Stroke Certification questions with
correct answers rated A+
stroke syndromes - correct answer ✔✔ CORTICAL - contralateral motor, sensory, and cranial
nerve deficits
BRAINSTEM - cranial nerve nuclei (uncrossed), corticospinal tract (crossed) --> ipsilateral facial
and contralateral extremity weakness
PONTINE - coma, miosis, gaze paresis, ataxic breathing
CEREBELLAR - nystagmus, dizziness, N/V, ataxia
stroke mimics - correct answer ✔✔ 1. Intoxication (drug/alcohol)
2. Hypo/hyperglycaemia
3. Seizures
4. Brain timor
5. Syncope
6. Middle ear disorder
7. Migraine
8. Subdural haematoma
9. Sepsis
10. Electrolyte disturbances
stroke types - correct answer ✔✔ -A Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) is an interruption of blood
flow to the brain that results in the loss of brain function, due to brain cells not getting enough
oxygen.
-A Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) is a brain disorder, in which brain cells temporarily stop
working because of lack of oxygen, that cause stroke-like symptoms that resolve within 24
hours.
, -A Hemorrhagic Stroke is one of two main types of stroke; occurs as a result of bleeding inside
the brain.
-An Ischemic Stroke is the other type, occurs when blood flow to the brain is cut off by blockage
in a blood vessel.
neuroplasticity - correct answer ✔✔ the ability within the brain to constantly change both the
structure and function of many cells in response to experience or trauma
stroke recovery - correct answer ✔✔ Ischemic = tend to recover at slower rate (depends on
infarct)
Hemorrhagic = tens to look somewhat worse at first, but tens to recover somewhat rapidly
- Diet and exercise help reduce stroke
stroke risk factors - correct answer ✔✔ -Age/Older persons are at greater risk
-Family History/Greater risk if parent or sibling has had a stroke
-Gender
-Race/Blacks are at greater risk than other groups because of hypertension and diabetes
-Heart Disease/Heart failure, heart attack, valve diseases, abnormal heart rhythms,
artherosclerosis
-Smoking/Damages blood vessels
-Diabetes/Damages blood vessels
-High Blood Cholesterol
-Obesity
-Previous stroke or TIA
hemorrhagic stroke - correct answer ✔✔ -(Intracranial Hemorrhage) Most common cause of
spontaneous primary hemorrhagic strokes are hypertension, ruptured aneurysms, vascular
malformation.
correct answers rated A+
stroke syndromes - correct answer ✔✔ CORTICAL - contralateral motor, sensory, and cranial
nerve deficits
BRAINSTEM - cranial nerve nuclei (uncrossed), corticospinal tract (crossed) --> ipsilateral facial
and contralateral extremity weakness
PONTINE - coma, miosis, gaze paresis, ataxic breathing
CEREBELLAR - nystagmus, dizziness, N/V, ataxia
stroke mimics - correct answer ✔✔ 1. Intoxication (drug/alcohol)
2. Hypo/hyperglycaemia
3. Seizures
4. Brain timor
5. Syncope
6. Middle ear disorder
7. Migraine
8. Subdural haematoma
9. Sepsis
10. Electrolyte disturbances
stroke types - correct answer ✔✔ -A Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) is an interruption of blood
flow to the brain that results in the loss of brain function, due to brain cells not getting enough
oxygen.
-A Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) is a brain disorder, in which brain cells temporarily stop
working because of lack of oxygen, that cause stroke-like symptoms that resolve within 24
hours.
, -A Hemorrhagic Stroke is one of two main types of stroke; occurs as a result of bleeding inside
the brain.
-An Ischemic Stroke is the other type, occurs when blood flow to the brain is cut off by blockage
in a blood vessel.
neuroplasticity - correct answer ✔✔ the ability within the brain to constantly change both the
structure and function of many cells in response to experience or trauma
stroke recovery - correct answer ✔✔ Ischemic = tend to recover at slower rate (depends on
infarct)
Hemorrhagic = tens to look somewhat worse at first, but tens to recover somewhat rapidly
- Diet and exercise help reduce stroke
stroke risk factors - correct answer ✔✔ -Age/Older persons are at greater risk
-Family History/Greater risk if parent or sibling has had a stroke
-Gender
-Race/Blacks are at greater risk than other groups because of hypertension and diabetes
-Heart Disease/Heart failure, heart attack, valve diseases, abnormal heart rhythms,
artherosclerosis
-Smoking/Damages blood vessels
-Diabetes/Damages blood vessels
-High Blood Cholesterol
-Obesity
-Previous stroke or TIA
hemorrhagic stroke - correct answer ✔✔ -(Intracranial Hemorrhage) Most common cause of
spontaneous primary hemorrhagic strokes are hypertension, ruptured aneurysms, vascular
malformation.
