mental health technician practice
exams questions and correct
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d - correct answer ✔✔The medication donepezil (Aricept) frequently is used to treat the early-
stage symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. When administering this particular medication, the
nurse should be especially alert to assess the client for:
a. Weight changes
b. Tremors
c. Increased sweating
d. Alterations in blood pressure
c - correct answer ✔✔The mother of a 20-year-old man diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia
is upset by the fact that her child tried to attack her during her daily visit. What is the most
appropriate support the nurse can give her after this incident?
a. "Your child is working through relationship issues with you and does not know how to express
them."
b. "You should stop coming for a while, as your visits upset your child."
c. "Your child's illness is due to a loss of contact with reality, and not directed to you as his
mother."
d. "You must make him realize that his behavior toward you is inappropriate."
b - correct answer ✔✔Suicide is attempted three times more frequently by ____ but is more
often successfully completed by ____.
a. Adult men, women
b. Adult women, men
,c. Adult fathers, mothers
d. Adolescent mothers, fathers
a - correct answer ✔✔Color therapy has been found to be especially effective in the treatment
of:
a. Seasonal affective disorder
b. Bipolar disorder
c. Drug addiction
d. Generalized anxiety disorder
b - correct answer ✔✔During the mental status assessment, the nurse hands the client a piece
of paper that reads "Please raise your left hand." If the client follows the command, the nurse
has just assessed which ability of the client?
a. Abstract thinking
b. Reading
c. General knowledge
d. Memory
b - correct answer ✔✔During the preparation phase of a therapeutic relationship with a client,
what is the main task to be completed by the nurse?
a. To establish with the client the purpose of the relationship
b. To gather and review all possible information regarding the client
c. To build trust with the client
d. To obtain agreement from the client to work in conjunction with the nurse
c - correct answer ✔✔Without assessment of six specific aspects of an individual's being, the
mental health nurse's scope of care is narrow and limited in effectiveness. These aspects include
,social, physical, cultural, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual areas of a person's life, known as
a(n) __________ assessment.
a. Complete
b. Accurate
c. Holistic
d. Psychiatric
d - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following persons is most likely a candidate for primary
hypersomnia?
a. A 50-year-old who has wakeful periods during the night and naps during the day following the
death of her husband
b. A 6-year-old who wakes up in the middle of the night after having a nightmare and is tired the
next day
c. An obese 40-year-old who has snoring and periods of apnea at night and is tired the next day
d. An 18-year-old college student whose mother complains he sleeps all night and still naps
during the day
c - correct answer ✔✔In the early twentieth century, a frontal lobotomy was a common
treatment for violent behaviors. Which description of this procedure is accurate?
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 - correct answer ✔✔According to Freud's theory, a baby who is crying in response to wanting
to be held by his mother is an example of which part of the personality's control over behavior?
a. Id
b. Ego
, c. Superego
d. Self-control
b - correct answer ✔✔An older Asian female with a diagnosis of depression is cared for by her
granddaughter. Her granddaughter is very attentive to the client's needs, attends every therapy
session, and is active in the planning and implementing of the treatment plan. The
granddaughter's valuing of her grandmother is most likely due to her:
a. Ethnicity
b. Cultural beliefs
c. Religion
d. Stereotype
d - correct answer ✔✔In the __________ culture, mental and emotional disorders are
expressed as somatoform complaints on the basis of the belief that the body is the property of
the ancestors.
a. Japanese
b. Hispanic
c. Southeast Asian
d. Korean
a - correct answer ✔✔Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are most health care
providers' drug of choice for the treatment of depression because:
a. Side effects are more manageable than with most antidepressants.
b. They are the only class safe for long-term therapy.
c. This is the oldest class of antidepressants.
d. They are fast-acting medications.
b - correct answer ✔✔Which client is suffering from a major depressive episode?
exams questions and correct
solutions
d - correct answer ✔✔The medication donepezil (Aricept) frequently is used to treat the early-
stage symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. When administering this particular medication, the
nurse should be especially alert to assess the client for:
a. Weight changes
b. Tremors
c. Increased sweating
d. Alterations in blood pressure
c - correct answer ✔✔The mother of a 20-year-old man diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia
is upset by the fact that her child tried to attack her during her daily visit. What is the most
appropriate support the nurse can give her after this incident?
a. "Your child is working through relationship issues with you and does not know how to express
them."
b. "You should stop coming for a while, as your visits upset your child."
c. "Your child's illness is due to a loss of contact with reality, and not directed to you as his
mother."
d. "You must make him realize that his behavior toward you is inappropriate."
b - correct answer ✔✔Suicide is attempted three times more frequently by ____ but is more
often successfully completed by ____.
a. Adult men, women
b. Adult women, men
,c. Adult fathers, mothers
d. Adolescent mothers, fathers
a - correct answer ✔✔Color therapy has been found to be especially effective in the treatment
of:
a. Seasonal affective disorder
b. Bipolar disorder
c. Drug addiction
d. Generalized anxiety disorder
b - correct answer ✔✔During the mental status assessment, the nurse hands the client a piece
of paper that reads "Please raise your left hand." If the client follows the command, the nurse
has just assessed which ability of the client?
a. Abstract thinking
b. Reading
c. General knowledge
d. Memory
b - correct answer ✔✔During the preparation phase of a therapeutic relationship with a client,
what is the main task to be completed by the nurse?
a. To establish with the client the purpose of the relationship
b. To gather and review all possible information regarding the client
c. To build trust with the client
d. To obtain agreement from the client to work in conjunction with the nurse
c - correct answer ✔✔Without assessment of six specific aspects of an individual's being, the
mental health nurse's scope of care is narrow and limited in effectiveness. These aspects include
,social, physical, cultural, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual areas of a person's life, known as
a(n) __________ assessment.
a. Complete
b. Accurate
c. Holistic
d. Psychiatric
d - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following persons is most likely a candidate for primary
hypersomnia?
a. A 50-year-old who has wakeful periods during the night and naps during the day following the
death of her husband
b. A 6-year-old who wakes up in the middle of the night after having a nightmare and is tired the
next day
c. An obese 40-year-old who has snoring and periods of apnea at night and is tired the next day
d. An 18-year-old college student whose mother complains he sleeps all night and still naps
during the day
c - correct answer ✔✔In the early twentieth century, a frontal lobotomy was a common
treatment for violent behaviors. Which description of this procedure is accurate?
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 - correct answer ✔✔According to Freud's theory, a baby who is crying in response to wanting
to be held by his mother is an example of which part of the personality's control over behavior?
a. Id
b. Ego
, c. Superego
d. Self-control
b - correct answer ✔✔An older Asian female with a diagnosis of depression is cared for by her
granddaughter. Her granddaughter is very attentive to the client's needs, attends every therapy
session, and is active in the planning and implementing of the treatment plan. The
granddaughter's valuing of her grandmother is most likely due to her:
a. Ethnicity
b. Cultural beliefs
c. Religion
d. Stereotype
d - correct answer ✔✔In the __________ culture, mental and emotional disorders are
expressed as somatoform complaints on the basis of the belief that the body is the property of
the ancestors.
a. Japanese
b. Hispanic
c. Southeast Asian
d. Korean
a - correct answer ✔✔Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are most health care
providers' drug of choice for the treatment of depression because:
a. Side effects are more manageable than with most antidepressants.
b. They are the only class safe for long-term therapy.
c. This is the oldest class of antidepressants.
d. They are fast-acting medications.
b - correct answer ✔✔Which client is suffering from a major depressive episode?
