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PRITE EXAM - Questions and Answers (Complete Solutions)
Question 1: Amnesia preceded by epigastric sensation and fear
are associated with electrical abnormality where?
CORRECT ANSWER : Temporal lobe
Question 2: Memory loss pattern in dissociative amnesia
CORRECT ANSWER : Memory loss occurs for a discrete
period of time
Question 3: Amnesia characterized by loss of memory of events
that occur after onset of etiologic condition or agent
CORRECT ANSWER : Anterograde
Question 4: What psychoactive drug produces amnesia?
CORRECT ANSWER : Alcohol
Question 5: Visual problem in pituitary tumor compressing optic
chiasm
CORRECT ANSWER : Bitemporal Hemianopsia
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Question 6: 32 y/o pt 1-month history of worsening headaches,
episodic mood swings and occasional hallucinations with visual,
tactile and auditory content. CT head reveals tumor where:
CORRECT ANSWER : Temporal lobe
Question 7: Syndrome characterized by fluent speech, preserved
comprehension, inability to repeat, w/o associated signs.Location of lesion in the brain?
CORRECT ANSWER : Supramarginal gyrus or insula
Question 8: Acute onset of hemiballismus of LUE & LLE. MRI
is most likely to show lesion located where?
CORRECT ANSWER : Subthalamic nucleus
Question 9: Left sided hemi-neglect is associated with lesion
located where?
CORRECT ANSWER : Right Parietal Lobe
Question 10: 60M right-handed, getting lost, only writes on right
half of paper. Where is lesion
CORRECT ANSWER : Right parietal
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Question 11: Which hormone secreted in functional pituitary
adenoma:
CORRECT ANSWER : Prolactin
Question 12: CT & MRI show ventriculomegaly are out of
proportion to sulcal atrophy. This is suggestive of what diagnosis?
CORRECT ANSWER : Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
Question 13: 5 y/o with 4 month history of morning HA,
vomiting, and recent problems with gait, falls, and diplopia
CORRECT ANSWER : Medulloblastoma
Question 14: 20 y/o with 1 yr of bitemporal headaches,
polydipsia, polyuria, bulimia. For 2 months emotional outburst aggressive and transient confusion neuro exam normal. What will MRI of brain show?
CORRECT ANSWER : Hypothalamic tumor
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Question 15: Previously pleasant mom becomes profane and
irresponsible over 6 months:
CORRECT ANSWER : Frontal lobe
Question 16: Unilateral hearing loss with vertigo, unsteadiness
with falls and headaches, mild facial weakness and ipsilateral limb ataxia is most commonly associated with tumors in what
locations:
CORRECT ANSWER : Cerebellopontine angle
Question 17: 52 y/o with h/o unipolar depression is brought to
ED with a first episode of catatonia. Patient is on no meds, UDS is neg. Further w/u should initially focus on what factor?
CORRECT ANSWER : Metabolic disorders
Question 18: Which term describes state of immobility that is
constantly maintained?