Personality Disorders Exam
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D - ANSWER-Which of the following statements describes borderline personality
disorder?
A. Detached from social relationships, restricted affect, and involved with things
more than people.
B. Submissive and clinging behavior accompanied with an excessive need to be
taken care of.
C. Social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitive to negative
evaluation.
D. Unstable relationships, self image and affect, accompanied with impulsivity and
self-harm.
A - ANSWER-Which personality disorder is most commonly seen in the clinical
setting?
A. Borderline personality disorder
B. Antisocial personality disorder
C. Histrionic personality disorder
D. Narcissistic personality disorder
B - ANSWER-How many clusters of personality disorders are there? And how are
they classified?
A. two; classified by the number of people who have them
B. three; classified by characteristic traits
C. seven; classified by past historical findings
D. four; classified by characteristic traits
C - ANSWER-How many clusters are there of personality disorders?
A. Seven
B. Four
C. Three
D. There are no clusters.
False - ANSWER-True or False. You can change a person's personality?
B - ANSWER-When preparing to administer medications to a patient, the patient
appears confused and suspicious of the medications being given. He keeps his
distance from the nurse and scans the room multiple times before agreeing to take
the medications. As the nurse, you suspect the patient is exhibiting signs and
symptoms of which personality disorder?
a. narcissistic personality disorder
b. paranoid personality disorder
Questions Complete Answers
D - ANSWER-Which of the following statements describes borderline personality
disorder?
A. Detached from social relationships, restricted affect, and involved with things
more than people.
B. Submissive and clinging behavior accompanied with an excessive need to be
taken care of.
C. Social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitive to negative
evaluation.
D. Unstable relationships, self image and affect, accompanied with impulsivity and
self-harm.
A - ANSWER-Which personality disorder is most commonly seen in the clinical
setting?
A. Borderline personality disorder
B. Antisocial personality disorder
C. Histrionic personality disorder
D. Narcissistic personality disorder
B - ANSWER-How many clusters of personality disorders are there? And how are
they classified?
A. two; classified by the number of people who have them
B. three; classified by characteristic traits
C. seven; classified by past historical findings
D. four; classified by characteristic traits
C - ANSWER-How many clusters are there of personality disorders?
A. Seven
B. Four
C. Three
D. There are no clusters.
False - ANSWER-True or False. You can change a person's personality?
B - ANSWER-When preparing to administer medications to a patient, the patient
appears confused and suspicious of the medications being given. He keeps his
distance from the nurse and scans the room multiple times before agreeing to take
the medications. As the nurse, you suspect the patient is exhibiting signs and
symptoms of which personality disorder?
a. narcissistic personality disorder
b. paranoid personality disorder
