NRNP 6665 Final Exam Questions & Answers
1) Question: An illness of symptoms or deficits that affect voluntary motor or
sensory functions, which suggest another medical condition but that is judged to
be caused by psychological factors because the illness is preceded by conflicts
or other stressors in known as which of the following?
A. Factitious disorder
2) Question: A condition characterized by the person giving approximate answers,
with clouding of consciousness, frequently accompanied by hallucinations or
other dissociative, somatoform or conversion symptoms is
A. Ganser Syndrome
3) Question: Which of the following can cause delirium? Check all that apply.
A. Polypharmacy
B. Sleep deprivation
4) Question: Acute withdrawal from alcohol represents which type of clinical
problem in psychosomatic medicine?
A. Medical complications of psychiatric conditions or treatments
5) Question: The principal theoretician to bring psyche and soma together was
which of the following?
A. Georg Groddeck
6) Question: Which of the following would not be included in the treatment plan
for a patient with illness anxiety disorder?
A. Group psychotherapy
,7) Question: Which of the following is consistent with current literature about the
relationship between obstetrical complications and autism spectrum disorders
(ASD)?
A. Research proves there is a positive correlation between obstetrical
complications and ASD
8) Question: The epidemiology related to kleptomania includes which of the
following?
A. Kleptomania is estimated to be about 10% in the general population
9) Question: A frontotemporal dementia with onset in the fifth to sixth decade of
life, more common in men, marked by personality change and cognitive decline,
is known as which of the following?
A. Lewy body dementia
10) Question: Which of the following demographics are consistent with autism
spectrum disorder (ASD)
A. Four times more common in boys than girls.
11) Question: The ARNP is working with the family of a patient with Alzheimer’s
Disease who keeps stating the family is plotting against her, trying to have her
“snuffed out.” The family is distraught because they state they are doing their
best to make sure their family member is safe. The ARNP explains which of the
following in educating the patient about the patient’s
A. disturbance in perception is common in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and
patients need to be hospitalized immediately
12) Question: Which of the following persons hypothesized that the symptoms
of conversion disorder reflect unconscious conflict?
, A. Sigmund Freud
13) Question: Which of the following is consistent within normal range
developmental milestones in adaptive skills for a 4-year-old?
A. Toilets self alone; uses fork
14) Question: A temporary marked alteration in the state of consciousness or by
the customary sense of personal identity without the replacement by an
alternate sense of identity is known as which of the following?
A. Dissociative trance disorder
15) Question: Differential diagnoses to be considered when diagnosing Ganser
syndrome include which of the following?
A. All the above (organic dementia, depressive pseudodementia,
Korsakoff’s syndrome)
16) Question: A patient who has been raped, presents with the inability to recall
important personal information and any information about the rape, does recall
events prior and since. There does not appear to be any physiological reason for
this. This presentation is consistent with which of the following diagnoses?
A. Dissociative amnesia
17) Question: Depersonalization can result from which of the following
conditions? Check all that apply.
A. Seizure disorders
18) Question: A child who demonstrates repetitive significant violations of social
rules and the rights of others over the course of a year would likely be diagnosed
with which of the following diagnoses?
1) Question: An illness of symptoms or deficits that affect voluntary motor or
sensory functions, which suggest another medical condition but that is judged to
be caused by psychological factors because the illness is preceded by conflicts
or other stressors in known as which of the following?
A. Factitious disorder
2) Question: A condition characterized by the person giving approximate answers,
with clouding of consciousness, frequently accompanied by hallucinations or
other dissociative, somatoform or conversion symptoms is
A. Ganser Syndrome
3) Question: Which of the following can cause delirium? Check all that apply.
A. Polypharmacy
B. Sleep deprivation
4) Question: Acute withdrawal from alcohol represents which type of clinical
problem in psychosomatic medicine?
A. Medical complications of psychiatric conditions or treatments
5) Question: The principal theoretician to bring psyche and soma together was
which of the following?
A. Georg Groddeck
6) Question: Which of the following would not be included in the treatment plan
for a patient with illness anxiety disorder?
A. Group psychotherapy
,7) Question: Which of the following is consistent with current literature about the
relationship between obstetrical complications and autism spectrum disorders
(ASD)?
A. Research proves there is a positive correlation between obstetrical
complications and ASD
8) Question: The epidemiology related to kleptomania includes which of the
following?
A. Kleptomania is estimated to be about 10% in the general population
9) Question: A frontotemporal dementia with onset in the fifth to sixth decade of
life, more common in men, marked by personality change and cognitive decline,
is known as which of the following?
A. Lewy body dementia
10) Question: Which of the following demographics are consistent with autism
spectrum disorder (ASD)
A. Four times more common in boys than girls.
11) Question: The ARNP is working with the family of a patient with Alzheimer’s
Disease who keeps stating the family is plotting against her, trying to have her
“snuffed out.” The family is distraught because they state they are doing their
best to make sure their family member is safe. The ARNP explains which of the
following in educating the patient about the patient’s
A. disturbance in perception is common in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and
patients need to be hospitalized immediately
12) Question: Which of the following persons hypothesized that the symptoms
of conversion disorder reflect unconscious conflict?
, A. Sigmund Freud
13) Question: Which of the following is consistent within normal range
developmental milestones in adaptive skills for a 4-year-old?
A. Toilets self alone; uses fork
14) Question: A temporary marked alteration in the state of consciousness or by
the customary sense of personal identity without the replacement by an
alternate sense of identity is known as which of the following?
A. Dissociative trance disorder
15) Question: Differential diagnoses to be considered when diagnosing Ganser
syndrome include which of the following?
A. All the above (organic dementia, depressive pseudodementia,
Korsakoff’s syndrome)
16) Question: A patient who has been raped, presents with the inability to recall
important personal information and any information about the rape, does recall
events prior and since. There does not appear to be any physiological reason for
this. This presentation is consistent with which of the following diagnoses?
A. Dissociative amnesia
17) Question: Depersonalization can result from which of the following
conditions? Check all that apply.
A. Seizure disorders
18) Question: A child who demonstrates repetitive significant violations of social
rules and the rights of others over the course of a year would likely be diagnosed
with which of the following diagnoses?
