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CBIS Exam Questions with 100% Correct
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* Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 3-8 - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Severe TBI; normal or abnormal structural
imaging. LOC over 24 hours, post traumatic amnesia
over 7 days
* Glasgow Coma Scale 9-12 - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Moderate TBI; LOC over 30 minutes but less than 24
hours; alteration of consciousness over 24 hours, post
traumatic amnesia more than 1 day but less than 7 days
* Glasgow Coma Scale 13-15 - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Mild TBI; normal imaging; LOC 0-30 minutes, alteration
of consciousness up to 24 hours, post traumatic amnesia
up to 1 day
* 3 parts of neuron - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Cell body
Axon
Dendrites
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* 2.5 million TBIs - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 53,000 deaths
(2%)
284,000 hospitalizations (11%)
2,214,000 ED visits (87%)
* Coup-contrecoup - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ When the
brain accelerates in one directions, it rebounds in the
opposite direction
* Acquired Brain Injury - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ An injury
to the brain that is not hereditary, congenital,
degenerative or induced by birth trauma
* Traumatic Brain Injury - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ An
alteration of brain function or other evidence of brain
pathology caused by an external force
* Incidence - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Rate or range of
occurrence
* Prevalence - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Number of people
with a given condition at a specific point in time
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* What determines the effects of brain injury? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Injury severity
Age at injury
Alcohol misuse
Domestic violence
Service in military
Participation in sports
* Concussion - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Mild TBI caused by
bump, blow or jolt to head that can change the way the
brain works (or a fall)
Can occur in any sport or recreation activity
Memory loss
May or may not lose consciousness
* 2.5 million people sustained TBI in 2010 - .....ANSWER
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* Brain Stem - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Top of spinal
column
Central point for all incoming and outgoing information
and basic life functions
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* Limbic System - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Emotions and
basic feelings
* Frontal Lobe Damage - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Executive function/personality
Lack of control of behaviors, poor short term memory
and working memory
* Broca's Area - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Located in lower
portion of motor cortex (left frontal-temporal lobe)
Expression- production of speech
* Wernicke's Area - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Located in
left temporal parietal area
Receptive- understanding of speech
* Risk of TBI after first injury - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 3x
greater for 2nd injury
* Risk of TBI after second injury - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
8x greater for 3rd injury
CBIS Exam Questions with 100% Correct
Answers | Verified | Updated
* Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 3-8 - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Severe TBI; normal or abnormal structural
imaging. LOC over 24 hours, post traumatic amnesia
over 7 days
* Glasgow Coma Scale 9-12 - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Moderate TBI; LOC over 30 minutes but less than 24
hours; alteration of consciousness over 24 hours, post
traumatic amnesia more than 1 day but less than 7 days
* Glasgow Coma Scale 13-15 - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Mild TBI; normal imaging; LOC 0-30 minutes, alteration
of consciousness up to 24 hours, post traumatic amnesia
up to 1 day
* 3 parts of neuron - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Cell body
Axon
Dendrites
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* 2.5 million TBIs - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 53,000 deaths
(2%)
284,000 hospitalizations (11%)
2,214,000 ED visits (87%)
* Coup-contrecoup - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ When the
brain accelerates in one directions, it rebounds in the
opposite direction
* Acquired Brain Injury - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ An injury
to the brain that is not hereditary, congenital,
degenerative or induced by birth trauma
* Traumatic Brain Injury - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ An
alteration of brain function or other evidence of brain
pathology caused by an external force
* Incidence - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Rate or range of
occurrence
* Prevalence - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Number of people
with a given condition at a specific point in time
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* What determines the effects of brain injury? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Injury severity
Age at injury
Alcohol misuse
Domestic violence
Service in military
Participation in sports
* Concussion - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Mild TBI caused by
bump, blow or jolt to head that can change the way the
brain works (or a fall)
Can occur in any sport or recreation activity
Memory loss
May or may not lose consciousness
* 2.5 million people sustained TBI in 2010 - .....ANSWER
...✔✔
* Brain Stem - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Top of spinal
column
Central point for all incoming and outgoing information
and basic life functions
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* Limbic System - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Emotions and
basic feelings
* Frontal Lobe Damage - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Executive function/personality
Lack of control of behaviors, poor short term memory
and working memory
* Broca's Area - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Located in lower
portion of motor cortex (left frontal-temporal lobe)
Expression- production of speech
* Wernicke's Area - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Located in
left temporal parietal area
Receptive- understanding of speech
* Risk of TBI after first injury - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 3x
greater for 2nd injury
* Risk of TBI after second injury - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
8x greater for 3rd injury
