Neuropsychology Assessment Study Guide

Question 1

Baddley and colleagues proposed a three-part working memory system that contained a central executive system that regulated which two subordinate systems?

Answer 1

Visuospatial sketchpad and phonological loop

Question 2

What is the type of memory that is exalted to the recollection of personal memories?

Answer 2

Autobiographical memory

Question 3

What term is used to describe memory retrieval with the aide for external cues?

Answer 3

Free recall

Question 4

What type of memory has limited capacity and pervade temporary storage to manipulate information for complex cognitive tasks such as learning and reasoning?

Answer 4

Working Memory

Question 5

All of the following terms are associated with executive function except for:

A. tacile perception
B. self monitoring
C. planning
D. abstract reasoning

Answer 5

A. tactile perception

Question 6

Which of the following frontal-subcortical circuits is NOT involved with the regulation of behavior?

a. dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
b. oculomotor circuit
c. orbitofrontal circuit
d. anterior circuit.

Answer 6

b. oculomotor circuit

Question 7

Which of the frontal subcortical circuits helps regulate socially appropriate behaviors under typical circumstances?

Answer 7

orbitofrontal circuit

Question 8

Damage to this frontal subcortical circuit can cause decrease retrieval fluency, poor organizational skills, poor planning, impair set shifting ,etc. What frontal subcortical circuit seems to be impaired?

Answer 8

dorsolateral circuit

Question 9

Phineas Gage was a railroad worker who sustained a head injury to his orbitofrontal region of the brain.

Answer 9

true

Question 10

A tendency to repeat the same response over and over again, even when shown to be inappropriate, is referred to as

Answer 10

perseveration

Question 11

Which of the following tests measures a child’s executive function using a rating scale complete by either the parent or teacher?

Answer 11

BRIEF

Question 12

All of the following are examples of constructs that could be classified as speed and efficiency of cognitive processing, except one. which one?

a. processing speed
b. cognitive fluency
c. comprehension-knowledge
d. cognitive fluency

Answer 12

c. comprehension knowledge

Question 13

which of the two major rest of cognitive processing inside a processing speed component?

Answer 13

WISC and WJ COG

Question 14

On the WJ COG cognitive efficiency is a compilation of which two CHC factor scores?

Answer 14

processing speed and short term memory

Question 15

A school neuropsychogical evaluation should emphasize a global measure of intelligence (g).

Answer 15

False

Question 16

What subtype of reading disorder isa characterize by over reliance on memorizing a whole word as seen in space rather than phonetic decoding?

Answer 16

phonological dyslexia

Question 17

What subtype of a reading disorder is characterized by over reliance on visual and semantic cues and frequent semantic errors during reading?

Answer 17

Semantic dyslexia

Question 18

What subtype a written language disorder is characterized by an inability or difficulty with sequencing letters and accurately in words?

Answer 18

Mixed dysgraphia

Question 19

What subtype of a mathematics disorder results and difficulties with poor alignment of numbered columns

Answer 19

Visual spatial dyscalculia

Question 20

Which is subtype of a written language disorder does not involve a cognitive component but results in poor penmanship?

Answer 20

Motor dysgraphia

Question 21

This formal measure of social emotional functioning examines the individual’s ability to recognize affect from visual stimuli

Answer 21

NEPSY-II Affect Recognition

Question 22

This formal measure of social emotional functioning assesses the ability to understand mental functions such as belief intention deception emotion imagination and pretending as well as the ability to understand that others have their own thoughts ideas and feelings that may be different from one’s own and the ability to understand how emotion relates the social context and To recognize the appropriate affect given various social context

Answer 22

NEPSY-II Theory of Mind

Question 23

The following rating scale offers a quick easy and inexpensive way to routinely screen for autism spectrum disorders

Answer 23

Social communication questionarre

Question 24

All of the following subtest on the CASL-II assess for an individual supralinguistic and pragmatic language skills except for _________________

Answer 24

grammatical morphemes

Question 25

All of the following measures are quantitative measure of social emotional functioning except for _____________

Answer 25

SCT

Question 26

_____________ Language measures awareness of appropriate language in a situational context and ability to modify this language as necessary

Answer 26

Pragmatic

Question 27

____________ Language measures comprehension of complex language in which meaning is not directly available from lexical or grammatical information

Answer 27

Supralinguistic

Question 28

During an adaptive functioning assessment in an individual’s ask questions about all the following except __________

Answer 28

Emotional functioning

Question 29

All of the following domains of adaptive functioning RSS on the ABAS-3 except for

Answer 29

Scholastic achievement

Question 30

The following adaptive skills are considered within the ___________ domain

• Uses fork to eat solid food
• Buttons own clothing
• Ties his or her own shoes

Answer 30

Self-care

Question 31

The following adaptive skills are considered within the _____________ domain

• Starts a household chore at once when told to do so
• routine arrives at places on time
• worked on home or school activity for at least 15 minutes without reminders

Answer 31

Self-direction