INTELLIGENCE FUNDAMENTALS PROFESSIONAL
CERTIFICATION FINAL TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED
▶ Neurocognitive disorders = decline in what Answer: cognition
▶ Cognition & Neurocognitive Disorders - Domains: Answer: attention,
memory, language, social cognition, social engagement, processing
▶ Delirium = Answer: acute, reversible, fluctuating course
AMS
disordered thinking
often due to: UTI, sepsis, meds, metabolic imabalance, hypoxia,
▶ Dementia = Answer: chronic, progressive, losing function over time,
stable course/doesn't fluctuate
clear LOC until late in disease
usually irreversible
▶ ____ is a medical emergency Answer: delirium
▶ hallmark of delirum Answer: inattention
▶ dementia timeframe Answer: months - years
▶ delirium timeframe Answer: hours - days
▶ delirium risk factors Answer: advanced age, dementia, sleep deprivation,
immobilization, brain damage
▶ delirium - assessment priorities Answer: find underlying cause first!!!
Ensure safety
Frequent monitoring and reorientation
▶ delirium - interventions Answer: Stop suspected meds
, Adequate lighting and family presence
Avoid restraints
▶ Alzheimer Disease - overview Answer: Most common form of dementia!
Progressive neurodegenerative disorder
▶ Alzheimer Disease - early onset Answer: Early onset <65 faster
▶ Alzheimer Disease - late onset Answer: Late onset >65 most common
▶ Alzheimer Disease - patho Answer: Beta-Amyloid plaques buildup: sticky
protein deposits between neurons, blocks communication and trigger
inflammation
Neurofibrillary tangles: twisted tau proteins inside neurons, disrupt cell
transport --> neuronal death
Neurotransmission dysfunction
▶ Alzheimer Disease - sx Answer: DEGENERATIVE AND
PROGRESSIVE!
Aphasia
Apraxia
Agnosia
Executive dysfunction
▶ Alzheimer Disease - early stage Answer: short term memory loss
▶ Alzheimer Disease - middle stage Answer: ADL impairment
▶ Alzheimer Disease - late stage Answer: total dependence
▶ Aphasia Answer: difficulty with language speaking or understanding
▶ Apraxia Answer: Impaired ability to perform purposeful movements
▶ Agnosia Answer: the inability to recognize familiar objects people or
sounds
▶ executive dysfunction Answer: problems w planning, judgement,
organization, reasoning
CERTIFICATION FINAL TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED
▶ Neurocognitive disorders = decline in what Answer: cognition
▶ Cognition & Neurocognitive Disorders - Domains: Answer: attention,
memory, language, social cognition, social engagement, processing
▶ Delirium = Answer: acute, reversible, fluctuating course
AMS
disordered thinking
often due to: UTI, sepsis, meds, metabolic imabalance, hypoxia,
▶ Dementia = Answer: chronic, progressive, losing function over time,
stable course/doesn't fluctuate
clear LOC until late in disease
usually irreversible
▶ ____ is a medical emergency Answer: delirium
▶ hallmark of delirum Answer: inattention
▶ dementia timeframe Answer: months - years
▶ delirium timeframe Answer: hours - days
▶ delirium risk factors Answer: advanced age, dementia, sleep deprivation,
immobilization, brain damage
▶ delirium - assessment priorities Answer: find underlying cause first!!!
Ensure safety
Frequent monitoring and reorientation
▶ delirium - interventions Answer: Stop suspected meds
, Adequate lighting and family presence
Avoid restraints
▶ Alzheimer Disease - overview Answer: Most common form of dementia!
Progressive neurodegenerative disorder
▶ Alzheimer Disease - early onset Answer: Early onset <65 faster
▶ Alzheimer Disease - late onset Answer: Late onset >65 most common
▶ Alzheimer Disease - patho Answer: Beta-Amyloid plaques buildup: sticky
protein deposits between neurons, blocks communication and trigger
inflammation
Neurofibrillary tangles: twisted tau proteins inside neurons, disrupt cell
transport --> neuronal death
Neurotransmission dysfunction
▶ Alzheimer Disease - sx Answer: DEGENERATIVE AND
PROGRESSIVE!
Aphasia
Apraxia
Agnosia
Executive dysfunction
▶ Alzheimer Disease - early stage Answer: short term memory loss
▶ Alzheimer Disease - middle stage Answer: ADL impairment
▶ Alzheimer Disease - late stage Answer: total dependence
▶ Aphasia Answer: difficulty with language speaking or understanding
▶ Apraxia Answer: Impaired ability to perform purposeful movements
▶ Agnosia Answer: the inability to recognize familiar objects people or
sounds
▶ executive dysfunction Answer: problems w planning, judgement,
organization, reasoning
