CRANIAL NERVES: CNIM PRACTICE EXAM AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS 2026 UPDATED.

CRANIAL NERVES: CNIM PRACTICE
EXAM AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS 2026 UPDATED.
Sensory - Answer CN I, II, VIII are considered to be:

1 Motor

2 Sensory

3 Both

4 Proprioceptive Only



Motor - Answer CN III, Iv, VI, XI, XII are considered to be:

1 Motor

2 Sensory

3 Both

4 Spinothalamic



Mixed motor and sensory - Answer CN V, VII, IX, X are considered to be:

1 Motor

2 Sensory

3 Mixed motor and sensory

4 Mixed proprioceptive and sensory



Optic - Answer This CN controls eye movement, constricts pupils, and innervates the
extraoccular muscles (superior, inferior, medial rectus muscles, and inferior oblique)

1 Optic

2 Oculomotor

3 Trochlear

4 Abducens



Olfactory - Answer This CN is responsible for the sensation of smell.

1 Glossopharyngeal

2 Trigeminal

3 Vagus

4 Olfactory

, Facial - Answer This CN innervates the taste buds at the anterior 2/3 of the tongue, salivary
glands, and the muscles of facial expression.

1 Vestibulocochlear

2 Abducens

3 Facial

4 Trochlear



Abducens - Answer This CN controls eye movement outward via the lateral rectus muscle:

1 Trochlear

2 Optic

3 Oculomotor

4 Abducens



Vagus - Answer This CN moves the soft palate, larynx, pharynx, innervates the heart,
digestive tract, smooth muscle, and senses aortic blood pressure.

1 Hypoglossal

2 Vagus

3 Trigeminal

4 Trochlear



Trigeminal - Answer This CN is responsible for the sensations of pain, temp, and touch to the
face and head. Also controls the motor muscles responsible for mastication.

1 Trigeminal

2 Vagus

3 Trochlear

4 Spinal Accessory



Vestibulocochlear - Answer This CN is responsible for the sensation of hearing and balance.

1 Hypoglossal

2 Trochlear

3 Spinal Accessory

4 Vestibulocochlear



Glossopharyngeal - Answer This CN is responsible for sensation of the tongue, skin of the
ear, and taste in the posterior 1/3 tongue, salivation, the gag reflex, and senses carotid blood
pressure.