Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology EPPP Practice
test 1 (200 Questions with 100% Correct Answers)
The presence of which of the following symptoms suggests that the appropriate diagnosis is
Alcohol Withdrawal as opposed to Cocaine Withdrawal?
a. insomnia
b. dysphoria
c. seizures
d. psychomotor agitation Correct Answer: c.
In family therapy, the adolescent daughter complains that she doesn't think she can change and
she feels that doing what the therapist has requested is pointless. The therapist responds by
saying, "Well, in that case, I think you shouldn't even try." The therapist's response is an example
of:
a. reactance.
b. restraining.
c. positioning.
d. prescription. Correct Answer: b.
According to Patterson and his colleagues, aggression in children is linked to the use of coercive
discipline by their parents. In turn, the parent's use of coercive discipline is directly related to:
a. the parents' misinterpretations of the child's intentions when he or she misbehaves.
b. the parents' personality characteristics and the child's temperament.
c. the nature of the attachment between the child and the parent.
d. the effectiveness of the discipline in stopping the child's misbehavior. Correct Answer: b.
A person with a temporal lobe tumor is most likely to exhibit which of the following?
a. memory impairment, depression or anxiety, and hallucinations
b. poor judgment, impulsivity, and inappropriate jocularity
c. confabulation, irritability and suspiciousness, and prosopagnosia
d. dysgraphia, depression and apathy, and denial of his or her problems Correct Answer: a.
According to the path-goal theory of leadership, a primary task of a leader is to help subordinates
find the best path for attaining goals. In terms of leadership style, this theory proposes that:
a. the best style (directive, supportive, participative, or achievement-oriented) depends on certain
characteristics of the task and the subordinates.
b. the best style (directive, supportive, participative, or achievement-oriented) depends on the
leader's experience, personality, and so on.
c. the best style is a participative one that allows employees to help set their own goals.
d. the best style is an achievement-oriented one that focuses on enhancing the skills and
knowledge of subordinates so that they are better able to achieve their goals. Correct Answer: a.
Research on mnemonic devices suggests that they are:
a. superior to rote rehearsal in terms of both short-and long-term retention.
b. superior to rote rehearsal and elaboration in terms of both short-and long-term retention.
c. superior to rote rehearsal in terms of short-term but not long-term retention.
,d. superior to rote rehearsal and elaboration in terms of short-term but not long-term retention.
Correct Answer: c.
In the assessment of cognitive abilities with a standardized test, you would "test the limits":
a. before administering the test.
b. before administering each subtest.
c. after administering the test.
d. whenever it seems appropriate to do so. Correct Answer: c.
A worker whose job consists primarily of handling customer complaints will be happier if he
s/he blames the customer's problems on:
a. external, stable, and global factors.
b. internal, stable, and specific factors.
c. external, unstable, and global factors.
d. external, unstable, and specific factors. Correct Answer: d.
You administer a test to a sample of young adults with PTSD and, from their scores, calculate a
kappa coefficient of .95. This indicates that the test is:
a. reliable.
b. valid.
c. reliable and valid.
d. reliable but not valid. Correct Answer: a.
You are hired by a small company to provide evaluation and counseling services to employees.
The company owner tells you that employees routinely sign a waiver of confidentiality when
they are hired. In this situation, you should:
a. tell the employer that you can give her only very limited and relevant information about an
employee even though the employee has signed a waiver.
b. clarify the company policy with the employees that you see and determine if they want to
continue in counseling.
c. provide the employer with information only after you have confirmed that the employee has
actually signed the waiver.
d. refuse to give the employer any information about the employees that you see. Correct
Answer: b.
An adolescent is brought to therapy by her mother who says the girl has recently become
"another person." She says her daughter used to be easy-going and easy to get along with and
was well-liked at school by her peers and teachers. However, now her daughter is constantly
irritable, is smoking and drinking, and has started having trouble at school. When the therapist
interviews the girl, he learns that she is engaging in high-risk sexual behavior, but the girl feels
that nothing bad can ever happen to her. Based on these symptoms, the best diagnosis is:
a. ADHD.
b. Conduct Disorder.
c. Bipolar I Disorder.
d. Bipolar II Disorder. Correct Answer: c.
,During the first few sessions of family therapy, a structural family therapist makes use of
"tracking" and "mimesis" in order to:
a. keep from becoming emotionally triangulated into the family system.
b. join with the family system.
c. make initial changes in the family structure.
d. reduce stress in the family system. Correct Answer: b.
When a program to reduce aggression in children is based on the work of Patterson and his
colleagues, it will include which of the following?
a. providing the child with opportunities for catharsis
b. training parents in child management skills
c. increasing the child's perspective-taking skills
d. individual insight-oriented therapy for each parent Correct Answer: b.
Which of the following is true about the retrograde amnesia that occurs as the result of a
moderate to severe head injury?
a. it is limited to recent long-term memories
b. it is limited to remote long-term memories
c. when it begins to resolve, the most recent memories return first
d. when it begins to resolve, the most remote memories return first Correct Answer: d.
Research comparing heterogeneous to homogeneous work groups has found that heterogeneous
groups:
a. are more creative and better at decision-making.
b. are more creative but less productive overall.
c. make better decisions but are less productive overall.
d. are more creative but worse at decision-making. Correct Answer: a.
You are conducting a study to investigate the phenomenon known as "blocking." Consequently,
you will:
a. first present the CS prior to the US; then, once the CR is established, present the US prior to
the CS.
b. first present the CS prior to the US; then, once the CR is established, present the CS prior to a
sec and US.
c. first present the CS prior to the US; then, once the CR is established, present the original CS
simultaneously with a second CS prior to the US.
d. first present the CS prior to the US; then, once the CR is established, present a second CS prior
to the original CS. Correct Answer: c.
When using the Halstead-Reitan, an examinee's performance on seven measures (e.g., the
Category Test, the Seashore Rhythm Test, and the Finger Oscillation Test) is used to derive a or
an:
a. Impairment Index, which can be used to determine if an examinee has brain damage.
b. Impairment Index, which can be used to determine if an examinee is suffering from a
functional disorder.
, c. Pathology Profile, which allows the examiner to compare the examinee's score profile to those
of people with and without brain damage.
d. Pathology Profile, which helps the examiner determine the appropriate DSM-IV diagnosis.
Correct Answer: a.
After playing the role of a child abuser in a feature film, a well-known and formerly well-liked
actor begins receiving a lot of "hate mail." The writers of these letters are exhibiting:
a. psychological reactance.
b. the fundamental attribution error.
c. the availability bias.
d. defensive attribution. Correct Answer: b.
Dr. Dither is hired by the court to conduct an evaluation of a family as part of a child protection
matter. Based on Dr. Dither's evaluation and other evidence, the court determines that the child
can remain at home with his family who will be provided with supervision and counseling. Six
months after the case is heard in court, Dr. Dither is contacted by the mother who says she would
like to begin therapy with him for issues unrelated to the child protection matter. According to
APA's Guidelines for Psychological Evaluations in Child Protection Matters, Dr. Dither should:
a. agree to see the woman in therapy since the child protection matter has been resolved.
b. agree to see the woman in therapy only if her problem is, in fact, unrelated to the child
protection matter.
c. agree to see the women in therapy since his familiarity with her situation will be an advantage.
d. refer the woman to a colleague. Correct Answer: d.
Conduct Disorder frequently co-occurs with ADHD. Which of the following is NOT true about
children with both disorders?
a. They have higher rates of social maladjustment than children with ADHD only.
b. They have more extensive cognitive difficulties and poorer school achievement than children
with ADHD only.
c. They have poorer long-term outcomes and a higher risk of adult psychopathology than
children with ADHD only.
d. They often have a less favorable response to stimulant medication than children with ADHD
only. Correct Answer: b.
From the perspective of Rational Emotive Therapy:
a. irrational beliefs are acquired primarily through social learning processes.
b. irrational beliefs are acquired largely through the process of selective reinforcement.
c. people are biologically prone to the acquisition of irrational beliefs.
d. people adopt irrational beliefs as the result of early traumatic events that are still unresolved.
Correct Answer: c.
Work by Perry and Busey (1977) suggests that highly aggressive children:
a. were exposed prenatally to high levels of androgens.
b. are less sensitive to physical discomfort than less aggressive children.
c. exhibited a disoriented/disengaged attachment pattern as young children.
d. show little remorse after hurting another child. Correct Answer: d.
test 1 (200 Questions with 100% Correct Answers)
The presence of which of the following symptoms suggests that the appropriate diagnosis is
Alcohol Withdrawal as opposed to Cocaine Withdrawal?
a. insomnia
b. dysphoria
c. seizures
d. psychomotor agitation Correct Answer: c.
In family therapy, the adolescent daughter complains that she doesn't think she can change and
she feels that doing what the therapist has requested is pointless. The therapist responds by
saying, "Well, in that case, I think you shouldn't even try." The therapist's response is an example
of:
a. reactance.
b. restraining.
c. positioning.
d. prescription. Correct Answer: b.
According to Patterson and his colleagues, aggression in children is linked to the use of coercive
discipline by their parents. In turn, the parent's use of coercive discipline is directly related to:
a. the parents' misinterpretations of the child's intentions when he or she misbehaves.
b. the parents' personality characteristics and the child's temperament.
c. the nature of the attachment between the child and the parent.
d. the effectiveness of the discipline in stopping the child's misbehavior. Correct Answer: b.
A person with a temporal lobe tumor is most likely to exhibit which of the following?
a. memory impairment, depression or anxiety, and hallucinations
b. poor judgment, impulsivity, and inappropriate jocularity
c. confabulation, irritability and suspiciousness, and prosopagnosia
d. dysgraphia, depression and apathy, and denial of his or her problems Correct Answer: a.
According to the path-goal theory of leadership, a primary task of a leader is to help subordinates
find the best path for attaining goals. In terms of leadership style, this theory proposes that:
a. the best style (directive, supportive, participative, or achievement-oriented) depends on certain
characteristics of the task and the subordinates.
b. the best style (directive, supportive, participative, or achievement-oriented) depends on the
leader's experience, personality, and so on.
c. the best style is a participative one that allows employees to help set their own goals.
d. the best style is an achievement-oriented one that focuses on enhancing the skills and
knowledge of subordinates so that they are better able to achieve their goals. Correct Answer: a.
Research on mnemonic devices suggests that they are:
a. superior to rote rehearsal in terms of both short-and long-term retention.
b. superior to rote rehearsal and elaboration in terms of both short-and long-term retention.
c. superior to rote rehearsal in terms of short-term but not long-term retention.
,d. superior to rote rehearsal and elaboration in terms of short-term but not long-term retention.
Correct Answer: c.
In the assessment of cognitive abilities with a standardized test, you would "test the limits":
a. before administering the test.
b. before administering each subtest.
c. after administering the test.
d. whenever it seems appropriate to do so. Correct Answer: c.
A worker whose job consists primarily of handling customer complaints will be happier if he
s/he blames the customer's problems on:
a. external, stable, and global factors.
b. internal, stable, and specific factors.
c. external, unstable, and global factors.
d. external, unstable, and specific factors. Correct Answer: d.
You administer a test to a sample of young adults with PTSD and, from their scores, calculate a
kappa coefficient of .95. This indicates that the test is:
a. reliable.
b. valid.
c. reliable and valid.
d. reliable but not valid. Correct Answer: a.
You are hired by a small company to provide evaluation and counseling services to employees.
The company owner tells you that employees routinely sign a waiver of confidentiality when
they are hired. In this situation, you should:
a. tell the employer that you can give her only very limited and relevant information about an
employee even though the employee has signed a waiver.
b. clarify the company policy with the employees that you see and determine if they want to
continue in counseling.
c. provide the employer with information only after you have confirmed that the employee has
actually signed the waiver.
d. refuse to give the employer any information about the employees that you see. Correct
Answer: b.
An adolescent is brought to therapy by her mother who says the girl has recently become
"another person." She says her daughter used to be easy-going and easy to get along with and
was well-liked at school by her peers and teachers. However, now her daughter is constantly
irritable, is smoking and drinking, and has started having trouble at school. When the therapist
interviews the girl, he learns that she is engaging in high-risk sexual behavior, but the girl feels
that nothing bad can ever happen to her. Based on these symptoms, the best diagnosis is:
a. ADHD.
b. Conduct Disorder.
c. Bipolar I Disorder.
d. Bipolar II Disorder. Correct Answer: c.
,During the first few sessions of family therapy, a structural family therapist makes use of
"tracking" and "mimesis" in order to:
a. keep from becoming emotionally triangulated into the family system.
b. join with the family system.
c. make initial changes in the family structure.
d. reduce stress in the family system. Correct Answer: b.
When a program to reduce aggression in children is based on the work of Patterson and his
colleagues, it will include which of the following?
a. providing the child with opportunities for catharsis
b. training parents in child management skills
c. increasing the child's perspective-taking skills
d. individual insight-oriented therapy for each parent Correct Answer: b.
Which of the following is true about the retrograde amnesia that occurs as the result of a
moderate to severe head injury?
a. it is limited to recent long-term memories
b. it is limited to remote long-term memories
c. when it begins to resolve, the most recent memories return first
d. when it begins to resolve, the most remote memories return first Correct Answer: d.
Research comparing heterogeneous to homogeneous work groups has found that heterogeneous
groups:
a. are more creative and better at decision-making.
b. are more creative but less productive overall.
c. make better decisions but are less productive overall.
d. are more creative but worse at decision-making. Correct Answer: a.
You are conducting a study to investigate the phenomenon known as "blocking." Consequently,
you will:
a. first present the CS prior to the US; then, once the CR is established, present the US prior to
the CS.
b. first present the CS prior to the US; then, once the CR is established, present the CS prior to a
sec and US.
c. first present the CS prior to the US; then, once the CR is established, present the original CS
simultaneously with a second CS prior to the US.
d. first present the CS prior to the US; then, once the CR is established, present a second CS prior
to the original CS. Correct Answer: c.
When using the Halstead-Reitan, an examinee's performance on seven measures (e.g., the
Category Test, the Seashore Rhythm Test, and the Finger Oscillation Test) is used to derive a or
an:
a. Impairment Index, which can be used to determine if an examinee has brain damage.
b. Impairment Index, which can be used to determine if an examinee is suffering from a
functional disorder.
, c. Pathology Profile, which allows the examiner to compare the examinee's score profile to those
of people with and without brain damage.
d. Pathology Profile, which helps the examiner determine the appropriate DSM-IV diagnosis.
Correct Answer: a.
After playing the role of a child abuser in a feature film, a well-known and formerly well-liked
actor begins receiving a lot of "hate mail." The writers of these letters are exhibiting:
a. psychological reactance.
b. the fundamental attribution error.
c. the availability bias.
d. defensive attribution. Correct Answer: b.
Dr. Dither is hired by the court to conduct an evaluation of a family as part of a child protection
matter. Based on Dr. Dither's evaluation and other evidence, the court determines that the child
can remain at home with his family who will be provided with supervision and counseling. Six
months after the case is heard in court, Dr. Dither is contacted by the mother who says she would
like to begin therapy with him for issues unrelated to the child protection matter. According to
APA's Guidelines for Psychological Evaluations in Child Protection Matters, Dr. Dither should:
a. agree to see the woman in therapy since the child protection matter has been resolved.
b. agree to see the woman in therapy only if her problem is, in fact, unrelated to the child
protection matter.
c. agree to see the women in therapy since his familiarity with her situation will be an advantage.
d. refer the woman to a colleague. Correct Answer: d.
Conduct Disorder frequently co-occurs with ADHD. Which of the following is NOT true about
children with both disorders?
a. They have higher rates of social maladjustment than children with ADHD only.
b. They have more extensive cognitive difficulties and poorer school achievement than children
with ADHD only.
c. They have poorer long-term outcomes and a higher risk of adult psychopathology than
children with ADHD only.
d. They often have a less favorable response to stimulant medication than children with ADHD
only. Correct Answer: b.
From the perspective of Rational Emotive Therapy:
a. irrational beliefs are acquired primarily through social learning processes.
b. irrational beliefs are acquired largely through the process of selective reinforcement.
c. people are biologically prone to the acquisition of irrational beliefs.
d. people adopt irrational beliefs as the result of early traumatic events that are still unresolved.
Correct Answer: c.
Work by Perry and Busey (1977) suggests that highly aggressive children:
a. were exposed prenatally to high levels of androgens.
b. are less sensitive to physical discomfort than less aggressive children.
c. exhibited a disoriented/disengaged attachment pattern as young children.
d. show little remorse after hurting another child. Correct Answer: d.
