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