Neuropsych Exam 2 practice test #1
  • 1. These cells have the largest population of cortical neurons
A) Pyramidal
B) Stellate
C) None of the above
D) Aspiny
E) Glia
  • 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) The slope of the lateral is gentler on the left hemisphere.
E) There is more gray matter in the right 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 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) verbal stimuli; music and stimuli with a tonal quality.
B) verbal stimuli and music; stimuli with a tonal quality
C) music; verbal stimuli with a tonal quality
D) music and stimuli with a tonal quality; verbal stimuli
E) verbal stimuli with a tonal quality; music
  • 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) The majority of right-handers have lateralized speech.
C) All of the above are true.
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) Women are superior at geographical knowledge.
B) Men are superior at spatial memory.
C) None of the above.
D) Women are superior at mental rotation
E) Men 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 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 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 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) integrating somatosensory information for movement
B) integrating visual information
C) processing controlled motor responses
D) processing somatic sensations and perceptions
E) none of the above
  • 10. Anosodiaphoria is
A) none of the above
B) an inability to localize and name body parts
C) the inability to identify an object without visual input
D) an indifference to illness
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 only pay attention to one thing at a time
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 occipitofrontal cortex
B) The basal ganglia
C) The premotor cortex
D) The posterior parietal cortex
E) The cerebellum
  • 13. The posterior parietal cortex plays a role in
A) object recognition and pattern categorization
B) somatic sensations and perceptions
C) viewer-centered system and visuomotor guidance
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) Anosognosia
B) Astereognosis
C) Anosodiaphoria
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) None of the above
E) Anterograde disorientation
  • 16. The inability to learn new representations of environmental information is called
A) heading disorientation.
B) topographic agnosia.
C) anterograde disorientation.
D) topographic amnesia.
E) egocentric disorientation.
  • 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 active when changing directions
C) Both continue activity in the dark.
D) Both are influenced by environmental cues.
  • 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) basal ganglia
B) putamen
C) cerebellum
D) hippocampus
E) amygdala
  • 19. ________ are similar to a compass needle and fire as long as the head is facing a certain direction
A) All of the above
B) Head direction cells
C) Grid cells
D) Place cells
  • 20. Place cells prefer
A) vestibular cues
B) visual cues
C) gustatory cues
D) somatosensory cues
E) auditory 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) midbrain --> thalamus --> hindbrain --> cerebral cortex
B) cerebral cortex --> midbrain --> thalamus --> hindbrain
C) none of the above
D) hindbrain --> midbrain --> thalamus --> cerebral cortex
E) cerebral cortex --> thalamus --> midbrain --> hindbrain
  • 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) Dorsal
B) Geniculostriate
C) Ventral
D) Vestibular
E) Nigrostriatal
  • 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) biological motion
B) none of the above
C) limb coordination
D) facial processing
E) speech production
  • 27. Schneider and colleagues found that
A) musicians have larger inferior temporal cortices.
B) spectral pitch listeners had a leftward asymmetry of gray-matter in Heschl's gyrus.
C) musicians have a higher volume of gray and white matter in Heschl's gyrus.
D) none of the above
  • 28. Pedantic speech, preoccupation with religion, perseveration, and an overemphasis on petty details of life occurs in
A) disinhibition syndrome
B) pseudopsychopathy
C) pseudodepression
D) temporal lobe personality
  • 29. Which of the following does color vision play a role in?
A) detection of position
B) None of the above
C) detection of depth
D) All of the above
E) detection of movement
  • 30. The dorsal stream of visual processing plays a role in
A) color perception
B) visual guidance of movements
C) symbol categorization
D) object identification
  • 31. The ventral stream of visual processing begins in V1 and ends in
A) the frontal lobe
B) the parietal lobe
C) the occipital 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) Macular Sparing
B) None of the above
C) Homonymous Hemianopia
D) Monocular blindness
E) Scotoma
  • 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) prefrontal cortex
B) posterior cortex
C) premotor cortex
D) primary motor 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) Eating and drinking
B) None of the above
C) Sexual behavior
D) Grooming
E) All 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; Huntington's
D) increases in motor activity; Parkinson's
  • 38. The basal ganglia connections:
A) Caudate -> Thalamus -> Substantia Nigra -> Cortex -> Movement
B) Substantia nigra -> Caudate -> Thalamus -> Cortex -> Movement
C) Thalamus -> Caudate -> Substantia Nigra -> Cortex -> Movement
D) Cortex -> Thalamus -> Caudate -> Substantia Nigra -> Movement
  • 39. The basal ganglia receives connections from
A) the substantia nigra
B) all of the above
C) none of the above
D) all areas of the neocortex
E) the limbic cortex
  • 40. Which structure plays a role in the timing of movements and the maintenance of movement accuracy?
A) Hippocampus
B) None of the above
C) Orbitofrontal Cortex
D) Cerebellum
E) Basal Ganglia
  • 41. The ________ parts of the cerebellum control the __________.
A) medial; limbs
B) lateral; trunk
C) medial; trunk
  • 42. The lateral corticospinal tract _________ and controls _______ regions.
A) does not decussate, limb
B) does not decussate, trunk
C) decussates, trunk
D) decussates, limb
  • 43. The precentral sulcus is part of the __________.
A) inferiotemporal cortex
B) prefrontal cortex
C) striate cortex
D) motor cortex
  • 44. ____________ is associated with control of movement, rather than muscles.
A) The motor cortex
B) The prefrontal cortex
C) The premotor cortex
D) The frontal eye field
  • 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) orbitofrontal
B) none of the above
C) dorsolateral
D) posterior parietal
  • 47. The Left frontal lobe is involved with
A) speech
B) memory retrieval
C) facial expression
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 hindbrain and spinal cord
D) have a connected midbrain and frontal lobe
  • 49. Decorticate animals can do all of the following except:
A) groom
B) run
C) swim
D) build nests
E) eat dry food
  • 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 affected by genetic factors
C) All of the above
D) Laterality is exhibited by a range of animals
E) Laterality is not absolute
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