10 free, exam-style Certified Brain Injury Specialist (CBIS) practice questions with answers and explanations. No signup required. Work through them below, then take the full free CBIS practice test to study every exam domain.
The CBIS exam has 70 questions and runs 2 hours.
These 10 free CBIS questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Certified Brain Injury Specialist blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
A rehabilitation professional is documenting a client whose brain injury resulted from a near-drowning event with prolonged oxygen deprivation. How should this injury be classified?
Correct answer: A - Acquired, non-traumatic brain injury
A patient is admitted to the emergency department with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 7. Based on this score alone, the injury severity is classified as:
Correct answer: C - Severe
The 1999 U.S. Supreme Court decision establishing that unjustified segregation of people with disabilities is a form of discrimination, and supporting community-based rather than institutional services, is known as:
Correct answer: C - The Olmstead decision
Widespread shearing and stretching of axons throughout the white matter, commonly caused by rapid acceleration-deceleration or rotational forces, best describes:
Correct answer: E - Diffuse axonal injury
A clinician explains to a family that, after injury, the brain can form new connections and reorganize function partly in response to rehabilitation activities. This capacity is best described as:
Correct answer: A - Neuroplasticity
Several weeks after a severe brain injury, a client develops warmth, swelling, and reduced range of motion around the hip, and imaging reveals bone forming within the surrounding soft tissue. This complication is most consistent with:
Correct answer: D - Heterotopic ossification
During the acute phase of a severe brain injury, a client has recurring episodes of elevated heart rate, high blood pressure, fever, heavy sweating, and rigid posturing, and infection has been ruled out as a cause. This presentation is most characteristic of:
Correct answer: B - Autonomic storming
A client emerging from coma is now alert but disoriented, has a very short attention span, and displays frequent bizarre, non-purposeful, and sometimes aggressive behavior. On the Rancho Los Amigos scale, this presentation is most consistent with:
Correct answer: C - Level IV - Confused, Agitated
A client cannot reliably store new memories, so the team teaches consistent use of a smartphone calendar with alarms and a written daily planner to support independence. This intervention is best described as a:
Correct answer: E - Compensatory approach
A behavior plan directs staff to give brief praise only after a client independently initiates a hygiene task, rather than every single time the behavior occurs. This reinforcement schedule is best described as:
Correct answer: C - Intermittent reinforcement
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