Question 1

Dr.Clay is studying the function of the fusiform face area,and comparing activation when participants view faces that they know versus faces of strangers.Given the choices of techniques below,what is the best one for Dr.Clay to use?

Accepted Answer

A)  diffusion tensor imaging 
B)  MRI 
C)  event-related potential 
D)  positron emission tomography

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a structure of the hindbrain?

Accepted Answer

A)  medulla 
B)  cerebellum 
C)  hypothalamus 
D)  pons

Question 3

Which gland is attached to the hypothalamus?

Accepted Answer

A)  endocrine 
B)  adrenal 
C)  pituitary 
D)  thalamus

Question 4

Elodie is sitting on a subway and imagines the train is a neuron undergoing an action potential.In her analogy,the people are ions,and as the doors open,the people rush onto the train,and this causes the train to move (or neuron to fire).What type of ion would the people represent?

Accepted Answer

A)  potassium 
B)  calcium 
C)  sodium 
D)  dopamine

Question 5

Since both hemispheres receive the same input from the environment,this means that split-brain patients

Accepted Answer

A)  have difficulties coordinating movements on both sides of their body (e.g., running, clapping). 
B)  need special experimental procedures to show symptoms of their surgery. 
C)  can experience competition between hemispheres for control over the body. 
D)  use their right hemisphere more than someone without split-brain surgery.

Question 6

At the broadest level,the nervous system is divided into the ___ and the ___ nervous systems.

Accepted Answer

A)  primary; secondary 
B)  somatic; autonomic 
C)  sympathetic; parasympathetic 
D)  central; peripheral

Question 7

After a head trauma,Leon is unable to see,despite there being nothing wrong with his eyes.Leon has sustained damage to his ___ lobe.

Accepted Answer

A)  frontal 
B)  temporal 
C)  parietal 
D)  occipital

Question 8

Depolarization is to ___ as hyperpolarization is to ___.

Accepted Answer

A)  excitatory postsynaptic potentials; inhibitory postsynaptic potentials 
B)  inhibitory postsynaptic potentials; excitatory postsynaptic potentials 
C)  excitatory presynaptic potentials; inhibitory presynaptic potentials 
D)  inhibitory presynaptic potentials; excitatory presynaptic potentials

Question 9

Dr.Chalmers is learning about the brain by studying a patient of his who has suffered damage to the hippocampus.What is a drawback of using this technique to learn about brain function?

Accepted Answer

A)  The location of brain activity cannot be pinpointed precisely. 
B)  It only tells us when a brain area is needed, not what the brain area does. 
C)  It is impossible to establish cause and effect. 
D)  It requires that the patients consume a radioactive substance.

Question 10

What happens if the myelin sheath is damaged?

Accepted Answer

A)  neural transmission speeds up 
B)  more action potentials are fired 
C)  decreased removal of diseased or damaged neurons from the nervous system 
D)  inefficient transmission of electrical information among neurons

Question 11

What portion of the thalamus is used to relay auditory information?

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

Which of the following best describes the relationship between enzymatic degradation and reuptake?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both help neurotransmitters bind to the receptors. 
B)  Enzymatic degradation breaks down enzymes, so neurotransmitters can be taken back into the presynaptic cell. 
C)  Enzymatic degradation breaks down neurotransmitters, so the postsynaptic cell can reuptake the products for reuse. 
D)  Both terminate the activity of neurotransmitters.

Question 13

Zara recently got botulism from eating poisonous mushrooms.Which of the following neurotransmitters would have been affected?

Accepted Answer

A)  serotonin 
B)  dopamine 
C)  acetylcholine 
D)  norepinephrine

Question 14

Women are less intelligent than men because their brains are smaller.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Darnell underwent surgery to control his severe epilepsy.Now,however,Darnell CANNOT form new memories of his experiences,although he does remember events in the past.Most likely,the surgery destroyed a portion of the ___ in Darnell's brain.

Accepted Answer

A)  amygdala 
B)  striatum 
C)  hypothalamus 
D)  hippocampus

Question 16

What do you expect would be one thing that would happen to someone who was born without a spinal cord reflex?

Accepted Answer

A)  They would be incapable of voluntary movements. 
B)  Their central nervous system wouldn't be able to communicate with their peripheral nervous system. 
C)  They would be unable to feel extreme changes in temperature. 
D)  They would require longer exposure to a painful stimulus before reacting to it.

Question 17

Following surgery to alleviate her epilepsy,Aino can read words presented to the right visual field,but CANNOT name objects presented to the left visual field.What type of surgery did Aino undergo,and what did it involve?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hemispherectomy, which severs the caudate nucleus 
B)  Split-brain, which severs the corpus callosum 
C)  Hemispherectomy, which severs the corpus callosum 
D)  Split-brain, which severs the caudate nucleus

Question 18

A synapse is a

Accepted Answer

A)  chemical. 
B)  signal. 
C)  joint. 
D)  gap.

Question 19

If the resting potential of a neuron were simply the result of electrostatic pressure and diffusion,what would it be?

Accepted Answer

A)  negative 
B)  positive 
C)  neutral 
D)  It is impossible to predict with the information given.

Question 20

Dr.Deyz wants to investigate what happens to visual imagery in humans if the visual cortex is destroyed.Obviously.Dr.Deyz can't even propose a study like this to the ethics committee.What is the next best thing that Dr.Deyz could do to accomplish his goal?

Accepted Answer

A)  ERP 
B)  TMS 
C)  MRI 
D)  Examine the autopsy tissue of people who lived with short-term memory capacity deficits.

Exam 3: Neuroscience