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As defined in the DSM-5, the essential feature of Delirium is:
a) impaired ability to transfer information from short- to long-term memory
b) a disturbance in attention and awareness
c) a disturbance in psychomotor behavior
d) disorientation - Answer✔b) a disturbance in attention and awareness
The concept of triangulation is central to general systems theory and can be found in the work
of Bowen, Minuchin, Satir, and others. Although these theorists differ somewhat in their
definition of triangulation, in general, it is said to be occurring when:
a) to reduce tension between them, a two-person system draws in a third party
b) to reduce tension between them, the members of a two-person system focus their attention
to a third party
c) to avoid dealing with the conflict between them, a two-person system forms an alliance
against a third person
d) to reduce conflict, two members of a three-person system assume a submissive role when
interacting with the third dominant member - Answer✔a) to reduce tension between them, a
two-person system draws in a third party
A researcher investigating implicit memory will most likely use which of the following tasks?
a) free recall
b) paired-associate
c) word-stem completion
d) verbal recognition - Answer✔c) word-stem completionW
Which of the following neurotransmitters has been implicated in both long-term potentiation
and the "excitotoxicity" that is believed to underlie several neurodegenerative disorder?
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a) serotonin
b) acetylcholine
c) norepinephrine
d) glutamate - Answer✔d) glutamate
A researcher conducts a study to compare three different strategies for increasing students'
understanding of statistics. After administering each strategy to a different group of students,
she realizes that students with the highest level of math aptitude were accidentally assigned to
Strategy #1. Consequently, to compare the statistics knowledge test scores obtained by
participants in the three groups, the researcher should use which of the following statistical
techniques?
a) analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)
b) randomized block ANOVA
c) multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA)
split-plot ANOVA - Answer✔a) analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)
Regarding self-assessments that are utilized to promote organizational development, what is
key when implementing the findings?
a) stakeholders of the organization are included in the discovery process
b) lower level management of the organization is included in the discovery process
c) only the CEO and executive officers should be included in the discovery process
d) only management should be included in the discovery process - Answer✔a) stakeholders of
the organization are included in the discovery process
Scores on a predictor that will be used to estimate job performance rating range from 0 to 200.
If the predictor's cutoff score is raised from 130 to 150, this will have which of the following
effects?
a) increase the number of true positives
b) increase the number of true positives and true negatives
c) decrease the number of false positives
d) decrease the number of false positives and false negatives - Answer✔c) decrease the number
of false positives
You are asked by the court to evaluate a 70-year old woman to help determine her
competence. She is apparently disoriented and confused and has substantial memory loss. You
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have recently taken a weekend workshop on the use of a new computerized assessment
technique for people with symptoms like those exhibited by this woman, and you feel this
method of assessment would be especially valid in this situation. Further, you had taken the
workshop specifically because you want to expand your practice by being qualified to conduct
competency-related evaluations for the court. Your best course of action would be to:
a) use the program to assess the woman
b) use the program to assess the woman but, when testifying in court, discuss the potential
limitations of your conclusions
c) use the program to assess the woman but confirm your conclusions before testifying by
consulting with the developer of the assessment technique
d) - Answer✔d) refer the woman to someone who is more familiar with this type of evaluation
The assessment of patients with Alzheimer's disease is an ongoing process due to the
degenerative nature of the disease and the consequent need to alter the nature of the
treatment plan. During the 4th or 5th years of the disorder, an assessment is most likely to find
which of the following?
a) deficits in new learning with remote memory mildly to moderately impaired; anomia;
sadness
b) severe impairments in recent and remote memory; fluent aphasia; indifference or irritability;
restlessness
c) severe impairments in memory and executive functioning; motor rigidity; confusion and
delusions
d) severely disturbed intellectual functioning; limb rigidity and flexion posture; apathy; seizures
- Answer✔b) severe impairments in recent and remote memory; fluent aphasia; indifference or
irritability; restlessness
A transactional leader is LEAST likely to agree with which of the following statements:
a) employee behavior is goal directed and employees will act rationally to achieve their goals
b) contingent rewards are effective for motivating good performance
c) the best idea for a boss is to adopt a laissez-faire leadership style
d) each employee will function best if he/she is viewed as an individual and is given personal
attention - Answer✔d) each employee will function best if he/she is viewed as an individual and
is given personal attention
A researcher wants to investigate the effects of a brief treatment for a group of 10 therapy
clients before and after the treatment is applied. She will measure symptom severity three
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EPPP Practice Questions And Answers |Latest
2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
As defined in the DSM-5, the essential feature of Delirium is:
a) impaired ability to transfer information from short- to long-term memory
b) a disturbance in attention and awareness
c) a disturbance in psychomotor behavior
d) disorientation - Answer✔b) a disturbance in attention and awareness
The concept of triangulation is central to general systems theory and can be found in the work
of Bowen, Minuchin, Satir, and others. Although these theorists differ somewhat in their
definition of triangulation, in general, it is said to be occurring when:
a) to reduce tension between them, a two-person system draws in a third party
b) to reduce tension between them, the members of a two-person system focus their attention
to a third party
c) to avoid dealing with the conflict between them, a two-person system forms an alliance
against a third person
d) to reduce conflict, two members of a three-person system assume a submissive role when
interacting with the third dominant member - Answer✔a) to reduce tension between them, a
two-person system draws in a third party
A researcher investigating implicit memory will most likely use which of the following tasks?
a) free recall
b) paired-associate
c) word-stem completion
d) verbal recognition - Answer✔c) word-stem completionW
Which of the following neurotransmitters has been implicated in both long-term potentiation
and the "excitotoxicity" that is believed to underlie several neurodegenerative disorder?
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a) serotonin
b) acetylcholine
c) norepinephrine
d) glutamate - Answer✔d) glutamate
A researcher conducts a study to compare three different strategies for increasing students'
understanding of statistics. After administering each strategy to a different group of students,
she realizes that students with the highest level of math aptitude were accidentally assigned to
Strategy #1. Consequently, to compare the statistics knowledge test scores obtained by
participants in the three groups, the researcher should use which of the following statistical
techniques?
a) analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)
b) randomized block ANOVA
c) multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA)
split-plot ANOVA - Answer✔a) analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)
Regarding self-assessments that are utilized to promote organizational development, what is
key when implementing the findings?
a) stakeholders of the organization are included in the discovery process
b) lower level management of the organization is included in the discovery process
c) only the CEO and executive officers should be included in the discovery process
d) only management should be included in the discovery process - Answer✔a) stakeholders of
the organization are included in the discovery process
Scores on a predictor that will be used to estimate job performance rating range from 0 to 200.
If the predictor's cutoff score is raised from 130 to 150, this will have which of the following
effects?
a) increase the number of true positives
b) increase the number of true positives and true negatives
c) decrease the number of false positives
d) decrease the number of false positives and false negatives - Answer✔c) decrease the number
of false positives
You are asked by the court to evaluate a 70-year old woman to help determine her
competence. She is apparently disoriented and confused and has substantial memory loss. You
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have recently taken a weekend workshop on the use of a new computerized assessment
technique for people with symptoms like those exhibited by this woman, and you feel this
method of assessment would be especially valid in this situation. Further, you had taken the
workshop specifically because you want to expand your practice by being qualified to conduct
competency-related evaluations for the court. Your best course of action would be to:
a) use the program to assess the woman
b) use the program to assess the woman but, when testifying in court, discuss the potential
limitations of your conclusions
c) use the program to assess the woman but confirm your conclusions before testifying by
consulting with the developer of the assessment technique
d) - Answer✔d) refer the woman to someone who is more familiar with this type of evaluation
The assessment of patients with Alzheimer's disease is an ongoing process due to the
degenerative nature of the disease and the consequent need to alter the nature of the
treatment plan. During the 4th or 5th years of the disorder, an assessment is most likely to find
which of the following?
a) deficits in new learning with remote memory mildly to moderately impaired; anomia;
sadness
b) severe impairments in recent and remote memory; fluent aphasia; indifference or irritability;
restlessness
c) severe impairments in memory and executive functioning; motor rigidity; confusion and
delusions
d) severely disturbed intellectual functioning; limb rigidity and flexion posture; apathy; seizures
- Answer✔b) severe impairments in recent and remote memory; fluent aphasia; indifference or
irritability; restlessness
A transactional leader is LEAST likely to agree with which of the following statements:
a) employee behavior is goal directed and employees will act rationally to achieve their goals
b) contingent rewards are effective for motivating good performance
c) the best idea for a boss is to adopt a laissez-faire leadership style
d) each employee will function best if he/she is viewed as an individual and is given personal
attention - Answer✔d) each employee will function best if he/she is viewed as an individual and
is given personal attention
A researcher wants to investigate the effects of a brief treatment for a group of 10 therapy
clients before and after the treatment is applied. She will measure symptom severity three
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