ATI LPN
Neurological Assessment Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
Accommodation is
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Accommodation adjusts the lens shape via ciliary muscles to focus light on the retina for near or far objects.
Question 2 of 5
It turned out that an antibiotic furosemide selectively destroys outer hair cells in both cochleas. What would happen to the auditory processing?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Outer hair cells amplify sound; their loss reduces cochlear sensitivity, impairing hearing but not causing total deafness (inner hair cells remain).
Question 3 of 5
Henry Head is a well known scientist because
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Henry Head proposed separate epicritic (touch) and protopathic (pain) pathways, influencing sensory neuroscience.
Question 4 of 5
A client received a bone marrow transplant for leukemia after chemo and radiation. A severe rash develops 10 days post-transplant. This indicates which of the following?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: GVHD (text note): donor T cells attack host tissues (A), typically skin, 7-30 days post-transplant.
Question 5 of 5
A client with acute confusion post-head injury is having a lumbar puncture. What’s the most serious complication?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Brainstem herniation (D) is the gravest risk with ICP (text note).