SCI NCLEX STYLE EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS.
A 70-year-old patient is admitted after falling from his roof. He has a spinal cord injury at the C7
level. What
findings during the assessment identify the presence of spinal shock?
a. Paraplegia with a flaccid paralysis
b. Tetraplegia with total sensory loss
c. Total hemiplegia with sensory and motor loss
d. Spastic tetraplegia with loss of pressure sensation - ANS . b. At the C7 level, spinal shock is
manifested by
tetraplegia and sensory loss. The neurologic loss may be
temporary or permanent. Paraplegia with sensory loss
would occur at the level of T1. A hemiplegia occurs with
central (brain) lesions affecting motor neurons and spastic
tetraplegia occurs when spinal shock resolves
Which syndrome of incomplete spinal cord lesion is described as cord damage common in the
cervical region
resulting in greater weakness in upper extremities than lower?
a. Central cord syndrome
b. Anterior cord syndrome
c. Posterior cord syndrome
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, d. Cauda equina and conus medullaris syndromes - ANS . a. In central cord syndrome, motor
weakness and sensory
loss are present in both upper and lower extremities, with
upper extremities affected more than lower extremities.
The patient is diagnosed with Brown-Séquard syndrome after a knife wound to the spine. Which
description
accurately describes this syndrome?
a. Damage to the most distal cord and nerve roots, resulting in flaccid paralysis of the lower
limbs and areflexic
bowel and bladder
b. Spinal cord damage resulting in ipsilateral motor paralysis and contralateral loss of pain and
sensation below the
level of the lesion
c. Rare cord damage resulting in loss of proprioception below the lesion level with retention of
motor control and
temperature and pain sensation
d. Often caused by flexion injury with acute compression of cord resulting in complete motor
paralysis and loss of
pain and temperature sensation below the level of injury - ANS b. Brown-Séquard syndrome
is characterized by ipsilateral
loss of motor function and position and vibratory sense
and vasomotor paralysis with contralateral loss of pain
and temperature sensation below the level of the injury.
Damage to the most distal cord and nerve roots with
flaccid paralysis of the lower limbs and areflexic bowel
and bladder is seen with cauda equine syndrome or conus
medullaris syndrome. Posterior cord syndrome is rare, with
cord damage resulting in loss of proprioception below the
lesion level but retention of motor control and temperature
and pain sensation. Anterior cord syndrome is often caused
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS.
A 70-year-old patient is admitted after falling from his roof. He has a spinal cord injury at the C7
level. What
findings during the assessment identify the presence of spinal shock?
a. Paraplegia with a flaccid paralysis
b. Tetraplegia with total sensory loss
c. Total hemiplegia with sensory and motor loss
d. Spastic tetraplegia with loss of pressure sensation - ANS . b. At the C7 level, spinal shock is
manifested by
tetraplegia and sensory loss. The neurologic loss may be
temporary or permanent. Paraplegia with sensory loss
would occur at the level of T1. A hemiplegia occurs with
central (brain) lesions affecting motor neurons and spastic
tetraplegia occurs when spinal shock resolves
Which syndrome of incomplete spinal cord lesion is described as cord damage common in the
cervical region
resulting in greater weakness in upper extremities than lower?
a. Central cord syndrome
b. Anterior cord syndrome
c. Posterior cord syndrome
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, d. Cauda equina and conus medullaris syndromes - ANS . a. In central cord syndrome, motor
weakness and sensory
loss are present in both upper and lower extremities, with
upper extremities affected more than lower extremities.
The patient is diagnosed with Brown-Séquard syndrome after a knife wound to the spine. Which
description
accurately describes this syndrome?
a. Damage to the most distal cord and nerve roots, resulting in flaccid paralysis of the lower
limbs and areflexic
bowel and bladder
b. Spinal cord damage resulting in ipsilateral motor paralysis and contralateral loss of pain and
sensation below the
level of the lesion
c. Rare cord damage resulting in loss of proprioception below the lesion level with retention of
motor control and
temperature and pain sensation
d. Often caused by flexion injury with acute compression of cord resulting in complete motor
paralysis and loss of
pain and temperature sensation below the level of injury - ANS b. Brown-Séquard syndrome
is characterized by ipsilateral
loss of motor function and position and vibratory sense
and vasomotor paralysis with contralateral loss of pain
and temperature sensation below the level of the injury.
Damage to the most distal cord and nerve roots with
flaccid paralysis of the lower limbs and areflexic bowel
and bladder is seen with cauda equine syndrome or conus
medullaris syndrome. Posterior cord syndrome is rare, with
cord damage resulting in loss of proprioception below the
lesion level but retention of motor control and temperature
and pain sensation. Anterior cord syndrome is often caused
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