Neuropsych Exam 2 practice test #1
  • 1. These cells have the largest population of cortical neurons
A) Aspiny
B) Glia
C) Pyramidal
D) None of the above
E) Stellate
  • 2. Which of the following is NOT true?
A) There is more gray matter in the right hemisphere.
B) The left side of the thalamus is dominant for language functions
C) The left hemisphere extends farther posteriorly.
D) The right hemisphere is larger and heavier.
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) "Spoon" because object recognition and speech intiaition is intact in the right hemisphere.
B) "Spoon" because because object recognition and speech intiaition is intact in the left 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) "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.
  • 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 and music; stimuli with a tonal quality
C) verbal stimuli with a tonal quality; music
D) music; verbal stimuli with a tonal quality
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) the right hand
B) none of the above
C) the left hand
D) both hands
  • 6. Which of the following is NOT true?
A) All of the above are true.
B) There is a larger incidence of left-handedness among mentally defective children & children with neurological disorders.
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) None of the above.
B) Women are superior at geographical knowledge.
C) Women are superior at mental rotation
D) Men are superior at mental rotation.
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 recessive 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 right handedness.
C) If there is a recessive gene for speech in the left hemisphere, there is an increased likelihood of left 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) none of the above
C) processing somatic sensations and perceptions
D) integrating somatosensory information for movement
E) integrating visual information
  • 10. Anosodiaphoria is
A) an absence of normal reactions to pain
B) an inability to localize and name body parts
C) none of the above
D) an indifference to illness
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 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 cerebellum
B) The premotor cortex
C) The occipitofrontal cortex
D) The posterior parietal cortex
E) The basal ganglia
  • 13. The posterior parietal cortex plays a role in
A) somatic sensations and perceptions
B) viewer-centered system and visuomotor guidance
C) none of the above
D) object recognition and pattern categorization
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) Astereognosis
C) Asymbolia for pain
D) Anosognosia
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) Egocentric disorientation
B) Heading disorientation
C) None of the above
D) Topographic agnosia
E) Anterograde disorientation
  • 16. The inability to learn new representations of environmental information is called
A) anterograde disorientation.
B) egocentric disorientation.
C) heading disorientation.
D) topographic amnesia.
E) topographic agnosia.
  • 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) putamen
B) cerebellum
C) basal ganglia
D) amygdala
E) hippocampus
  • 19. ________ are similar to a compass needle and fire as long as the head is facing a certain direction
A) Grid cells
B) Place cells
C) All of the above
D) Head direction cells
  • 20. Place cells prefer
A) vestibular cues
B) auditory 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) midbrain --> thalamus --> hindbrain --> cerebral cortex
B) hindbrain --> midbrain --> thalamus --> 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) hapsis and nocioception
B) nocioception and proprioception
C) hapsis and proprioception
D) none of the above
  • 24. This somatosensory pathway is related to the perception of unpleasant stimuli.
A) Dorsal
B) Vestibular
C) Nigrostriatal
D) Geniculostriate
E) Ventral
  • 25. Which of the following is not a basic sensory function of the temporal lobe?
A) long term storage of information
B) limb and trunk movements
C) processing auditory input
D) visual object recognition
  • 26. The Superior Temporal Sulcus is activated during tasks that involve
A) biological motion
B) speech production
C) limb coordination
D) none of the above
E) facial processing
  • 27. Schneider and colleagues found that
A) musicians have a higher volume of gray and white matter in Heschl's gyrus.
B) musicians have larger inferior temporal cortices.
C) none of the above
D) spectral pitch listeners had a leftward asymmetry of gray-matter in Heschl's gyrus.
  • 28. Pedantic speech, preoccupation with religion, perseveration, and an overemphasis on petty details of life occurs in
A) pseudopsychopathy
B) pseudodepression
C) temporal lobe personality
D) disinhibition syndrome
  • 29. Which of the following does color vision play a role in?
A) detection of movement
B) detection of depth
C) detection of position
D) None of the above
E) All of the above
  • 30. The dorsal stream of visual processing plays a role in
A) object identification
B) color perception
C) visual guidance of movements
D) symbol categorization
  • 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) None of the above
B) Homonymous Hemianopia
C) Scotoma
D) Monocular blindness
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) none of the above.
B) alexia.
C) apperceptive agnosia.
D) associative agnosia.
E) prosopagnosia.
  • 34. In a motor sequence, this region specifies movement goals
A) posterior cortex
B) prefrontal cortex
C) primary motor cortex
D) premotor cortex
  • 35. The ___________ is responsible for the execution of movements.
A) primary motor cortex
B) prefrontal cortex
C) posterior cortex
D) premotor cortex
  • 36. Persons with brainstem lesions would have impairments with
A) All of the above
B) Eating and drinking
C) Sexual behavior
D) Grooming
E) None of the above
  • 37. Hyperkinetic symptoms are related to _____________________ and occur in patients with _____________________.
A) loss of movement; Huntington's
B) loss of movement; Parkinsons
C) increases in motor activity; Parkinson's
D) increases in motor activity; Huntington's
  • 38. The basal ganglia connections:
A) Cortex -> Thalamus -> Caudate -> Substantia Nigra -> Movement
B) Thalamus -> Caudate -> Substantia Nigra -> Cortex -> Movement
C) Substantia nigra -> Caudate -> Thalamus -> Cortex -> Movement
D) Caudate -> Thalamus -> Substantia Nigra -> 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 substantia nigra
E) the limbic cortex
  • 40. Which structure plays a role in the timing of movements and the maintenance of movement accuracy?
A) Cerebellum
B) Basal Ganglia
C) None of the above
D) Orbitofrontal Cortex
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, trunk
B) decussates, trunk
C) does not decussate, limb
D) decussates, limb
  • 43. The precentral sulcus is part of the __________.
A) prefrontal cortex
B) motor cortex
C) striate cortex
D) inferiotemporal cortex
  • 44. ____________ is associated with control of movement, rather than muscles.
A) The premotor cortex
B) The frontal eye field
C) The motor cortex
D) The prefrontal cortex
  • 45. The __________ contains cells that respond to taste and olfaction.
A) dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
B) medial prefrontal cortex
C) inferior prefrontal cortex
  • 46. Persons with _____ lesions have difficulty with social cues.
A) orbitofrontal
B) dorsolateral
C) posterior parietal
D) none of the above
  • 47. The Left frontal lobe is involved with
A) facial expression
B) speech
C) memory retrieval
D) nonverbal movements
  • 48. low decerebrate animals
A) have a connected hindbrain and spinal cord
B) have a connected spinal cord and frontal lobe
C) none of the above
D) have a connected midbrain and frontal lobe
  • 49. Decorticate animals can do all of the following except:
A) swim
B) run
C) eat dry food
D) groom
E) build nests
  • 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) Cerebral site is just as important as cerebral side
D) Laterality is not absolute
E) Laterality is exhibited by a range of animals
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