MSE Test Ch 8 Questions & Answers
2025/2026
Main purpose of MSE
a) make diagnosis
b) chronicity of mental health condition
c) current view of mental health condition
d) assess if testing needed - ANSWERSc) current view of mental health condition
What is best indicator of client's premorbid intelligence?
a) what client tells you
b) birth order
c) vocabulary
d) current IQ testing - ANSWERSc) vocabulary
What shows functioning of thought processes?
a) speech
b) testing
c) nonverbal behaviors
d) family info - ANSWERSa) speech
Mood is to affect as
a) color is to green
b) behavior is to personality
c) climate is to weather
2025/2026
Main purpose of MSE
a) make diagnosis
b) chronicity of mental health condition
c) current view of mental health condition
d) assess if testing needed - ANSWERSc) current view of mental health condition
What is best indicator of client's premorbid intelligence?
a) what client tells you
b) birth order
c) vocabulary
d) current IQ testing - ANSWERSc) vocabulary
What shows functioning of thought processes?
a) speech
b) testing
c) nonverbal behaviors
d) family info - ANSWERSa) speech
Mood is to affect as
a) color is to green
b) behavior is to personality
c) climate is to weather
