ANSWERS 2023-2024|WALDEN UNIVERSITY A+ GRADED|
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. functional neurological symptom 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. Sigmund Freud
6) Question: Which of the following would not be included in the treatment plan for a patient with
illness anxiety disorder?
A. Exploratory invasive procedures to obtain diagnosis
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 reported to occur in fewer than 5 percent of identified shoplifters.
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. Pick’s Disease
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. The patient is delusional. An estimated 30 to 40 percent of patients with dementia have
delusions
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?
A. Conduct Disorder
19) Question: A sudden unexpected purposeful travel away from home with inability to recall all of
one’s past accompanied by confusion about personal identity not due to direct effects of a
substance or a general medical condition which causes clinically significant distress or impairment in
social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning is most specifically known as which of
the following?
A. Dissociative fugue
20)Question: Which of the following is NOT considered a nonpathological form of amnesia?
A. Generalized Amnesia
21) Question: The diagnosis formerly known as multiple personality disorder is now known as which of
the following? A. Dissociative Identity Disorder
22) Question: A patient presents reporting acute amnesia and fugue episodes in addition to recurrent
blackouts, unexplained possessions, and fluctuations in skills, habits, and knowledge. The ARNP
recognizes this is consistent with which of the following?
A. Dissociative Identity Disorders
23) Question: Deficits in language including naming, repetition, reading and comprehension, and writing
is NOT associated with impairment in which of the following regions of the brain?
A. Right parietal
24) Question: A major neurocognitive disorder with severe impairment in memory, judgment,
orientation, and cognition is known as which of the following?