SPECIMEN EXAMINATION: CHILD QUALIFICATION (2 hours duration)
EXAMINATION 3
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS IN CHILDHOOD
Answer SIX questions.
1. How benign is benign Rolandic epilepsy ?
2. What is relevant in pre-natal history and why ?
3. Discuss the functional implications of left temporal lobe injury in childhood.
4. A 7-year old child is referred with poor attention. Discuss in terms of
differential diagnosis.
5. What is a specific language disorder and what are the functional implications
in childhood ?
6. What are the predictors of outcome in childhood head injury ?
7. What is dyspraxia and how would you assess it ?
8. In assessment of a 14-year old with insidious onset of school failure but a
normal MRI, you observer poor attention and executive skills. Discuss.
9. Compare and contrast the presentation of Down’s and William’s syndrome.
10. What does the term sleeper effect mean ?