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Principles of Human Neuropsychology
G. Dennis Rains, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Methods in Neuropsychology

Multiple Choice Quiz



1

What is the mechanism that moves materials from the cell body to the axon terminal?
A)Retrograde transport.
B)Anterograde transport.
C)Intercellular transport.
D)Neural transmission.
2

What is the name of the enzyme taken up and transported from the axon terminal to the cell body?
A)Proline.
B)Cytochrome oxidase.
C)Horseradish peroxidase.
D)Hemoglobin.
3

What does an X-ray of the head best reveal?
A)Skull fractures.
B)Embolisms.
C)Lesions.
D)Metabolic activity.
4

What is angiography best for viewing?
A)The skull.
B)Cortical features.
C)Vasculature.
D)Individual neurons.
5

What is the name of the technique that drains the cerebrospinal fluid and replaces it with air?
A)Arteriography.
B)Electrocorticography
C)Autoradiography.
D)Pneumoencephalography.
6

What technique does the computerized tomography (CT) scan utilize?
A)Autoradiography.
B)X-ray.
C)Regional cerebral blood flow.
D)Double dissociation.
7

What atom does the MRI scan utilize to image tissue?
A)Oxygen.
B)Sodium.
C)Calcium.
D)Hydrogen.
8

Which of the following does NOT measure metabolic activity?
A)CT.
B)fMRI.
C)PET.
D)SPECT.
9

Who invented the EEG?
A)Hans Berger.
B)Wilder Penfield.
C)Oliver Sacks.
D)Roger Sperry.
10

What technique is used to study the sleep stages?
A)Electrocorticography.
B)Angiography.
C)Electroencephalography.
D)Pneumoencephalography.
11

What is the method that measures the response of a brain area to a specific stimulus?
A)Action potential.
B)Graded potential.
C)Receptive field.
D)Evoked potential.
12

For what neurological disorder did Penfield perform surgery?
A)Agnosia.
B)Epilepsy.
C)Achromatopsia.
D)Dyslexia.
13

The problem associated with achromatopsia is located in the
A)retinal cones.
B)cortical lesions.
C)thalamic lesions.
D)severed optic nerve.
14

What is a synonym for dissociable?
A)Impaired.
B)Split-brain.
C)Lesion.
D)Separable.
15

Which of the following would NOT be considered doubly dissociable?
A)Walking and chewing.
B)Talking and throwing.
C)Running and skating.
D)Winking and kicking.
16

What is the commissurotomy surgery used to control
A)Agnosia.
B)Epilepsy.
C)Achromatopsia.
D)Dyslexia.
17

In what decade did Roger Sperry and his colleagues pioneer human commissurotomy surgery?
A)1960.
B)1950.
C)1940.
D)1930.
18

What apparatus is used to rapidly present visual stimuli?
A)Microtubules.
B)Tachistoscope.
C)Autoradiograph.
D)Isotope.
19

What is injected into the internal carotid artery to produce temporary hemispheric inactivation?
A)Cytochrome oxidase.
B)Horseradish peroxidase.
C)Proline.
D)Sodium amobarbital.
20

Of what sense does the dihaptic task take advantage?
A)Vision.
B)Audition.
C)Touch.
D)Smell.








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