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Comprehensive Neuroscience & Cognition Quiz

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Brodmann area is associated with thinking, planning, and decision-making?

a)

Area 44

b)

Area 9

c)

Area 17

d)

Area 41

2.

Which area is known as Broca’s Area and is responsible for speech production?

a)

Area 22

b)

Area 45

c)

Area 44

d)

Area 39

3.

Which Brodmann area is responsible for working memory, attention, and executive functions?

a)

Area 46

b)

Area 10

c)

Area 11

d)

Area 8

4.

Which area controls voluntary movement?

a)

Area 6

b)

Area 8

c)

Area 4

d)

Area 5

5.

Which Brodmann area is responsible for voluntary eye movements and visual attention?

a)

Area 6

b)

Area 8

c)

Area 7

d)

Area 18

6.

Which brain region plays a major role in emotional regulation?

a)

Primary motor cortex

b)

Orbital frontal cortex (Area 11)

c)

Primary auditory cortex

d)

Cuneus

7.

Which Brodmann area is involved in comprehending spoken and written language?

a)

Area 44

b)

Area 22

c)

Area 41

d)

Area 39

8.

Which visual area processes basic visual input?

a)

Area 18

b)

Area 19

c)

Area 17

d)

Area 37

9.

Which method involves surgically implanted electrodes to deliver electrical stimulation?

a)

EEG

b)

Deep Brain Stimulation

c)

fMRI

d)

CT scan

10.

Which invasive method directly records neural activity from inside the brain?

a)

EEG

b)

Intracranial recording

c)

PET scan

d)

MRI

11.

Which technique records electrical brain waves using electrodes on the scalp?

a)

EEG

b)

PET

c)

CT

d)

fMRI

12.

Which imaging technique uses X-rays to create brain images?

a)

MRI

b)

PET

c)

CT scan

d)

EEG

13.

Which technique uses radioactive tracers to measure metabolism and blood flow?

a)

MRI

b)

PET scan

c)

EEG

d)

CT scan

14.

Which imaging method measures blood oxygenation to show brain activity?

a)

MRI

b)

EEG

c)

fMRI

d)

PET

15.

What is the term for structural asymmetry where the right frontal lobe extends forward and the left occipital lobe extends backward?

a)

Lateralization

b)

Cortical torque

c)

Commissural fissure

d)

Functional symmetry

16.

Which brain region is larger on the left hemisphere and includes Wernicke’s Area?

a)

Angular gyrus

b)

Planum temporale

c)

Right parietal cortex

d)

Broca’s Area

17.

Which commissure is the primary connection between the two hemispheres?

a)

Anterior commissure

b)

Posterior commissure

c)

Corpus callosum

d)

Habenular commissure

18.

Which commissure connects olfactory regions between hemispheres?

a)

Hippocampal commissure

b)

Anterior commissure

c)

Posterior commissure

d)

Corpus callosum

19.

What does lateralization mean?

a)

Physical separation of hemispheres

b)

Functional differences between hemispheres

c)

Equal hemispheric function

d)

Communication between lobes

20.

Sensation refers to:

a)

Interpretation of sensory input

b)

Selective attention

c)

Raw sensory information

d)

Memory recall

21.

Perception is best defined as:

a)

Sensory stimulation

b)

Experience formed by interpreting sensory input

c)

Reflexive behavior

d)

Sensory adaptation

22.

Which principle helps distinguish objects from their background?

a)

Closure

b)

Similarity

c)

Figure-ground

d)

Continuity

23.

Which principle groups objects based on nearness?

a)

Similarity

b)

Proximity

c)

Closure

d)

Contrast

24.

Seeing a tree as a person holding a knife is an example of:

a)

Hallucination

b)

Illusion

c)

Delusion

d)

Adaptation

25.

Which illusion makes vertical lines appear longer than horizontal ones?

a)

Illusion of size

b)

Illusion of contrast

c)

Illusion of vertical length

d)

Illusion of context

26.

Attention is best defined as:

a)

Memory storage

b)

Selective processing of information

c)

Sensory adaptation

d)

Automatic processing

27.

Which attention system involves basic arousal and norepinephrine release?

a)

Orienting

b)

Executive control

c)

Alerting

d)

Divided attention

28.

Which brain areas are involved in orienting attention?

a)

Brainstem and thalamus

b)

Prefrontal cortex

c)

Frontal and parietal lobes

d)

Occipital lobe

29.

Which factor can negatively affect attention?

a)

Motivation

b)

Fatigue

c)

Task relevance

d)

Practice

30.

Memory consists of:

a)

Encoding only

b)

Storage only

c)

Encoding, storage, and retrieval

d)

Perception and sensation

31.

How long does short-term memory typically last?

a)

1 second

b)

3–30 seconds

c)

Several hours

d)

Several days

32.

Which type of memory includes facts and concepts?

a)

Episodic

b)

Implicit

c)

Semantic

d)

Sensory

33.

Which type of memory involves motor skills?

a)

Semantic

b)

Episodic

c)

Explicit

d)

Implicit

34.

What happens to information not transferred from sensory or short-term memory?

a)

Stored unconsciously

b)

Strengthened

c)

Lost

d)

Converted to implicit memory

35.

How long does it take to form long-term memory neural networks?

a)

Minutes

b)

Hours

c)

2–3 days

d)

Weeks

36.

Which imaging method shows brain activity during memory retrieval?

a)

EEG

b)

CT

c)

fMRI

d)

PET

37.

In brain injuries, what causes the most damage?

a)

Initial impact

b)

Lack of oxygen

c)

Oscillation of the brain

d)

Skull fracture

38.

Which emotion is NOT listed as a basic emotion?

a)

Fear

b)

Happiness

c)

Guilt

d)

Disgust

39.

Why are emotions important for memory?

a)

They reduce recall

b)

They prevent forgetting

c)

They strengthen long-term episodic memory

d)

They eliminate interference

40.

Which statistic measures how spread out data is?

a)

Mean

b)

Median

c)

Standard deviation

d)

T-value

41.

A p-value of 0.03 means:

a)

Fail to reject the null hypothesis

b)

Results are not significant

c)

Results are statistically significant

d)

There is no difference

42.

What does a larger t-value indicate?

a)

Smaller difference between groups

b)

Reject the null hypothesis

c)

Accept the null hypothesis

d)

No effect

43.

What is a meta-analysis?

a)

A single large experiment

b)

A brain imaging technique

c)

Combining results from multiple studies

d)

A test comparing two means