Mastering Acquired Brain Injury Concepts
Verified Study Questions
Updated 2024
The two types of acquired brain injury are... - ✔✔Traumatic and non-traumatic
This brain injury causes damage to the brain by internal factors, such as lack of
oxygen or nutrients to the nerve cells of the brain, exposure to toxins, pressure
from a tumor or blockage, or other neurological disorder. The above statement
describes which type of brain injury? - ✔✔Non-traumatic Injury
Which statement below is NOT a risk factor for someone with a brain injury
developing a disability? - ✔✔The injured person is a particular sex and age
When brain cells are injured, they die and are eventually replace by new brain
cells. - ✔✔False
,What percent of the US population today is living with a disability due to an
acquired brain injury? - ✔✔4.5%
The statements below are all considered risk factors for brain injury:
injury severity
age at injury
alcohol misuse
domestic violence
service in the military - ✔✔True
Acquired Brain Injury services are delivered in many settings that are held
accountable to regulations of federal or state agencies, are licensed, and/or are
accredited. For hospitals, home care agencies or nursing care centers, the gold
standard of accreditation for organizations is Joint Commission Accredidation. The
accreditor of choice for brain injury rehabilitation programs (which may be
,located in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, LTACs, outpatient clinics, home and
community services, residential services, vocational services and case
management companies) is CARF. - ✔✔TRUE
The single most important piece of federal legislation for persons with brain
injury, which was passed by Congress "to expand efforts to identify methods of
preventing traumatic brain injury, to expand biomedical research efforts or
minimize the severity of dysfunction as a result of such injury: and to improve the
delivery and quality of services is: - ✔✔Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 1996
Persons with a TBI are twice as likely to die as similar non-brain injured persons,
and have a life expectancy reduction of approximately seven years. - ✔✔True
TBI is not an event or final outcome; rather it is the beginning of a chronic
process. Please select the ONE condition below which is NOT part of this chronic
process - ✔✔Autoimmune Disorders
, According to the CDC, mTBI represents 16-25% of all TBIs that occur in the U.S. -
✔✔False
The severity of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is classified as mild, moderate or
severe. - ✔✔True
Athletes under the age of 24 are more at risk for second-impact syndrome
because: Please select the best answer - ✔✔Both 2 and 3-- they have metabolic
vulnerabilities, they like had a previous recent concussion
Mild TBI (or mTBI) is associated with distinctive symptoms that typically occur
immediately after injury. Most of these symptoms resolve within a short period of
time (2 - 4 weeks), with only 10% - 15% of persons experiencing persistent
problems after that point. - ✔✔True
Typical post-concussive symptoms can be divided into three categories:
physical/somatic, cognitive and behavioral-emotional. - ✔✔True
Verified Study Questions
Updated 2024
The two types of acquired brain injury are... - ✔✔Traumatic and non-traumatic
This brain injury causes damage to the brain by internal factors, such as lack of
oxygen or nutrients to the nerve cells of the brain, exposure to toxins, pressure
from a tumor or blockage, or other neurological disorder. The above statement
describes which type of brain injury? - ✔✔Non-traumatic Injury
Which statement below is NOT a risk factor for someone with a brain injury
developing a disability? - ✔✔The injured person is a particular sex and age
When brain cells are injured, they die and are eventually replace by new brain
cells. - ✔✔False
,What percent of the US population today is living with a disability due to an
acquired brain injury? - ✔✔4.5%
The statements below are all considered risk factors for brain injury:
injury severity
age at injury
alcohol misuse
domestic violence
service in the military - ✔✔True
Acquired Brain Injury services are delivered in many settings that are held
accountable to regulations of federal or state agencies, are licensed, and/or are
accredited. For hospitals, home care agencies or nursing care centers, the gold
standard of accreditation for organizations is Joint Commission Accredidation. The
accreditor of choice for brain injury rehabilitation programs (which may be
,located in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, LTACs, outpatient clinics, home and
community services, residential services, vocational services and case
management companies) is CARF. - ✔✔TRUE
The single most important piece of federal legislation for persons with brain
injury, which was passed by Congress "to expand efforts to identify methods of
preventing traumatic brain injury, to expand biomedical research efforts or
minimize the severity of dysfunction as a result of such injury: and to improve the
delivery and quality of services is: - ✔✔Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 1996
Persons with a TBI are twice as likely to die as similar non-brain injured persons,
and have a life expectancy reduction of approximately seven years. - ✔✔True
TBI is not an event or final outcome; rather it is the beginning of a chronic
process. Please select the ONE condition below which is NOT part of this chronic
process - ✔✔Autoimmune Disorders
, According to the CDC, mTBI represents 16-25% of all TBIs that occur in the U.S. -
✔✔False
The severity of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is classified as mild, moderate or
severe. - ✔✔True
Athletes under the age of 24 are more at risk for second-impact syndrome
because: Please select the best answer - ✔✔Both 2 and 3-- they have metabolic
vulnerabilities, they like had a previous recent concussion
Mild TBI (or mTBI) is associated with distinctive symptoms that typically occur
immediately after injury. Most of these symptoms resolve within a short period of
time (2 - 4 weeks), with only 10% - 15% of persons experiencing persistent
problems after that point. - ✔✔True
Typical post-concussive symptoms can be divided into three categories:
physical/somatic, cognitive and behavioral-emotional. - ✔✔True
