PTP II CORE EXAM SET 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is characteristics of recognizing emotions in others? - ✔✔Empathy
Fundamental people skill
Altruism- attuned to other's needs
✔✔What is characteristics of Handling relationships? - ✔✔Managing emotions in others
Social competence
Undergirds interpersonal effectiveness
✔✔What are the 4 main interplays of mind and medicene? - ✔✔EMotional state can
play significant role
Medical care often lacks emotional intelligence
Effectiveness in prevention and treatment are enhance by treating people's emotional
states
Treat disease and illness
✔✔When treating the illness what do we treat?> - ✔✔Patient's experience of disease
✔✔When treating the disease what do we treat?> - ✔✔Medical disorder
✔✔Can the immune system learn? - ✔✔Yes, CNS and immune communicate and
minds, emotions and body are entwined
Rats Learned to suppress T-cells in presence of sugar water
✔✔What is the relationship between anger and heart disease? - ✔✔Increases risk of
heart disease
Stronger predictor of dying young than smoking, and high cholesterol
Increases HR and BP
Correlation between hostility and CAD
Occasional anger isn't dangerous, but chronic anger is dangerous,
,With anger management, 2nd heart attacks is 44% lower
✔✔What are some elements of emotional intelligence to prevent anger and hostility -
✔✔Mindful when anger stirs
Regulate angers, substitute thoughts
Empathy, bbalm for anger
DEVELOP A MORE TRUSTING HEART
✔✔What is the interplay between sickness, recovery and anxiety? - ✔✔Anxiety, stress
by lifes' pressures
Associated with onset of sickness and course of recovery
Evolutionary anxiety: helps prepare to deal with danger
Modern anxiety: out of place and proportion
Exacerbates medical problems
✔✔What is the stress-disease link? - ✔✔Speed metastasis of cancer
Increased vulnerability to virus
Exacerbates plaque formation
Accelerates Diabetes
Triggers asthma
Ulcers
Inflammatory bowel disease
Compromise brain function, memory and hippocampal damage
51 times more likely to develop colon cancer with stress
More stress = more chance to cold
Herpes reactivated during stress
✔✔Describe the relationship between anxiety and heart disease? - ✔✔Women at
greater risk for 2nd heart attack with anxiety
,ATP rose, blood vessel changes and leads to heart attacks with increased anxiety task
HR increases
BP increases
✔✔Describe the characteristics of the immune system? - ✔✔Body's brain
Attacks what is unrecognized. Defended body
Attacks bacteria, viruses/cancer
Contact other cells
OR misidentifies allergies or lupus
✔✔What is the antidote to anxiety? - ✔✔Relaxation techniques
✔✔Describe the relationship between depression and medicence? - ✔✔Depression can
worsen sickness
Depression is cost effective
Failure to diagnosis can lead to severe disease
12 of 13 patients dies within bone transplant within 1 year
More likely to die after diagnosis of major disease.
Reduces outcomes following dire medical conditions
Treat depression which helps disease state.
✔✔Describe the relationship between depression and heart disease. - ✔✔Despair and
hopelessness increased rate of death
Grave medical risk for Heart attack survivors
Sharply higher risk for dying within 6 months
Affects HR variability, increasing risk of fatal arrythmias
✔✔Describe the relationship between THA and depression? - ✔✔Those who are
depressed had 8 day longer stay
, 1/3 as likely to walk again
If treated for depression, they needed less care and had fewer hospitalization
✔✔What is the antidote to toxic emotions? - ✔✔Positive emotions of hope and optimism
✔✔Compelling evidence for adverse medical effects for patients with what? - ✔✔Anger
Anxiety
Depression
***MENTAL OUTLOOK PROVED BETTER SURVIVAL PREDICATOR RATE THAN
ANY OTHER PREDICTOR
✔✔Does hope have healing power? - ✔✔Yes, greater levels of physical mobility
following SCI
Greater physical and social functions
Pessimist: Smoke/drink more
✔✔Describe the relationship between social isolation and sickenss? - ✔✔Social
isolation doubles changes of sickness and death.
Isolation associated with mortality rates comparable to smoking, high blood pressure,
high cholesterol, obesity and lack of physical exercise
✔✔Describe the healing power of emotinal ties? - ✔✔Men are worse than women with
isolation in relation to mortality
Collage roommates who disliked each other, more susceptible to colds and more
frequent doctor visits
✔✔What are the 3 things to do towards medicine that cares? - ✔✔Help people better
manage feelings
Attend patients psychological needs along with their medical needs
Compassionate care is good medicine
✔✔Describe how getting people to talk about what troubles them has a beneficial
medical effect. - ✔✔Journaling, express sadness, anxiety and anger, and find meaning
of hope.
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is characteristics of recognizing emotions in others? - ✔✔Empathy
Fundamental people skill
Altruism- attuned to other's needs
✔✔What is characteristics of Handling relationships? - ✔✔Managing emotions in others
Social competence
Undergirds interpersonal effectiveness
✔✔What are the 4 main interplays of mind and medicene? - ✔✔EMotional state can
play significant role
Medical care often lacks emotional intelligence
Effectiveness in prevention and treatment are enhance by treating people's emotional
states
Treat disease and illness
✔✔When treating the illness what do we treat?> - ✔✔Patient's experience of disease
✔✔When treating the disease what do we treat?> - ✔✔Medical disorder
✔✔Can the immune system learn? - ✔✔Yes, CNS and immune communicate and
minds, emotions and body are entwined
Rats Learned to suppress T-cells in presence of sugar water
✔✔What is the relationship between anger and heart disease? - ✔✔Increases risk of
heart disease
Stronger predictor of dying young than smoking, and high cholesterol
Increases HR and BP
Correlation between hostility and CAD
Occasional anger isn't dangerous, but chronic anger is dangerous,
,With anger management, 2nd heart attacks is 44% lower
✔✔What are some elements of emotional intelligence to prevent anger and hostility -
✔✔Mindful when anger stirs
Regulate angers, substitute thoughts
Empathy, bbalm for anger
DEVELOP A MORE TRUSTING HEART
✔✔What is the interplay between sickness, recovery and anxiety? - ✔✔Anxiety, stress
by lifes' pressures
Associated with onset of sickness and course of recovery
Evolutionary anxiety: helps prepare to deal with danger
Modern anxiety: out of place and proportion
Exacerbates medical problems
✔✔What is the stress-disease link? - ✔✔Speed metastasis of cancer
Increased vulnerability to virus
Exacerbates plaque formation
Accelerates Diabetes
Triggers asthma
Ulcers
Inflammatory bowel disease
Compromise brain function, memory and hippocampal damage
51 times more likely to develop colon cancer with stress
More stress = more chance to cold
Herpes reactivated during stress
✔✔Describe the relationship between anxiety and heart disease? - ✔✔Women at
greater risk for 2nd heart attack with anxiety
,ATP rose, blood vessel changes and leads to heart attacks with increased anxiety task
HR increases
BP increases
✔✔Describe the characteristics of the immune system? - ✔✔Body's brain
Attacks what is unrecognized. Defended body
Attacks bacteria, viruses/cancer
Contact other cells
OR misidentifies allergies or lupus
✔✔What is the antidote to anxiety? - ✔✔Relaxation techniques
✔✔Describe the relationship between depression and medicence? - ✔✔Depression can
worsen sickness
Depression is cost effective
Failure to diagnosis can lead to severe disease
12 of 13 patients dies within bone transplant within 1 year
More likely to die after diagnosis of major disease.
Reduces outcomes following dire medical conditions
Treat depression which helps disease state.
✔✔Describe the relationship between depression and heart disease. - ✔✔Despair and
hopelessness increased rate of death
Grave medical risk for Heart attack survivors
Sharply higher risk for dying within 6 months
Affects HR variability, increasing risk of fatal arrythmias
✔✔Describe the relationship between THA and depression? - ✔✔Those who are
depressed had 8 day longer stay
, 1/3 as likely to walk again
If treated for depression, they needed less care and had fewer hospitalization
✔✔What is the antidote to toxic emotions? - ✔✔Positive emotions of hope and optimism
✔✔Compelling evidence for adverse medical effects for patients with what? - ✔✔Anger
Anxiety
Depression
***MENTAL OUTLOOK PROVED BETTER SURVIVAL PREDICATOR RATE THAN
ANY OTHER PREDICTOR
✔✔Does hope have healing power? - ✔✔Yes, greater levels of physical mobility
following SCI
Greater physical and social functions
Pessimist: Smoke/drink more
✔✔Describe the relationship between social isolation and sickenss? - ✔✔Social
isolation doubles changes of sickness and death.
Isolation associated with mortality rates comparable to smoking, high blood pressure,
high cholesterol, obesity and lack of physical exercise
✔✔Describe the healing power of emotinal ties? - ✔✔Men are worse than women with
isolation in relation to mortality
Collage roommates who disliked each other, more susceptible to colds and more
frequent doctor visits
✔✔What are the 3 things to do towards medicine that cares? - ✔✔Help people better
manage feelings
Attend patients psychological needs along with their medical needs
Compassionate care is good medicine
✔✔Describe how getting people to talk about what troubles them has a beneficial
medical effect. - ✔✔Journaling, express sadness, anxiety and anger, and find meaning
of hope.
