CMN 548 ACTUAL EXAMINATION SCRIPT
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS VERIFIED PASS
●● Secondary prevention.
Answer: Aimed at decreasing the prevalence (number of existing cases)
of mental disorders. Example: Telephone hotlines, crisis intervention,
disaster responses
●● Tertiary prevention.
Answer: Aimed at decreasing the disability and severity of a mental
disorder. Example: Day treatment programs; case management for
physical, housing, or vocational needs; social skills training
●● Dystonia.
Answer: Muscle spasm; spasticity of muscle group, especially back or
neck muscles; subjectively painful Note: Often mistaken for agitation or
unusual, stereotypic movements characteristic of schizophrenia
●● Echolalia.
Answer: Repetition of the last-heard words of other people
●● Clanging.
,Answer: Speech directed by the sound of a word rather than by its
meaning; punning and rhyming
●● Neologisms.
Answer: New word or phrase whose derivation is not understood, made
up word
●● Abstract thinking.
Answer: Ask the patient what certain proverbs mean or ask the patient to
tell you similarities in two different objects
●● BMI for anorexia investigation.
Answer: Less than 18.5
●● Cranial nerve assessed during hearing test.
Answer: VIII Vestibulocochlear
●● Cultural humility.
Answer: A process that requires humility as individuals continually
engage in self-reflection and self-critique as lifelong learners and
reflective practitioners in an effort to address power imbalances and to
advocate for others.
●● Cultural awareness.
, Answer: The ability to explore your own cultural identity and bring your
values and biases to a conscious level.
●● Aphonia.
Answer: A loss of voice that accompanies disease affecting the larynx or
its nerve supply
●● Dysarthria.
Answer: A defect in muscular control of speech apparatus (lips, tongue,
palate, pharynx) words may be slurred, nasal, but language remains
intact.
●● Aphasia.
Answer: A disorder in producing or understanding language often caused
by brain lesions usually the left hemisphere.
●● Oral apraxia.
Answer: A disorder that makes it difficult to move the lips, tongue, soft
palate and throat for non speech purposes like whistling or smiling.
●● Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).
Answer: Dementia screening test
●● Core skills of motivational interviewing.
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS VERIFIED PASS
●● Secondary prevention.
Answer: Aimed at decreasing the prevalence (number of existing cases)
of mental disorders. Example: Telephone hotlines, crisis intervention,
disaster responses
●● Tertiary prevention.
Answer: Aimed at decreasing the disability and severity of a mental
disorder. Example: Day treatment programs; case management for
physical, housing, or vocational needs; social skills training
●● Dystonia.
Answer: Muscle spasm; spasticity of muscle group, especially back or
neck muscles; subjectively painful Note: Often mistaken for agitation or
unusual, stereotypic movements characteristic of schizophrenia
●● Echolalia.
Answer: Repetition of the last-heard words of other people
●● Clanging.
,Answer: Speech directed by the sound of a word rather than by its
meaning; punning and rhyming
●● Neologisms.
Answer: New word or phrase whose derivation is not understood, made
up word
●● Abstract thinking.
Answer: Ask the patient what certain proverbs mean or ask the patient to
tell you similarities in two different objects
●● BMI for anorexia investigation.
Answer: Less than 18.5
●● Cranial nerve assessed during hearing test.
Answer: VIII Vestibulocochlear
●● Cultural humility.
Answer: A process that requires humility as individuals continually
engage in self-reflection and self-critique as lifelong learners and
reflective practitioners in an effort to address power imbalances and to
advocate for others.
●● Cultural awareness.
, Answer: The ability to explore your own cultural identity and bring your
values and biases to a conscious level.
●● Aphonia.
Answer: A loss of voice that accompanies disease affecting the larynx or
its nerve supply
●● Dysarthria.
Answer: A defect in muscular control of speech apparatus (lips, tongue,
palate, pharynx) words may be slurred, nasal, but language remains
intact.
●● Aphasia.
Answer: A disorder in producing or understanding language often caused
by brain lesions usually the left hemisphere.
●● Oral apraxia.
Answer: A disorder that makes it difficult to move the lips, tongue, soft
palate and throat for non speech purposes like whistling or smiling.
●● Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).
Answer: Dementia screening test
●● Core skills of motivational interviewing.
