BSNC 1000 FINAL EXAM MODULE 7-10 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Cognition - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding
through thought, experience, and the senses.
Perception - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Interpretation of the environment which is dependent on acuity of
sensory input
Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ability to perceive or to be sensitive to stimuli in environment
Attention - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ability to focus on a particular area of conscious content
Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Retention and recall of past experiences and learning
Declarative memory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ability to consciously learn and recall information,
memory providing long-term storage of large amounts of information
Immediate memory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Also known as "attention span", memory that retains very
small amounts of information for a very short amount of time
Working memory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Memory that allows for small amount of information to be
actively maintained and manipulated
Procedural memory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Retention and retrieval of motor skills
Executive function - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Higher thinking processes that allow for flexibility,
adaptability, and goal-directedness
Cerebral cortex - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Part of the brain that is responsible for carrying out intellectual
functions
, Hippocampus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Part of the brain that plays a significant role in committing
information to long-term memory
Confusion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Disturbance of consciousness, impaired ability to think clearly, to
perceive, respond to, and remember current stimuli
Frontal lobe - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Part of the brain associated with personality, working memory,
executive function, intellect, and speech
Delirium - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅State of disturbed consciousness and altered cognition with rapid
onset occurring over hours or a few days
- characterized by motor restlessness, transient hallucinations, and disorientation
Dementia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Acquired and progressive deterioration of all cognitive functions
Primary dementia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Dementia that is irreversible and not secondary to another
disease
Secondary dementia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Dementia that occurs as a result of another disease
process
Focal cognitive disorders - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Affect a single area of cognitive function; may be
associated with a neurocognitive disorder or seen independently
Intellectual disability - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Limitations of cognitive functioning (conceptual skills,
social skills, and ADLs) and below-average intelligence
Learning disability - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Challenges in taking data signals in and processing the
information received; may occur in people with average or above-average intelligence
ANSWERS
Cognition - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding
through thought, experience, and the senses.
Perception - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Interpretation of the environment which is dependent on acuity of
sensory input
Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ability to perceive or to be sensitive to stimuli in environment
Attention - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ability to focus on a particular area of conscious content
Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Retention and recall of past experiences and learning
Declarative memory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ability to consciously learn and recall information,
memory providing long-term storage of large amounts of information
Immediate memory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Also known as "attention span", memory that retains very
small amounts of information for a very short amount of time
Working memory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Memory that allows for small amount of information to be
actively maintained and manipulated
Procedural memory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Retention and retrieval of motor skills
Executive function - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Higher thinking processes that allow for flexibility,
adaptability, and goal-directedness
Cerebral cortex - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Part of the brain that is responsible for carrying out intellectual
functions
, Hippocampus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Part of the brain that plays a significant role in committing
information to long-term memory
Confusion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Disturbance of consciousness, impaired ability to think clearly, to
perceive, respond to, and remember current stimuli
Frontal lobe - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Part of the brain associated with personality, working memory,
executive function, intellect, and speech
Delirium - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅State of disturbed consciousness and altered cognition with rapid
onset occurring over hours or a few days
- characterized by motor restlessness, transient hallucinations, and disorientation
Dementia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Acquired and progressive deterioration of all cognitive functions
Primary dementia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Dementia that is irreversible and not secondary to another
disease
Secondary dementia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Dementia that occurs as a result of another disease
process
Focal cognitive disorders - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Affect a single area of cognitive function; may be
associated with a neurocognitive disorder or seen independently
Intellectual disability - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Limitations of cognitive functioning (conceptual skills,
social skills, and ADLs) and below-average intelligence
Learning disability - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Challenges in taking data signals in and processing the
information received; may occur in people with average or above-average intelligence
