SCRN EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW!!) LATEST
UPDATE 2026/2027
What is anisocoria? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Unequal size of the eyes pupils
What is apraxia? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Inability to perform purposeful actions
as a result of brain damage
Pt presents with BP 260/140, methamphetamine use, chronic heavy ETOH use
and stroke like symptoms. The stroke is most likely a... - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Basal ganglia hemorrhage
Oral contraceptives may increase likelihood of stroke in women who... - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- Smoke cigarettes
Age > 35
HTN, DM, HLD
Obese
Prothrombin mutations, such as factor V leiden
Hunt vs Hess Score - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Describes severity of SAH and used
as a predictor for pt prognosis
CHADS2 Score - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Estimates stroke risk in patients with
atrial fibrillation
,ABCD2 score - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Predictor of two-day risk of stroke
following TIA
A rare but potential complication to tPA administration = - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- anaphalaxis
Stroke patient has sodium of 128, low urine output and weight gain, the RN would
expect: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- SIADH
Syndrome of Inappropriate Secretion of Antidiuretic Hormone
What is the most common cause of vertebral dissection? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- Trauma
What is cavernous angioma? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Blood vessel abnormality
with clusters of tiny, abnormal, dialated vessels. Blood flow in this area is very
slow.
A pt underwent carotid artery endarectomy. Discharge instructions include pt
taking aspirin indefinately and PLAVIX for at least... - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 30
days
Evidence based standard used to measure neurological functional improvement
over time... - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- NIHSS
Sixth nerve palsy is associated with... - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- aneurysm in the
cavernous sinus
,Third nerve palsy, sixth nerve palsy (occular), and ataxia may be associated with ...
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- basilar artery aneurysm
Primary presentation symptoms of cerebral venous thrombosis... - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- Headache
Papilledema
Diplopia
Sixth nerve palsy (occular)
Characteristics of MCA - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Aphasia
Neglect
Contralateral sensory and motor loss
*homonymous hemianopia*
*conjugate eye deviation toward side of lesion*
*anosognosia (neglect of lack of self awareness)*
Characteristics of ACA - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Contralateral sensory and motor
deficits affecting leg more than arms with face and tongue spared
*Abulia - lack of concern of disinhibition*
Behavioral abnormalities
Incontinence
Characteristics of PCA - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Contralateral visual field
homonymous hemianopia and visual agnosia
, Blindness / amnesia
*do not usually involve paralysis or aphasia*
*Weber's syndrome - nerve palsy, bulbar muscle disfunction*
*Parinaud's Syndrome - impaired gaze, nystagmus*
Characteristics of PICA - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- *Wallenberg syndrome - lateral
medullary syndrome results from damage to spinothalamic tract resulting in loss
of pain and temperature sensation in contralateral tounge and face*
Dysphagia
Dysarthia
Dysphonia
Characteristics of AICA - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- *Lateral pontine syndrome
results in vertigo, vomiting, nystagmus, falling toward side of lesion ipsilateral
facial and hearing paralysis, nystagmus*
Speech difficulties
Tremor
Abnormal gait
Characteristics of Basilar Stroke - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Coma
Quadriparesis
Ataxia
CN dysfunction
*"Locked-in syndrome"*
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW!!) LATEST
UPDATE 2026/2027
What is anisocoria? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Unequal size of the eyes pupils
What is apraxia? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Inability to perform purposeful actions
as a result of brain damage
Pt presents with BP 260/140, methamphetamine use, chronic heavy ETOH use
and stroke like symptoms. The stroke is most likely a... - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Basal ganglia hemorrhage
Oral contraceptives may increase likelihood of stroke in women who... - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- Smoke cigarettes
Age > 35
HTN, DM, HLD
Obese
Prothrombin mutations, such as factor V leiden
Hunt vs Hess Score - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Describes severity of SAH and used
as a predictor for pt prognosis
CHADS2 Score - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Estimates stroke risk in patients with
atrial fibrillation
,ABCD2 score - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Predictor of two-day risk of stroke
following TIA
A rare but potential complication to tPA administration = - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- anaphalaxis
Stroke patient has sodium of 128, low urine output and weight gain, the RN would
expect: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- SIADH
Syndrome of Inappropriate Secretion of Antidiuretic Hormone
What is the most common cause of vertebral dissection? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- Trauma
What is cavernous angioma? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Blood vessel abnormality
with clusters of tiny, abnormal, dialated vessels. Blood flow in this area is very
slow.
A pt underwent carotid artery endarectomy. Discharge instructions include pt
taking aspirin indefinately and PLAVIX for at least... - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 30
days
Evidence based standard used to measure neurological functional improvement
over time... - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- NIHSS
Sixth nerve palsy is associated with... - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- aneurysm in the
cavernous sinus
,Third nerve palsy, sixth nerve palsy (occular), and ataxia may be associated with ...
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- basilar artery aneurysm
Primary presentation symptoms of cerebral venous thrombosis... - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- Headache
Papilledema
Diplopia
Sixth nerve palsy (occular)
Characteristics of MCA - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Aphasia
Neglect
Contralateral sensory and motor loss
*homonymous hemianopia*
*conjugate eye deviation toward side of lesion*
*anosognosia (neglect of lack of self awareness)*
Characteristics of ACA - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Contralateral sensory and motor
deficits affecting leg more than arms with face and tongue spared
*Abulia - lack of concern of disinhibition*
Behavioral abnormalities
Incontinence
Characteristics of PCA - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Contralateral visual field
homonymous hemianopia and visual agnosia
, Blindness / amnesia
*do not usually involve paralysis or aphasia*
*Weber's syndrome - nerve palsy, bulbar muscle disfunction*
*Parinaud's Syndrome - impaired gaze, nystagmus*
Characteristics of PICA - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- *Wallenberg syndrome - lateral
medullary syndrome results from damage to spinothalamic tract resulting in loss
of pain and temperature sensation in contralateral tounge and face*
Dysphagia
Dysarthia
Dysphonia
Characteristics of AICA - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- *Lateral pontine syndrome
results in vertigo, vomiting, nystagmus, falling toward side of lesion ipsilateral
facial and hearing paralysis, nystagmus*
Speech difficulties
Tremor
Abnormal gait
Characteristics of Basilar Stroke - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Coma
Quadriparesis
Ataxia
CN dysfunction
*"Locked-in syndrome"*
