Dementia: Alzheimer's Type Practice Questions

Question 1

Which of the following is the most prominent clinical characteristic of Alzheimer's disease?

Accepted Answer

Memory loss

Answer

Neurofibrillary tangles

Answer

Amyloid plaques

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Resting tremor

Question 2

Which of the following medications in the treatment of Parkinson's disease is an NMDA antagonist?

Accepted Answer

Amantadine

Answer

Selegiline

Answer

Entacapone

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Ropinirole

Question 3

Regarding Alzheimer's disease which is/are not true :

Accepted Answer

All of the options

Answer

Initial loss of long term memory

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Step ladder pattern

Answer

Delayed loss of short term memory

Question 4

Alzheimer's disease is associated with:

Accepted Answer

Dementia

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Delusion

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Parkinsonism

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Delirium

Question 5

Neurotransmitter playing major part in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease -

Accepted Answer

Acetylcholine

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Norepinephrine

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Dopamine

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Serotonin

Question 6

Dementia of Alzheimer's type is not associated with one of the following

Accepted Answer

Cerebral infarcts

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Delusions

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Apraxia and aphasia

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Depressive symptoms

Question 7

Reversible dementia is a feature of:

Accepted Answer

Endocrine disorder

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Frontotemporal dementia

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Vascular dementia

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Neurodegenerative disorder

Question 8

All are true about dementia except:

Accepted Answer

Always reversible with medication

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Loss of long term memory

Answer

Impaired learning

Answer

Loss of short term memory

Question 9

Dementia is present in all except:

Accepted Answer

Ganser syndrome

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Lewy body dementia

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Pick's disease

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Alzheimer's disease

Question 10

Reversible dementia is seen in all EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Alzheimer's

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Hypothyroidism

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Wernicke's encephalopathy

Answer

Head trauma

Dementia: Alzheimer's Type — MCQs

Dementia: Alzheimer's Type — MCQs

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