EPPP Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is more common in males than in females among those aged:
A.8 to 12
B.21 to 26
C.35 to 40
D.60 to 65 - CORRECT ANSWER - A.8 to 12
2. Level 1 cross-cutting symptom measures are useful for:
A.confirming a diagnosis
B.screening symptoms
C.treatment planning
D.measuring treatment outcomes - CORRECT ANSWER - B.screening symptoms
3. The Outline for Cultural Formulation assess all of the factors except:
A.cultural identity
B.cultural conceptualization of distress
C.psychosocial stressors and cultural factors that impact the client's vulnerability and resilience
D.universal factors relevant to the client-therapist relationship - CORRECT ANSWER -
D.universal factors relevant to the client-therapist relationship
4. The Cultural Formulation Interview is:
A.structured
,B.open-ended
C.semi-structured
D.unstructured - CORRECT ANSWER - C.semi-structured
5. The Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) assesses all of the following except:
A.cultural identity development
B.cultural perceptions of cause, context, and support
C.cultural definition of the problem
D.cultural factors affecting self-coping and help seeking - CORRECT ANSWER -
A.cultural identity development
6. Specific Learning Disorder often co-occurs with all of the following except:
A.delays in language development
B.attention and memory deficits
C.below-average intelligence
D.low self-esteem - CORRECT ANSWER - C.below-average intelligence
7. Research suggests that, in general, the most effective treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder (OCD) is which of the following?
A.Exposure with response prevention
B.Overcorrection
C.Desensitization and behavioral rehearsal
D.Desensitization with reinforced practice - CORRECT ANSWER - A.Exposure with
response prevention
,8. ___________ refers to the ways that cultural groups experience, understand, and communicate
suffering, behavioral problems, or troubling thoughts and emotions.
A.Cultural syndromes
B.Cultural concepts of distress
C.Cultural idioms
D.Cultural explanations - CORRECT ANSWER - B.Cultural concepts of distress
9. Cultural idioms of distress are:
A.the explanatory models that members of a culture use to explain the meaning and causes of
symptoms, illness, and distress
B.clusters of symptoms and attributions that co-occur among individuals from a particular
culture and are recognized by members of that culture as coherent patterns of experience
C.phrases used by members of different cultures to express distress and provide shared ways for
talking about personal and social concerns
D.ways that cultural groups experience, understand, and communicate suffering, behavioral
problems, or troubling thoughts and emotions - CORRECT ANSWER - C.phrases used by
members of different cultures to express distress and provide shared ways for talking about
personal and social concerns
10. The explanatory models that members of a culture use to explain the meaning and causes of
symptoms, illness, and distress are referred to as:
A.cultural idioms of distress
B.cultural narratives
C.cultural syndromes
D.cultural explanations - CORRECT ANSWER - D.cultural explanations
11. Cultural syndromes are defined as:
, A.clusters of symptoms and attributions that co-occur among individuals from a particular
culture and are recognized by members of that culture as coherent patterns of experience
B.ways that cultural groups experience, understand, and communicate suffering, behavioral
problems, or troubling thoughts and emotions
C.the explanatory models that members of a culture use to explain the meaning and causes of
symptoms, illness, and distress
D.phrases used by members of different cultures to express distress and provide shared ways for
talking about personal and social concerns - CORRECT ANSWER - A.clusters of
symptoms and attributions that co-occur among individuals from a particular culture and are
recognized by members of that culture as coherent patterns of experience
12. ____________ is/are useful for obtaining information on a client's cultural concepts of
distress.
A.The Outline for Cultural Formulation
B.The Cultural Formulation Interview
C.Cross-cutting symptom measures
D.Cross-cutting cultural measures - CORRECT ANSWER - B.The Cultural Formulation
Interview
13. The DSM-5 provides three tools to help clinicians consider and understand the importance of
cultural diagnosing and planning treatment. This tool set includes all of the following except:
A.the Cultural Formulation Interview
B.Cultural concepts of distress
C.Cultural measures of distress
D.the Outline for Cultural Formulation - CORRECT ANSWER - C.Cultural measures of
distress
14. A patient is extremely suspicious, distrustful, and sensitive to criticism. He appears to be
constantly on guard, checking his environment for potential threats and evidence to confirm his
suspicions and beliefs. In addition, he describes his relationship with his employer as one that
Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is more common in males than in females among those aged:
A.8 to 12
B.21 to 26
C.35 to 40
D.60 to 65 - CORRECT ANSWER - A.8 to 12
2. Level 1 cross-cutting symptom measures are useful for:
A.confirming a diagnosis
B.screening symptoms
C.treatment planning
D.measuring treatment outcomes - CORRECT ANSWER - B.screening symptoms
3. The Outline for Cultural Formulation assess all of the factors except:
A.cultural identity
B.cultural conceptualization of distress
C.psychosocial stressors and cultural factors that impact the client's vulnerability and resilience
D.universal factors relevant to the client-therapist relationship - CORRECT ANSWER -
D.universal factors relevant to the client-therapist relationship
4. The Cultural Formulation Interview is:
A.structured
,B.open-ended
C.semi-structured
D.unstructured - CORRECT ANSWER - C.semi-structured
5. The Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) assesses all of the following except:
A.cultural identity development
B.cultural perceptions of cause, context, and support
C.cultural definition of the problem
D.cultural factors affecting self-coping and help seeking - CORRECT ANSWER -
A.cultural identity development
6. Specific Learning Disorder often co-occurs with all of the following except:
A.delays in language development
B.attention and memory deficits
C.below-average intelligence
D.low self-esteem - CORRECT ANSWER - C.below-average intelligence
7. Research suggests that, in general, the most effective treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder (OCD) is which of the following?
A.Exposure with response prevention
B.Overcorrection
C.Desensitization and behavioral rehearsal
D.Desensitization with reinforced practice - CORRECT ANSWER - A.Exposure with
response prevention
,8. ___________ refers to the ways that cultural groups experience, understand, and communicate
suffering, behavioral problems, or troubling thoughts and emotions.
A.Cultural syndromes
B.Cultural concepts of distress
C.Cultural idioms
D.Cultural explanations - CORRECT ANSWER - B.Cultural concepts of distress
9. Cultural idioms of distress are:
A.the explanatory models that members of a culture use to explain the meaning and causes of
symptoms, illness, and distress
B.clusters of symptoms and attributions that co-occur among individuals from a particular
culture and are recognized by members of that culture as coherent patterns of experience
C.phrases used by members of different cultures to express distress and provide shared ways for
talking about personal and social concerns
D.ways that cultural groups experience, understand, and communicate suffering, behavioral
problems, or troubling thoughts and emotions - CORRECT ANSWER - C.phrases used by
members of different cultures to express distress and provide shared ways for talking about
personal and social concerns
10. The explanatory models that members of a culture use to explain the meaning and causes of
symptoms, illness, and distress are referred to as:
A.cultural idioms of distress
B.cultural narratives
C.cultural syndromes
D.cultural explanations - CORRECT ANSWER - D.cultural explanations
11. Cultural syndromes are defined as:
, A.clusters of symptoms and attributions that co-occur among individuals from a particular
culture and are recognized by members of that culture as coherent patterns of experience
B.ways that cultural groups experience, understand, and communicate suffering, behavioral
problems, or troubling thoughts and emotions
C.the explanatory models that members of a culture use to explain the meaning and causes of
symptoms, illness, and distress
D.phrases used by members of different cultures to express distress and provide shared ways for
talking about personal and social concerns - CORRECT ANSWER - A.clusters of
symptoms and attributions that co-occur among individuals from a particular culture and are
recognized by members of that culture as coherent patterns of experience
12. ____________ is/are useful for obtaining information on a client's cultural concepts of
distress.
A.The Outline for Cultural Formulation
B.The Cultural Formulation Interview
C.Cross-cutting symptom measures
D.Cross-cutting cultural measures - CORRECT ANSWER - B.The Cultural Formulation
Interview
13. The DSM-5 provides three tools to help clinicians consider and understand the importance of
cultural diagnosing and planning treatment. This tool set includes all of the following except:
A.the Cultural Formulation Interview
B.Cultural concepts of distress
C.Cultural measures of distress
D.the Outline for Cultural Formulation - CORRECT ANSWER - C.Cultural measures of
distress
14. A patient is extremely suspicious, distrustful, and sensitive to criticism. He appears to be
constantly on guard, checking his environment for potential threats and evidence to confirm his
suspicions and beliefs. In addition, he describes his relationship with his employer as one that
