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1. The histrionic personality disorder would be listed in what cluster?
(A) Cluster A
(B) Cluster B
(C) Cluster C
(D) Cluster D
(E) Cluster E - correct answer - (B) Cluster B
2. Which complication can be found in anorexia nervosa and not bulimia?
(A) Salivary gland hypertrophy
(B) Reversible cerebral atrophy
(C) Petechial hemorrhages
(D) Hypokalemia
(E) Osteoporosis - correct answer - (E) Osteoporosis
3. What is another name for multiple personalities?
(A) Dissociative amnesia
(B) Dissociative fugue
(C) Depersonalization
(D) Dissociative disorder not otherwise specified
(E) Dissociative identity disorder - correct answer - (E)
Dissociative identity disorder
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4. The diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa include:
(A) Less than 85% of normal weight for their height
(B) Patient feels lack of control overeating
(C) Use of inappropriate compensatory behaviors
(D) Two binge episodes a week for 3 months
(E) Patient is concerned about weight and shape of their body -
correct answer - (A) Less than 85% of normal weight for their
height
5. A patient presented to your office with multiple somatic complaints.
During the mental status exam you notice that the patient loses the
thread of conversation and discusses irrelevant topics based on external
stimuli. The patient never gets back to the main point he or she was
trying to express. What is the thought process called?
(A) Tangentiality
(B) Circumstantiality
(C) Looseness of association
(D) Word salad
(E) Neologisms - correct answer - (A) Tangentiality
6. Tangentiality is a disturbance in thought causing the person to start a
train of thought, but never getting to the point. Circumstantiality is seen
in someone who eventually gets to the point after a delay in the thought
process. Word salad is a mixture of words and phrases that are
incoherent. Looseness of association is when the ideas shift between
subjects that are totally unrelated to each other. Neologisms are the
creation of new words.
7. Which of the following personality disorders is listed in Cluster C?
(A) Avoidant
PAEA PSYCH EOR PRACTICE 2025| BRAND
NEW ACTUAL EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT SOLUTIONS|
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GRADES.
1. The histrionic personality disorder would be listed in what cluster?
(A) Cluster A
(B) Cluster B
(C) Cluster C
(D) Cluster D
(E) Cluster E - correct answer - (B) Cluster B
2. Which complication can be found in anorexia nervosa and not bulimia?
(A) Salivary gland hypertrophy
(B) Reversible cerebral atrophy
(C) Petechial hemorrhages
(D) Hypokalemia
(E) Osteoporosis - correct answer - (E) Osteoporosis
3. What is another name for multiple personalities?
(A) Dissociative amnesia
(B) Dissociative fugue
(C) Depersonalization
(D) Dissociative disorder not otherwise specified
(E) Dissociative identity disorder - correct answer - (E)
Dissociative identity disorder
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4. The diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa include:
(A) Less than 85% of normal weight for their height
(B) Patient feels lack of control overeating
(C) Use of inappropriate compensatory behaviors
(D) Two binge episodes a week for 3 months
(E) Patient is concerned about weight and shape of their body -
correct answer - (A) Less than 85% of normal weight for their
height
5. A patient presented to your office with multiple somatic complaints.
During the mental status exam you notice that the patient loses the
thread of conversation and discusses irrelevant topics based on external
stimuli. The patient never gets back to the main point he or she was
trying to express. What is the thought process called?
(A) Tangentiality
(B) Circumstantiality
(C) Looseness of association
(D) Word salad
(E) Neologisms - correct answer - (A) Tangentiality
6. Tangentiality is a disturbance in thought causing the person to start a
train of thought, but never getting to the point. Circumstantiality is seen
in someone who eventually gets to the point after a delay in the thought
process. Word salad is a mixture of words and phrases that are
incoherent. Looseness of association is when the ideas shift between
subjects that are totally unrelated to each other. Neologisms are the
creation of new words.
7. Which of the following personality disorders is listed in Cluster C?
(A) Avoidant
