FNP 2 Final Exams Questions with Complete
Solutions| Verified Answers
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by? - ANSWER 1. deficits in social
communication & interaction across multiple contexts
2. restrictive, repetitive patterns of behaviors, interests, and activities
General clinical findings of ASD - ANSWER -problems with social interactions,
communication, and language skills shown by their unusual ways of relating to people,
objects & events
-abnormal responses to sensory stimuli, usually sound
-restrictive, repetitive, or stereotyped behavior and echolalic speech
Clinical findings of ASD in infants - ANSWER -passive, non-engaging, quiet, floppy infant
or a difficult, colicky, stiff baby with poor eye contact
-attachment problems, failure to respond to name or gestures
Clinical findings of ASD in toddlers - ANSWER -language delays, lack of social
relatedness, & severe behavioral problems
-expressive language is delayed
-echolalia (repetition of words of phrases), have trouble modulating tone of voice
-social detachment, decreased eye contact, lack of reciprocity or initiating conversation,
lack of fear, poor creative skills
-persistent/excessive temper tantrums, preference to line, stack or spin toys, insistence
on routines
Clinical findings of ASD in school age - ANSWER -lack of reciprocal friendships
-continued language, social & behavioral problems
, -difficult transitions from place to place and activity to activity
-ritualistic behaviors
Red flags with ASD - ANSWER -does not respond to their name by 12 months
-does not point at objects to show interest by 14 months
-does not pay "pretend" games by 18 months
-avoids eye contact and wants to be alone
-has trouble understanding other people's feelings or talking about their feelings
-has delayed speech and language skills (no babbling or gesturing by 12 months)
-repeating words or phrases over and over
-gets upset by minor changes
-has obsessive interests
-flaps their hands, rocks their body or spins in circles
-has unusual reactions to the way things sound, smell, taste or look
-fails to meet childhood milestones
-has sibling with autism
Management of ASD - ANSWER 1. Appropriate evidenced-based and structured
educational & behavioral interventions
2. Pharmacotherapy only for a specific target symptom or comorbid condition
3. Active role in long-term therapy
4. Inquiring about the use of complementary or alternative therapies
Comorbidities of ADHD - ANSWER learning disability, anxiety, depression, oppositional
defiant disorder, specific learning disorder, autism, OCD, conduct disorder, intermittent
explosive disorder, tics, anti-social personality disorders, sleep apnea
Solutions| Verified Answers
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by? - ANSWER 1. deficits in social
communication & interaction across multiple contexts
2. restrictive, repetitive patterns of behaviors, interests, and activities
General clinical findings of ASD - ANSWER -problems with social interactions,
communication, and language skills shown by their unusual ways of relating to people,
objects & events
-abnormal responses to sensory stimuli, usually sound
-restrictive, repetitive, or stereotyped behavior and echolalic speech
Clinical findings of ASD in infants - ANSWER -passive, non-engaging, quiet, floppy infant
or a difficult, colicky, stiff baby with poor eye contact
-attachment problems, failure to respond to name or gestures
Clinical findings of ASD in toddlers - ANSWER -language delays, lack of social
relatedness, & severe behavioral problems
-expressive language is delayed
-echolalia (repetition of words of phrases), have trouble modulating tone of voice
-social detachment, decreased eye contact, lack of reciprocity or initiating conversation,
lack of fear, poor creative skills
-persistent/excessive temper tantrums, preference to line, stack or spin toys, insistence
on routines
Clinical findings of ASD in school age - ANSWER -lack of reciprocal friendships
-continued language, social & behavioral problems
, -difficult transitions from place to place and activity to activity
-ritualistic behaviors
Red flags with ASD - ANSWER -does not respond to their name by 12 months
-does not point at objects to show interest by 14 months
-does not pay "pretend" games by 18 months
-avoids eye contact and wants to be alone
-has trouble understanding other people's feelings or talking about their feelings
-has delayed speech and language skills (no babbling or gesturing by 12 months)
-repeating words or phrases over and over
-gets upset by minor changes
-has obsessive interests
-flaps their hands, rocks their body or spins in circles
-has unusual reactions to the way things sound, smell, taste or look
-fails to meet childhood milestones
-has sibling with autism
Management of ASD - ANSWER 1. Appropriate evidenced-based and structured
educational & behavioral interventions
2. Pharmacotherapy only for a specific target symptom or comorbid condition
3. Active role in long-term therapy
4. Inquiring about the use of complementary or alternative therapies
Comorbidities of ADHD - ANSWER learning disability, anxiety, depression, oppositional
defiant disorder, specific learning disorder, autism, OCD, conduct disorder, intermittent
explosive disorder, tics, anti-social personality disorders, sleep apnea
