Neurology Nursing Quiz Questions-1

1.In which of the following neurological disorder treatment of choices include thymectomy, plasmapheresis, anticholinesterase inhibitors?

Parkinson’s disease

Myasthenia gravis

Seizure disorder

Encephalopathy

2.What is the commonest cause of hydrocephalus?

Obstruction to the flow of CSF

Overproduction of CSF

Decreased reabsorption of CSF

Meningitis

3. what is the commonest complication of tubercular meningitis?

Brain abscess

Tuberculoma

Haemorrhage

Cerebral infarction

4. The ________ contains centres for heartbeat, breathing, and blood pressure?

cerebellum

cerebrum

spinal cord

medulla oblongata

5. In which of the neurological disorder have enlargement of head, separation of the cranial suture line, bulging fontanel?

Meningitis

Hydrocephalus

M.I

Peptic ulcers

6. How does the Huntington’s disease characterized mainly?

Intellectual decline

Emotional disturbances

Mental retardation

Chorea

7. which is a highly selective semipermeable membrane barrier that separates the circulating blood from the brain and extracellular fluid?

Dura mater

Arachnoid mater

Pia mater

Blood-brain barrier

8. In which of the following disorder have episodes of severe, sudden, shock-like pain in one side of the face that lasts for seconds to minutes?

Myasthenia gravis

Alzheimer’s disease

Trigeminal neuralgia

Tics disorder

9. Which disease is caused by the demyelination of cranial nerves?

Bell’s palsy

Strabismus

Acoustic neuroma

Multiple sclerosis

10. vThe physician asked the patient to do that raise their shoulders or shrug. Which of the following cranial nerve function is assessed by the physician?

Vestibulocochlear nerve

Glossopharyngeal nerve

Vagus nerve

Accessory nerve

11. In which congenital condition the part of the spinal cord is split usually at the level of the upper lumbar vertebrae?

Intervertebral disc prolapse

Spina bifida

Meningocele

Diastematomyelia

12. In which of the following condition, the Spetzler-Martin (SM) Grade is used to assess the patient’s risk of deficit after open cranial surgery?

Arteriovenous malformation or AVM

Hydrocephalus

Brain abscess

Diabetic insipidus

13. Which of the following disorder characterized by tremors, rigidity, loss of postural reflexes etc?

Renal tumour

Gallstone

Parkinson’s disease

Dementia

14. what is the commonest complication of tubercular meningitis?

Brain abscess

Tuberculoma

Haemorrhage

Cerebral infarction