HLSC 2416 EXAM 3 PRACTICE SOLUTION
SET 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEED TO PASS
●● What is assessed in appearance during the mental status exam?.
Answer: Appropriateness of clothing, grooming, hygiene, posture, and
voluntary movements
●● What abnormal appearance finding may indicate mental illness?.
Answer: Disheveled appearance or bizarre/inappropriate clothing
●● What behaviors are evaluated in a mental status exam?.
Answer: Level of consciousness, facial expression, eye contact, speech,
mood, and affect
●● What neurological condition often causes a flat facial expression?.
Answer: Parkinson disease
●● What is aphasia?.
Answer: Inability to speak or produce language, often after stroke
●● What is evaluated during cognitive function assessment?.
,Answer: Orientation, memory, attention span, and ability to learn new
information
●● What are the three orientation questions in a mental status exam?.
Answer: Person, place, and time
●● What does impaired remote memory suggest?.
Answer: Damage to cerebral cortex such as Alzheimer disease
●● What are abnormal thought processes?.
Answer: Illogical thinking, unrealistic ideas, or disorganized speech
●● What are hallucinations?.
Answer: Sensory perceptions without external stimulus
●● What are illusions?.
Answer: Misinterpretations of real external stimuli
●● What is delirium?.
Answer: Acute reversible confusion with sudden onset and fluctuating
consciousness
●● What are common causes of delirium?.
, Answer: Drugs, infection, dehydration, hypoxia
●● How does dementia differ from delirium?.
Answer: Dementia is gradual, chronic, and irreversible
●● What developmental tool screens mental status in young children?.
Answer: Denver II
●● What tool helps assess consciousness in older adults?.
Answer: Glasgow Coma Scale
●● What mental health questions should be included in review of
systems?.
Answer: Memory loss, hallucinations, depression, mood changes, mental
health history
●● What neurological symptoms should be included in review of
systems?.
Answer: Headache, seizures, stroke, syncope, weakness, tremor,
numbness
●● What is the correct sequence of a neurological exam?.
SET 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEED TO PASS
●● What is assessed in appearance during the mental status exam?.
Answer: Appropriateness of clothing, grooming, hygiene, posture, and
voluntary movements
●● What abnormal appearance finding may indicate mental illness?.
Answer: Disheveled appearance or bizarre/inappropriate clothing
●● What behaviors are evaluated in a mental status exam?.
Answer: Level of consciousness, facial expression, eye contact, speech,
mood, and affect
●● What neurological condition often causes a flat facial expression?.
Answer: Parkinson disease
●● What is aphasia?.
Answer: Inability to speak or produce language, often after stroke
●● What is evaluated during cognitive function assessment?.
,Answer: Orientation, memory, attention span, and ability to learn new
information
●● What are the three orientation questions in a mental status exam?.
Answer: Person, place, and time
●● What does impaired remote memory suggest?.
Answer: Damage to cerebral cortex such as Alzheimer disease
●● What are abnormal thought processes?.
Answer: Illogical thinking, unrealistic ideas, or disorganized speech
●● What are hallucinations?.
Answer: Sensory perceptions without external stimulus
●● What are illusions?.
Answer: Misinterpretations of real external stimuli
●● What is delirium?.
Answer: Acute reversible confusion with sudden onset and fluctuating
consciousness
●● What are common causes of delirium?.
, Answer: Drugs, infection, dehydration, hypoxia
●● How does dementia differ from delirium?.
Answer: Dementia is gradual, chronic, and irreversible
●● What developmental tool screens mental status in young children?.
Answer: Denver II
●● What tool helps assess consciousness in older adults?.
Answer: Glasgow Coma Scale
●● What mental health questions should be included in review of
systems?.
Answer: Memory loss, hallucinations, depression, mood changes, mental
health history
●● What neurological symptoms should be included in review of
systems?.
Answer: Headache, seizures, stroke, syncope, weakness, tremor,
numbness
●● What is the correct sequence of a neurological exam?.
