CA PT BOARD NEWEST EXAM REVIEW – PSYCHIATRIC
TECHNICIAN NURSING WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS//VERIFIED//2026
The client is observed talking to an imaginary person.
The client is most likely responding to:
a. environmental stimuli.
b. delusional material.
c. hallucinations.
d. ideas of reference.
c. hallucinations.
Which of the following will be most useful in assisting
the client cope with a stressful situation?
a. Practicing active listening.
b. Being skillful in the assessment process.
c. Advising the client of effective problem solving
techniques.
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,d. Telling the client that everything will be all right.
a. Practicing active listening.
Which of the following is most important when caring
for the client in the first phase of alcohol withdrawal?
a. correction of vitamin deficiencies.
b. assist the client in recognition of alcoholism as a
problem.
c. provide the care and administer medications which
minimize the effects of delirium tremens.
d. keep the client in a quiet, dark room and discourage
contact with other clients.
c. provide the care and administer medications which
minimize the effects of delirium tremens.
The doctor has ordered the drug naloxone (narcan) to
be given stat. The Psychiatric Technician knows that
this preparation will act to:
a. decrease the respiratory rate.
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,b. enhance the effect of the narcotic analgesic
preparations.
c. slow the heart rate.
d. prevent or reverse the effects of opioids.
d. prevent or reverse the effects of opioids.
Which of the following statements is an indication that
the dying client is in the bargaining stage?
a. "I'll never complain about dying if I can just complete
this year of school."
b. "I'd be very grateful if you could get me some decent
food in this place."
c. "I'd make it back to work if I could only get rid of this
nausea."
d. "I'd buy a larger house, but I know I won't live long
enough to enjoy it."
a. "I'll never complain about dying if I can just complete
this year of school."
The family sobs and screams, "Why her?, It can't be!"
after being told that death is imminent. This statement
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, may indicate that the family is in which of the following
stages in the dying process?
a. denial
b. depression
c. anger
d. detachment
a. denial
The Psychiatric Technician can best assist an individual
of a different culture adjust to life in a new community
by:
a. Encouraging the detachment from family and friends.
b. Becoming familiar with the client's communication
patterns.
c. Describing the new customs in the community.
d. Immersing the individual in the dominant culture.
b. Becoming familiar with the client's communication
patterns.
A fifteen year old patient in a psychiatric facility says, "I
going to be a Psych Tech." This is an example of:
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TECHNICIAN NURSING WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS//VERIFIED//2026
The client is observed talking to an imaginary person.
The client is most likely responding to:
a. environmental stimuli.
b. delusional material.
c. hallucinations.
d. ideas of reference.
c. hallucinations.
Which of the following will be most useful in assisting
the client cope with a stressful situation?
a. Practicing active listening.
b. Being skillful in the assessment process.
c. Advising the client of effective problem solving
techniques.
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,d. Telling the client that everything will be all right.
a. Practicing active listening.
Which of the following is most important when caring
for the client in the first phase of alcohol withdrawal?
a. correction of vitamin deficiencies.
b. assist the client in recognition of alcoholism as a
problem.
c. provide the care and administer medications which
minimize the effects of delirium tremens.
d. keep the client in a quiet, dark room and discourage
contact with other clients.
c. provide the care and administer medications which
minimize the effects of delirium tremens.
The doctor has ordered the drug naloxone (narcan) to
be given stat. The Psychiatric Technician knows that
this preparation will act to:
a. decrease the respiratory rate.
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,b. enhance the effect of the narcotic analgesic
preparations.
c. slow the heart rate.
d. prevent or reverse the effects of opioids.
d. prevent or reverse the effects of opioids.
Which of the following statements is an indication that
the dying client is in the bargaining stage?
a. "I'll never complain about dying if I can just complete
this year of school."
b. "I'd be very grateful if you could get me some decent
food in this place."
c. "I'd make it back to work if I could only get rid of this
nausea."
d. "I'd buy a larger house, but I know I won't live long
enough to enjoy it."
a. "I'll never complain about dying if I can just complete
this year of school."
The family sobs and screams, "Why her?, It can't be!"
after being told that death is imminent. This statement
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, may indicate that the family is in which of the following
stages in the dying process?
a. denial
b. depression
c. anger
d. detachment
a. denial
The Psychiatric Technician can best assist an individual
of a different culture adjust to life in a new community
by:
a. Encouraging the detachment from family and friends.
b. Becoming familiar with the client's communication
patterns.
c. Describing the new customs in the community.
d. Immersing the individual in the dominant culture.
b. Becoming familiar with the client's communication
patterns.
A fifteen year old patient in a psychiatric facility says, "I
going to be a Psych Tech." This is an example of:
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