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

Multiple Choice Quiz



1

The combination of phonemes into words is
A)morphology.
B)syntax.
C)semantics.
D)pragmatics.
2

The combination of words into phrases and sentences is
A)morphology.
B)syntax.
C)semantics.
D)pragmatics.
3

The study of relationships between linguistic meaning and knowledge of the world is
A)morphology.
B)syntax.
C)semantics.
D)pragmatics.
4

Which of the following is NOT evidence supporting biological preparedness for language?
A)Children learn language effortlessly, as if programmed.
B)There is a critical period for language acquisition.
C)Children learn language by memorizing what they've heard.
D)There are anatomical asymmetries between the hemispheres.
5

What area of the cortex is the planum temporale closest to?
A)Primary motor.
B)Primary visual.
C)Primary auditory.
D)Orbitofrontal.
6

What is the name of the disorder involving language production?
A)Wernicke's aphasia.
B)Broca's aphasia.
C)Alexia.
D)Tactile aphasia.
7

A patient uses similar phonemes or words instead of the specific words required. What impairment does the patient have?
A)Paraphasias.
B)Dysarthria.
C)Apraxia.
D)Perseveration.
8

What is the term for unwanted repetitions?
A)Paraphasias.
B)Dysarthria.
C)Apraxia.
D)Perseveration.
9

Which disorder is characterized by severely impaired comprehension?
A)Wernicke's aphasia.
B)Broca's aphasia.
C)Alexia.
D)Tactile aphasia.
10

What is the disturbance of comprehension of language in the visual modality?
A)Aphasia.
B)Agraphia.
C)Alexia.
D)Aphemia.
11

What connects Broca and Wernicke's areas?
A)Corpus callosum.
B)Heschl's gyrus.
C)Arcuate fasciculus.
D)Planum temporale.
12

What disorder is characterized by a deficit in describing a picture?
A)Alexia.
B)Agraphia.
C)Amnesia.
D)Agnosia.
13

What type of sentence is the following: "The man painted the fence."?
A)Semantically constrained.
B)Semantically reversible.
C)Category specific.
D)Semantic jargon.
14

Which of the following is most characteristic of Wernicke's aphasics?
A)Syntactic agrammatism.
B)Morphological agrammatism.
C)Semantic jargon.
D)Apraxia of speech.
15

An individual who reads "can" for the printed word "candle" has what type of dyslexia?
A)Surface dyslexia.
B)Neglect dyslexia.
C)Deep dyslexia.
D)Phonological dyslexia.
16

Agraphia is most likely to manifest in the
A)eyes.
B)mouth.
C)ears.
D)hands.
17

What is most likely wrong with someone who cannot spell the nonsense word "tapmo", but can spell words such as "sight" and "tooth"?
A)Spatial agraphia.
B)Phonological agraphia.
C)Pure agraphia.
D)Neglect agraphia.
18

In what type of patient did Zaidel demonstrate the language abilities of the right hemisphere?
A)Split-brain.
B)Aphasics.
C)Agnosics.
D)Dyslexics.
19

Which of the following is the disorder of emotional production in speech?
A)Receptive aprosodia.
B)Expressive aprosodia.
C)Foreign language syndrome.
D)Wernicke's aphasia.
20

In the general population, what percentage of individuals is right-handed?
A)60%.
B)70%.
C)80%.
D)90%.








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