Comprehensive review Flashcards
This part of the brain is involved in planning complex movements and in coordinating movements involving both hands. a. Primary motor cortex b. Supplemental motor cortex c. Premotor cortex d. Posterior parietal cortex
Answer: Supplemental motor cortex
What brain structure distributes norepinephrine to facilitate alerting and exciting a broad network of neural networks? a. Locus coeruleus b. Hypothalamus c. Hippocampus d. Limbic System
Answer: Locus Coeruleus
Which of the following referral questions is stated in the most complete way? a. Is Mary learning disabled? b. What is causing Mary to have reading problems and what interventions would work best for her? c. Is Mary dyslexic? d. Is Mary reading disabled?
Answer: - What is causing Mary to have reading problems and what interventions would work best for her?
What is the most common chronic disease of childhood? a. Diabetes b. Seizure disorders c. Eating disorders d. Asthma
Answer: -Asthma
What are the names of the three major stand-alone tests of memory and learning for children? a. California Verbal Learning Test: Children’s Version, NEPSY-2, and Children’s Memory Scale b. Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning - Second Edition, Test of Memory and Learning-2, and Children’s Memory Scale c. Test of Everyday Memory, Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning - Second Edition, and the NEPSY-2 d. Children’s Memory Scale, NEPSY-2, and Test of Memory and Learning-2
Answer: WRAML-2, TOMAL-2, CMS
When evaluating repetition errors on a task, errors that occur close together are likely to reflect: a. immediate memory deficits b. long-term retrieval deficits c. perseveration errors d. receptive language deficits
Answer: Perseveration Errors
What D-KEFS test is the nonverbal analog to the Verbal Fluency test? a. Color Word Interference b. Trail Making Test c. Word Context d. Design Fluency
Answer: Design Fluency
In this subtype of dyscalculia children have slow computational processing speed and they make frequent calculation errors. a. semantic dyscalculia b. procedural dyscalculia c. verbal dyscalculia d. visual-spatial dyscalculia
Answer: Procedural dyscaluclia
Chronic stress from abuse or neglect releases cortisol which leads to memory loss and clouded thinking and reduces volume in what part of the brain? a. hippocampus b. cerebellum c. hypothalamus d. anterior cingulate
Answer: Hippocampus
All of the following are examples of white matter tracts or fibers in the brain except for one, which one? a. commissural fibers b. association fibers c. dorsal fiber tract d. projection fibers
Answer: dorsal fiber tract
What type of neuroimaging holds great promise for looking at white matter diseases? a. functional magnetic imaging (fMRI) b. diffusion tensor imaging c. PET scans d. EEGs
Answer: fMRI
This type of brain injury occurs when an object pierces the skull and enters brain tissue. Which term below best describes this type of injury? a. focal brain injury b. diffuse brain injury c. closed head injury d. penetrating head injury
Answer: Penetrating head injury
All of the following would be useful subtests to administer to a suspected autism child except for one, which one? a. NEPSY-II’s Inhibition subtest b. NEPSY-II’s Arrows subtest c. NEPSY-II’s Memory for Faces subtest d. NEPSY-II’s Theory of Mind subtest
Answer: Arrows
Common first aid procedures for a child having a clonic-tonic seizure include all of the following except one, which one? a. Place something flat or soft under the child’s head. b. Don’t forcefully restrain the child. c. Put something in the child’s mouth so he/she does not bite or swallow their tongue. d. Turn the child on their side if possible.
Answer: Put something in their mouth
When testing a child with a recent history of TBI, which of these is most likely to impact your testing session? a. Slowed processing speed and increased fatigue b. Inappropriate personal comments c. Decreased attention and motivation d. Poor interpersonal skills resulting in lack of rapport
Answer: -Slowed processing time and increased fatigue
Using the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt test to predict overall brain dysfunction would be an example of what stage in the history of clinical neuropsychology? a. the integrative and predictive stage b. the functional profile stage c. the single test approach stage d. the test battery/lesion specification stage
Answer: Single Test Approach
What stage in the history of clinical neuropsychology de-emphasized localization of brain lesions and emphasized the identification of impaired and spared abilities? a. the integrative and predictive stage b. the functional profile stage c. the single test approach stage d. the test battery/lesion specification stage
Answer: Functional Profile Stage
If a school neuropsychologist wanted to administer the sensory-motor tests from the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery for Older Children today, a more valid and recently standardized version of many of the same test could be found on the: a. Woodcock Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities b. Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition c. Dean-Woodcock Sensory-Motor Battery d. Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition
Answer: DWSMB
The Cognitive Hypothesis Testing Model is composed of what four main parts: a. theory, behavioral analyses, intervention planning, and progress monitoring b. theory, hypothesis, data collection, and intervention c. clarifying reason for referral, classroom observations, individualized assessment, and intervention d. theory, assessment, demand analyses, intervention planning, and progress monitoring
Answer: -Theory, Hypothesis, Data Collection, Intervention
Which two functions/processes serve as the building blocks for all of the other higher order neurocognitive processes? a. Memory and Learning b. Executive Functions and Processing Speed c. Attention and sensory-motor functions d. Language and visual-spatial functions
Answer: -Attention and Sensory Motor
Which CHC factors should be assessed for a child suspected of having a dysphonetic dyslexia? a. Ga - phonetic coding; Gsm - Memory Span; and working memory b. (Glr-Naming Facility; Gv-Orthographic Processing; Gs-Perceptual Speed; Gc-Vocabulary Knowledge) c. (Multiple CHC abilities or processes involved; attention and executive functioning) d. (Gf-Induction, General Sequential Reasoning; Gc- Language Development; attention and executive functioning)
Answer: -Ga, Gsm & working Memory
Determining the neurocognitive constructs required to successfully complete a particular test or task is called: a. Conducting a needs assessment b. Conducting a strategy analysis c. Conducting a neurocognitive analysis d. Conducting demand analysis
Answer: Conducting a demand analysis
Which WISC-IV subtest is not part of the Processing Speed Index? a. Coding b. Symbol Search c. Cancellation d. Letter-Number Sequencing
Answer: -Cancellation
A break in the bone that surrounds the skull is called a: a. Hematoma b. Intraceberal hemorrhage c. Contusion/Concussion d. Skull Fracture
Answer: Skull Fracture
The KTEA-II is best known for what? a. Inclusion of all of the achievement tests required by IDEA for SLD identification. b. It’s broad based normative sample. c. Inclusion of normative based error analyses d. It’s inclusion of a naming facility subtest.
Answer: -Inclusion of Normative based error analyses
What is the name of the Supreme Court opinion that highlights the requirement of a comprehensive evaluation for SLD including processes such as attention, memory, and executive functions? a. Forest Grove School District v. T.A. United States Supreme Court b. National Association of School Psychologists v. United States Supreme Court c. Lewisville Independent School District v. United States Supreme Court d. Chicago Public Schools v. United States Supreme Court
Answer: Forest Grove
This type of NEPSY-II score considers both completion time and the number of errors. What is this type of score called? a. Combined score b. Process score c. Contrast score d. Scaled score
Answer: Combined Score
A high number of omissions (percentile rank > 75 and classified as above expected level) on the Auditory Attention and Response Set subtest of the NEPSY-II would reflect: a. poor vigilance b. poor selective or sustained attention c. failure to understand the directions d. any or all of the above
Answer: poor vigilance, poor selective or sustained attention, failure to understand the directions
Which NEPSY-II test would be useful to measure automaticity of naming? a. Phonological Processing b. Comprehension of instructions c. Oromotor Sequences d. Speeded Naming
Answer: Speeded Naming
A school neuropsychologist should consider using a DSM diagnosis in a report when: a. The school neuropsychologist should never use a DSM diagnosis in a report. b. If the school neuropsychologist wants to qualify the child as severely emotionally disturbed (SED). c. The report will be used by a specialist outside of the schools such as a private practitioner and the district allows the use of the DSM diagnosis. d. The report will be used by the classroom teacher to craft a set of educationally relevant interventions.
Answer: - The report will be used by a specialist outside of the schools such as a private practitioner and the district allows the use of the DSM diagnosis.
When memorizing a list of words, the words that are last to be presented are more easily recalled. This is called the: a. primacy effect b. recency effect c. equipotential effect d. transduction effect
Answer: -recency effect
Which of the frontal-subcortical circuits would most likely be involved with a child’s eye tracking? a. motor circuit b. oculomotor circuit c. dorsolateral circuit d. orbitofrontal circuit
Answer-oculomotor circuit
On the original version of the Trail Making Test there were two conditions. On the D-KEFS Trail Making Test, there are how many conditions? a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
Answer: Five
A verbal fluency task activates what part of the prefrontal cortex? a. right dorsolateral b. left dorsolateral c. right orbitofrontal d. left orbitofrontal
Answer: -left dorsolateral
On the D-KEFS Twenty Questions test, if a child correctly guesses the object in a few questions, the best test score to reflect the overall test performance would be? a. Initial Abstraction Score b. Total Questions Asked c. Total Weighted Achievement d. Set-Loss Questions
Answer: -total weighted achievement
A child with a reading fluency problem would probably have the most difficulty on which test? a. WJIII-COG Sound Blending b. NEPSY-II Phonological Processing c. WJIII-COG Visual-Auditory Learning d. NEPSY-II Speeded Naming
Answer: NEPSY-II Speeded Naming
This traditional subtype of agraphia is usually associated with writing problems in association with language problems. a. aphasic agraphia b. agraphia with alexia c. spatial agraphia d. apraxic agraphia
Answer: -aphasiac agraphia
This subtype of dyscalculia is characterized by the inability to use language-based procedures to assist in arithmetic fact retrieval skills. a. semantic dyscalculia b. procedural dyscalculia c. verbal dyscalculia d. visual-spatial dyscalculia
verbal dysalculia
This region of the brain is regulates motivation and reward based decision making. It is the key brain region in developing “theory of mind”. What is this part of the brain? a. anterior cingulate cortex b. basal ganglia c. nucleus accumbens d. orbitofrontal cortex
Answer: -anterior cingulate
All of the following are side effects of medication used to treat asthma except for one, which one? a. Increased ability to sustain attention b. Hyperactivity c. Drowsiness d. Nausea
Answer: Increased ability to sustain attention
What type of injury listed below would not be an example of an anoxic episode? a. near drowning b. strangulation c. smoke inhalation d. gun shot wound
Answer: gun shot wound
Results from stretching and shearing as the brain rapidly accelerates/decelerates within the skull. a. diffuse axonal injury b. concussion c. edema d. contusion
Answer: -diffuse axonal injury
One of the symptoms of NVLD is bilateral tactile deficits. Which neuropsychological test would be the most useful for assessing for tactile deficits? a. Dean-Woodcock Sensory-Motor Battery b. NESPY-II c. D-KEFS d. WRAML-2
Answer: -DWSMB
When there is no known cause for a seizure disorder, it is labeled as: a. Jacksonian b. Clonic-Tonic c. Partial d. Idiopathic
Answer: -Idiopathic
Which one of the KABC-II subtests requires working memory? a. Word Order b. Hand Movements c. Number Recall d. Atlantis
Answer: Word Order
All of the following brain structures are part of Luria’s first functional unit except one, which one? a. Pons b. Corpus collosum c. Brainstem d. Medulla
Answer: Corpus Collosum
Which WJIII-COG test fits within the School Neuropsychological Model in the sustained attention category? a. Auditory Attention and Response Set b. Pair Cancellations c. Auditory Attention d. Auditory Working Memory
Answer: Pair Cancellation
What is suggested when the Elithorn Mazes score is significantly lower than the Elithorn Mazes with no time score? a. Indicates that the child possesses adequate cognitive planning ability, but that her/his performance on Elithorn Mazes may be limited by time demands. b. Indicates that the child may have poor visual planning skills. c. Indicates that the child may have poor perceptual reasoning skills. d. Indicates that that child may have poor vocabulary skills.
Answer: Indicates that the child possesses adequate cognitive planning ability, but that her/his performance on Elithorn Mazes may be limited by time demands
What is the most common type of brain tumor in children? a. Cerebellar astrocytoma b. Medulloblastoma c. Ependymona d. Brainstem glioma
Answer: Medulloblastoma
Sensory disorders may be manifested in which way: a. Overstimulated b. Understimulated c. Sensation seeking d. Any or all of the above
Answer: Overstimulated, Understimulated, Sensory Seeking
Which of the following types of attention is related to working memory? a. sustained attention b. attentional capacity c. divided attention d. selective attention
Answer: Attentional Capacity
The term that is used to refer to a convoluted way of saying something is called? a. anomia b. dysarthria c. oromotor apraxia d. circumlocution
Answer: Circumlocution
The receptive language center of the brain is located where? a. Wernicke’s area b. Broca’s area c. angular gyrus d. supramarginal gyrus
Answer: Wernicke’s Area
On the Design Copying test of the NEPSY-II, if the child shows intact capacity to imitate or create general shapes (perceives the general configuration), but confuses or leaves out pertinent details, which subtest score will most likely be lower? a. Design Copying Global Score b. Design Copying Local Score c. Design Copying General Score d. Design Copying Process Score
Answer: Design Copying Local Score
What D-KEFS test is a modern version of the classic Stroop test? a. Color Word Interference b. Trail Making Test c. Word Context d. Design Fluency
Answer: Color Word Interference Test
Children with this type of dyslexia over-rely on memorizing whole words as they are visualized because they cannot phonetically sound out the word. What is this subtypes of dyslexia called? a. surface dyslexia b. mixed dyslexia c. phonological dyslexia d. semantic dyslexia
Answer: phonological dyslexia
What subtype of dysgraphia is characterized by visuospatial difficulty and poor copying skills? a. ideomotor dysgraphia b. ideational dysgraphia c. phonological dysgraphia d. constructional dysgraphia
Answer: constructional dysgraphia
This subtype of dyscalculia is characterized by poor number-symbol association and math fact automaticity. a. semantic dyscalculia b. procedural dyscalculia c. verbal dyscalculia d. visual-spatial dyscalculia
Answer: Semantic Dyscalculia
If this amygdala within the brain is hyperactive it can cause what emotional symptoms? a. depression b. anxiety c. undue jocularity d. shyness
Answer: Anxiety
Which of the brain areas or functions could be impaired in children who have externalizing behavioral problems? a. frontal lobe function b. speech and language center c. visuospatial processing d. all of the above
Answer: frontal lobe function, speech language center, visuospatial processing
While NVLD is most often associated with right hemispheric dysfunction or impairment, Gerstmann Syndrome if associated with dysfunction or impairment within what part of the brain? a. left frontal b. left parietal c. left occipital d. left temporal
Answer: left parietal lobe
This occurs when the band of tissue connecting the two hemispheres of the brain, fails to develop normally: a. callosal agenesis b. velocardiofacial syndrome c. Williams Syndrome d. De Lange Syndrome
Answer: callosal agenesis
What type of brain injury listed below would not be considered an acquired brain injury? a. oxygen deprivation b. stroke or tumor c. skull fracture d. infectious disease
Answer: skull fracture
What is the name for swelling in the brain? a. diffuse axonal injury b. concussion c. edema d. shearing
Answer: edema
Angela is a 5-year-old female who was riding with her older brother as he tried out his new four-wheeler. Both children wore helmets but at some point, he lost control. He and his sister careened into a parked car at the end of their block and Angela flew from behind her brother, over his head, and struck the windshield of the neighbor’s car. She was attended by emergency services professionals who noted a GCS of 11. What level of head trauma severity should be recorded in her medical records? a. Mild b. Moderate c. Intermediate d. Severe
Answer: Moderate
Which seizure disorder is often misidentified as ADHD - Inattentive Type? a. Tonic b. Atonic c. Absence d. Complex Partial
Answer: -Absence
On a list learning test, the number correct from the last trial minus the number correct on the first trial is considered a measure of: a. retention b. recall c. recognition d. learning
Answer: -learning
Which two brain structures plays a major role in memory? a. Amygdala and hippocampus b. Fornix and hypothalamus c. angular gyrus and cingulate gyrus d. basal ganglia and pons
Answer: -Amygdala and Hippocampus
Which of the following reasons are good reasons for including data in a school neuropsychological report? a. The examiner who evaluates the student years later will have something to compare the current results to. b. The data will provide support for the diagnostic conclusions and related educational recommendations. c. The data will help the examiner reconstruct the reasoning behind the diagnostic conclusions made in the report. d. All of the above are good reasons to include data in the report.
Answer: -All of the above
Which of the NEPSY-II subtests measures the child’s ability to infer a mental state in someone else? a. Affect Recognition b. Theory of Mind c. Memory for Faces d. Any or all of the above
Answer: Theory of Mind
What type of aphasia is characterized by intact comprehension and spontaneous speech but difficulty with repeating words? a. Wernicke’s aphasia b. Broca’s aphasia c. Conduction aphasia d. Transcortical aphasia
Answer: Conduction aphasia
What brain structure seems to regulate the recognition of people’s faces? a. fusiform gyrus b. cingulate gyrus c. angular gyrus d. supramarginal gyrus
Answer: fusiform gyrus
Damage to the cerebellum can cause what types of dysfunction? a. Ataxia b. Dysarthia c. Hypotonia d. Any or all of the above
Answer: -Ataxia, Dysarthia, Hypotonia
A medical condition that is characterized by the ventricles of the brain overfilling with cerebrospinal fluid is called? a. Hydrocephalus b. Cerebral Palsy c. Meningitis d. Muscular Dystrophy
Answer: Hydrocephalus
A blot clot that forms between the skull and the top lining of the brain is called: a. Subdural hematoma b. Epidural hematoma c. Intraceberal hemorrhage d. Contusion/Concussion
Answer: Epidural hematoma
All of the WISC-IV Integrated subtests can be administered after the WISC-IV subtests are administered, except one. Which WISC-IV subtest needs to be administered right after its WISC-IV counterpart? a. Picture Vocabulary Multiple Choice b. Coding Recall c. Elithorn Mazes d. Block Design Process Approach
Answer: Coding Recall