Deck 11: Disorders of Language

Question 1

Transcortical motor aphasia is characterised by

A) spontaneous speech impaired, but speech repetition preserved
B) speech repetition impaired, but spontaneous speech preserved
C) speech production impaired, but speech comprehension preserved
D) speech comprehension impaired, but speech production preserved

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Semantic dementia is characterised by

A) difficulty in speaking a word
B) difficulty in comprehending what objects are
C) difficulty in recognising peoples' voices
D) difficulty understanding what words mean

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Spectrally rotated speech involves a speech signal which

A) contains all of the normal speech components and can be understood
B) contains all of the normal speech components but cannot be understood
C) contains none of the normal speech components but can be understood
D) contains none of the normal speech components but cannot be understood

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The left STG (superior temporal gyrus) acoustic processing system is activated by

A) intelligible speech but not spectrally rotated speech
B) spectrally rotated speech but not intelligible speech
C) both intelligible speech and spectrally rotated speech
D) neither intelligible speech nor spectrally rotated speech

Question 5

Wernicke's area is now believed to be involved in

A) acoustic processing only
B) semantic processing only
C) acoustic and semantic processing
D) acoustic, semantic and syntactic processing

Question 6

Obleser et al. (2007) showed that the processing of linguistic context involves

A) the temporal lobe only
B) the temporal lobe and hippocampus only
C) a wide range of left-hemisphere regions, all outside the temporal lobe
D) a wide range of right-hemisphere regions, all outside the temporal lobe

Question 7

Individuals with deep dyslexia make errors when reading which tend to involve

A) generating a word which is semantically similar to the target word
B) generating a word which is acoustically similar to the target word
C) an inability to comprehend words without first reading them aloud
D) a specific inability to read non-words

Question 8

Individuals with surface dyslexia make errors when reading which tend to involve

A) generating a word which is semantically similar to the target word
B) generating a word which is acoustically similar to the target word
C) an inability to comprehend words without first reading them aloud
D) a specific inability to read non-words

Question 9

Broca's aphasia is characterised by

A) spontaneous speech impaired, but speech repetition preserved
B) speech repetition impaired, but spontaneous speech preserved
C) speech production impaired, but speech comprehension preserved
D) speech comprehension impaired, but speech production preserved

Question 10

Wernicke's aphasia is characterised by

A) spontaneous speech impaired, but speech repetition preserved
B) speech repetition impaired, but spontaneous speech preserved
C) speech production impaired, but speech comprehension preserved
D) speech comprehension impaired, but speech production preserved

Question 11

According to Wernicke's model, the sequential order of stages of speech processing is

A) auditory analysis, phonetic lexicon, speech movement programs, motor system
B) auditory analysis, motor system, phonetic lexicon, speech movement programs
C) auditory analysis, motor system, speech movement programs, phonetic lexicon
D) auditory analysis, speech movement programs, phonetic lexicon, motor system

Question 12

A disconnection between the phonetic lexicon and the speech motor system causes

A) Broca's aphasia
B) Wernicke's aphasia
C) conduction aphasia
D) global aphasia

Question 13

Lichtheim added a component to the Wernicke model called the

A) semantic-acoustic area
B) semantic-episodic area
C) semantic-motor area
D) semantic-conceptual area

Question 14

The Boston Aphasia Classification System includes the following aphasias

A) Broca's aphasia, Wernicke's aphasia , conduction aphasia, transcortical motor aphasia
B) Broca's aphasia, Wernicke's aphasia , conduction aphasia, prosopagnosia
C) Broca's aphasia, Wernicke's aphasia , transcortical motor aphasia, prosopagnosia
D) Broca's aphasia, Wernicke's aphasia , conduction aphasia, deep dyslexia

Question 15

Responding with 'goose' when attempting to repeat 'duck' is characteristic of

A) Broca's aphasia
B) Wernicke's aphasia
C) deep dysphasia
D) conduction aphasia

Question 16

Global aphasia is associated with lesions to

A) Broca's area
B) Wernicke's area
C) both Broca's area and Wernicke's area
D) Broca's area, Wernicke's area and the cerebellum

Question 17

The inability to recognise peoples' voices is known as

A) prosopagnosia
B) phonagnosia
C) conduction aphasia
D) anomic aphasia

Question 18

Stammering and stuttering tends to disappear by adulthood in

A) 20% of cases
B) 40% of cases
C) 60% of cases
D) 80% of cases