Question 1

Of the following,which tool of assessment is BEST for determining if behavior exhibited by a patient is the result of dementia or pseudodemtia?

Accepted Answer

A)  an interview 
B)  case history 
C)  the Bender 
D)  a confrontation naming task

Question 2

Getting dressed in the morning puts to use which kind of long-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  procedural 
B)  declarative 
C)  episodic 
D)  context-dependent

Question 3

An administration of the Montreal Neuropsychological Institute Battery entails the administration of

Accepted Answer

A)  the Wechsler Intelligence Test. 
B)  the Mooney Faces Test. 
C)  the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. 
D)  All of these

Question 4

As compared to the Halstead-Reitan,the Luria-Nebraska

Accepted Answer

A)  typically takes much longer to administer. 
B)  requires greater verbal ability. 
C)  is the more appropriate test for patients with aphagia. 
D)  is not for use by inexperienced clinicians.

Question 5

The Controlled Word Association Test is used primarily to

Accepted Answer

A)  evaluate pre-senile dementia. 
B)  measure cognitive functioning. 
C)  assess verbal fluency. 
D)  diagnose Alzheimer's disease.

Question 6

Which is NOT a subtest of the Halstead-Reitan Battery?

Accepted Answer

A)  category 
B)  coding 
C)  tactual performance 
D)  finger-tapping

Question 7

As used in Chapter 15,the term pattern analysis refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  a tool for evaluating eye-to-brain visual perception ability. 
B)  a pattern of test responses indicative of neuropsychological deficit. 
C)  a neuropsychological tool of assessment that entails feeling textures. 
D)  None of these

Question 8

The Severe Impairment Battery

Accepted Answer

A)  entails an administration of the Tower of Hanoi. 
B)  reliably and validly assesses aphasia. 
C)  is used to assess the more severely impaired. 
D)  a and c

Question 9

A ____________ is typically administered during the course of a neuropsychological examination.

Accepted Answer

A)  personality measure 
B)  measure of intellectual functioning 
C)  specific neuropsychological test 
D)  All of these

Question 10

All of the following are used to assess the ability to abstract EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  the Wechsler Similarities subtest. 
B)  the Object Sorting Test. 
C)  the Porteus Maze Test. 
D)  proverb interpretation

Question 11

The case study approach is extremely valuable in neuropsychological assessments,especially with regard to determinations concerning a patient's

Accepted Answer

A)  level of compliance during testing and assessment. 
B)  level of premorbid functioning. 
C)  need for medication and other such medical intervention. 
D)  ability to pay for services on a sliding scale fee basis.

Question 12

Which of the following neuropsychological tests BEST taps skills known to be important in both piloting aircraft and monitoring air traffic control?

Accepted Answer

A)  Trail Making Test 
B)  Field of Search 
C)  Tower of Hanoi 
D)  Boston Naming Test

Question 13

If a patient suddenly begins to experience extremes in mood ranging from blunted affect to emotional outbursts,a neuropsychologist would suspect damage to the

Accepted Answer

A)  limbic system. 
B)  cerebellum. 
C)  occipital lobes. 
D)  spinal cord.

Question 14

The type of task measured in the test referred to simply as "the Boston" is

Accepted Answer

A)  controlled word association. 
B)  figure copying. 
C)  visual memory. 
D)  confrontation naming.

Question 15

A brain-injured patient appears impulsive and inattentive.She tends to make tactless comments in conversation,and seems unable to anticipate the consequences of her actions.Based on these facts,a neuropsychologist would suspect damage to which area of the brain?

Accepted Answer

A)  the frontal lobe 
B)  the temporal lobe 
C)  the occipital lobe 
D)  the parietal lobe

Question 16

Problems with one's sense of touch are MOST likely related to injury to (or lesions in)

Accepted Answer

A)  the frontal lobe. 
B)  the temporal lobe. 
C)  the occipital lobe. 
D)  the parietal lobe.

Question 17

The "Gestalt" in Bender-Gestalt comes from

Accepted Answer

A)  Lauretta Bender's homage to Max Gestalt. 
B)  the German word gestalten meaning "configurational wholes." 
C)  the Romanian term nisht gessen allis meaning "don't guess at all." 
D)  None of these

Question 18

A test discussed in Chapter 15 of your textbook features a three-dimensional matrix and is designed to evaluate nonverbal reasoning primarily through the testtaker's

Accepted Answer

A)  visual sense. 
B)  olfactory sense. 
C)  kinesthetic sense. 
D)  haptic sense.

Question 19

Why are Wechsler tests so popular with neuropsychologists for use in neuropsychological evaluations?

Accepted Answer

A)  the varied nature of the tasks on these tests make them appealing 
B)  the culture-fairness of the materials make them appropriate for administration to a wide variety of people. 
C)  most of these tests feature special norms for neurologically impaired populations. 
D)  All of these

Question 20

The Wechsler Memory Scale-III is appropriate for ages

Accepted Answer

A)  3-21. 
B)  5-18. 
C)  16-74. 
D)  6-74.

Exam 15: Neuropsychological Assessment