NRNP 6665 FINAL EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS NEWLY MODIFIED
TESTED AND APPROVED LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026
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
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
Differential diagnoses to be considered when diagnosing Ganser syndrome
include which of the following?
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,A. All the above (organic dementia, depressive pseudodementia, Korsakoff’s
syndrome)
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
Depersonalization can result from which of the following conditions? Check all
that apply.
A. Seizure disorders
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
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
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, 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
Which of the following is NOT considered a nonpathological form of amnesia?
A. Generalized Amnesia
The diagnosis formerly known as multiple personality disorder is now known as
which of the following?
A. Dissociative Identity Disorder
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
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
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AND CORRECT ANSWERS NEWLY MODIFIED
TESTED AND APPROVED LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026
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
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
Differential diagnoses to be considered when diagnosing Ganser syndrome
include which of the following?
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,A. All the above (organic dementia, depressive pseudodementia, Korsakoff’s
syndrome)
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
Depersonalization can result from which of the following conditions? Check all
that apply.
A. Seizure disorders
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
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
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, 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
Which of the following is NOT considered a nonpathological form of amnesia?
A. Generalized Amnesia
The diagnosis formerly known as multiple personality disorder is now known as
which of the following?
A. Dissociative Identity Disorder
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
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
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