Neuropsych Exam 2 practice test #1
  • 1. These cells have the largest population of cortical neurons
A) Pyramidal
B) Aspiny
C) None of the above
D) Glia
E) Stellate
  • 2. Which of the following is NOT true?
A) The left hemisphere extends farther posteriorly.
B) The right hemisphere is larger and heavier.
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) "Spoon" because because object recognition and speech intiaition is intact in the left hemisphere,.
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) "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 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 with a tonal quality; music
B) verbal stimuli and music; stimuli with a tonal quality
C) verbal stimuli; music and stimuli with a tonal quality.
D) music; verbal 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) the right hand
B) none of the above
C) the left hand
D) both hands
  • 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) The majority of right-handers have lateralized speech.
D) There is little known about the cerebral organization in those with right hemisphere speech.
  • 7. In regard to spatial analysis, what is true about sex differences?
A) Men are superior at mental rotation.
B) None of the above.
C) Women are superior at geographical knowledge.
D) Women 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 recessive gene for speech in the left hemisphere, there is an increased likelihood of left 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) integrating visual information
B) processing controlled motor responses
C) integrating somatosensory information for movement
D) processing somatic sensations and perceptions
E) none of the above
  • 10. Anosodiaphoria is
A) the inability to identify an object without visual input
B) none of the above
C) an indifference to illness
D) an inability to localize and name body parts
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 identify movement in the environment
B) Patients can move eyes but can't fixate on specific visual stimuli
C) Patients can only pay attention to one thing at a time
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 basal ganglia
B) The cerebellum
C) The posterior parietal cortex
D) The premotor cortex
E) The occipitofrontal cortex
  • 13. The posterior parietal cortex plays a role in
A) none of the above
B) balance and biological motion perception
C) object recognition and pattern categorization
D) somatic sensations and perceptions
E) viewer-centered system and visuomotor guidance
  • 14. _____________________ is commonly found in patients who have specifically had a Right hemisphere stroke with parietal dysfunction.
A) Anosodiaphoria
B) Autopagnosia
C) Anosognosia
D) Astereognosis
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) Topographic agnosia
B) None of the above
C) Egocentric disorientation
D) Heading disorientation
E) Anterograde disorientation
  • 16. The inability to learn new representations of environmental information is called
A) topographic amnesia.
B) heading disorientation.
C) anterograde disorientation.
D) topographic agnosia.
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 continue activity in the dark.
C) Both are influenced by environmental cues.
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) amygdala
C) cerebellum
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) Place cells
B) Grid cells
C) Head direction cells
D) All of the above
  • 20. Place cells prefer
A) vestibular cues
B) auditory cues
C) gustatory 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) hindbrain --> midbrain --> thalamus --> cerebral cortex
B) none of the above
C) midbrain --> thalamus --> hindbrain --> cerebral cortex
D) cerebral cortex --> thalamus --> midbrain --> hindbrain
E) cerebral cortex --> midbrain --> thalamus --> hindbrain
  • 23. The dorsal tract has large, heavily myelinated fibers and receives input related to
A) hapsis and proprioception
B) none of the above
C) hapsis and nocioception
D) nocioception and proprioception
  • 24. This somatosensory pathway is related to the perception of unpleasant stimuli.
A) Ventral
B) Vestibular
C) Geniculostriate
D) Nigrostriatal
E) Dorsal
  • 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) speech production
B) facial processing
C) limb coordination
D) biological motion
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) musicians have larger inferior temporal cortices.
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) temporal lobe personality
B) pseudopsychopathy
C) disinhibition syndrome
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 movement
D) All of the above
E) detection of position
  • 30. The dorsal stream of visual processing plays a role in
A) color perception
B) object identification
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 frontal lobe
C) the temporal lobe
D) the parietal lobe
  • 32. Blindness of one entire visual field due to a complete cut of the optic tract may be called
A) Monocular blindness
B) Macular Sparing
C) Homonymous Hemianopia
D) Scotoma
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) none of the above.
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) primary motor cortex
B) posterior cortex
C) prefrontal cortex
D) premotor cortex
  • 36. Persons with brainstem lesions would have impairments with
A) None of the above
B) Sexual behavior
C) Grooming
D) Eating and drinking
E) All of the above
  • 37. Hyperkinetic symptoms are related to _____________________ and occur in patients with _____________________.
A) increases in motor activity; Huntington's
B) increases in motor activity; Parkinson's
C) loss of movement; Parkinsons
D) loss of movement; Huntington's
  • 38. The basal ganglia connections:
A) Thalamus -> Caudate -> Substantia Nigra -> Cortex -> Movement
B) Cortex -> Thalamus -> Caudate -> Substantia Nigra -> Movement
C) Substantia nigra -> Caudate -> Thalamus -> Cortex -> Movement
D) Caudate -> Thalamus -> Substantia Nigra -> Cortex -> Movement
  • 39. The basal ganglia receives connections from
A) the substantia nigra
B) none of the above
C) all areas of the neocortex
D) the limbic cortex
E) all of the above
  • 40. Which structure plays a role in the timing of movements and the maintenance of movement accuracy?
A) Cerebellum
B) None of the above
C) Orbitofrontal Cortex
D) Basal Ganglia
E) Hippocampus
  • 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, limb
D) decussates, trunk
  • 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 frontal eye field
B) The motor cortex
C) The premotor 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) posterior parietal
C) dorsolateral
D) none of the above
  • 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 midbrain and frontal lobe
C) have a connected hindbrain and spinal cord
D) have a connected spinal cord and frontal lobe
  • 49. Decorticate animals can do all of the following except:
A) eat dry food
B) run
C) swim
D) groom
E) build nests
  • 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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