NURSING 220 ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Mental Illness. Answer: What is a diagnosable illness that interferes
with an individual's cognitive, emotional or social inability?
◉ Mental Illness. Answer: A state in which there are significant
disturbances in thought, mood, memory & perception?
◉ DSM V. Answer: Which handbook takes a broad approach using
symptom clusters to differentiate between the types of mental illness?
◉ ICD 10. Answer: Which handbook defines disorders into specific
divisions?
◉ International Classification of Diseases. Answer: What does the
acronym ICD stand for?
◉ Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Answer: What
does the acronym DSM stand for?
, ◉ Stigma. Answer: What describes the following: An attribute,
behaviour or reputation that is perceived and/or represented by a group
of people or culture in a negative way?
◉ Mental Health Act 2000. Answer: The forms Request for Assessment
and Recommendation for Assessment are the two required forms that
allow an involuntary assessment under what provision?
◉ The right to freedom. Answer: Which right does a patient who is
involuntarily committed for assessment lose?
◉ True. Answer: True or False. The primary purpose of asylums in the
1800's was to provide access to humane care?
◉ Request for assessment and recommendation for assessment. Answer:
Name the two documents required for an involuntary assessment
◉ Request for assessment. Answer: Which one of the required
documents for an involuntary assessment can be made by any person
aged 18years or over who has seen the individual in the past 3 days and
has reasonable belief they are suffering a mental illness?
◉ Recommendation for assessment. Answer: Which one of the required
documents for an involuntary assessment can only be completed by a Dr
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Mental Illness. Answer: What is a diagnosable illness that interferes
with an individual's cognitive, emotional or social inability?
◉ Mental Illness. Answer: A state in which there are significant
disturbances in thought, mood, memory & perception?
◉ DSM V. Answer: Which handbook takes a broad approach using
symptom clusters to differentiate between the types of mental illness?
◉ ICD 10. Answer: Which handbook defines disorders into specific
divisions?
◉ International Classification of Diseases. Answer: What does the
acronym ICD stand for?
◉ Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Answer: What
does the acronym DSM stand for?
, ◉ Stigma. Answer: What describes the following: An attribute,
behaviour or reputation that is perceived and/or represented by a group
of people or culture in a negative way?
◉ Mental Health Act 2000. Answer: The forms Request for Assessment
and Recommendation for Assessment are the two required forms that
allow an involuntary assessment under what provision?
◉ The right to freedom. Answer: Which right does a patient who is
involuntarily committed for assessment lose?
◉ True. Answer: True or False. The primary purpose of asylums in the
1800's was to provide access to humane care?
◉ Request for assessment and recommendation for assessment. Answer:
Name the two documents required for an involuntary assessment
◉ Request for assessment. Answer: Which one of the required
documents for an involuntary assessment can be made by any person
aged 18years or over who has seen the individual in the past 3 days and
has reasonable belief they are suffering a mental illness?
◉ Recommendation for assessment. Answer: Which one of the required
documents for an involuntary assessment can only be completed by a Dr
