Deck 15: Neuropsychological Assessment

Question 1

A neurologist has which type of degree?

A) Doctor of philosophy (PhD)
B) Doctor of medicine (MD)
C) Doctor of osteopathy (DO)
D) Doctor of neurology (ND)
E) A or B
F) B or C

Answer 1

B or C

Question 2

If an individual is experiencing a deficit, but is not aware of it and does not acknowledge it, it is referred to as

A) ignorance
B) lack of insight
C) denial
D) disorder neglect

Answer 2

lack of insight

Question 3

How are the cognitive tests that neuropsychologists use standardized?

A) They are always administered in the same place
B) They are always administered in the same way
C) They are always answered in the same way
D) They are always scored in the same manner
E) B and C
F) A and C
G) B and D

Answer 3

B and D

Question 4

Which of the following could be considered a goal of neuropsychological assessment?

A) Neuropsychological assessments provide evidence of vascular dysfunction
B) Neuropsychological assessments can provide insights into the functions of different areas of the brain
C) Neuropsychological assessments provide a personality profile for the individual at a specific time that can then be used to detect personality disorders
D) The personality profile that neuropsychological assessments provide can help determine the reason for any cognitive impairments
E) C and D

Question 5

The Halstead-Reitan Battery is a set of___________core tests that examine the cognitive abilities of individuals with brain damage.

A) 7
B) 6
C) 5
D) 9

Question 6

Which of the following is not a limitation of the Halstead-Reitan Battery (HRB)?

A) It does not recognize that accurate cognitive profiles rely on the assessment of many types of behaviors
B) It is not useful for individuals who have motor problems
C) It takes a long time to administer
D) These are all limitations to the HRB
E) None of these are limitations of the HRB

Question 7

What is the most serious limitation of the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery?

A) It is unable to distinguish between individuals with minor brain damage and neurologically normal individuals
B) It takes between six and eight hours to administer
C) It measures receptive and expressive speech
D) It fails to reliably identify the laterality of lesions associated with brain damage

Question 8

The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Test consists of 2 subtests,

A) the verbal subtest and the mathematics subtest
B) the verbal subtest and the performance subtest
C) the mathematics subtest and the performance subtest
D) the full-scale subtest and the performance subtest

Question 9

Tests of information comprehension, similarities, arithmetic reasoning and digit span are included in the

A) Verbal Intelligence Quotient
B) Performance Intelligence Quotient
C) Mathematical Intelligence Quotient
D) English Intelligence Quotient

Question 10

The performance intelligence quotient includes tests of:

A) digit span
B) vocabulary
C) picture arrangement
D) digit symbols
E) A and D
F) C and D
G) All of the above

Question 11

The National Adult Reading Test consists of

A) passages of varying lengths that individuals are required to read so as to assess their ability to pronounce irregular words
B) only words that follow the typical grapheme phoneme correspondence rules and that individuals are required to read aloud
C) passages of varying lengths that individuals are asked to read and then answer questions about the content of these passages
D) a series of mostly short and irregular words that do not follow the typical grapheme phoneme correspondence rules in their spelling and that individuals are required to read aloud

Question 12

The National Adult Reading Test is good at predicting scores on which of the following tests?

A) the Halstead-Reitan Battery
B) the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery
C) the Weschler Adult Intelligence Test
D) the Wescher Memory Scale

Question 13

When an individual who is completing a neuropsychological test deliberately answers the tasks incorrectly, it is referred to as

A) malingering
B) invalidity
C) compliance
D) the "non-compliance" effect

Question 14

The branch of neuropsychology that is focused on explaining behaviour in terms of functional brain units, regardless of their anatomical representation is referred to as

A) Experimental neuropsychology
B) Cognitive neuropsychology
C) Clinical neuropsychology
D) Evolutionary neuopsychology

Question 15

A special type of physician who diagnoses and treats disorders of the nervous system is known as a

A) psychiatrist
B) radiologist
C) neurosurgeon
D) neurologist

Question 16

Who was awarded with the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 for discovering x-rays?

A) Theodore Meynert
B) Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
C) Paul Ehrlich
D) Jean-Cesar Legallois

Question 17

There are two general approaches in performing neuropsychological testing

A) conducting a personal interview or using a fixed test battery
B) conducting a personal interview or using a flexible selection of tests that depend on the reason for the assessment
C) using a flexible selection of tests that depend on the reason for the assessment or using a fixed test battery
D) using a fixed test battery or having an intervention to help with rehabilitation

Question 18

The Wechsler Memory Scale is a test battery that includes subtests that tap into all the following types of memory except

A) auditory memory
B) logical memory
C) visual memory
D) verbal memory

Question 19

While the Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS-III) is able to distinguish between neurologically normal individuals and those with brain damage resulting in memory impairment, critics say the WMS-III does not do a good job of

A) distinguishing among a variety of diseases
B) distinguishing cognitive impairments from behavioural impairments
C) determining the degree of severity of the impairment
D) distinguishing right hemisphere lesions from left hemisphere lesions

Question 20

What is an advantage of using a fixed test battery over a flexible selection of appropriate tests?

A) Fixed batteries provide neuropsychologists with norms that can be used to compare the performance of their client with a group of similar people
B) Fixed batteries allow neuropsychologists to interpret the results based on their experience, which gives a better insight into the client's feelings
C) Fixed batteries are not affected by the social, cultural and medical histories of the client
D) Fixed batteries cannot result in inaccurate conclusions about the nature of the cognitive deficit

Question 21

What is the term for when clients deliberately exaggerate or feign symptoms to try to appear as though they have a neurological condition?

A) conning
B) hypochondria
C) skiving
D) malingering
E) prima donna

Question 22

When a client has a disorder of the nervous system, they will most likely go to a ___________for treatment and assesment.

A) a psychoanalyst
B) neurologist
C) experimental neuropsychologist
D) cognitive neuropsychologist
E) clinician

Question 23

Which of the following would not be used to establish premorbid functioning in an individual?

A) Examine previous education.
B) Base on the individuals profession.
C) Examine previous hobbies.
D) Look for any available neuropsychological test data.
E) Ask the individual for a personal assessment.

Question 24

What is the term for a form of high-energy radiation that in low concentration can be used to image structures (particularly bones) in the human body?

A) gamma rays
B) beta rays
C) x-rays
D) alpha rays
E) z-rays

Question 25

Which of the following is not a cause of neurological disorders?

A) trauma
B) infection
C) tumours
D) toxins
E) metabolic disorders
F) All of the above
G) a, b and c only
H) a, b, c and d only

Question 26

When would a neurologist administer a lumbar puncture?

A) When they need to obtain cerebrospinal fluid for further testing.
B) When they need to determine the size of the ventricles.
C) To numb the patient's spinal chord before surgery.
D) To analyze a tumours obstruction in the brain.
E) To find any malformation of the spinal cords discs.

Question 27

Brain surgeries are typically conducted by a(n)__________.

A) neurologist
B) radiologist
C) radiosurgeon
D) experimental neuropsychologist
E) neurosurgeon

Question 28

Which of the following would not be a responsibility of a radiologist?

A) Interpreting x-ray images.
B) Interpreting CT-scans.
C) Interpreting MRI images.
D) Assigning the patient to a neurologist for future treatment.
E) Writing a report of the findings for a physician/ neurologist.

Question 29

Experimental psychology differs from other forms of neuropsychology because…

A) it focuses on how human behaviour arises from brain activity.
B) it focuses on explaining behaviour in terms of functional brain units.
C) it is more focuses on the rehabilitation of neurological disease.
D) it only focuses on brain injury, not on normal functioning.
E) it only focuses on behaviour in healthy individuals.

Question 30

A clinical neuropsychologist differs from others in the neurology field (i.e. neurologists, radiologists) in what way?

A) They do not complete internship training.
B) They do not require a Ph.D. or a Psy.D.
C) They usually do not have medical training.
D) They typically have an undergraduate degree.
E) They do not assess the individuals who are suffering from neurological disorders.

Question 31

Which of the following is the typical assessment order for individuals with a neurological disorders receiving treatment?

A) optometrist, physician, radiologist, neurologist
B) neurologist, physician, clinical neuropsychologist
C) physician, clinical neuropsychologist, radiologist
D) radiologist, neurologist, physician
E) None of these

Question 32

Which of the following is characteristic of the cognitive tests that neuropsychologists administer?

A) These tests are always administered to individuals in the same way.
B) These tests are always scored in the same manner.
C) These tests are always completed under the supervision of both a neurologist and a physician.
D) All of the above are true.
E) Only b and c are true.
F) Only a and b are true
G) Only a and c are true.

Question 33

Which of the following is not a common goal of neuropsychological assessment?

A) To provide evidence of cognitive dysfunction.
B) To assess data given from imaging techniques.
C) To provide a profile of cognitive function for an individual at a specific time.
D) To provide insight into the functions of different areas of the brain.
E) To help determine the reason for the cognitive impairment.

Question 34

What is a common problem for both the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery and the Halstead-Reitan Battery?

A) Both are difficult to assess by the neuropsychologist and are very time consuming.
B) Neither of these test batteries have any internal reliability.
C) They both have difficulties discriminating individuals with psychiatric disorders from those with brain damage.
D) Neither is used to assess a variety of human behaviours.
E) Both a severely limited in their inability to identify laterality difficulties.

Question 35

Which of the following is the controversy surrounding the WAIS-III?

A) The WAIS-III was not designed for neuropsychological assessment, and therefore should not be used as such.
B) The questions used in the WAIS-III are not detailed or varied enough to give an appropriate assessment.
C) The test is not standardized and therefore unreliable.
D) The concept of intelligence is flawed and therefore invalid.
E) This test only gives results for intelligence, not impairment.