CBIS CERTIFIED BRAIN INJURY SPECIALIST EXAM 2024 |
ACTUAL EXAM WITH A STUDY GUIDE AND PRACTICE EXAM |
ACCURATE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
Occipital Neuralgia - ✔✔Generally associated with pain in the back of the head
that worsens as the day progresses.
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Progression - ✔✔Diffuse Axonal Injury => Tau
Protein => Inflammation => Progressive Dementia
Disorder of Consciousness (DOC) - ✔✔A state of impaired consciousness as a
result of an injury to the brain
Vegetative State - ✔✔After a coma, a low level of consciousness in which a
person appears awake but can only perform certain involuntary responses, not
the more complex thoughts or actions associated with awareness such as
following commands; planning, remembering, and communicating.
,Levels of Consciousness (lowest to highest) - ✔✔Injury => Coma => Vegetative =>
Minimally Conscious
Arousal - ✔✔Primitive, involuntary responsiveness to the world, as demonstrated
by reflex (generalized) responses to both internal and external stimuli.
Reticular Activation System (RAS) - ✔✔A collection of primitive structures and
nerve pathways in the brain, responsible for maintaining arousal
4 Ts - ✔✔Elements affecting sexual energy
within a marriage.
Time together; talking together; trusting each other; touching each other
504 Plan
Section 504 of the
,Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - ✔✔A written plan developed by a general
education school committee outlining
accommodations to be made by a K-12 or post-
secondary school that receives federal funds for
a student with a disabling condition that
substantially limits a major life activity.
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) - ✔✔Also known as dementia pugilistica,
refers to a condition, diagnosed after death, relative to multiple concussions
caused by significant force. A progressive degenerative disease that is most often
sustained by athletes participating in contact sports, where it is sometimes
termed punch drunk. May also be observed in domestic violence victims or
abused children who have sustained numerous blows to the head. It begins very
slowly with deterioration in concentration, attention, memory, judgment, and
insight, occasionally accompanied by dizziness and headaches. Severe symptoms
, of eventually show symptoms of Parkinsonism, including disturbed coordination,
slowed gait, slurred speech, masked facies, difficulty swallowing and tremors.
Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) - ✔✔An injury to the brain that is not hereditary,
congenital, degenerative, or induced by birth trauma
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) - ✔✔an alteration in brain function, or other evidence
of brain pathology, caused by an external force
closed injuries - ✔✔Can cause brain lacerations and contusions, or intracerebral
hemorrhage within the brain causing focal injuries. i.e. coup-countercoup, and/or
diffuse injury resulting from tearing or shearing of axons i.e. Diffuse axonal injury
(DAI)
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