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I need help with these 10 multiple choice questions please.
They’re from a practice exam, which is a guide for our upcoming exam, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Could someone please check to see if these are right???
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. A 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. A
Thanks!
1. Dementia is best described as a condition involving:
A. memory impairments and disturbances such as aphasia, apraxia, and agnosia
B. short-term dimming of consciousness that is often related to seizures or convulsions.
C. hallucinations and delusions that are caused by external traumas to the brain.
D. an inability to form new memories and the need to distort previously recalled information.
E. dissociation and fugue states.
2. In above half the cases of ___________, symptoms appear suddenly.
A.disorganized schizophrenia
B. undifferentiated schizophrenia
C. Alzheimer’s disease
D. multi-infarct dementia
E. all of the above
3. Marcus is eighty-three and has a form of aphasia that makes it difficult for him to
find the words he wants to say. He developed this condition very suddenly and
has experienced a steady cognitive decline. Marcus was diagnosed with dementia.
What aspect of his case is unusual?
a. It is unusual for dementia to occur in someone over eighty.
b. It is unusual for dementia to involve speech aphasia.
c. It is unusual for dementia to have a sudden onset.
d. It is unusual for dementia to show a steady cognitive decline.
4. Francisco is diagnosed with dementia. Which of the following is not a likely
cause of this cognitive disorder?
a. Brain trauma
b. Chronic substance abuse
c. Alzheimer’s disease
d. Stroke
e. Schizophrenia
5. Ari, age sixty-eight, was taken to the hospital when he suddenly began to talk in
an incoherent manner and became so disoriented that he did not know where he
was. In the hospital, he was found to have a severe infection, and once this was
treated, his cognitive problems disappeared. Ari’s symptoms best illustrate:
a. dementia.
b. delirium.
c. acute aphasia.
d. amnestic disorder.
e. Alzheimer’s.
6. When there is a sudden stoppage of blood flow in the brain that leads to a loss of
brain function, a person has experienced:
a. a brain trauma.
b. aphasia.
c. dyslexia.
d. a concussion.
e. a stroke.
7. One problem with diagnosing and differentiating Alzheimer’s disease and multiinfarct
dementia is that a major symptom of both is part of the normal aging
process. That symptom is:
a. delusions.
b. muscular tremors.
c. memory loss.
d. aphasia.
e. agnosia.
8. The senior center in a large town is interested in the cognitive problems that its
customers are likely to have. Research suggests that _____ will most likely be
impaired by the normal aging process.
a. verbal fluency
b. problem solving in novel situations
c. knowledge gained over the course of one’s life
d. all general cognitive skills
e. vocabulary
9. Jill is given Dilantin to treat her cognitive symptoms; Patricia is given L-dopa to
treat her cognitive disorder. We can guess that:
a. both Jill and Patricia suffer from epilepsy.
b. Jill has epilepsy, and Patricia has Parkinson’s disease.
c. Both Jill and Patricia suffer from Parkinson’s disease.
d. Jill has epilepsy, and Patricia has a psychoactive-induced disorder.
10. The _______ therapeutic approach has been most helpful in teaching people with
mental retardation to develop basic skills.
a. behavioral
b. inpatient
c. humanistic-existential
d. cognitive
e. psychoanalytic
