Manaye Practice Questions

Question 1

Which memory type does not require conscious attention?

Answer 1

Nondeclarative (Implicit)

• Procedural
• Priming

Question 2

The role of the hippocampus in memory function can be described as the site where:

A.Learning occurs prior to formation of memory

B.Memory is stored

C.An old memory can be recalled

D.A new memory is consolidated and stored elsewhere

E.Language is formed in a special way

Answer 2

D.A new memory is consolidated and stored elsewhere

Question 3

If inhibited, which brain system would allow preveiously filtered stimulit to enter our consciousness?

A. Limbic system

B. Autonomic system

C. Reticular activating system

D. Both a and b

Answer 3

C. Reticular activating system

Question 4

Which seizure type is being described below?

Olfactory or gustatory sensations are often reported. These may be followed by automatisms, simple or complex patterned movements, incoherent speech, turning of the head and eyes, smacking of the lips or chewing, twisting, and writhing movements of the extremities, clouding of consciousness, and amnesia.

Answer 4

Complex partial

Question 5

Which seizure type is being described below?

They jerk and shake (convulse) as their muscles relax and tighten rhythmically, their breathing might be affected and become difficult or sound noisy, their skin may change colour and become very pale or bluish they may wet themselves.

Answer 5

Generalized tonic-clonic

Question 6

Which seizure type is being described below?

Involves children, Involves isolated body part convulsion, aka “focal” and loss of consciousness for seconds or turning of eyes and heads.

Answer 6

Petit- mal

Question 7

Consciousness is the:

A. state of arousal involving facial and bodily changes.
B. awareness of ourselves and the environment.
C. memory of personally experienced events.
D. intentional recollection of an item of information.
E. thought process just beyond our immediate awareness.

Answer 7

B. awareness of ourselves and the environment.

Question 8

Spatial awareness and perception (Proprioception) or awareness of body/ body parts in space and in relation to each other is the role of

A.Parietal Lobe

B.Occipital lobe

C.Frontal lobe

D.Temporal lobe

E.Internal capsule

Answer 8

A.Parietal Lobe

Question 9

Which disorders are more common with lesion the the non-dominant hemisphere?

Answer 9

Anosognosia

Dressing apraxia

Question 10

What are the effects of disease of either hemisphere of the temporal lobe?

Answer 10

Auditory delusions of hallucinations

Pyschotic behavior

Question 11

Which of the following parameters are decreased in a healthy 89 years-old years man?

A.Ventricular volume

B.Error in judgment

C.Collagen become more elastic

D.Cerebral blood flow

E.Peripheral vision

Answer 11

D.Cerebral blood flow

Question 12

Which of the following morphological changes have been described in the aging nervous system?

A. Cortical atrophy manifested by narrowing of sulci, increase in size of gyri

B. A decrease in lipofusin pigment in both neurons and glia

C. An increase in cerebral blood flow, due to thickening of blood vessel wall

D. An increase in glucose utilization

E. A decrease in cerebral blood flow, due to thickening of blood vessel wall

Answer 12

E. A decrease in cerebral blood flow, due to thickening of blood vessel wall

Question 13

The increase in synaptic strength that occurs in LTP is due to a modification of the synapse to include

A. more postsynaptic NMDA receptors

B. more postsynaptic AMPA receptors

C. fewer synaptic connections

D. more postsynaptic GABA contacts

E. fewer presynaptic GABA contacts

Answer 13

B. more postsynaptic AMPA receptors

Question 14

A 58 years-old patient with a large metastatic tumor could not judge the intensity of facial fear. She understood non-threatening faces and made judgments with verbal information. She could draw fearful faces from memory & prompting but claimed they were not accurate. This patient’s CT scan showed a significant damage of the temporal lobe. The best explanation for her condition is

A. Behavior after bilateral amygdala damage reflect miscoding of fearful events

B. Behavior after unilateral hippocampal damage lead to excessive risk taking

C. This is typical of cingulate gyrus damage to confabulate

D. Related to odd financial decisions and avoid risks due to septal lesion

E. Patient is developing dementia and psychosis due to poor health condition

Answer 14

A. Behavior after bilateral amygdala damage reflect miscoding of fearful events

Question 15

You just had an argument with your significant other and you slam the door on your way out. Which of your brain’s premotor areas would likely have been activated during performance of this action?

A. Basal ganglia

B. Supplementary motor area

C. Somatosensory cortex

D. Cingulated motor area

E. Premotor cortex

Answer 15

D. Cingulated motor area

Question 16

In humans, long-term memory is characterized by:

A. High capacity and short duration, requiring attention

B. Low capacity and short duration, requiring attention

C. Low capacity and long duration, requiring consolidation

D. High capacity and long duration, requiring consolidation

E. Low capacity and short duration, requiring attention

Answer 16

D. High capacity and long duration, requiring consolidation

Question 17

What is papez circuit?

Answer 17

Hippocampal formation (subiculum) → fornix → mammillary bodies → mammillothalamic tract → anterior thalamic nucleus → cingulum → entorhinal cortex → hippocampal formation.