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Chapter 10 1
Chapter 10: Mixed Dysarthria
QUESTIONS
Multiple Choice
1. Mixed dysarthria is the result of:
A. unilateral upper motor neuron damage
B. bilateral upper motor neuron damage
C. damage to the spinal nerves
D. damage to two or more parts of the nervous system
2. Which of the following is NOT true of mixed dysarthrias?
A. They are a combination of pure dysarthrias.
B. A mixed dysarthria is a combination of only two single dysarthrias.
C. The extent of the neurologic damage determines which characteristics of each single
dysarthria appear in a particular diagnosis of mixed dysarthria.
D. Mixed dysarthria will demonstrate at least some of the speech characteristics of two or
more dysarthrias.
3. What would NOT be an example of a mixed dysarthria?
A. a brainstem stroke affecting lower and upper motor neurons due to their close proximity
to one another
B. traumatic head injury with damage to both the cerebellum and various cranial nerves
C. a patient with parkinsonism who has right hemisphere stroke, causing hypokinetic and
unilateral upper motor neuron dysarthria
D. a stroke with damage to the bilateral upper motor neurons
4. Multiple sclerosis can occur in:
A. only the brainstem and cerebellum
B. the brainstem, cerebellum, cerebral hemispheres, and spinal cord
C. only in the brainstem and spinal cord
D. in the brainstem, cerebellum, or the spinal cord but only to one at a time
5. What is the most common mixed dysarthria found in multiple sclerosis?
A. hyperkinetic-hypokinetic
B. ataxic-spastic
C. flaccid-ataxic
D. lower motor neuron-flaccid
6. A collective term for a group of degenerative disorders, many of which include parkinsonian
symptoms, is:
A. multisystems atrophy
B. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
C. Wilson’s disease
D. Friedreich’s ataxia
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