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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.
Q1. Which is a reversible cause of dementia-like symptoms?
Alzheimer's disease
Vitamin B12 deficiency
Lewy body dementia
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?
Give sedatives routinely
Ignore the confusion
Identify and treat the underlying cause
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?
Significant impairment in social or occupational functioning over time
The failure to identify objects despite intact sensory functions
Memory impairment to the degree of being called amnesia
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?
Scold the patient
Answer calmly and redirect
Tell the patient they already asked
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?
Glycine
Serotonin
GABA
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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Is Cognitive Disorders asked in NORCET and other nursing officer exams?
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.