Question 1
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Which of the following statements is correct?
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Epilepsy is a rare condition.
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Epilepsy is characterized by epileptic seizures occurring at least once a day.
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Epilepsy is in the majority of patients genetically determined.
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Epilepsy with generalized seizures needs to be treated by hippocampectomy
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Epilepsy in many cases responds well to antiepileptic drugs.
Question 2
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The executive system ….
A - is concerned with the co-ordination of other cognitive resources.
B - is needed when automatic psychological processes would not be sufficient, in cases of novel situations.
C - is a brain function charged with implementing, or executing, the law
D - Damage to the system can have a wide range of effects in different domains, for example in social interaction, executive memory and abstract thinking.
E - specifically describes the execution of motor commands
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B C and E
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A B and D
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A B and C
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A D and E
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B C and D
Question 3
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What does the term working memory refers to?
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the ability to remember action sequences of a learned movement
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the ability to maintain and manipulate task relevant information and to block distraction in the presence of interference
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the ability to remember information about one’s autobiographical history
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the ability to acquire and store information for a long time
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the ability to store work related information
Question 4
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Which of the following statements is correct?
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Absence seizures originate in the frontal lobe (fronto-orbital part)
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Visual symptoms at the onset of a seizure indicate temporal lobe seizure origin
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Fear may be the clinical manifestation of an epileptic aura
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Simple partial seizures are characterized by loss of conciousness
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Complex partial seizures always indicate frontal lobe epilepsy
Question 5
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Bipolar disorder
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1. is characterized by predominant delusions of persecution.
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is a psychiatric disorder with low heritability.
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is one of the most frequent psychiatric disorders
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can be treated with antipsychotics.
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. is five times more frequent in women than in men.
Question 6
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The lifetime prevalence of anxiety disorders is about:
Question 7
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One of the following statements is wrong – Which one? Alexia without agraphia is a disconnection syndrome typically with the following characteristics
Question 8
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The frontal lobe
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Spans 1/8 of the total cortex in humans
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Is separated to the temporal lobe by the postcentral sulcus
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Is subdivided into primary motor cortex, the premotor cortex and the prefrontal cortex
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Is separated to the parietal lobe by the precentral sulcus
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Greatly enlarged in the course of evolution in parallel to the development of motor abilities
Question 9
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Which of the following statements is correct?
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Idiopathic epilepsies commonly have a single-gene inheritance
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Symptomatic epilepsies never have a genetic background.
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Rolando-epilepsy of childhood is a symptomatic epilepsy syndrome.
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Frontal lobe epilepsies may be purely genetic
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The correct diagnosis of epilepsy is made from the EEG.
Question 10
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One of the following statements is wrong – Which one? “Disconnection syndromes”
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may refer to interruption of intrahemispheric as well as interhemispheric fiber tracts
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are functional deficits caused by focal lesions of fiber tracts that connect cortical brain areas
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may result from transection of the corpus callosum (so-called “split-brain” operations)
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are characterized by anatomical lesion sites (and therefore disconnection symptoms might refer to different cognitive or neuronal systems)
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means that two cortical areas are linked together irregularly (= dysconnection) by aberrant fiber tracts
Question 11
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The model of cognitive control proposed by Miller and Cohen suggests...
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the existence of a “supervisory attentional system (SAS)”.
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that emotion-related somatosensory patterns facilitate decision-making (“somatic marker hypothesis”).
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that inhibitory control may be the underlying mechanisms of behavioural control.
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the existence of a prefrontal “executive committee” for perception, working memory, attention, long-term memory, motor control and thinking.
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that the prefrontal cortex exerts top-down-control by providing an excitatory signal that biases processing in other brain systems towards task-relevant information, memory or motor output (“biased competition model”).
Question 12
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Which of the following statements is correct?
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Mossy fibers are axons of CA3 primary cells.
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Aberrant mossy fiber sprouting is one hypothesis for epileptogenesis in limbic epilepsies.
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The cornu ammonis has filter function for downstream structures.
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Seizure-like events in in vitro models can be induced by lowering of sodium in the artificial cerebrospinal fluid.
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During seizure-like events in vitro light transmission of the tissue is decreased
Question 13
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Selective serotonine reuptake inhibitors
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have been proven to be ineffective in moderate depression
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are more effective in carriers of the 5-HTTLPR L-Allele.
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are more effective than serotonine-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors.
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should not be used in patients with suicidal ideation
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are most effective in bipolar depression
Question 14
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Which of the following is not a typical somatic symptom of depression?
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Chest tightness
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Knee pain
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Menstrual irregularities
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Back pain
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Headaches
Question 15
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One of the following statements is right - which one? A patient with Capgras syndrome
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denies the existence of his or her disability
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believes of a familiar counterpart being a stranger that pretends to be a familiar person
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will rapidly slide into a state of personal disrepair, poor personal hygiene and nutrition
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shows in general reduced interest and motivation
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suffers from the inability to develop new goals and strategies
Question 16
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Which symptoms are typical of a manic episode?
A Decreased need for sleep
B Delusions of grandeur
C Always euphoric mood
D Logorrhea
E Anhedonia
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All are correct
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B, C and E are correct
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B and E are correct
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A, C and D are correct
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A, B and D are correct
Question 17
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Evidence from controlled clinical trials suggest that specific phobia is best treated by:
Question 18
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First line pharmacological treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder is:
Question 19
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First line pharmacological treatment for panic disorder are:
Question 20
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One of the following statements is wrong – Which one? Commissural fibers of the corpus callosum…
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make up to 100-125 x106 fibers in each direction
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connect only homotopic areas of the brain
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functionally interconnect the cerebral hemispheres
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are arranged in topographical order
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connect only association areas of the cerebral cortex (according to Flechsig`s rule)
Question 21
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Which of the following statements regarding antiepileptic drugs (AED) are correct?
A. The “new generation” AEDs (marketed since 1990) significantly reduced pharmcoresistance.
B. AEDs with multiple molecular targets are more efficient.
C. AEDs with multiple molecular targests have more side-effects.
D. AED treatment regimens usually start with monotherapy.
E. Most clinically relevant AED have been discovered by chance.
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BC is correct.
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AB is correct.
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ADE is correct.
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CD is correct.
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DE is correct.