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Neuropsych Exam 2 practice test #1
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  • 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 left hemisphere extends farther posteriorly.
B) There is more gray matter in the right hemisphere.
C) The slope of the lateral is gentler on the left hemisphere.
D) The left side of the thalamus is dominant for language functions
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 right hemisphere, speech initiation is not because mechanisms of the left hemisphere can not be accessed.
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) "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) verbal stimuli with a tonal quality; music
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) the left hand
C) none of the above
D) the right hand
  • 6. Which of the following is NOT true?
A) The majority of right-handers have lateralized speech.
B) There is little known about the cerebral organization in those with right hemisphere speech.
C) All of the above are true.
D) There is a larger incidence of left-handedness among mentally defective children & children with neurological disorders.
  • 7. In regard to spatial analysis, what is true about sex differences?
A) None of the above.
B) Women are superior at mental rotation
C) Men are superior at mental rotation.
D) Women are superior at geographical knowledge.
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 left handedness.
D) If there is a dominant gene for speech in the left hemisphere, there is an increased likelihood of right handedness.
  • 9. The anterior zone of the parietal lobe plays a role in
A) integrating somatosensory information for movement
B) processing somatic sensations and perceptions
C) integrating visual information
D) processing controlled motor responses
E) none of the above
  • 10. Anosodiaphoria is
A) none of the above
B) an indifference to illness
C) an inability to localize and name body parts
D) an absence of normal reactions to pain
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 basal ganglia
B) The occipitofrontal cortex
C) The cerebellum
D) The premotor cortex
E) The posterior parietal cortex
  • 13. The posterior parietal cortex plays a role in
A) balance and biological motion perception
B) object recognition and pattern categorization
C) somatic sensations and perceptions
D) viewer-centered system and visuomotor guidance
E) none of the above
  • 14. _____________________ is commonly found in patients who have specifically had a Right hemisphere stroke with parietal dysfunction.
A) Astereognosis
B) Autopagnosia
C) Anosodiaphoria
D) Anosognosia
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) Anterograde disorientation
B) Topographic agnosia
C) Heading disorientation
D) None of the above
E) Egocentric disorientation
  • 16. The inability to learn new representations of environmental information is called
A) topographic agnosia.
B) anterograde disorientation.
C) egocentric disorientation.
D) topographic amnesia.
E) heading 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) amygdala
B) basal ganglia
C) hippocampus
D) cerebellum
E) putamen
  • 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) Place cells
D) Grid cells
  • 20. Place cells prefer
A) vestibular cues
B) visual cues
C) auditory cues
D) somatosensory cues
E) gustatory cues
  • 21. In the auditory pathway, inputs from the cortex are
A) ipsilateral and contralateral
B) contralateral
C) ipsilateral
  • 22. In the auditory pathway, information goes from
A) hindbrain --> midbrain --> thalamus --> cerebral cortex
B) cerebral cortex --> midbrain --> thalamus --> hindbrain
C) cerebral cortex --> thalamus --> midbrain --> hindbrain
D) midbrain --> thalamus --> hindbrain --> cerebral cortex
E) none of the above
  • 23. The dorsal tract has large, heavily myelinated fibers and receives input related to
A) hapsis and nocioception
B) nocioception and proprioception
C) none of the above
D) hapsis and proprioception
  • 24. This somatosensory pathway is related to the perception of unpleasant stimuli.
A) Nigrostriatal
B) Vestibular
C) Dorsal
D) Geniculostriate
E) Ventral
  • 25. Which of the following is not a basic sensory function of the temporal lobe?
A) limb and trunk movements
B) visual object recognition
C) processing auditory input
D) long term storage of information
  • 26. The Superior Temporal Sulcus is activated during tasks that involve
A) limb coordination
B) biological motion
C) facial processing
D) speech production
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) spectral pitch listeners had a leftward asymmetry of gray-matter in Heschl's gyrus.
C) none of the above
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) pseudodepression
B) disinhibition syndrome
C) pseudopsychopathy
D) temporal lobe personality
  • 29. Which of the following does color vision play a role in?
A) detection of movement
B) All of the above
C) None of the above
D) detection of depth
E) detection of position
  • 30. The dorsal stream of visual processing plays a role in
A) symbol categorization
B) color perception
C) object identification
D) visual guidance of movements
  • 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) Scotoma
B) Homonymous Hemianopia
C) Macular Sparing
D) Monocular blindness
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) associative agnosia.
B) none of the above.
C) alexia.
D) prosopagnosia.
E) apperceptive agnosia.
  • 34. In a motor sequence, this region specifies movement goals
A) premotor cortex
B) posterior cortex
C) prefrontal cortex
D) primary motor 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) All of the above
B) Sexual behavior
C) None of the above
D) Grooming
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) loss of movement; Huntington's
D) increases in motor activity; Parkinson'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 of the above
B) the substantia nigra
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) None of the above
B) Cerebellum
C) Orbitofrontal Cortex
D) Hippocampus
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) decussates, limb
B) does not decussate, limb
C) decussates, trunk
D) does not decussate, trunk
  • 43. The precentral sulcus is part of the __________.
A) inferiotemporal cortex
B) striate cortex
C) prefrontal cortex
D) motor cortex
  • 44. ____________ is associated with control of movement, rather than muscles.
A) The motor cortex
B) The premotor cortex
C) The frontal eye field
D) The prefrontal cortex
  • 45. The __________ contains cells that respond to taste and olfaction.
A) dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
B) inferior prefrontal cortex
C) medial prefrontal cortex
  • 46. Persons with _____ lesions have difficulty with social cues.
A) orbitofrontal
B) dorsolateral
C) none of the above
D) posterior parietal
  • 47. The Left frontal lobe is involved with
A) facial expression
B) memory retrieval
C) speech
D) nonverbal movements
  • 48. low decerebrate animals
A) have a connected hindbrain and spinal cord
B) have a connected midbrain and frontal lobe
C) have a connected spinal cord and frontal lobe
D) none of the above
  • 49. Decorticate animals can do all of the following except:
A) build nests
B) eat dry food
C) run
D) swim
E) groom
  • 50. which of the following is a variable complicating the research on laterality?
A) Laterality is exhibited by a range of animals
B) All of the above
C) Laterality is not absolute
D) Laterality is affected by genetic factors
E) Cerebral site is just as important as cerebral side
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