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