MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NURSING
EXAM 3 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE STUDY QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ agitation. Answer: behavior that is verbally or physically offensive
◉ battering. Answer: repeated abuse of someone, usually a woman,
child or older person...
◉ domestic violence. Answer: aggressive behaviors directed toward
significant others...
◉ emotional abuse. Answer: the rejection, criticism, terrorizing, and
isolation of a significant other...
◉ exploitation. Answer: use of another individual for selfish
purposes, profit, or gain...
◉ incest. Answer: inappropriate sexual activities with one or more
members of one's family...
,◉ machismo. Answer: compulsive masculinity evidenced by
preoccupation with physical strength and athletic prowess, attempts
to demonstrate daring, or violent and aggressive behaviors...
◉ neglect. Answer: lack of meeting a dependent person's basic
needs for food, clothing, shelter, love, and belonging...
◉ physical abuse. Answer: inflicted injury to a child, ranging from
minor bruises and lacerations to severe trauma and death
◉ pornography. Answer: writings, pictures, or other messages that
are intended to sexually abuse...
◉ prostitution. Answer: the selling of sexual favors...
◉ rape. Answer: forced sexual assault...
◉ sexual abuse. Answer: intentional engaging of children or others
in inappropriate or illegal sexual activities...
◉ shaken baby syndrome. Answer: vigorous manual shaking of an
infant who is being held by the extremities or shoulders, leading to
whiplash-induced intracranial and intraocular bleeding and no
external signs of head trauma...
,◉ violence. Answer: any behavior that threatens or harms another
person or his or her property...
◉ affect. Answer: outward manifestation of a person's feelings or
emotions...
◉ bipolar disorder. Answer: behavioral problems associated with
sudden, dramatic shifts in emotional extremes...
◉ cyclothymic disorder. Answer: pattern of behaviors involving
repeated mood swings, alternating between hypomania and
depressive symptoms
◉ depression. Answer: emotional state characterized by feelings of
sadness, disappointment, and despair
◉ dysthymia. Answer: daily moderate depression that lasts for
longer than 2 years
◉ emotion. Answer: nonintellectual reaction to various stimuli,
based on individual's perceptions...
, ◉ hypomania. Answer: exaggerated sense of cheerfulness and well-
being...
◉ mania. Answer: extreme emotional state characterized by
excitement, great elation, over-talkativeness, increased motor
activity, fleeting grandiose ideas, and agitated behaviors...
◉ manic depression. Answer: behavioral problems caused by
sudden, dramatic shifts in emotional extremes; once called bipolar
disorder...
◉ mood disorder. Answer: prolonged emotional state that influences
one's whole personality and life functioning
◉ postpartum depression. Answer: a condition characterized by
symptoms of tearfulness, irritability, hypochondria, sleeplessness,
impairment of concentration, and headache in the days and weeks
following childbirth...
◉ religiosity. Answer: delusions of great spirituality; believing one
has powers to communicate with God or be a spirit...
◉ seasonal affective disorder. Answer: levels of mild to moderate
depression experienced during long winter days; symptoms begin to
lift with the coming of spring...
EXAM 3 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE STUDY QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ agitation. Answer: behavior that is verbally or physically offensive
◉ battering. Answer: repeated abuse of someone, usually a woman,
child or older person...
◉ domestic violence. Answer: aggressive behaviors directed toward
significant others...
◉ emotional abuse. Answer: the rejection, criticism, terrorizing, and
isolation of a significant other...
◉ exploitation. Answer: use of another individual for selfish
purposes, profit, or gain...
◉ incest. Answer: inappropriate sexual activities with one or more
members of one's family...
,◉ machismo. Answer: compulsive masculinity evidenced by
preoccupation with physical strength and athletic prowess, attempts
to demonstrate daring, or violent and aggressive behaviors...
◉ neglect. Answer: lack of meeting a dependent person's basic
needs for food, clothing, shelter, love, and belonging...
◉ physical abuse. Answer: inflicted injury to a child, ranging from
minor bruises and lacerations to severe trauma and death
◉ pornography. Answer: writings, pictures, or other messages that
are intended to sexually abuse...
◉ prostitution. Answer: the selling of sexual favors...
◉ rape. Answer: forced sexual assault...
◉ sexual abuse. Answer: intentional engaging of children or others
in inappropriate or illegal sexual activities...
◉ shaken baby syndrome. Answer: vigorous manual shaking of an
infant who is being held by the extremities or shoulders, leading to
whiplash-induced intracranial and intraocular bleeding and no
external signs of head trauma...
,◉ violence. Answer: any behavior that threatens or harms another
person or his or her property...
◉ affect. Answer: outward manifestation of a person's feelings or
emotions...
◉ bipolar disorder. Answer: behavioral problems associated with
sudden, dramatic shifts in emotional extremes...
◉ cyclothymic disorder. Answer: pattern of behaviors involving
repeated mood swings, alternating between hypomania and
depressive symptoms
◉ depression. Answer: emotional state characterized by feelings of
sadness, disappointment, and despair
◉ dysthymia. Answer: daily moderate depression that lasts for
longer than 2 years
◉ emotion. Answer: nonintellectual reaction to various stimuli,
based on individual's perceptions...
, ◉ hypomania. Answer: exaggerated sense of cheerfulness and well-
being...
◉ mania. Answer: extreme emotional state characterized by
excitement, great elation, over-talkativeness, increased motor
activity, fleeting grandiose ideas, and agitated behaviors...
◉ manic depression. Answer: behavioral problems caused by
sudden, dramatic shifts in emotional extremes; once called bipolar
disorder...
◉ mood disorder. Answer: prolonged emotional state that influences
one's whole personality and life functioning
◉ postpartum depression. Answer: a condition characterized by
symptoms of tearfulness, irritability, hypochondria, sleeplessness,
impairment of concentration, and headache in the days and weeks
following childbirth...
◉ religiosity. Answer: delusions of great spirituality; believing one
has powers to communicate with God or be a spirit...
◉ seasonal affective disorder. Answer: levels of mild to moderate
depression experienced during long winter days; symptoms begin to
lift with the coming of spring...
