HES 480 - NON CUMULATIVE PORTION
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(VERIFIED AND UPDATED)
Most research on IPV-related brain injury to date has focused on
a) acute cases seen in emergency departments
b) chronic/remote IPV-BI in survivors recruited from women-serving communities
c) military population
d) children exposed to violence - ANS b) chronic/remote IPV-BI in survivors recruited from
women-serving communities
The brain injury severity assesment (BISA) measures
a) personality traits
b) only depression
c) frequency, recency and seveirty of IPV-BI (score 0-8)
d) O2 levels - ANS c) frequency, recency, and severity of IPV-BI (score 0-8)
Higher BISA scores are strongly associated with exposure to
a) emotional abuse only
b) financial stress
c) non-fatal strangulation (NFS)
d) childhood illness - ANS c) non-fatal strangulation
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,higher exposures to IPV-BI is associated with reductions in
a) colour vision
b) simple reaction time only
c) memory, learning, and cognitive flexibility
d) olfactory sensitivity - ANS c) memory, learning and cognitive flexibility
IPV-BI has been linked to accelerated effects of aging on
a) motor speed
b) attention and response inhibition
c) sensory threshold
d) immune function - ANS b) attention and response inhibition
exposure to IPV-BI is associated with poorer performance in
a) taste discrimination
b) complex-cognitive motor tasks
c) simple relfexes
d) colour perception - ANS b) complex-cognitive motor tasks
neurovascular coupling studies in IPV-BI show
a) improved blood flow response
b) reduced cerebral blood flow with increasing BISA scores
c) no change from controls
d) hyper activation of all arteries - ANS b) reduced cerebral blood flow with increasing BISA
scores
Increased TNF-alpha levels in IPV-BI survivors are associated with
a) faster recovery
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, b) improved cognition
c) reduced neurovascualr coupling, covarying with BISA scores
d) increased cerebral perfusion - ANS c) reduced neurovascualr coupling, covarying with BISA
scores
reduced resting state connectivity and white matter integrity in IPV-BI are found in networks
supporting
a) olfaction and taste
b) executive function, cognitive processing and memory
c) fine motor skills
d) sleep regulation - ANS b) executive function, cognitive processing and memory
chronic/remote IPV-BI has been associated with reduced
a) lung capacity
b) heart rate variability
c) brain volume, surface area, cortical thickness
d) bone density - ANS c) brain volume, surface area, cortical thickness
acute/subacute IPV-BI studies typically recruit participants
a) from long-term care facilities
b) from healthcare settings hours to days after an IPV episode
c) from homes
d) from military bases - ANS b) from helathcare settings hours to days after an IPV episode
in acute IPV-BI studies, patients frequently disclosed BI symptoms
a) only when prompted
b) even when BI questions were NOT included in intake form
c) only to family members
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(VERIFIED AND UPDATED)
Most research on IPV-related brain injury to date has focused on
a) acute cases seen in emergency departments
b) chronic/remote IPV-BI in survivors recruited from women-serving communities
c) military population
d) children exposed to violence - ANS b) chronic/remote IPV-BI in survivors recruited from
women-serving communities
The brain injury severity assesment (BISA) measures
a) personality traits
b) only depression
c) frequency, recency and seveirty of IPV-BI (score 0-8)
d) O2 levels - ANS c) frequency, recency, and severity of IPV-BI (score 0-8)
Higher BISA scores are strongly associated with exposure to
a) emotional abuse only
b) financial stress
c) non-fatal strangulation (NFS)
d) childhood illness - ANS c) non-fatal strangulation
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,higher exposures to IPV-BI is associated with reductions in
a) colour vision
b) simple reaction time only
c) memory, learning, and cognitive flexibility
d) olfactory sensitivity - ANS c) memory, learning and cognitive flexibility
IPV-BI has been linked to accelerated effects of aging on
a) motor speed
b) attention and response inhibition
c) sensory threshold
d) immune function - ANS b) attention and response inhibition
exposure to IPV-BI is associated with poorer performance in
a) taste discrimination
b) complex-cognitive motor tasks
c) simple relfexes
d) colour perception - ANS b) complex-cognitive motor tasks
neurovascular coupling studies in IPV-BI show
a) improved blood flow response
b) reduced cerebral blood flow with increasing BISA scores
c) no change from controls
d) hyper activation of all arteries - ANS b) reduced cerebral blood flow with increasing BISA
scores
Increased TNF-alpha levels in IPV-BI survivors are associated with
a) faster recovery
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, b) improved cognition
c) reduced neurovascualr coupling, covarying with BISA scores
d) increased cerebral perfusion - ANS c) reduced neurovascualr coupling, covarying with BISA
scores
reduced resting state connectivity and white matter integrity in IPV-BI are found in networks
supporting
a) olfaction and taste
b) executive function, cognitive processing and memory
c) fine motor skills
d) sleep regulation - ANS b) executive function, cognitive processing and memory
chronic/remote IPV-BI has been associated with reduced
a) lung capacity
b) heart rate variability
c) brain volume, surface area, cortical thickness
d) bone density - ANS c) brain volume, surface area, cortical thickness
acute/subacute IPV-BI studies typically recruit participants
a) from long-term care facilities
b) from healthcare settings hours to days after an IPV episode
c) from homes
d) from military bases - ANS b) from helathcare settings hours to days after an IPV episode
in acute IPV-BI studies, patients frequently disclosed BI symptoms
a) only when prompted
b) even when BI questions were NOT included in intake form
c) only to family members
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
