1. The ________ of a disorder is the total number of C.

Providing information to a deceased patient’s spouse

people in the world with the disorder while ________ is D. Discovering that a patient may be abusing a child and
the number of new cases in a given period. reporting the abuse to a social service agency
A.Incidence, prevalence
B.Prevalence, incidence 8. Treatment forms such as object relations,
C.Course, onset attachment-based approaches, and self-psychology
D.Onset, course have developed out of this model/perspective of
abnormality.
2. Which is not true among personality disorders? A. Cognitive
A.They can be diagnosed for individuals under 18 years B. Psychodynamic
old if the symptoms have started for at least 1 year. C. Humanistic
B.Individuals under 18 years old can be diagnosed with D. Behavioral
an antisocial personality disorder if the symptoms have
started for at least 1 year. 9. A patient displays periods of mood disturbance with
C.They are inflexible and pervasive across a broad range psychosis and psychosis without mood disturbance over
of situations. the past three years.
D.The pattern is not better explained by another mental A. Schizophreniform disorder
disorder, substance, or another medical condition. B. Delusional disorder
C. Schizoaffective disorder
3. The most commonly used drug in the world: D. Schizophrenia
A.Caffeine
B.Marijuana 10. What is common/normal experience involving
C.Alcohol dissociation?
D.Nicotine A. Remembering the past so vividly one seems to be
reliving it
4. An adult who has unstable interpersonal B. Feeling as though the person himself/herself were
relationships, self-image and affects, and impulsivity two different people
may be suspected to have: C. Seeing oneself as if looking at another person
A.Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder D. All of the above
B.Histrionic personality disorder
C.Borderline personality disorder 11. Patients with this personality disorder exude a sense
D.Bipolar disorder of entitlement with the expectation of special favors
but without assuming mutual responsibilities:
5. The neurotransmitter _______________ is associated A. Antisocial
with learning and memory while _______________ is B. Borderline
associated with regulating pain, sleep cycle, and stable C. Narcissistic
mood. D. Paranoid
A. Dopamine, serotonin
B. GABA, dopamine 12. Which of the following theories has been proposed
C. Glutamate, serotonin to explain the cause of schizophrenia?
D. Serotonin, GABA A. Schizophrenogenic caregivers
B. Expressed-emotion
6. Within the multidimensional integrative approach to C. Double-bind
understanding psychopathology, learned helplessness is D. Communication deviance
considered a(n) _____________________ dimension E. All of the above
A. biological
B. psychological 13. A significant percentage of those with attention-
C. emotional deficit/hyperactivity disorder
D. psychological and oppositional defiant disorder will eventually be
diagnosed with this disorder:
7. Which of the following is a recognized exception to A. Major depressive disorder
the clinician’s confidentiality obligation and does not B. Conduct disorder
require patient consent to release information? C. Antisocial personality disorder
A. Providing information to a patient’s employer D. Substance use disorder
B. Providing information to a patient’s attorney
14. The following statements are true of malingering
except:
A. There is conscious intent to deceive others.
B. Patients deliberately fake their illness.
C. It has medical treatment.
D. They may have antisocial personality disorder.
15. A 40-year-old is referred from his workplace for a
psychiatric evaluation. His colleagues noted him to be
“bizarre” and “eccentric, suspicious, of others.” On
assessment, it appears this individual has some ideas of
reference and believes in therapy. His speech was over
elaborate and circumstantial. His affect was constricted
and his behavior peculiar. He remained anxious and
uncomfortable throughout the interview. A detailed
mental status assessment does not reveal any evidence
of schizophrenia, mood disorders with psychotic
features, or any psychotic disorders. What is this
patient’s most likely diagnosis?
A. Narcissistic personality disorder
B. Schizoid personality disorder
C. Schizotypal personality disorder
D. Paranoid personality disorder
16. In this category of disorders, children are thought to
display deficits in a “theory of mind:”
A. Autism spectrum disorder
B. Intellectual disability
C. ADHD
D. Specific learning disorder
17. Token economies can benefit patients with which
category of disorders?
A. Neurodevelopmental disorders
B. Neurocognitive disorders
C. Schizophrenic spectrum disorder
D. Both A & B
E. Both A & C
18. The following are predatory paraphilic disorders
except:
A. Frotteuristic disorder
B. Pedophilic disorder
C. Exhibitionistic disorder
D. Fetishistic disorder
E. Voyeuristic disorder
19. A 45-year-old male is seen by a neurologist for
“severe tension headaches.” The neurologist finds the
patient to be anxious and has a tightened grip. The
patient further mentions that he was involved in a bus
accident and was trapped in the bus for several hours
before he was rescued. This happened 5 months ago,
and since then, he has not been able to ride public
transportation because he is ‘scared’ and has
nightmares about the accident. He also complains of
difficulty in sleeping, inability to concentrate at work,
and feels nervous and on edge all the time and cannot
relax his muscles. He avoids watching news programs
on television that feature vehicular accidents. What is
the patient’s most likely diagnosis?
A. Acute stress disorder
B. PTSD
C. Adjustment disorder
D. Panic disorder
20. All of the following are characteristic features of
conversion disorder except:
A. Patients are usually suggestible
B. Symptoms appear or are worsened following severe
stress
C. Patients believe that they have serious underlying
illness
D. Usually occurs between the age of 10 to 15 years
21. Self-talk, repeating phrases to help avoid reacting
negatively to situations, is an effective cognitive-
behavioral therapeutic technique for?
A. Conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder
B. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct
disorder
C. Oppositional defiant disorder and attention-deficit
hyperactivity disorder
D. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism
spectrum disorder
22. Which of the following are usually found in patients
with persistent depressive disorder?
A. Disturbed appetite and libido
B. Psychomotor retardation of agitation
C. Low energy and low self-esteem
D. Anxiety
23. At what age is it common to see normal separation
anxiety?
A. 5 months
B. 9 months
C. 18 months
D. 2 years
24. Cognitive theorists suggest that people
catastrophize their symptoms in this category of
disorders:
A. Factitious
B. Anxiety
C. Eating
D. Bipolar
25. Which of the following disorders is characterized by
obsessive-compulsive symptoms?
A. Trichotillomania
B. Gambling disorder
C. Pyromania
D. Kleptomania

26. Which of the following is used in the first line

treatment of OCD?
A. Avoidance of stressful stimuli
B. Neurosurgery
C. In vivo exposure therapy
D. Lithium

27. Cognitive theorists view patients with this disorder

as people who experience bodily symptoms more
intensely than other people:
A. Somatic symptom disorder
B. Major depressive disorder
C. Factitious disorder
D. Body dysmorphic disorder
E. Generalized anxiety disorder

28. In factitious disorder:

A. Symptoms are not under the patient’s control
B. The primary goal of the symptoms is secondary gain
(e.g., in this case, financial gain)
C. The physician may become the perpetual object of
transference
D. None of the above

29. Repeated regurgitation and rechewing of food after

feeding that develops in an infant or child.
A. Trichophagia
B. Rumination disorder
C. Encopresis
D. Pica

30. Lorna, on numerous occasions, stated that her child

has been replaced by a look-alike imposter. Once she
even refused to pick up her child from school,
screaming “Give me my real daughter back, she is not
my daughter”. Lorna might be suffering from
A. Cotard’s syndrome
B. Capgras syndrome
C. Hallucinations
D. Delusions