Neuropsych Exam 2 practice test #1
  • 1. These cells have the largest population of cortical neurons
A) None of the above
B) Pyramidal
C) Aspiny
D) Glia
E) Stellate
  • 2. Which of the following is NOT true?
A) The right hemisphere is larger and heavier.
B) The left hemisphere extends farther posteriorly.
C) The left side of the thalamus is dominant for language functions
D) There is more gray matter in the right hemisphere.
E) The slope of the lateral is gentler on the left hemisphere.
  • 3. A split brain patient is presented with a picture of a spoon in the left visual field. When asked what they see, the patient would respond with
A) "I see nothing". Although object recognition is intact in the right hemisphere, speech initiation is not because mechanisms of the left hemisphere can not be accessed.
B) "I see nothing". Although object recognition is intact in the left hemisphere, speech initiation is not because mechanisms of the right hemisphere can not be accessed.
C) "Spoon" because because object recognition and speech intiaition is intact in the left hemisphere,.
D) "Spoon" because object recognition and speech intiaition is intact in the right hemisphere.
  • 4. Studies of dichotic listening tasks suggest that the left ear has an advantage for _______________ and the right ear has an advantage for _________________.
A) verbal stimuli and music; stimuli with a tonal quality
B) verbal stimuli with a tonal quality; music
C) music; verbal stimuli with a tonal quality
D) music and stimuli with a tonal quality; verbal stimuli
E) verbal stimuli; music and stimuli with a tonal quality.
  • 5. People who write with _______________ show more variation in asymmetry and greater hemispheric interaction.
A) none of the above
B) the right hand
C) both hands
D) the left hand
  • 6. Which of the following is NOT true?
A) There is a larger incidence of left-handedness among mentally defective children & children with neurological disorders.
B) All of the above are true.
C) There is little known about the cerebral organization in those with right hemisphere speech.
D) The majority of right-handers have lateralized speech.
  • 7. In regard to spatial analysis, what is true about sex differences?
A) Women are superior at mental rotation
B) None of the above.
C) Men are superior at mental rotation.
D) Women are superior at geographical knowledge.
E) Men are superior at spatial memory.
  • 8. Which of the following may be true in regard to the genetic theories of handedness?
A) If there is a dominant gene for speech in the left hemisphere, there is an increased likelihood of left handedness.
B) If there is a recessive gene for speech in the left hemisphere, there is an increased likelihood of left handedness.
C) If there is a recessive gene for speech in the left hemisphere, there is an increased likelihood of right handedness.
D) If there is a dominant gene for speech in the left hemisphere, there is an increased likelihood of right handedness.
  • 9. The anterior zone of the parietal lobe plays a role in
A) none of the above
B) processing controlled motor responses
C) integrating somatosensory information for movement
D) processing somatic sensations and perceptions
E) integrating visual information
  • 10. Anosodiaphoria is
A) none of the above
B) an indifference to illness
C) an absence of normal reactions to pain
D) an inability to localize and name body parts
E) the inability to identify an object without visual input
  • 11. Which of the following is not a symptom of Balint's syndrome, a disorder associated with bilateral parietal lesions?
A) Patients can move eyes but can't fixate on specific visual stimuli
B) Patients can not make visually guided movements
C) Patients can only pay attention to one thing at a time
D) Patients can not identify movement in the environment
  • 12. _________________ is a command apparatus for the operation of the limbs, hands, and eyes within immediate extrapersonal space.
A) The cerebellum
B) The occipitofrontal cortex
C) The posterior parietal cortex
D) The basal ganglia
E) The premotor cortex
  • 13. The posterior parietal cortex plays a role in
A) none of the above
B) object recognition and pattern categorization
C) viewer-centered system and visuomotor guidance
D) somatic sensations and perceptions
E) balance and biological motion perception
  • 14. _____________________ is commonly found in patients who have specifically had a Right hemisphere stroke with parietal dysfunction.
A) Anosognosia
B) Anosodiaphoria
C) Astereognosis
D) Autopagnosia
E) Asymbolia for pain
  • 15. Patients with this condition often have injuries to the right posterior cingulate cortex and seem to have no sense of direction.
A) Heading disorientation
B) Topographic agnosia
C) Egocentric disorientation
D) Anterograde disorientation
E) None of the above
  • 16. The inability to learn new representations of environmental information is called
A) heading disorientation.
B) topographic agnosia.
C) egocentric disorientation.
D) topographic amnesia.
E) anterograde disorientation.
  • 17. Which is not a common characteristic of both place cells and head-direction cells?
A) Both are influenced by environmental cues.
B) Both continue activity in the dark.
C) Both are active when changing directions
D) Both activate when the enironment is rotated.
  • 18. A cognitive map is a the brain's represetnation of the environment, and is involved with spatial behavior. A cognitive map is located in the
A) hippocampus
B) putamen
C) amygdala
D) cerebellum
E) basal ganglia
  • 19. ________ are similar to a compass needle and fire as long as the head is facing a certain direction
A) Place cells
B) Head direction cells
C) All of the above
D) Grid cells
  • 20. Place cells prefer
A) auditory cues
B) vestibular cues
C) visual cues
D) somatosensory cues
E) gustatory cues
  • 21. In the auditory pathway, inputs from the cortex are
A) ipsilateral
B) ipsilateral and contralateral
C) contralateral
  • 22. In the auditory pathway, information goes from
A) hindbrain --> midbrain --> thalamus --> cerebral cortex
B) midbrain --> thalamus --> hindbrain --> cerebral cortex
C) cerebral cortex --> midbrain --> thalamus --> hindbrain
D) none of the above
E) cerebral cortex --> thalamus --> midbrain --> hindbrain
  • 23. The dorsal tract has large, heavily myelinated fibers and receives input related to
A) none of the above
B) hapsis and proprioception
C) nocioception and proprioception
D) hapsis and nocioception
  • 24. This somatosensory pathway is related to the perception of unpleasant stimuli.
A) Ventral
B) Vestibular
C) Nigrostriatal
D) Dorsal
E) Geniculostriate
  • 25. Which of the following is not a basic sensory function of the temporal lobe?
A) long term storage of information
B) processing auditory input
C) visual object recognition
D) limb and trunk movements
  • 26. The Superior Temporal Sulcus is activated during tasks that involve
A) facial processing
B) speech production
C) biological motion
D) none of the above
E) limb coordination
  • 27. Schneider and colleagues found that
A) musicians have larger inferior temporal cortices.
B) none of the above
C) spectral pitch listeners had a leftward asymmetry of gray-matter in Heschl's gyrus.
D) musicians have a higher volume of gray and white matter in Heschl's gyrus.
  • 28. Pedantic speech, preoccupation with religion, perseveration, and an overemphasis on petty details of life occurs in
A) disinhibition syndrome
B) pseudodepression
C) temporal lobe personality
D) pseudopsychopathy
  • 29. Which of the following does color vision play a role in?
A) All of the above
B) detection of depth
C) detection of movement
D) detection of position
E) None of the above
  • 30. The dorsal stream of visual processing plays a role in
A) object identification
B) visual guidance of movements
C) symbol categorization
D) color perception
  • 31. The ventral stream of visual processing begins in V1 and ends in
A) the occipital lobe
B) the parietal lobe
C) the frontal lobe
D) the temporal lobe
  • 32. Blindness of one entire visual field due to a complete cut of the optic tract may be called
A) Scotoma
B) Monocular blindness
C) None of the above
D) Macular Sparing
E) Homonymous Hemianopia
  • 33. A patient who, upon showing them a pencil, can not describe it's characteristics or identify it by name may have
A) apperceptive agnosia.
B) associative agnosia.
C) prosopagnosia.
D) alexia.
E) none of the above.
  • 34. In a motor sequence, this region specifies movement goals
A) prefrontal cortex
B) posterior cortex
C) primary motor cortex
D) premotor cortex
  • 35. The ___________ is responsible for the execution of movements.
A) prefrontal cortex
B) primary motor cortex
C) premotor cortex
D) posterior cortex
  • 36. Persons with brainstem lesions would have impairments with
A) Grooming
B) All of the above
C) Eating and drinking
D) None of the above
E) Sexual behavior
  • 37. Hyperkinetic symptoms are related to _____________________ and occur in patients with _____________________.
A) loss of movement; Huntington's
B) increases in motor activity; Huntington's
C) increases in motor activity; Parkinson's
D) loss of movement; Parkinsons
  • 38. The basal ganglia connections:
A) Caudate -> Thalamus -> Substantia Nigra -> Cortex -> Movement
B) Thalamus -> Caudate -> Substantia Nigra -> Cortex -> Movement
C) Cortex -> Thalamus -> Caudate -> Substantia Nigra -> Movement
D) Substantia nigra -> Caudate -> Thalamus -> Cortex -> Movement
  • 39. The basal ganglia receives connections from
A) all of the above
B) all areas of the neocortex
C) none of the above
D) the limbic cortex
E) the substantia nigra
  • 40. Which structure plays a role in the timing of movements and the maintenance of movement accuracy?
A) Orbitofrontal Cortex
B) None of the above
C) Cerebellum
D) Basal Ganglia
E) Hippocampus
  • 41. The ________ parts of the cerebellum control the __________.
A) medial; limbs
B) medial; trunk
C) lateral; trunk
  • 42. The lateral corticospinal tract _________ and controls _______ regions.
A) does not decussate, limb
B) decussates, limb
C) does not decussate, trunk
D) decussates, trunk
  • 43. The precentral sulcus is part of the __________.
A) motor cortex
B) striate cortex
C) inferiotemporal cortex
D) prefrontal cortex
  • 44. ____________ is associated with control of movement, rather than muscles.
A) The prefrontal cortex
B) The frontal eye field
C) The premotor cortex
D) The motor cortex
  • 45. The __________ contains cells that respond to taste and olfaction.
A) inferior prefrontal cortex
B) medial prefrontal cortex
C) dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
  • 46. Persons with _____ lesions have difficulty with social cues.
A) posterior parietal
B) orbitofrontal
C) none of the above
D) dorsolateral
  • 47. The Left frontal lobe is involved with
A) speech
B) memory retrieval
C) nonverbal movements
D) facial expression
  • 48. low decerebrate animals
A) have a connected hindbrain and spinal cord
B) have a connected midbrain and frontal lobe
C) have a connected spinal cord and frontal lobe
D) none of the above
  • 49. Decorticate animals can do all of the following except:
A) swim
B) groom
C) build nests
D) run
E) eat dry food
  • 50. which of the following is a variable complicating the research on laterality?
A) All of the above
B) Laterality is affected by genetic factors
C) Laterality is exhibited by a range of animals
D) Laterality is not absolute
E) Cerebral site is just as important as cerebral side
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