Language Evaluation, Aphasia, Alexia, and Agraphia

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Nursing Quiz on Language Evaluation, Aphasia, Alexia, and Agraphia, created by Bethany Carter on 14/02/2018.
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Quiz by Bethany Carter, updated more than 1 year ago
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Question 1

Question
Which of the following are components of the neuropsychological exam for evaluation of language:
Answer
  • Mathematics
  • Naming
  • Comprehension
  • Circumlocution
  • Spontaneous Speech
  • Repetition
  • Reading
  • Writing

Question 2

Question
Phonemic paraphasia: [blank_start]"jabaket"[blank_end] for jacket Semantic paraphasia: [blank_start]"pants"[blank_end] for jacket Neologistic paraphasia: [blank_start]"kabadaba"[blank_end]
Answer
  • "jabaket"
  • "underwear"
  • doodlookie
  • "jacamet"
  • "mantering"
  • "pants"
  • "basketball"
  • "kabadaba"
  • "Wernicke"

Question 3

Question
Damage to this area causes which type of aphasia?
Answer
  • Fluent aphasia
  • Global aphasia
  • Expressive or non-fluent aphasia

Question 4

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Those with Broca's aphasia can have:
Answer
  • Frustration with inability to express thoughts
  • Lack of concern with speech issues
  • Intact comprehension
  • Expression of ingrained words such as profanitiy
  • Preserved repitition

Question 5

Question
What is the main difference between Broca's/Wernicke's aphasias and Transcortical Motor/Sensory aphasias?
Answer
  • Agraphia
  • Circumlocution
  • Repetition
  • Frustration

Question 6

Question
A person with this type of brain injury will have impaired comprehension.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 7

Question
Which type of aphasia will this lesion cause?
Answer
  • Conduction aphasia
  • Global aphasis
  • Broca's aphasia
  • Wernicke's aphasia

Question 8

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Those with pure alexia (without agraphic) are able to read words presented in modalities other than visual presentations (spelled out loud).
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 9

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Gerstmann's syndrome includes:
Answer
  • Impaired repetition of words
  • Acalculia
  • Finger agnosia
  • Agraphia
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