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Brain Function Test A
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1The cells that serve to maintain the barrier between the blood stream and the nervous system are called
- Aneurons
- Bglia
- Caxons
- Ddendrites
2The brain areas that are located towards the front of the head are referred to as
- Aanterior or rostral
- Bposterior or caudal
- Clateral
- Dinferior or ventral
3If one looks at an image of the brain after it has been cut top to bottom, so that the left hemisphere is separated from the right one, one is seeing
- Aa horizontal view
- Ba coronal view
- Ca bilateral view
- Da sagittal view
4After a stroke, Peter experiences difficulties moving his right arm and hand. Brain scans indicate severe damage to portions of his left hemisphere. This suggests that motor control occurs
- Ain a proximal part of the brain
- Bin a contralateral part of the brain
- Cin a ipsilateral part of the brain
- Dbilaterally in the brain
5The main route for the exchange of information between the central and the peripheral nervous system is called
- Athe medulla
- Bthe pons
- Cthe midbrain
- Dthe spinal cord
6A more intense reaction of a neuron to a stimulus is indicated by
- AAn increase in the voltage of the action potential
- BA decrease in the voltage during hyperpolarization
- CAn increased production of myelin
- DAn increase in the rate of firing
7Which is the most common inhibitory neurotransmitter that is an amino acid?
- Aglutamate
- Bcatecholamine
- CGABA
- Dserotonin
8The discoveries of Paul Broca and Karl Wernicke suggested that the ability to produce and comprehend language is dominated by the left hemisphere. The idea that a mental function relies mainly on one hemisphere is called
- Athe split-brain theory
- Bhemispheric interaction
- Ccerebral interaction
- Dcerebral dominance
9Which of the following mental function does not rely mainly on the right hemisphere?
- Aface recognition
- Bmemory for faces
- Cmental rotation
- Dthe phonology of language
10Which of the following functions does not rely on the cerebellum?
- Athe smooth coordination of movements
- Bperforming ballistic movements
- Cthe initiation of movements
- Dthe timing of movements
11Which of the following is true?
- AThe anterior cingulate cortex is important for the perception of novel, atypical movements.
- BThe anterior cingulate cortex is important for the selection of novel, atypical movements.
- CThe anterior cingulate cortex is important for the perception of fully mastered skills.
- DThe anterior cingulate cortex is important for the selection of fully mastered skills.
12Which of the following brain areas is not especially involved in face recognition?
- Athe fusiform face area
- Bthe hippocampus
- Canterior regions of the temporal lobe
- Dregions of the superior temporal sulcus
13Which brain area is important for short-term spatial memory?
- Aleft frontal lobe
- Bleft temporal lobe
- Cright frontal lobe
- Dright temporal lobe
14Which of the following is not a symptom of the Gerstmann syndrome?
- Aanosognosia
- Bfinger agnosia
- Cdyscalculia
- Ddysgraphia
15Which of the following brain areas function a a gating mechanism for selecting or filtering incoming sensory information?
- Athe superior colliculus
- Bthe thalamus
- Cthe RAS in the brain stem
- Dthe parietal lobe
16Which of the following attentional functions does not rely heavily on the parietal lobe?
- Athe binding of various object features such as color and form
- Bproviding a spatial frame of reference for attentional processing
- Cthe allocation of resources needed to meet attentional demands
- Dkeeping the activation level of the cortex high enough to prevent falling sleep
17Suppose a neurological patient has the intention to say 'hat' but says 'rat' instead. This is an example of a
- Asemantic paraphasia
- Bphonemic paraphasia
- Cneologism
- DBroca's aphasia
18Which term refers to the intonation of an utterance?
- Ainference
- Bsyntax
- Cprosody
- Dsemantics
19Which treatment for depression has temporary amnesia as a significant side-effect?
- Aanti-depressant drugs (e.g. Prozac)
- Belectroconvulsive therapy
- Clight therapy
- Dpsychotherapy
20Suppose you are neuropsychologist who has to assess the functioning of memory of one of your patients. You use a memory task in which your patient has to learn lists of girls' names. Thereafter, the patient has to reproduce all names of the list that begin with a specific letter that you tell him. The task you are using is an example of
- Afree recall
- Bcued recall
- Crecognition
- Da digit span task
21Which of the following refers to the ability to make attributions about other people's mental states?
- Atheory of mind
- Btheory of Baddeley
- Ctheory of emotional intelligence (Goleman's theory)
- Dtheory of prediction
22Which of the following symptoms is not associated with executive dysfunction?
- Aimpaired ability to use contingency information to guide behavior
- Bimpaired ability to stay on task
- Cimpaired ability to sequence
- Dimpaired ability to calculate probability
23Which of the following brain areas is especially involved in emotional learning?
- Athe substantia nigra
- Bthe amygdala
- Cthe putamen
- Dthe medulla
24Which of the following brain areas is extremely important for the evaluation of reward and punishment contingencies and of changes in these relationships?
- Athe orbitofrontal prefrontal cortex
- Bthe ventromedial prefrontal cortex
- Cthe dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
- Dthe insula
25Which of the following brain area is most involved in the interpretation of emotion conveyed in a face?
- Athe right prefrontal cortex
- Bthe left prefrontal cortex
- Cthe right parietal lobe
- Dthe left parietal lobe
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- Professional Clinical Neuropsychology (Brain Function) Quiz on Brain Function Test A, created by Eunho Lee on 30/12/2015.
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