Neuropsychology Practice Test

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• What is the neuropathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease?
• Which concept describes the brain's ability to reorganize after injury, allowing remaining tissue to take over functions?
• Conduction aphasia arises from damage to which pathway, and what is the primary deficit?
• Which term describes signals occurring on the same side of the brain?
• In apraxia, which brain region's disruption most commonly leads to impaired skilled movements, and what is the hallmark symptom?
• Which term describes cognitive functions that rely more on one hemisphere than the other?
• Name two subtests commonly used in the D-KEFS to appraise executive function.
• Heschl's gyrus is associated with which Brodmann area?
• Computed tomography (CT) scan is best described as which of the following?
• Which Brodmann areas comprise the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex?
• In neuroanatomy, a horizontal section is defined as a cut at right angles to the midline that divides the body into which portions?
• Which term is another word for Bottom?
• Gerstmann syndrome comprises which four core features?
• Which term refers to the bumps on the surface of the brain?
• Which set is the primary index scores of the WAIS-IV?
• Extinction is best described as which of the following?
• Which cortical area is typically involved in Wernicke's aphasia?
• Which structure transmits signals between the brain and the rest of the body?
• The area named for Carl Wernicke involved in language comprehension and expression is located in which region?
• Which statement describes a hallmark feature of Broca's aphasia?
• Delayed recall relies on memory consolidation, which brain structure is primarily involved in this consolidation?
• Which processing speed measure is commonly used in neuropsychological evaluations?
• Which test is commonly used to assess theory of mind or social cognition?
• Which structure controls coordinated movement and is also involved in language and thinking?
• Which imaging technique visualizes brain activity by detecting where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task?
• Early Alzheimer's disease is commonly associated with atrophy in which brain region?
• How do you differentiate mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from dementia in daily functioning?
• Which noninvasive imaging method provides structural detail of the brain without ionizing radiation?
• Integrated theories of brain function claim that damage to a single brain area results in loss of all higher skills dependent on that area.
• What does it mean for a test to be normed, and why is it important?
• Which term denotes toward the side away from the midline?
• Why are normative data and base rates important when interpreting neuropsychological test scores?
• Name a imaging modality that primarily measures metabolic function.
• The primary motor cortex is associated with which Brodmann area?
• An area at the back of each cerebral hemisphere that is the primary receiving area for visual information is the
• The Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure test is primarily used to assess which cognitive abilities?
• Which term is another word for Middle?
• Which imaging modality uses gamma-emitting isotopes to create three-dimensional images showing tissue perfusion?
• Which imaging technique uses gamma cameras to produce three-dimensional images of tissue perfusion?
• Which hemisphere is typically associated with language, mathematics, and analytical thinking and controls the right side of the body?
• The primary receiving area for auditory information is located in which lobe?
• Which region lies between the hindbrain and the forebrain and is important for hearing and sight?
• Which neuropsychological test is particularly sensitive to frontal lobe dysfunction due to inhibition and set-shifting demands?
• Which boundary separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe?
• Which term is another word for Posterior?
• Which structures are included in the hindbrain?
• Which imaging modality provides high-detail images of brain structure using no ionizing radiation?
• Which memory domain is most closely associated with the hippocampus involvement in mesial temporal sclerosis?
• Which brain structure is primarily involved in the consolidation of new memories?
• What is synaptic pruning?
• Name two common tests used to assess executive function in neuropsychology.
• Which brain region is most closely associated with planning and inhibitory control in goal-directed behavior?
• Which brain structure is implicated in episodic memory impairment in mesial temporal sclerosis?
• Which test is frequently used to assess set-shifting and cognitive flexibility in an executive function battery?
• Brodmann area 45 corresponds to which region?
• Which term means toward the midline?
• Which imaging modality is primarily used to visualize anatomical structure of the brain?
• Which term is a synonym for 'anterior' in anatomical orientation?
• Which cognitive domains are primarily affected in dysexecutive syndrome due to frontal lobe damage?
• The hippocampus is located in which lobe of the brain?
• The supramarginal gyrus corresponds to which Brodmann area?
• What is a key function of the ventricular system?
• Which brain region contains the cerebellum, pons, and medulla and regulates autonomic functions like respiration and heart rate?
• Wernicke's area is located in which lobe?
• How should a single low neuropsychological score be interpreted in light of base rates?
• What strengthens the case for impairment beyond a single low score?
• Wernicke's aphasia results from damage to which cortical area, and what is the hallmark deficit?
• What is the groove or split between the two cerebral hemispheres called?
• What is anosognosia?
• Which brain structure acts as a major relay hub for sensory information on its way to the cortex?
• Which structure is involved in memory, emotion and aggression?
• Which structure is involved in learning, memory, and emotion?
• Cartesian dualism is the view that reality could be reduced to mind and matter.
• In Luria's model, the posterior cortex plays a key role in reception and analysis of sensory information.
• Name two widely used visuospatial tests.
• Hippocrates' view on brain function included which of the following statements?
• Right parietal damage commonly results in neglect of which spatial field?
• Which hemisphere is typically associated with creativity, intuition, and spatial processing and controls the left side of the body?
• Slice SM+1 depicts which anatomical features?
• Which hypothesis states that mental and spiritual processes reside in the ventricular chambers of the brain?
• Aphasia is most commonly associated with damage to which hemisphere?
• In a patient who cannot form new memories after onset, which type of amnesia is this?
• How would you interpret a double dissociation between a patient who has intact language but poor visuospatial copying versus another with intact visuospatial copying but poor language naming?
• Which imaging technique involves x-ray imaging of blood vessels after injection of contrast material?
• The somatosensory cortex is located in which brain lobe?
• Which term refers to a study that assesses brain function by intentionally creating a lesion or ablation?
• The prefrontal cortex is involved in which aspects of goal-directed behavior?
• In most people, aphasia results from damage to which hemisphere?
• Which Brodmann area corresponds to the pars opercularis (frontal operculum)?
• Which domain is not one of the RBANS primary indices?
• Define the dysexecutive syndrome and name two hallmark features.
• Which brain region controls vital functions such as breathing and heart rate?
• Which statement best describes anterograde amnesia?
• What symptom may accompany neglect following right parietal damage?
• Which idea states that the brain is the source of all behavior?
• Which imaging modality uses gamma-emitting isotopes to measure regional perfusion and activity in tissues?
• Brodmann area 41 is located in which structure?
• Which set correctly lists the meninges from outermost to innermost?
• A coronal section is produced by a cut along which plane?
• Which method records electrical activity of the brain via scalp electrodes?
• Which Brodmann area is associated with the pars opercularis (frontal operculum)?
• Which condition is an impairment of language most commonly associated with damage to Broca's or Wernicke's area?
• Which memory system is typically first to decline in Alzheimer's disease and is often used as an early diagnostic marker?
• The inability to recognize familiar objects is called what?
• Which neuroimaging finding is commonly associated with Alzheimer's disease?
• Which term describes the sagittal section that separates left and right hemispheres?
• In Luria's functional model, which of the following is one of the three basic functions?
• What is the purpose of Wada testing in presurgical planning?
• Which term refers to the grooves on the brain surface?
• Which statement best describes how normative data are established for a neuropsychological test?
• Which artery supplies most of the lateral surfaces of the cerebral hemispheres?
• Which description best defines retrograde amnesia?
• Brodmann areas 46 and 9 map to which cortical region?
• Damage to which left hemisphere region typically produces Broca's aphasia, characterized by nonfluent speech with relatively preserved comprehension?
• In Huntington's disease, which subcortical structure is particularly vulnerable and what cognitive domain is affected early?
• Which process is the elimination of unused synapses called?
• Integrated theories of brain function contend that damage to a specific brain area leads to loss of all higher skills dependent on that area.
• Lateral fissure is another term for which landmark?
• Brodmann areas 3, 1, and 2 correspond to which cortical region?
• Which brain region is involved in emotion and aggression?
• Which cognitive domain is typically affected earliest in Alzheimer's disease?
• Which statement best distinguishes semantic dementia from the logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia?
• How do processing speed and perceptual reasoning differ on the WAIS-IV?
• Which imaging method detects brain activity by measuring glucose metabolism during a task?
• Which brain region is essential for learning and memory and is often associated with spatial navigation?
• Which part of the brain is the largest and most complicated region, including the thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system, and cerebrum?
• Which feature best characterizes the logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia?
• The lateral sulcus separates the temporal lobe from the parietal and frontal lobes.
• What are the meninges composed of?
• Brodmann area 17 designates which functional area?
• Slice SM is characterized by which of the following components?
• Which brain structure is most critically associated with the formation of new episodic memories and is often compromised in anterograde amnesia?
• What term describes the raised ridges on the cerebral cortex?
• Which structure is primarily responsible for producing cerebrospinal fluid?
• Brodmann area 39 corresponds to which anatomical structure?
• Which statement best describes the function of the meninges?
• Which assessment is commonly used as a quick screening for visuospatial neglect?
• The angular gyrus is designated by which Brodmann area?
• Which test is particularly sensitive to right-hemisphere visuospatial impairment and neglect when assessing construction?
• Which brain area registers and processes body sensations?
• Slice B/W shows which structures?
• The RBANS yields five domain indices. Which set correctly lists these indices?
• Which procedure is primarily used to visualize vascular abnormalities after introducing a contrast agent?
• Which artery feeds the medial wall of the occipital lobe and the inferior part of the temporal lobe?
• Which statement best describes the early presentation of frontotemporal dementia in relation to memory?
• Broca's area is primarily associated with which function?
• Which neuropsychological test is most sensitive to set-shifting and cognitive flexibility?
• Which brain region regulates basic biological functions such as hunger, thirst, temperature, and sexual arousal, and is also involved in emotion?
• What test findings would you expect in neglect due to right parietal damage?
• In the early stage of Alzheimer's disease, which cognitive profile is typical?
• The view that mind and body are separate is known as what?
• Which brain lobe is primarily responsible for sensory perception and interpretation?
• In the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, atrophy is most prominent in which region?
• A patient has fluent speech but poor comprehension with paraphasias; which aphasia and where is the lesion?
• Which aphasia type is characterized by nonfluent speech with relatively preserved repetition?
• Neglect and extinction differ in that neglect is failure to attend to contralesional space, while extinction is failure to notice contralesional stimuli only when competing ipsilesional stimuli are present.
• Pluripotentiality describes how a given brain region can be involved in multiple behaviors.
• Brodmann area 40 corresponds to which gyrus?
• In WMS-IV, which indices summarize immediate memory and delayed memory across auditory and visual domains?
• Which term is another word for Top?
• Which brain region is the switching station for sensory information and is also involved in memory?
• What is the typical early clinical presentation of frontotemporal dementia?
• The motor cortex is an area at the rear of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movements.
• Which two lobes are separated by the central sulcus?
• Which statement best describes equipotential theory in brain function?
• Which lobe is associated with motor control, decision making, and long-term memory storage?
• Which of the following are components of the ventricular system?
• Which plane divides the body into anterior and posterior sections?
• What is the Wada test used to assess?
• In pediatric neuropsychology, what is the core symptom of ADHD and which cognitive domains are often affected?
• Mind and body are separate is associated with which philosopher?
• Which historical case is famous for personality changes after frontal lobe damage?
• Which test is commonly used to assess set-shifting and cognitive flexibility?
• Localization theory is defined as assigning specific functions to particular places in the cerebral cortex.
• Which structure is the largest bundle of axons providing communication between the cerebral hemispheres?
• Which memory type is most directly linked to the hippocampus and tends to decline earliest in Alzheimer's disease?
• What is the practice that studies the shape and size of the cranium as an indication of character and mental abilities?
• Which concept historically linked skull shape to personality and is not supported by modern science?
• In rehabilitation, what is the difference between recovery and compensation?
• What is lateralization?
• Which brain structure is essential for forming new memories and is also implicated in spatial navigation?
• In WMS-IV, which indices describe memory modalities across auditory and visual domains?
• In executive function assessment, which test is used to measure cognitive flexibility by requiring rule changes?
• In temporal lobe epilepsy with mesial temporal sclerosis, what memory impairment is most commonly observed?
• In Slice W, which structures are shown?
• Which brain region includes the thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system, and cerebrum?
• What term describes the grooves between the gyri on the brain surface?
• In Luria's model, the frontal and prefrontal areas are involved in planning.
• Which imaging technique uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer-generated images that distinguish among soft tissues?
• In Huntington's disease, which brain region degenerates early and what is the associated cognitive impact?
• Which statement about immediate versus delayed memory recall is most accurate?