ANCC PMHNP CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Niacin - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Nutritional deficiency in vegan diet that mimics psychiatric symptoms
Thiamine (Vitamin B1) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Deficiency associated with chronic alcohol abuse
Birth to age 2 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Positive Babinski reflex is normal for what age range
Managed Care Organization (MCO) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅System where the insurer is not only the
payer but also the provider of healthcare
0.5 mg/day; 3 mg/day - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅2 part Q: Recommended starting dose of risperidone
(Risperdal) for adolescence age 13 to 17; and recommended therapeutic dose for adolescence
Structural family therapy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What type of family therapy use a structural mapping
or genograms as a treatment intervention
Structural family therapy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Emphasizes how, when, and to whom family
members relate in order to understand and change family structure; goal is to produce structural change
in family organization; uses genograms to illustrate Relationships using symbols for overinvolvement,
conflict, and coalitions.
case management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Involves coordinating care across treatment settings to
ensure quality outcomes
Normalcy; crazy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Example of mental health promotion is: validating _______ of
feelings and ensuring patients they are not _______.
Special interest group - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Collection of individuals who coordinate lobbying efforts
Around a common interest and seek to influence policy makers
, Legislative assistant - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Employee of a senator or representative Who keeps the
legislator informed, meets with constituents, And drafts reports
caucus (congressional) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A group of members of Congress or a political party
created to support a defined political ideology
grassroots lobbying - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅When unpaid individuals contact their legislators to
influence policy
14-17 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The HAM-A is ranked from 0 (not present) to 4 (severe). What scores
indicate mild anxiety?
18-24 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The HAM-A is ranked from 0 (not present) to 4 (severe). What scores
indicate mild anxiety?
25-30 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The HAM-A is ranked from 0 (not present) to 4 (severe). What scores
indicate severe anxiety?
sensorimotor stage (birth-2 years) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Piaget's stages of cognitive development
when children develop object permanence (things exist even when they cannot be seen).
preoperational stage (2-5 years) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Piaget's stages of cognitive development when
children tend to be egocentric, think concretely, and develop language and thinking.
concrete operational stage (6-11 years) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Piaget's stages of cognitive
development when children begin using logic or reasoning about concrete events.
formal operational stage (11-19 years) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Piaget's stages of cognitive development
when children begin to think abstractly, reason hypothetically, use deductive logic,
Infancy (birth to 2 years) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Piaget's sensoriomotor stage of cognitive
development when children develop object permanence
Niacin - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Nutritional deficiency in vegan diet that mimics psychiatric symptoms
Thiamine (Vitamin B1) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Deficiency associated with chronic alcohol abuse
Birth to age 2 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Positive Babinski reflex is normal for what age range
Managed Care Organization (MCO) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅System where the insurer is not only the
payer but also the provider of healthcare
0.5 mg/day; 3 mg/day - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅2 part Q: Recommended starting dose of risperidone
(Risperdal) for adolescence age 13 to 17; and recommended therapeutic dose for adolescence
Structural family therapy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What type of family therapy use a structural mapping
or genograms as a treatment intervention
Structural family therapy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Emphasizes how, when, and to whom family
members relate in order to understand and change family structure; goal is to produce structural change
in family organization; uses genograms to illustrate Relationships using symbols for overinvolvement,
conflict, and coalitions.
case management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Involves coordinating care across treatment settings to
ensure quality outcomes
Normalcy; crazy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Example of mental health promotion is: validating _______ of
feelings and ensuring patients they are not _______.
Special interest group - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Collection of individuals who coordinate lobbying efforts
Around a common interest and seek to influence policy makers
, Legislative assistant - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Employee of a senator or representative Who keeps the
legislator informed, meets with constituents, And drafts reports
caucus (congressional) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A group of members of Congress or a political party
created to support a defined political ideology
grassroots lobbying - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅When unpaid individuals contact their legislators to
influence policy
14-17 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The HAM-A is ranked from 0 (not present) to 4 (severe). What scores
indicate mild anxiety?
18-24 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The HAM-A is ranked from 0 (not present) to 4 (severe). What scores
indicate mild anxiety?
25-30 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The HAM-A is ranked from 0 (not present) to 4 (severe). What scores
indicate severe anxiety?
sensorimotor stage (birth-2 years) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Piaget's stages of cognitive development
when children develop object permanence (things exist even when they cannot be seen).
preoperational stage (2-5 years) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Piaget's stages of cognitive development when
children tend to be egocentric, think concretely, and develop language and thinking.
concrete operational stage (6-11 years) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Piaget's stages of cognitive
development when children begin using logic or reasoning about concrete events.
formal operational stage (11-19 years) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Piaget's stages of cognitive development
when children begin to think abstractly, reason hypothetically, use deductive logic,
Infancy (birth to 2 years) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Piaget's sensoriomotor stage of cognitive
development when children develop object permanence
