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PSY 341 – ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM 2 PRACTICE EXAMINATION Questions
With Answers and Rationales Updated for 2026/2027
SECTION 1: TRAUMA AND STRESSOR-RELATED DISORDERS
(Questions)
1. "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder" (PTSD) symptoms must
last at least:
A) 2 weeks
B) 1 month
C) 6 months
D) 1 year
Answer: B
Rationale: PTSD requires symptoms persisting for more than 1
month.
2. PTSD is characterized by all of the following symptom
clusters EXCEPT:
A) Intrusive memories
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B) Avoidance
C) Negative mood changes
D) Grandiosity
Answer: D
Rationale: PTSD includes intrusion, avoidance, negative
alterations in cognition/mood, and arousal/reactivity.
3. "Intrusive memories" in PTSD include all EXCEPT:
A) Flashbacks
B) Nightmares
C) Involuntary distressing memories
D) Only positive memories
Answer: D
Rationale: Intrusive memories are distressing, not positive.
4. "Flashbacks" are:
A) Only brief memories
B) Dissociative experiences where the person feels the trauma
is recurring
C) Only nightmares
D) Only intrusive thoughts
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Answer: B
Rationale: Flashbacks = re-experiencing as if the trauma is
happening now.
5. "Avoidance" in PTSD refers to avoiding:
A) Only people
B) Internal (thoughts/feelings) and external (places/people)
reminders of the trauma
C) Only places
D) Only objects
Answer: B
Rationale: Avoidance includes both internal and external
reminders.
6. "Hyperarousal" in PTSD includes all EXCEPT:
A) Hypervigilance
B) Exaggerated startle response
C) Sleep disturbances
D) Emotional numbing only
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Answer: D
Rationale: Emotional numbing is a negative mood/cognition
symptom, not arousal.
7. "Acute Stress Disorder" differs from PTSD in that symptoms
last:
A) Longer than 6 months
B) 3 days to 1 month after trauma
C) Only 1 day
D) More than 1 year
Answer: B
Rationale: Acute stress disorder = 3 days to 1 month.
8. "Adjustment Disorder" develops within ______ of a
stressor.
A) 1 month
B) 3 months
C) 6 months
D) 1 year
PSY 341 – ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM 2 PRACTICE EXAMINATION Questions
With Answers and Rationales Updated for 2026/2027
SECTION 1: TRAUMA AND STRESSOR-RELATED DISORDERS
(Questions)
1. "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder" (PTSD) symptoms must
last at least:
A) 2 weeks
B) 1 month
C) 6 months
D) 1 year
Answer: B
Rationale: PTSD requires symptoms persisting for more than 1
month.
2. PTSD is characterized by all of the following symptom
clusters EXCEPT:
A) Intrusive memories
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B) Avoidance
C) Negative mood changes
D) Grandiosity
Answer: D
Rationale: PTSD includes intrusion, avoidance, negative
alterations in cognition/mood, and arousal/reactivity.
3. "Intrusive memories" in PTSD include all EXCEPT:
A) Flashbacks
B) Nightmares
C) Involuntary distressing memories
D) Only positive memories
Answer: D
Rationale: Intrusive memories are distressing, not positive.
4. "Flashbacks" are:
A) Only brief memories
B) Dissociative experiences where the person feels the trauma
is recurring
C) Only nightmares
D) Only intrusive thoughts
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Answer: B
Rationale: Flashbacks = re-experiencing as if the trauma is
happening now.
5. "Avoidance" in PTSD refers to avoiding:
A) Only people
B) Internal (thoughts/feelings) and external (places/people)
reminders of the trauma
C) Only places
D) Only objects
Answer: B
Rationale: Avoidance includes both internal and external
reminders.
6. "Hyperarousal" in PTSD includes all EXCEPT:
A) Hypervigilance
B) Exaggerated startle response
C) Sleep disturbances
D) Emotional numbing only
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Answer: D
Rationale: Emotional numbing is a negative mood/cognition
symptom, not arousal.
7. "Acute Stress Disorder" differs from PTSD in that symptoms
last:
A) Longer than 6 months
B) 3 days to 1 month after trauma
C) Only 1 day
D) More than 1 year
Answer: B
Rationale: Acute stress disorder = 3 days to 1 month.
8. "Adjustment Disorder" develops within ______ of a
stressor.
A) 1 month
B) 3 months
C) 6 months
D) 1 year
