORRECT ANSWER=> Combines a series of x-ray images from
different angles and uses computer processing to create cross sectional images. Provides more
detail than an x-ray"
"Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - CORRECT ANSWER=> uses magnetic radio waves and a
computer to create a detailed cross sectional image of brain structures. Does not use radiation."
"Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) - CORRECT ANSWER=> Can identify major brain tracts. Can ID
corpus callosum damage."
"Functional MRI (fMRI) - CORRECT ANSWER=> views activated brain regions"
"Diffuse axonal injury - CORRECT ANSWER=> shearing of axon via a rapid shifting of the brain
inside the skull"
"Hypoxia - CORRECT ANSWER=> decreased amount of O2 to the brain"
"Anoxia - CORRECT ANSWER=> no O2 to the brain"
"What is experience-dependent learning? - CORRECT ANSWER=> "fire together, wire together"
Behavior leads to synaptic change which then leads to motor map reorganization"
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