Cognitive Disorders MCQs for Nursing Exams

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Cognitive Disorders questions for NORCET, RRB, ESIC, CHO and state nursing officer exams, split into 3 topics. Open a topic to read sample questions with answers, or start free practice. Every question comes with a simple-English explanation.

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Sample Cognitive Disorders questions

Q1. Which is a reversible cause of dementia-like symptoms?

  1. Alzheimer's disease
  2. Vitamin B12 deficiency
  3. Lewy body dementia
  4. Huntington disease
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Answer: B. Vitamin B12 deficiency

B12 deficiency, hypothyroidism and depression can cause reversible cognitive impairment.

Q2. What is the priority in managing delirium?

  1. Give sedatives routinely
  2. Ignore the confusion
  3. Identify and treat the underlying cause
  4. Restrain the patient
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Answer: C. Identify and treat the underlying cause

Delirium often resolves when the cause is corrected.

Q3. In addition to developing over a period of hours or days, the nurse should assess delirium as distinguishable by which of these characteristics?

  1. Significant impairment in social or occupational functioning over time
  2. The failure to identify objects despite intact sensory functions
  3. Memory impairment to the degree of being called amnesia
  4. Disturbances in cognition and consciousness that fluctuate during the day
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Answer: D. Disturbances in cognition and consciousness that fluctuate during the day

Fluctuating symptoms are characteristic of delirium. The failure to identify objects despite intact sensory functions, significant impairment in social or occupational functioning over time, and memory impairment to the degree of being called amnesia all indicate dementia.

Q4. A patient with dementia is repeatedly asking the same question. What should the nurse do?

  1. Scold the patient
  2. Answer calmly and redirect
  3. Tell the patient they already asked
  4. Ignore the question
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Answer: B. Answer calmly and redirect

Patience and redirection reduce anxiety.

Q5. Which excitatory neurotransmitter causes neurotoxicity at high levels?

  1. Glycine
  2. Serotonin
  3. GABA
  4. Glutamate
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Answer: D. Glutamate

Glutamate – excitatory neurotransmitter; high levels cause neurotoxicity; associated with Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease.

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Nursing exams test the core nursing subjects, so this subject is useful for NORCET, RRB, ESIC, CHO and state exams. Check your exam's official syllabus for exact weightage.

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