Question 1
Select the mental function that is most affected in mild cognitive impairment.
Selected D.
Answer: Recent
memory
Question 2
Select the most frequent cause of infant and childhood intellectual disability that is attributed to a specific
gene.
Selected C.
Answer: Down
syndrome
Question 3
Select the neurotransmitter that is most associated with the occurrence of ADHD.
Selected B.
Answer: Dopami
ne
Question 4
Select the drug of choice to treat psychosis in delirious patients.
D.
Answer: Haloperid
ol
Question 5
Select the characteristic that is greater in childhood than adult onset schizophrenia.
Selected B.
Answer: Social
withdrawal
Question 6
Select the personality disorder in which patients are continually in crisis and exhibit unpredictable behavior.
Selected C.
Answer: Borderlin
e
Question 7
, Selected
Select the factor that best correlates with attempted and completed suicide.
Selected A.
Answer: Mental
illness
Question 8
Select the brain region that shows the greatest anatomical abnormalities in schizophrenic patients.
Selected D.
Answer: Basal
ganglia
Question 9
Select the gender dysphoria in which genital surgery is usually not chosen.
Selected C.
Answer: Crossdress
er
Question 10
Select the antipsychotic drug for which the labeling carries a black box warning for agranulocytosis.
Selected A.
Answer: Clozapi
ne
Question 11
Select the time of onset for tolerance to develop from continuous use of hallucinogens such as LSD.
Selected C.
Answer: 4-7
days
Question 12
Select the most reliable method to make a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Selected D.
Answer: Patient
history
Question 13
Select the dysfunction that is common to 50% to 85% of schizophrenic patients.
Selected D.
, Answer: Eye
movement
Question 14
Select two of the “Four A’s” symptoms of schizophrenia described by Bleuler.
Selected A.
Answers: autism
B.
ambivalen ce
Question 15
Select the personality disorder in which patients exhibit covert obstructionism, procrastination and pessimism.
Selected D.
Answer: Passive-
aggressive
Question 16
Select the negative symptom of schizophrenia.
Selected A.
Answer: Anhedon
ia
Question 17
Select the main cause female orgasmic disorder.
B.
Answer: Genet
ic
Question 18
Select the age range for 90% of patients treated for schizophrenia.
Selected C.
Answer: 10-
55
Question 19
Select the non-drug therapy in which mastery of anxiety through desensitization is critical to successful
treatment of sexual dysfunction.
Selected D.
Answer: Grou
p
Question 20
Select the disorder that is often comorbid with brief psychotic disorder.