NCMHCE: Evaluation and Assessment
Mental Status Exam ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
General presentation - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. appearance
2. motor activity: posture, activity
3. interpersonal
4. facial expression
5. behavior
6. state of consciousness
7. speech
8. mood and affect
9. orientation
10. intellectual ability
11. attention and concentration
12. memory
13. thought process/content
14. hallucination
15. insight
16. impulse control
Attention - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. ability to attend or ability to pay attention for short
periods of time without being distracted
2. ability to attend for long periods (concentrate), which is primary in testing higher levels of
functioning
Mental Status Exam ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
General presentation - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. appearance
2. motor activity: posture, activity
3. interpersonal
4. facial expression
5. behavior
6. state of consciousness
7. speech
8. mood and affect
9. orientation
10. intellectual ability
11. attention and concentration
12. memory
13. thought process/content
14. hallucination
15. insight
16. impulse control
Attention - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. ability to attend or ability to pay attention for short
periods of time without being distracted
2. ability to attend for long periods (concentrate), which is primary in testing higher levels of
functioning
