Neuropsychology of Executive Functions

Question 1

Which of the frontal-subcortical circuits would most likely be involved with a child’s handwriting?
A.	Motor circuit
B.	Oculomotor circuit
C.	Dorsolateral circuit
D.	Orbitofrontal circuit

Answer 1

A. Motor circuit

Question 2

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 2

B. Oculomotor circuit

Question 3

The case of Phineas Gage illustrated the behavioral effects of damage to which part of the brain?
A.	Prefrontal dorsolateral
B.	Anterior cingulated
C.	Basal ganglia
D.	Prefrontal orbitofrontal

Answer 3

D. Prefrontal orbitofrontal

Prefrontal orbitofrontal regulates the learning of reward and punishment.

Question 4

What part of the brain regulates the learning of reward and punishment?
A.	Anterior cingulate
B.	Limbic system
C.	Orbitofrontal region
D.	Dorsolateral region

Answer 4

C. Orbitofrontal region

You either get rewarded or punished for riding in the front of the Orbi bus. Mr. Phineas Gage rode the bus.

Question 5

A person’s development of EF is generally completed with the same time as:
A. A child enters of elementary school
B. An adolescent enters puberty
C. An adolescent reaches the age of majority
D. Young adulthood

Answer 5

D. Young adulthood

Question 6

A child with poor initiating behaviors and behavioral apathy may have dysfunction in what part of the prefrontal cortex?
A.	Dorsolateral region
B.	Orbitofrontal region
C.	Anterior cingulate
D.	Basil ganglia

Answer 6

C. Anterior cingulate

Apathy and initiation (AI) - the robot didn’t have much to sing (cingulate) about (anterior).

Question 7

The \_\_ \_\_ are implicated in higher level cognitive processes, including EF. 
A.	Superior aspects of the brain
B.	Frontal lobes
C.	Pontine areas
D.	Cerebral peduncles

Answer 7

B. Frontal lobes

Question 8

These behaviors are frequently associated with descriptions of EFs:
A.	Concept generation
B.	Set shifting
C.	Problem solving
D.	All of the above

Answer 8

D. All of the above

Question 9

What two tests are designed to measure concept generation?
A. D-KEFS 20 Questions and D-KEFS Tower
B. NEPSY-II Design Fluency & D-KEFS Design Fluency
C. WJ IV-Cog Pair Cancellation & WJ IV-Cog Analysis-Synthesis
D. NEPSY-II Animal Sorting and D-KEFS Sorting

Answer 9

D. NEPSY-II Animal Sorting and D-KEFS Sorting

Question 10

Which of the verbal fluency measures generate the most process scores?
A.	WJ IV Cog Concept Formation
B.	NEPSY-II Word Generation
C.	D-KEFS Verbal Fluency
D.	None of the above

Answer 10

C. D-KEFS Verbal Fluency