Psychiatry Board Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Attachment |theory |was |created |by |which |person? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-John |Bowlby
What |is |attachment |vs |bonding? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Attachment: |occurs |when |there |is |a |
warm, |intimate, |continuous |relationship |between |child |and |mother. |Attachment |gives |the |
infant |a |feeling |of |security.
Bonding: |Mother's |feelings |for |her |infant. |The |mother |does |not |rely |on |her |baby |for |food |and |
protection; |therefore |bonding |does |not |involve |resources |and |security. |Bonding |occurs |
through |skin-to-skin.
Orbitofrontal |lesions |cause |patients |to |appear... |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Profane, |irritable, |
irresponsible
Medial |frontal |lesions |cause |patients |to |appear... |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Apathy- |limited |
spontaneous |movement, |gesture, |and |speech
Left |frontal |lesions |cause |patients |to |appear... |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Depressed
Right |frontal |lesions |cause |patients |to |appear... |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Manic
Creutzfeldt-Jakob |CSF |findings |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-14-3-3 |proteinase |inhibitor |proteins
Wilsons |disease |test |for |diagnosis: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Low |Serum |ceruloplasmin
,Acute |intermittent |porphyria |test |for |diagnosis: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Urine |
porphobilinogens |and |aminolevuliic |acid |in |excessive |amounts
Wernicke's |encephalopathy |clinical |triad |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Mental |confusion, |
ophthalmoplegia, |gait |ataxia
Wernicke's |encephalopathy |brain |autopsy |findings |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Microhemorrhages
|in |the |periventricular |gray |matter, |particularly |around |the |aqueduct |and |third |and |fourth |
ventricles
Pick's |dementia |brain |autopsy |findings |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Frontal |and |temporal |lobe |
atrophy
Parkinson's |disease |brain |autopsy |findings |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-depigmentation |of |the |
pars |compact |of |the |substantial |nigra |in |the |midbrain
Multiple |sclerosis |brain |autopsy |findings |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Subcortical |white |matter |
lesions |perpendicular |to |the |ventricles |(aka |Dawson's |fingers). |Also |callosal |thinning |and |
atrophy.
MAOI |mechanism |of |action |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Increase |levels |of |biogenic |amine |
neurotransmitters |(serotonin, |norepinephrine, |and |dopamine) |by |preventing |their |degradation
2 |types |of |MAO |enzymes: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-MAO-A: |breaks |down |serotonin, |
norepinephrine, |and |dopamine.
MAO-B: |breaks |down |dopamine
MAOI |contraindication |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Contraindicated |to |give |meperidine |with |MAOI
,Which |MAOIs |will |not |require |tyramine-free |diet |at |low |doses |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
Selegiline |patch, |moclobemide
What |is |transference |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Feelings |a |patient |has |towards |a |therapist
What |is |countertransference: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Conscious |and |unconscious |feelings |the |
therapist |has |toward |the |patient
What |is |projection |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Reacting |to |unacceptable |inner |impulses |as |if |they
|were |outside |the |self. |Perceiving |one's |own |feelings |in |another |and |then |acting |on |that |
perception.
Huntingtons |Disease |inheritance: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-autosomal |dominant; |50% |
likelihood |child |will |get |it
Huntingtons |Disease |chromosome |affected: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-chromosome |4
What |is |primary |prevention |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-When |clinician |does |something |to |
prevent |the |onset |of |a |disease. |E.g., |reducing |causative |agents, |reducing |risk |factors, |
increasing |host |resistance, |or |interfering |with |the |transmission |of |a |disease.
What |is |secondary |prevention |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-When |one |identifies |a |disease |in |its |
early |stages |and |seeks |prompt |treatment.
What |is |tertiary |prevention |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Reducing |deficits |caused |by |an |illness |to |
obtain |the |highest |possible |level |of |functioning.
, What |is |Lambert-Eaton |myasthenia |syndrome |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |paraneoplastic |
abnormality |of |presynaptic |acetylcholine |release, |often |seen |with |small |cell |lung |carcinoma.
What |is |the |MMPI |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |self-report |inventory |used |to |assess |personality |
and |areas |of |psychopathologic |functioning
What |is |the |Thematic |Apperception |Test |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |series |of |pictures |is |shown
|to |a |patient. |The |patient |generates |a |story |to |explain |the |pictures. |The |patient's |most |
accepted |and |conscious |traits |and |motives |are |attributed |to |the |character |closest |to |the |
patient |in |sex, |age, |and |appearance. |More |unconscious |or |unacceptable |traits |are |attributed |
to |those |characters |most |unlike |the |patient.
ALS |autopsy |findings |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Anterior |horn |cell |degeneration
Vitamin |B12 |deficiency |polyneuropathy |autopsy |findings |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Dorsal |
column |volume |loss
Absence |seizures: |first |and |second |line |treatment |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |Ethosuximide
2. |Valproic |acid
Narcolepsy |CSF |findings |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Low |levels |of |CSF |hypocretin |(orexin)
Modafinil |mechanism |of |action |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-acts |on |histamine |neurons |in |the |
reticular |activating |system |in |the |pons
Tuberous |Sclerosis |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-HAMARTOMAS
Hamartoma, |Adenoma |sebaceum, |Mental |retardation |(now |properly |referred |to |as |intellectual
|disability), |Ash |leaf |spots, |Rhabdomyoma, |Tubers, |Optic |hamartomas |(phakomas), |Mitral |
regurgitation, |Astrocytomas, |Seizures
Correct Answers
Attachment |theory |was |created |by |which |person? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-John |Bowlby
What |is |attachment |vs |bonding? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Attachment: |occurs |when |there |is |a |
warm, |intimate, |continuous |relationship |between |child |and |mother. |Attachment |gives |the |
infant |a |feeling |of |security.
Bonding: |Mother's |feelings |for |her |infant. |The |mother |does |not |rely |on |her |baby |for |food |and |
protection; |therefore |bonding |does |not |involve |resources |and |security. |Bonding |occurs |
through |skin-to-skin.
Orbitofrontal |lesions |cause |patients |to |appear... |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Profane, |irritable, |
irresponsible
Medial |frontal |lesions |cause |patients |to |appear... |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Apathy- |limited |
spontaneous |movement, |gesture, |and |speech
Left |frontal |lesions |cause |patients |to |appear... |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Depressed
Right |frontal |lesions |cause |patients |to |appear... |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Manic
Creutzfeldt-Jakob |CSF |findings |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-14-3-3 |proteinase |inhibitor |proteins
Wilsons |disease |test |for |diagnosis: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Low |Serum |ceruloplasmin
,Acute |intermittent |porphyria |test |for |diagnosis: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Urine |
porphobilinogens |and |aminolevuliic |acid |in |excessive |amounts
Wernicke's |encephalopathy |clinical |triad |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Mental |confusion, |
ophthalmoplegia, |gait |ataxia
Wernicke's |encephalopathy |brain |autopsy |findings |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Microhemorrhages
|in |the |periventricular |gray |matter, |particularly |around |the |aqueduct |and |third |and |fourth |
ventricles
Pick's |dementia |brain |autopsy |findings |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Frontal |and |temporal |lobe |
atrophy
Parkinson's |disease |brain |autopsy |findings |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-depigmentation |of |the |
pars |compact |of |the |substantial |nigra |in |the |midbrain
Multiple |sclerosis |brain |autopsy |findings |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Subcortical |white |matter |
lesions |perpendicular |to |the |ventricles |(aka |Dawson's |fingers). |Also |callosal |thinning |and |
atrophy.
MAOI |mechanism |of |action |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Increase |levels |of |biogenic |amine |
neurotransmitters |(serotonin, |norepinephrine, |and |dopamine) |by |preventing |their |degradation
2 |types |of |MAO |enzymes: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-MAO-A: |breaks |down |serotonin, |
norepinephrine, |and |dopamine.
MAO-B: |breaks |down |dopamine
MAOI |contraindication |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Contraindicated |to |give |meperidine |with |MAOI
,Which |MAOIs |will |not |require |tyramine-free |diet |at |low |doses |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
Selegiline |patch, |moclobemide
What |is |transference |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Feelings |a |patient |has |towards |a |therapist
What |is |countertransference: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Conscious |and |unconscious |feelings |the |
therapist |has |toward |the |patient
What |is |projection |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Reacting |to |unacceptable |inner |impulses |as |if |they
|were |outside |the |self. |Perceiving |one's |own |feelings |in |another |and |then |acting |on |that |
perception.
Huntingtons |Disease |inheritance: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-autosomal |dominant; |50% |
likelihood |child |will |get |it
Huntingtons |Disease |chromosome |affected: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-chromosome |4
What |is |primary |prevention |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-When |clinician |does |something |to |
prevent |the |onset |of |a |disease. |E.g., |reducing |causative |agents, |reducing |risk |factors, |
increasing |host |resistance, |or |interfering |with |the |transmission |of |a |disease.
What |is |secondary |prevention |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-When |one |identifies |a |disease |in |its |
early |stages |and |seeks |prompt |treatment.
What |is |tertiary |prevention |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Reducing |deficits |caused |by |an |illness |to |
obtain |the |highest |possible |level |of |functioning.
, What |is |Lambert-Eaton |myasthenia |syndrome |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |paraneoplastic |
abnormality |of |presynaptic |acetylcholine |release, |often |seen |with |small |cell |lung |carcinoma.
What |is |the |MMPI |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |self-report |inventory |used |to |assess |personality |
and |areas |of |psychopathologic |functioning
What |is |the |Thematic |Apperception |Test |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |series |of |pictures |is |shown
|to |a |patient. |The |patient |generates |a |story |to |explain |the |pictures. |The |patient's |most |
accepted |and |conscious |traits |and |motives |are |attributed |to |the |character |closest |to |the |
patient |in |sex, |age, |and |appearance. |More |unconscious |or |unacceptable |traits |are |attributed |
to |those |characters |most |unlike |the |patient.
ALS |autopsy |findings |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Anterior |horn |cell |degeneration
Vitamin |B12 |deficiency |polyneuropathy |autopsy |findings |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Dorsal |
column |volume |loss
Absence |seizures: |first |and |second |line |treatment |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |Ethosuximide
2. |Valproic |acid
Narcolepsy |CSF |findings |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Low |levels |of |CSF |hypocretin |(orexin)
Modafinil |mechanism |of |action |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-acts |on |histamine |neurons |in |the |
reticular |activating |system |in |the |pons
Tuberous |Sclerosis |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-HAMARTOMAS
Hamartoma, |Adenoma |sebaceum, |Mental |retardation |(now |properly |referred |to |as |intellectual
|disability), |Ash |leaf |spots, |Rhabdomyoma, |Tubers, |Optic |hamartomas |(phakomas), |Mitral |
regurgitation, |Astrocytomas, |Seizures
