DSSSB 12 August 2024
Medical & Surgical Nursing
Easy
What is the inability to recognize familiar inanimate objects called?
Appeared in: DSSSB 12 August 2024
Explanation
- [object Object].
- Agnosia matches the defining clue or classification criterion in the stem.
- Supporting mechanism: The option aligns with the governing rule, pattern, sequence, classification, or exam logic being tested.
- Key differentiator: It fits the one fact that separates the correct response from the closest distractor.
Why Other Options Were Wrong
- Option A: Apraxia is a motor disorder, not a recognition disorder. It involves the inability to execute purposeful, learned movements on command, even though the person has the physical ability and desire to do so.
- Option B: Anosmia is the complete or partial loss of the sense of smell. It is a sensory deficit related to olfaction and is unrelated to the recognition of inanimate objects through other senses like vision or touch.
- Option C: Ataxia is a movement disorder characterized by a lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements. It affects balance, gait, and coordination, but not the ability to recognize objects.
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Clinical Relevance
- Nursing practice connection: This is primarily an exam-oriented knowledge point with limited direct bedside application, so retain Neurological Deficits: Sensory Perception and Recognition as background academic context rather than a clinical decision trigger.
- [object Object].
- What if? - If the stem changed one defining clue so that Agnosia no longer matched, reassess the option whose mechanism, classification, or indication now fits the revised presentation.
How to Approach the Question
- [object Object]
Concept Tested & Keywords
- Concept Tested: Neurological Deficits: Sensory Perception and Recognition
- Stem keywords: inability to recognize, familiar inanimate objects
- Lead-in keywords: What is
- Negative lead-in flag: false
Question ID
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Reference Book
E6 Medicine Harrison 22e Part 1 pp. 244-246, 248-250
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