CMN 548 MODULE 3 EXAM PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
There are three phases of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship. The three phases consist
of the introduction (orientation) phase, the working (identification and exploitation) phase,
and the termination (resolution) phase. Which of the following is an appropriate nursing
action during the working (identification and exploitation) phase:
A. Establishing professional boundaries.
B. Providing diagnostic evaluation.
C. Measuring outcomes of care
D. Focusing on self-management strategies.
C. Measuring outcomes of care
Conflict is normally dealt with using defense mechanisms. Unconsciously excluding
unwanted, disturbing emotions, thoughts, and impulses from conscious awareness is an
explanation of which defense mechanism:
A. Undoing
B. Suppression
C. Denial
D. Repression
D. Repression
Erickson's developmental stages and the milestones or tasks that accompany them give
insight into age-appropriate behaviors, measure levels of comprehension for client
teaching, and provide a context within which to evaluate assessment data. One indication of
developmental mastery is the ability to give time and talents to others, and the ability to
care for others. This occurs during which of the following developmental stages:
A. Middle Adulthood
B. Early Adulthood
C. School Age
D. Adolescence
A. Middle Adulthood
The intrapsychic splitting or separation of affect from content resulting in repression of
either idea or affect or the displacement of affect to a different or substitute content
describes which defense mechanism:
A. Isolation
B. Inhibition
C. Suppression
D. Intellectualization
A. Isolation
,This form of positive psychotherapy combines techniques of cognitive therapy with the
Buddhist practice of mindfulness meditation, which encourages people to be more aware of
what they are thinking, to live in the moment, and to refrain from evaluating judgements
about their own thoughts.
A. Positive Behavioral Support
B. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
C. Hope Therapy
D. Quality of Life Therapy
B. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Which of the following are part of the 4 major stages of cognitive development according to
Piaget?
A. Sensorimotor
B. Sensory processing
C. Preoperational thought
D. Concrete operations
E. Formal operations
A. Sensorimotor
C. Preoperational thought
D. Concrete operations
E. Formal operations
Which of the following is the most prevalent and best-studied example of diencephalic
amnesia?
A. Anoxic encephalopathy
B. Alzheimer disease
C. Alcoholic Korsakoff Syndrome
D. Temporal lobe epilepsy
C. Alcoholic Korsakoff Syndrome
Which of the following is true regarding the concept of symbolism according to Freud?
A. A symbol is representative of or substitute for some other idea from which it derives a
secondary significance that it does not possess of itself.
B. A symbol represents secondary elements by reason of a common element that these ideas
share.
C. A symbol is characteristically motor and separate from nature.
D. A symbol is a manifest expression of an idea that is conscious and visible.
E. Symbolic modes of thought represent the present stage of mental development and tend
to function in more conscious expressions and conditions.
A. A symbol is representative of or substitute for some other idea from which it derives a
secondary significance that it does not possess of itself.
, Which of the following is an example of immature defenses?
A. Displacement
B. Externalization
C. Introjection
D. Humor
C. Introjection
Which theorist proposed that individuals were unique, unified biological entities whose
psychological processes fit together into an individual lifestyle, proposed a principle of
dynamism, proposed the theory of psychopathology, and whose personality theory involved
the concept of moving from a sense of inferiority to a sense of mastery?
A. Carl Gustav Jung
B. Franz Alexander
C. Alfred Adler
D. Karen Horney
C. Alfred Adler
_________ refers to a facilitation of the ability to detect/identify a particular stimulus based
on a specific recent experience.
a. New learning capacity
b. Remote memory
c. Priming
d. Infantile amnesia
C. Priming
Select all that apply. The following are a few characteristics of a therapeutic relationship:
A. Acceptance
B. Respect
C. Authenticity
D. All the above
D. All of the above
Which phase of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship includes clarifying a clients
expectations and mutually setting goals?
a. Working
b. Clarifying
c. Termination
d. Introduction
A. Working
Sense of inferiority; difficulty with working and learning are developmental failures of
which stage?
a. Late adulthood
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
There are three phases of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship. The three phases consist
of the introduction (orientation) phase, the working (identification and exploitation) phase,
and the termination (resolution) phase. Which of the following is an appropriate nursing
action during the working (identification and exploitation) phase:
A. Establishing professional boundaries.
B. Providing diagnostic evaluation.
C. Measuring outcomes of care
D. Focusing on self-management strategies.
C. Measuring outcomes of care
Conflict is normally dealt with using defense mechanisms. Unconsciously excluding
unwanted, disturbing emotions, thoughts, and impulses from conscious awareness is an
explanation of which defense mechanism:
A. Undoing
B. Suppression
C. Denial
D. Repression
D. Repression
Erickson's developmental stages and the milestones or tasks that accompany them give
insight into age-appropriate behaviors, measure levels of comprehension for client
teaching, and provide a context within which to evaluate assessment data. One indication of
developmental mastery is the ability to give time and talents to others, and the ability to
care for others. This occurs during which of the following developmental stages:
A. Middle Adulthood
B. Early Adulthood
C. School Age
D. Adolescence
A. Middle Adulthood
The intrapsychic splitting or separation of affect from content resulting in repression of
either idea or affect or the displacement of affect to a different or substitute content
describes which defense mechanism:
A. Isolation
B. Inhibition
C. Suppression
D. Intellectualization
A. Isolation
,This form of positive psychotherapy combines techniques of cognitive therapy with the
Buddhist practice of mindfulness meditation, which encourages people to be more aware of
what they are thinking, to live in the moment, and to refrain from evaluating judgements
about their own thoughts.
A. Positive Behavioral Support
B. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
C. Hope Therapy
D. Quality of Life Therapy
B. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Which of the following are part of the 4 major stages of cognitive development according to
Piaget?
A. Sensorimotor
B. Sensory processing
C. Preoperational thought
D. Concrete operations
E. Formal operations
A. Sensorimotor
C. Preoperational thought
D. Concrete operations
E. Formal operations
Which of the following is the most prevalent and best-studied example of diencephalic
amnesia?
A. Anoxic encephalopathy
B. Alzheimer disease
C. Alcoholic Korsakoff Syndrome
D. Temporal lobe epilepsy
C. Alcoholic Korsakoff Syndrome
Which of the following is true regarding the concept of symbolism according to Freud?
A. A symbol is representative of or substitute for some other idea from which it derives a
secondary significance that it does not possess of itself.
B. A symbol represents secondary elements by reason of a common element that these ideas
share.
C. A symbol is characteristically motor and separate from nature.
D. A symbol is a manifest expression of an idea that is conscious and visible.
E. Symbolic modes of thought represent the present stage of mental development and tend
to function in more conscious expressions and conditions.
A. A symbol is representative of or substitute for some other idea from which it derives a
secondary significance that it does not possess of itself.
, Which of the following is an example of immature defenses?
A. Displacement
B. Externalization
C. Introjection
D. Humor
C. Introjection
Which theorist proposed that individuals were unique, unified biological entities whose
psychological processes fit together into an individual lifestyle, proposed a principle of
dynamism, proposed the theory of psychopathology, and whose personality theory involved
the concept of moving from a sense of inferiority to a sense of mastery?
A. Carl Gustav Jung
B. Franz Alexander
C. Alfred Adler
D. Karen Horney
C. Alfred Adler
_________ refers to a facilitation of the ability to detect/identify a particular stimulus based
on a specific recent experience.
a. New learning capacity
b. Remote memory
c. Priming
d. Infantile amnesia
C. Priming
Select all that apply. The following are a few characteristics of a therapeutic relationship:
A. Acceptance
B. Respect
C. Authenticity
D. All the above
D. All of the above
Which phase of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship includes clarifying a clients
expectations and mutually setting goals?
a. Working
b. Clarifying
c. Termination
d. Introduction
A. Working
Sense of inferiority; difficulty with working and learning are developmental failures of
which stage?
a. Late adulthood
