MTBC EXAM TERMS (HANSER'S HANDBOOK) QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Alzheimer's disease (dementia of the Alzheimer's type) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅progressive,
degenerative disease with insidious(gradual) onset, characterized by multiple cognitive deficits and
significant decline in functioning
Attention Deficit Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅characterized by maladaptive inattention,
hyperactivity, or impulsiveness which results in pervasive and clinically significant impairment.
Some symptoms should present before 7 y.o although it may be diagnosed in adulthood
auditory discrimination - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ability to hear similarities and differences
between sounds
auditory memory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ability to retain and recall that which is heard
auditory-motor match - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the process whereby awareness of sound results in
a movement or response
Autistic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅an individual with autistic disorder
begins in infancy most often, though may be diagnosed later in life
characterized by self-absorption, preoccupation with inanimate objects, and/or dysfunctional,
destructive or ritualistic behaviors
TYPE OF PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER
Behavioral disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅problems in social behaviors which is sufficiently
extreme as to interfere with learning process
Cerebral palsy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅series of disorders characterized by problems in
movement, posture, and loss of voluntary muscle control. cause by brain injury early in life
, Communication disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅disability characterized by inability to transfer
thought to speech, written word, or bodily gestures.
Conduct disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅persistent pattern of behavior characterized by the
breaking of social norms, including serious violations, aggression, destruction, or deceitfulness
Dementia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅set of symptoms characterized by deterioration in cognitive
functioning, particularly memory, abstract thinking, judgement, and problem solving
Developmental disability - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅disorder originating BEFORE 18
constitutes a substantial handicap and continues indefinitely
includes: intellectual disability (mental retardation), autism, epilepsy, CP, and severe learning disabilities
if the origins are related to mental retardation
disruptive behavior disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a type of conduct disorder
characterized by oppositional and defiant behavior which does not meet criteria for other conduct
disorders
Down's Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅congenital abnormality of trisomy 21 gene (extra
chromosome) results in intellectual disability and physical abnormalities.
Fine motor dexterity (coordination) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅use of small muscles for reaching,
grasping, and manipulating objects
forensic psychiatry - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅branch of psychiatry devoted to legal problems and
infractions of law, primarily criminal
Gerontology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅study of aging, characteristic behaviors of older adults, and
disorders associated with late life
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Alzheimer's disease (dementia of the Alzheimer's type) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅progressive,
degenerative disease with insidious(gradual) onset, characterized by multiple cognitive deficits and
significant decline in functioning
Attention Deficit Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅characterized by maladaptive inattention,
hyperactivity, or impulsiveness which results in pervasive and clinically significant impairment.
Some symptoms should present before 7 y.o although it may be diagnosed in adulthood
auditory discrimination - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ability to hear similarities and differences
between sounds
auditory memory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ability to retain and recall that which is heard
auditory-motor match - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the process whereby awareness of sound results in
a movement or response
Autistic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅an individual with autistic disorder
begins in infancy most often, though may be diagnosed later in life
characterized by self-absorption, preoccupation with inanimate objects, and/or dysfunctional,
destructive or ritualistic behaviors
TYPE OF PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER
Behavioral disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅problems in social behaviors which is sufficiently
extreme as to interfere with learning process
Cerebral palsy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅series of disorders characterized by problems in
movement, posture, and loss of voluntary muscle control. cause by brain injury early in life
, Communication disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅disability characterized by inability to transfer
thought to speech, written word, or bodily gestures.
Conduct disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅persistent pattern of behavior characterized by the
breaking of social norms, including serious violations, aggression, destruction, or deceitfulness
Dementia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅set of symptoms characterized by deterioration in cognitive
functioning, particularly memory, abstract thinking, judgement, and problem solving
Developmental disability - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅disorder originating BEFORE 18
constitutes a substantial handicap and continues indefinitely
includes: intellectual disability (mental retardation), autism, epilepsy, CP, and severe learning disabilities
if the origins are related to mental retardation
disruptive behavior disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a type of conduct disorder
characterized by oppositional and defiant behavior which does not meet criteria for other conduct
disorders
Down's Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅congenital abnormality of trisomy 21 gene (extra
chromosome) results in intellectual disability and physical abnormalities.
Fine motor dexterity (coordination) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅use of small muscles for reaching,
grasping, and manipulating objects
forensic psychiatry - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅branch of psychiatry devoted to legal problems and
infractions of law, primarily criminal
Gerontology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅study of aging, characteristic behaviors of older adults, and
disorders associated with late life
