Neuropsychology

Question 1

Anomia is the:
A) Inability to recognise faces
B) Inability to name objects
C) Inability to write
D) Loss of grammar

Answer 1

B) Inability to name objects

Question 2

Inability to write is known as:
A) Agrammatism
B) Acalculia
C) Agraphia
D) Dyslexia

Answer 2

C) Agraphia

Question 3

In a right-handed person, the language centres are usually located in:
A) The left hemisphere, around the central fissure
B) The left hemisphere, around the lateral fissure
C) The right hemisphere, around the interhemispheric fissure
D) The right hemisphere, around the lateral fissure

Answer 3

B) The left hemisphere, around the lateral fissure (aka Sylvian fissure)

Question 4

Prosody of speech is governed by:
A) Wernicke's area
B) Broca's area
C) Right hemisphere
D) Left hemisphere

Answer 4

C) Right atmosphere

Question 5

Conductive dysphasia results from damage to:
A) Broca's area
B) Arcuate fasciculus
C) Wernicke's area
D) Corpus collosum

Answer 5

B) Arcuate fasciculus

Question 6

Global aphasia is commonly seen in patients with:
A) Left MCA stroke
B) Right MCA stroke
C) Left ACA stroke
D) Left PCA stroke

Answer 6

A) Left MCA stroke

Question 7

The inability to recognise faces is known as:
A) Phonagnosia
B) Topographic agnosia
C) Autotopagnosia
D) Prosopagnosia

Answer 7

D) Prosopagnosia

Question 8

Astereognosia is:
A) The inability to recognise familiar voices
B) The inability to identify numbers traced on the skin
C) The inability to orientate oneself in a familiar environment
D) The inability to recognise objects by touch

Answer 8

D) The inability to recognise objects by touch

Question 9

Phonagnosia is:
A) The inability to recognise familiar voices
B) The inability to identify numbers traced on the skin
C) The inability to orientate oneself in a familiar environment
D) The inability to recognise objects by touch

Answer 9

A) The inability to recognise familiar voices

Question 10

Topographic agnosia is:
A) The inability to recognise familiar voices
B) The inability to identify numbers traced on the skin
C) The inability to orientate oneself in a familiar environment
D) The inability to recognise objects by touch

Answer 10

C) The inability to orientate oneself in a familiar environment

Question 11

Which is not a symptom of Gerstmann Syndrome?
A) Finger agnosia
B) Acalculia
C) Agraphia
D) Astereognosia

Answer 11

D) Astereognosia

N.b. there is left-right disorientation.

Question 12

Constructional apraxia is:
A) Inability to draw and copy shapes
B) Inability to mime action or activity
C) Inability to coordinate a sequence of movements to perform a task
D) Inability to come up with an idea

Answer 12

A) Inability to draw and copy shapes

Question 13

Ideomotor apraxia is:
A) Inability to draw and copy shapes
B) Inability to mime action or activity
C) Inability to coordinate a sequence of motor movements to perform a task
D) Inability to come up with ideas

Answer 13

B) Inability to mime action or activity

Question 14

Ideational apraxia is:
A) Inability to draw and copy shapes
B) Inability to mime action or activity
C) Inability to coordinate a sequence of motor movements to perform a task
D) Inability to come up with ideas

Answer 14

C) Inability to coordinate a sequence of motor movements to perform a task

Question 15

Which of the following is not part of the frontal assessment battery?
A) Drawing a clock face
B) Luria
C) Go-No Go
D) Verbal fluency

Answer 15

A) Drawing a clock face