neurocognitive disorder

Question 1

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is associated with which type of neurocognitive disorder?:
a.Traumatic Brain Injury
b.Parkinson’s Disease
c.Frontotemporal
d.Alzheimer ’s disease

Answer 1

Traumatic Brain Injury

Question 2

Currently, the most common type of medication to slow the progression of Alzheimer ’s disease targets which neurotransmitters?:
a.acetylcholine
b.serotonin
c.dopamine
d.norepinephrine

Answer 2

acetylcholine

Question 3

Delirium differs from dementia in that delirium:
a.Is seen in young people mostly
b.Usually is temporary
c.Is a telltale sign that dementia has started
d.Is only seen in elderly people

Answer 3

Usually is temporary

Question 4

Difficulty with the recognition of familiar faces and objects is called:
a.agnosia
b.apraxia
c.aphasia
d.alexia

Answer 4

agnosia

Question 5

In the article by Gerritsen et al (2014), a key “collateral” finding of their study on dementia in the movies was the:
a.devastating impact on patients
b.romanticizing of dementia
c.positive impact on viewers
d.debilitating impact on family/ caregivers

Answer 5

debilitating impact on family/ caregivers

Question 6

In the film Still Alice (2014), Alice makes a video so that in the case she cannot correctly answer the questions she gives herself, she will:
a.Divorce her husband
b.admit herself to an assisted-living facility
c. Kill herself

Answer 6

Kill herself

Question 7

In the film Still Alice (2014), Alice and her family watch daughter Lydia perform in a play. Immediately after the play is over there is a notable moment when Alice:

Answer 7

forgets that Lydia is her daughter

Question 8

Memory remains relatively intact in which of the following neurocognitive disorders?
a.Parkinson’s Disease
b.Traumatic Brain Injury
c.Frontotemporal
d.Alzheimer ’s disease

Answer 8

Frontotemporal

Question 9

Mild neurocognitive disorder differs from major neurocognitive disorder in that with mild NCD:
a.the patient is dependent on others
b.the patient is relatively independent
c.progression to major NCD is preventable
d.symptoms are reversible

Answer 9

the patient is relatively independent

Question 10

The causes of Alzheimer’s Disease are empirically thought to be related to all of the following, EXCEPT
a.Apolipoprotein E gene
b.tau tangles
c.amyloid plaques
d.nutrition

Answer 10

nutrition