Comprehensive Review #1 (Part 2) Flashcards

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Question # 26

In Miller and Maricle’s School Neuropsychological Conceptual Model, what are the major subcomponents of memory and learning?

a. Sensory Memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory
b. Recognition memory, recall memory, and learning
c. Rate of new learning, Immediate memory, long-term delayed memory, verbal-visual associative learning and recall
d. Echoic memory, iconic memory, declarative memory, procedural memory.

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c. Rate of new learning, Immediate memory, long-term delayed memory, verbal-visual associative learning and recall

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Question # 27

Which of the meninges lies closest to the skull?

a. Pia
b. Cerebrum
c. Arachnoid
d. Dura

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d. Dura

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Question # 28

A term used to describe a student’s ability to determine “more” or “less” without counting each individual component in a set is:

a. approximate number system
b. estimation identification
c. magnitude math
d. touch math

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a. approximate number system

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Question # 29

All of the following tests measure some aspect of executive functioning directly with the child except:

a. Card Sorting Test
b. Verbal Fluency Test
c. Tower Test
d. BRIEF-2

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d. BRIEF-2

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Question # 30

Which of the brain structures regulates socially acceptable behavior?

a. prefrontal cortex
b. sensory association cortex
c. primary somatosensory cortex
d. motor cortex

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a. prefrontal cortex

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Question # 31

What term means impaired face recognition?

a. simultanagnosia
b. astereopsis
c. prosopagnosia
d. visual agnosia

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c. prosopagnosia

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Question # 32

There are four conditions to the D-KEFS Color Word Interference test. Which condition was designed to measure switching ability?

a. Condition 1
b. Condition 2
c. Condition 3
d. Condition 4

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d. Condition 4

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Question # 33

Which term means to toward the front of the brain?

a. Anterior
b. Inferior
c. Dorsal
d. Superior

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a. Anterior

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Question # 34

Another name for the reticular activating system could be:

a. arousal unit
b. expressive speech center
c. receptive speech center
d. optical center

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a. arousal unit

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Question # 35

Which of the following is not one of the five specific types of writing genres:

a. Persuasive writing
b. Prosaic writing
c. Hemispheric writing
d. Analytical writing

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c. Hemispheric writing

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Question # 36

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a nonverbal learning disability?

a. Deficits in social judgment
b. Early deficits in handwriting
c. Deficits in reading decoding
d. Deficits in mathematics

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c. Deficits in reading decoding

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Question # 37

Working memory performance is typically associated with:

a. The thalamus
b. Broca’s area
c. The fronto-parietal network
d. The hippocampus

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c. The fronto-parietal network

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Question #38
What two neurotransmitters mediate the rewarding effects of illicit use of drugs (drug addiction)?
a. Dopamine and Opioid Peptides. 
b. Dopamine and Norepinephrine
c. Dopamine and Serotonin
D. Dopamine and GABA
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A.Dopamine and Opioid Peptides.

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Question # 39

This DSM diagnosis is characterized by marked delays in reaching developmental motor milestones (e.g., crawling, walking, sitting), difficulty mastering gross motor tasks (e.g., catching a ball), difficulty with fine motor coordination (e.g., handwriting), and being poor at sports. What is this disorder?

a. Tactile Defensiveness Disorder
b. Sensory Processing Disorder
c. Cerebral Palsy
d. Developmental Coordination Disorder

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d. Developmental Coordination Disorder

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Question # 40

Most mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) symptoms typically remit within:

a. The first few minutes after injury
b. About a week of the injury
c. About a month of the injury
d. About 3-months

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c. About a month of the injury

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Question # 41

The olfactory bulb can be damaged by:

a. Trauma
b. Tumor
c. Sinus infection
d. All of the above

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d. All of the above

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Question # 42

Phonology is to decoding, as orthography is to _____________?

a. Prosody
b. Fluency
c. Language
d. Comprehension

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c. Language

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Question # 43

Which D-KEFS Trail Making Test condition measures switching between number and letter sequences?

a. Condition 1
b. Condition 2
c. Condition 3
d. Condition 4

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d. Condition 4

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Question # 44

The Inhibition subtest on the NEPSY-II measures:

a. processing speed
b. verbal retrieval
c. self monitoring
d. any or all of the above

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d. any or all of the above

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Question # 45

What term is used to describe a student with math related deficits due primarily to a disorder of one or more psychological processes?

a. dysgraphia
b. math learning disability
c. dyscalculia
d. dyslexia

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c. dyscalculia

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Question # 46

The type of memory that refers to general knowledge of the world (e.g., facts, vocabulary, rules) is called:

a. working memory
b. procedural memory
c. episodic memory
d. semantic memory

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d. semantic memory

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Question # 47

According to the Cormier, McGrew and Ysseldyk study (2014), the amount of variance in test performance explained by language ability is?

a. negligible across all tests
b. equal across all tests
c. unrelated to test performance
d. proportional to the amount of language a test requires

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d. proportional to the amount of language a test requires

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Question # 48

The neuroanatomical bases for psychomotor speed include all the following brain structures, except for one, which one?

a. supplemental motor cortex
b. hypothalamus
c. basil ganglia
d. cerebellum

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b. hypothalamus

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Question # 49

Which cognitive ability’s conceptualization includes forming and recognizing concepts; identifying and perceiving relationships; drawing inferences; and solving problems?

a. Math Knowledge (Gq)
b. Learning Efficiency (Gl)
c. Comprehension Knowledge (Gc)
d. Fluid Reasoning (Gf)

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d. Fluid Reasoning (Gf)

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Question # 50

When the Letter Fluency portion of the D-KEFS Verbal Fluency test is significantly weaker than the Category Fluency portion of the D-KEFS Verbal Fluency test, this may indicate:

a. a focal left temporal lesion
b. a diffuse left temporal lesion
c. a focal left frontal lesion.
d. a diffuse frontal lesion

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c. a focal left frontal lesion.