Quiz 3 Flashcards

1
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What type of dementia is associated with abnormal deposits of proteins in the brain?

A

Lewy Body Dementia

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2
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The new and improved version of taxonomy consists of two frameworks. What are the four components that fall under the executive control of attention?

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Working memory, selective attention, suppression, alternating attention.

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3
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A closed head injury results in more diffuse damage, while an open head injury results in more focal damage.

A

True.

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4
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Which is NOT a characteristic of automatic processing in regards to attention?

A

Under voluntary control

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5
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Which attentional model states that tasks are done serially and our executive functioning skills are quickly shifting our attention between tasks?

A

Central Bottleneck Model

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6
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Put the following components of the information processing memory model in the correct order:

A

encoding, consolidation, storage, retrieval

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An SLPs caseload consists of more closed head injury patients than open head injury patients

A

True

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8
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Tertiary blast injuries result from:

A

your body being thrown from force

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9
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What are the primary effects of a TBI?

A

Diffuse Axonal Injury, Focal Contusions, Coup/Contrecoup

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10
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The type of blast injury that results from burns and/or chemical exposure is:

A

quaternary injury

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11
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Mild Traumatic Brain disorder is also known as postconcussive disorder?

A

True

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12
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One primary effect of a TBI is edema

A

False

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13
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SLPs will most likely work with patients with reversible dementia because it can be treated with cognitive therapy

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false-there is an underlying cause that needs to be cured (change in medication)

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14
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Which of the following does not often co-occur with military TBI to characterize the mTBI polytrauma?

A

Depression

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15
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Primary TBI blast-related injuries impact which parts of the body?

A

Air-filled organs and fluid-filled cavities

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16
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Mild cognitive impairment looks like

A

A. alzheimers disease

b. normal aging
c. aphasia
d. none of the above**

17
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Blast fragments flying through the air causes what type of injury?

18
Q

The foundation of cognition skills is?

19
Q

Lewy Body dementia is the most common type of reversible dementia

20
Q

Delirium is NOT

A
  1. often referred to as Altered Mental Status
  2. *A gradual change in cognition with a slow onset
  3. confused for dementia
  4. usually the result of medica condition, such as a UTI
21
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Which type of amnesia results in difficulty remembering new information after onset?

A

anterograde amnesia

22
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Delirium occurs from a sudden onset of disturbed cognition, which fluctuates throughout the day, and is often the result of a medical condition such as UTI

23
Q

The prognosis for vascular dementia is worse than Alzheimer disease

24
Q

An injury to the brain as it rattles back affecting the opposite side of impact is known as…

A

contrecoup

25
According to the article from Business Insider titled “The doctor who inspired ‘Concussion’ says there’s no equipment that prevents them”, repeated concussions result in a pathological buildup of a protein called tau which strangles healthy cells.
TRUE
26
Delirium is sometimes referred to as...
Altered mental status (AMS)
27
Semantic memory is more vulnerable after trauma than episodic memory
FALSE: episodic memory is personal, autobiographical recollections of experiences. It is the most vulnerable because you can't recreate the exposure.