STATE FINALS MENTAL HEALTH
QUESTIONS & answers rated A+
B - correct answer ✔✔ Mental status assessment using the "Batumi‟ formation is a useful
nursing assessment tool because it tells you
a) Whether or not a client has a mental illness
b) Details about an individual’s feeling state and cognitive functioning
c) Whether a mental illness is organic or functional in origin
d) The history of a clients symptoms and his response to stress
C - correct answer ✔✔ Persons with an acute psychotic illness have most difficulty in
a) Meeting dependency needs
b) Maintaining grooming and personal hygiene
c) Distinguishing between reality and unreality
d) Displaying personal feelings
D - correct answer ✔✔ People who have a personality disorder
a) Frequently progress to a psychotic illness
b) Become psychotic under severe stress
c) Are known as borderline personalities
d) Have ongoing difficulties in relating to others
B - correct answer ✔✔ Neurotic disorders are associated with
a) Inadequacy and poor stress management
b) Maladaptive behaviour related to anxiety
,c) Inability to cope with demands and perceived stress
d) Family patterns of inappropriate behaviour
A - correct answer ✔✔ Which of the following statements about tardive dyskinesia is true
A) symptoms are often permanent and do not improve with antiparkinsonian medication
B) Symptoms will diminish as the client adjusts to long term treatment
c) Clients are seldom concerned about features of tardive dyskinesia
d) Antiparkinsonian medication will suppress the main features of tardive dyskinesia
c - correct answer ✔✔ Memory loss associated with old age
a) Has a sudden onset and affects both long term and short term memory
b) Has a gradual onset and affects mainly long term memory
c) Has a gradual onset and affects mainly short term memory
d) Has a sudden onset and affects mainly short term memory
d - correct answer ✔✔ persons who have a neurotic disorder
a) have a minor disorder that will diminish with time and maturity
b) respond well to electro convulsive therapy
c) do not develop psychotic features
d) frequently have insight into their behaviour
c - correct answer ✔✔ a social factor contributing to the incidence of eating disorders is
a) economic disadvantage
b) educational disadvantage
c) gender stereotyping
d) unemployment
, D - correct answer ✔✔ the most common features of chronic organic psychosis are
a) fluctuating confusion and disorientation
b) persistent elated mood and hyperactivity
c) thought blocking and concrete thinking
d) social withdrawal and paranoid ideation
B - correct answer ✔✔ phobia is best described as
a) a fear related to an identifiable traumatic event in one‟s life
b) an irrational fear of a specific situation or object
c) a series of repetitive behaviours designed to relieve anxiety
d) a general sense of impending doom
B - correct answer ✔✔ the most appropriate treatment for phobia is
a) anxiolytic drugs
b) cognitive restructuring
c) relaxation exercises
d) systematic desensitisation
B - correct answer ✔✔ the best definition of a crisis is:
a) any event which causes anxiety
b) a life event which is perceived as a threat to self esteem
c) a traumatic event for which coping behaviours are inadequate
d) a situation which is traumatic and involves a significant loss
QUESTIONS & answers rated A+
B - correct answer ✔✔ Mental status assessment using the "Batumi‟ formation is a useful
nursing assessment tool because it tells you
a) Whether or not a client has a mental illness
b) Details about an individual’s feeling state and cognitive functioning
c) Whether a mental illness is organic or functional in origin
d) The history of a clients symptoms and his response to stress
C - correct answer ✔✔ Persons with an acute psychotic illness have most difficulty in
a) Meeting dependency needs
b) Maintaining grooming and personal hygiene
c) Distinguishing between reality and unreality
d) Displaying personal feelings
D - correct answer ✔✔ People who have a personality disorder
a) Frequently progress to a psychotic illness
b) Become psychotic under severe stress
c) Are known as borderline personalities
d) Have ongoing difficulties in relating to others
B - correct answer ✔✔ Neurotic disorders are associated with
a) Inadequacy and poor stress management
b) Maladaptive behaviour related to anxiety
,c) Inability to cope with demands and perceived stress
d) Family patterns of inappropriate behaviour
A - correct answer ✔✔ Which of the following statements about tardive dyskinesia is true
A) symptoms are often permanent and do not improve with antiparkinsonian medication
B) Symptoms will diminish as the client adjusts to long term treatment
c) Clients are seldom concerned about features of tardive dyskinesia
d) Antiparkinsonian medication will suppress the main features of tardive dyskinesia
c - correct answer ✔✔ Memory loss associated with old age
a) Has a sudden onset and affects both long term and short term memory
b) Has a gradual onset and affects mainly long term memory
c) Has a gradual onset and affects mainly short term memory
d) Has a sudden onset and affects mainly short term memory
d - correct answer ✔✔ persons who have a neurotic disorder
a) have a minor disorder that will diminish with time and maturity
b) respond well to electro convulsive therapy
c) do not develop psychotic features
d) frequently have insight into their behaviour
c - correct answer ✔✔ a social factor contributing to the incidence of eating disorders is
a) economic disadvantage
b) educational disadvantage
c) gender stereotyping
d) unemployment
, D - correct answer ✔✔ the most common features of chronic organic psychosis are
a) fluctuating confusion and disorientation
b) persistent elated mood and hyperactivity
c) thought blocking and concrete thinking
d) social withdrawal and paranoid ideation
B - correct answer ✔✔ phobia is best described as
a) a fear related to an identifiable traumatic event in one‟s life
b) an irrational fear of a specific situation or object
c) a series of repetitive behaviours designed to relieve anxiety
d) a general sense of impending doom
B - correct answer ✔✔ the most appropriate treatment for phobia is
a) anxiolytic drugs
b) cognitive restructuring
c) relaxation exercises
d) systematic desensitisation
B - correct answer ✔✔ the best definition of a crisis is:
a) any event which causes anxiety
b) a life event which is perceived as a threat to self esteem
c) a traumatic event for which coping behaviours are inadequate
d) a situation which is traumatic and involves a significant loss
