GERI FINAL FULL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
STUDY SHEET
●● How does Alzheimer's Disease affect memory?
Answer: Early short-term memory loss is more pronounced than long-
term memory loss.
●● What is a common early symptom of Alzheimer's related to
navigation?
Answer: Early topographic disorientation, such as getting lost in familiar
places.
●● What behavioral changes may occur in mid to late stages of
Alzheimer's Disease?
Answer: Socially inappropriate behavior and agitation.
●● What motor issues may appear in the late stages of Alzheimer's
Disease?
Answer: Paratonia and tremor.
●● What characterizes Vascular Dementia?
Answer: Step-wise decline, often following strokes or TIAs.
,●● What symptoms may indicate Vascular Dementia?
Answer: Confusion, disorientation, aphasia, and gait dysfunction.
●● How does Lewy Body Dementia differ from Alzheimer's Disease?
Answer: Cognitive impairment occurs at least one year prior to
Parkinsonism symptoms.
●● What are common early symptoms of Lewy Body Dementia?
Answer: Cognitive fluctuations and visual hallucinations.
●● What is a notable sleep disorder associated with Lewy Body
Dementia?
Answer: REM Sleep Behavior Disorder, where individuals act out
dreams.
●● What are the primary symptoms of Behavioral Variant
Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)?
Answer: Socially inappropriate behavior, apathy, and disinhibition.
●● What are the variants of Primary Progressive Aphasia?
Answer: Semantic variant and Non-Fluent/Agrammatic variant.
,●● What is the hallmark of Semantic variant Primary Progressive
Aphasia?
Answer: Trouble naming people or objects.
●● What characterizes the Non-Fluent/Agrammatic variant of Primary
Progressive Aphasia?
Answer: Difficulty pronouncing words and using basic grammar.
●● What symptoms are associated with Corticobasal Syndrome?
Answer: Asymmetric rigidity, dystonia, and ideomotor apraxia.
●● What is a classic sign of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy?
Answer: Abnormal vertical eye gaze and retropulsion.
●● What characterizes Multiple Systems Atrophy?
Answer: Symmetrical onset with variable presentation of parkinsonian
and cerebellar types.
●● What is Cognitive Frailty?
Answer: No dementia present, yet cognitive complaints with physical
frailty.
●● What differentiates Depression from Dementia in terms of onset?
, Answer: Depression has a rapid onset (weeks to months), while
Dementia develops over months to years.
●● How does self-awareness differ in Depression and Dementia?
Answer: Individuals with Depression may be aware of cognitive decline,
while those with Dementia may hide it.
●● What screening tools are used for Dementia?
Answer: MoCA and SLUMS.
●● What mnemonic helps remember reversible vs non-reversible
dementia?
Answer: Use 'DR.DRE'.
●● What does 'SIGECAPS' stand for?
Answer: It is a mnemonic for signs and symptoms of depression.
●● What does 'DR' stand for in the context of dementia?
Answer: Disease remediation and Drug removal
●● What are some potentially reversible causes of dementia?
CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
STUDY SHEET
●● How does Alzheimer's Disease affect memory?
Answer: Early short-term memory loss is more pronounced than long-
term memory loss.
●● What is a common early symptom of Alzheimer's related to
navigation?
Answer: Early topographic disorientation, such as getting lost in familiar
places.
●● What behavioral changes may occur in mid to late stages of
Alzheimer's Disease?
Answer: Socially inappropriate behavior and agitation.
●● What motor issues may appear in the late stages of Alzheimer's
Disease?
Answer: Paratonia and tremor.
●● What characterizes Vascular Dementia?
Answer: Step-wise decline, often following strokes or TIAs.
,●● What symptoms may indicate Vascular Dementia?
Answer: Confusion, disorientation, aphasia, and gait dysfunction.
●● How does Lewy Body Dementia differ from Alzheimer's Disease?
Answer: Cognitive impairment occurs at least one year prior to
Parkinsonism symptoms.
●● What are common early symptoms of Lewy Body Dementia?
Answer: Cognitive fluctuations and visual hallucinations.
●● What is a notable sleep disorder associated with Lewy Body
Dementia?
Answer: REM Sleep Behavior Disorder, where individuals act out
dreams.
●● What are the primary symptoms of Behavioral Variant
Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)?
Answer: Socially inappropriate behavior, apathy, and disinhibition.
●● What are the variants of Primary Progressive Aphasia?
Answer: Semantic variant and Non-Fluent/Agrammatic variant.
,●● What is the hallmark of Semantic variant Primary Progressive
Aphasia?
Answer: Trouble naming people or objects.
●● What characterizes the Non-Fluent/Agrammatic variant of Primary
Progressive Aphasia?
Answer: Difficulty pronouncing words and using basic grammar.
●● What symptoms are associated with Corticobasal Syndrome?
Answer: Asymmetric rigidity, dystonia, and ideomotor apraxia.
●● What is a classic sign of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy?
Answer: Abnormal vertical eye gaze and retropulsion.
●● What characterizes Multiple Systems Atrophy?
Answer: Symmetrical onset with variable presentation of parkinsonian
and cerebellar types.
●● What is Cognitive Frailty?
Answer: No dementia present, yet cognitive complaints with physical
frailty.
●● What differentiates Depression from Dementia in terms of onset?
, Answer: Depression has a rapid onset (weeks to months), while
Dementia develops over months to years.
●● How does self-awareness differ in Depression and Dementia?
Answer: Individuals with Depression may be aware of cognitive decline,
while those with Dementia may hide it.
●● What screening tools are used for Dementia?
Answer: MoCA and SLUMS.
●● What mnemonic helps remember reversible vs non-reversible
dementia?
Answer: Use 'DR.DRE'.
●● What does 'SIGECAPS' stand for?
Answer: It is a mnemonic for signs and symptoms of depression.
●● What does 'DR' stand for in the context of dementia?
Answer: Disease remediation and Drug removal
●● What are some potentially reversible causes of dementia?
