Mental Health Technician Practice
Exam
For a client with a sleep disorder, which CAM therapy could be used
safely without interference with any allopathic methods of treatment?
Select one:
a. Progressive relaxation
b. Dietary supplements
c. Herbal supplements
d. Aromatherapy - ✔ ✔ Progressive relaxation
Which signs and/or symptoms should alert the caregiver to a child who
is suffering from neglect?
Select one:
a. Bruises and welts at various stages of healing
b. Consistently dirty, hungry, and inappropriately dressed
c. Child has torn, stained, or bloody underclothing
d. Any fracture in a child younger than 2 years of age or fractures at
various stages of healing in a child of any age - ✔ ✔ Consistently
dirty, hungry, and inappropriately dressed
The client is a 38-year-old woman with a diagnosis of narcissistic
personality disorder. Behaviors associated with this diagnosis are:
,Select one:
a. Avoidant
b. Odd or eccentric
c. Attention seeking
d. Reflective of lack of trust in others - ✔ ✔ Attention seeking
Whenever there is a history of unexplained lethargy, fussiness, or
irritability in an infant, caregivers should suspect ____ syndrome.
Select one:
a. Shaken baby
b. Drugged baby
c. Depressed infant
d. Feeding disorder - ✔ ✔ Shaken baby
The nurse performs a functional assessment of a client upon admission
to a home health service. The purpose of this assessment is to
determine the client's:
Select one:
a. Level of consciousness
b. Ability to perform activities of daily living
c. Degree of reasoning, judgment, and thought processes
d. Level of functioning memory - ✔ ✔ Ability to perform activities of
daily living
,In the early twentieth century, a frontal lobotomy was a common
treatment for violent behaviors. Which description of this procedure is
accurate?
Select one:
a. A procedure that delivers an electrical stimulus to the frontal lobes of
the brain
b. A surgical procedure that drills holes in the front of the skull to drain
fluid
c. A surgical procedure that severs the frontal lobes of the brain from
the thalamus
d. A surgical procedure that inserts implants into the frontal lobes of
the brain - ✔ ✔ A surgical procedure that severs the frontal lobes of
the brain from the thalamus
The nurse is caring for an adult male client who lacks a strong sense of
personal identity. With which area of development will this client most
likely struggle the most?
Select one:
a. Social
b. Intellectual
c. Emotional
d. Vocational - ✔ ✔ Social
, Carl Jung was the founder of analytical psychotherapy; he differed from
Freud in that he believed that the mind was divided into three levels:
the conscious ego, the personal unconscious, and the:
Select one:
a. Extroverted personality
b. Introverted personality
c. Psyche
d. Collective unconscious - ✔ ✔ Collective unconscious
A police officer complains of feeling tired and not able to sleep for an
extended period of time after being assigned to work the night shift. He
is most likely suffering from:
Select one:
a. Circadian rhythm sleep disorder
b. Primary hypersomnia
c. Narcolepsy
d. Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome - ✔ ✔ Circadian rhythm sleep
disorder
The caregiver is encouraging a mother to participate in bathing her
daughter, who is in traction for a fractured femur. The caregiver is
recognizing the family's:
Select one:
a. Physical need to work
Exam
For a client with a sleep disorder, which CAM therapy could be used
safely without interference with any allopathic methods of treatment?
Select one:
a. Progressive relaxation
b. Dietary supplements
c. Herbal supplements
d. Aromatherapy - ✔ ✔ Progressive relaxation
Which signs and/or symptoms should alert the caregiver to a child who
is suffering from neglect?
Select one:
a. Bruises and welts at various stages of healing
b. Consistently dirty, hungry, and inappropriately dressed
c. Child has torn, stained, or bloody underclothing
d. Any fracture in a child younger than 2 years of age or fractures at
various stages of healing in a child of any age - ✔ ✔ Consistently
dirty, hungry, and inappropriately dressed
The client is a 38-year-old woman with a diagnosis of narcissistic
personality disorder. Behaviors associated with this diagnosis are:
,Select one:
a. Avoidant
b. Odd or eccentric
c. Attention seeking
d. Reflective of lack of trust in others - ✔ ✔ Attention seeking
Whenever there is a history of unexplained lethargy, fussiness, or
irritability in an infant, caregivers should suspect ____ syndrome.
Select one:
a. Shaken baby
b. Drugged baby
c. Depressed infant
d. Feeding disorder - ✔ ✔ Shaken baby
The nurse performs a functional assessment of a client upon admission
to a home health service. The purpose of this assessment is to
determine the client's:
Select one:
a. Level of consciousness
b. Ability to perform activities of daily living
c. Degree of reasoning, judgment, and thought processes
d. Level of functioning memory - ✔ ✔ Ability to perform activities of
daily living
,In the early twentieth century, a frontal lobotomy was a common
treatment for violent behaviors. Which description of this procedure is
accurate?
Select one:
a. A procedure that delivers an electrical stimulus to the frontal lobes of
the brain
b. A surgical procedure that drills holes in the front of the skull to drain
fluid
c. A surgical procedure that severs the frontal lobes of the brain from
the thalamus
d. A surgical procedure that inserts implants into the frontal lobes of
the brain - ✔ ✔ A surgical procedure that severs the frontal lobes of
the brain from the thalamus
The nurse is caring for an adult male client who lacks a strong sense of
personal identity. With which area of development will this client most
likely struggle the most?
Select one:
a. Social
b. Intellectual
c. Emotional
d. Vocational - ✔ ✔ Social
, Carl Jung was the founder of analytical psychotherapy; he differed from
Freud in that he believed that the mind was divided into three levels:
the conscious ego, the personal unconscious, and the:
Select one:
a. Extroverted personality
b. Introverted personality
c. Psyche
d. Collective unconscious - ✔ ✔ Collective unconscious
A police officer complains of feeling tired and not able to sleep for an
extended period of time after being assigned to work the night shift. He
is most likely suffering from:
Select one:
a. Circadian rhythm sleep disorder
b. Primary hypersomnia
c. Narcolepsy
d. Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome - ✔ ✔ Circadian rhythm sleep
disorder
The caregiver is encouraging a mother to participate in bathing her
daughter, who is in traction for a fractured femur. The caregiver is
recognizing the family's:
Select one:
a. Physical need to work
