NUR320 PREPARATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
● Normal aging causes what to the brain?. Answer: - possible loss of
neurotransmitters= reduced dopaminergic function
- decreased cerebral BF and sensory function
- enlarged ventricles (>60)
- some neuronal loss and shrinkage
- reduction in brain weight (white matter)
● The negative impacts on the brain due to normal aging is regardless of
what?. Answer: Health status
● The negative impacts on the brain due to normal aging causes what.
Answer: Decreased...
- info processing
- multitasking abilities
- transitioning auditory inputs
- attention span
- filtering out unnecessary information
- visual-spatial tasks
, - word findings, abstraction tasks, and mental flexibility
● Dementia definition. Answer: A decline from previous level of
function in ONE or more of..
- complex attention
- executive function
- language
- learning and memory
- perceptual motor and social cognition
● Dementia (onset, progression, thinking, psychomotor behavior, sleep).
Answer: - progresses gradually, ~8 years, IRREVERSIBLE
- difficulty with abstract thinking, judgement, and word finding
- misperceptions, delusions, hallucinations
- pace or hyperactive, not able to perform tasks
- sleeps during day, wake frequently at night
● Delirium (onset, progression, thinking, psychomotor behavior, sleep).
Answer: - sudden, sometimes reversible if etiology addressed, fluctuates
- disorganized, distorted, slow or accelerated speech
- distorted. delusions and hallucinations
- hyperactive, hypoactive, or both
- reversed sleep cycle, more wakings= more confusion
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
● Normal aging causes what to the brain?. Answer: - possible loss of
neurotransmitters= reduced dopaminergic function
- decreased cerebral BF and sensory function
- enlarged ventricles (>60)
- some neuronal loss and shrinkage
- reduction in brain weight (white matter)
● The negative impacts on the brain due to normal aging is regardless of
what?. Answer: Health status
● The negative impacts on the brain due to normal aging causes what.
Answer: Decreased...
- info processing
- multitasking abilities
- transitioning auditory inputs
- attention span
- filtering out unnecessary information
- visual-spatial tasks
, - word findings, abstraction tasks, and mental flexibility
● Dementia definition. Answer: A decline from previous level of
function in ONE or more of..
- complex attention
- executive function
- language
- learning and memory
- perceptual motor and social cognition
● Dementia (onset, progression, thinking, psychomotor behavior, sleep).
Answer: - progresses gradually, ~8 years, IRREVERSIBLE
- difficulty with abstract thinking, judgement, and word finding
- misperceptions, delusions, hallucinations
- pace or hyperactive, not able to perform tasks
- sleeps during day, wake frequently at night
● Delirium (onset, progression, thinking, psychomotor behavior, sleep).
Answer: - sudden, sometimes reversible if etiology addressed, fluctuates
- disorganized, distorted, slow or accelerated speech
- distorted. delusions and hallucinations
- hyperactive, hypoactive, or both
- reversed sleep cycle, more wakings= more confusion
