ATI Adult Medical Surgical Nursing Exam
Question & Answers 2025
50.1 which of the following is NOT a negative psychotic
symptom?
a. flat affect
b. apathy
c. disorganized thinking
d. avolition
e. poverty of thought - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c.
disorganized thinking
50.2 predictors of poor prognosis in schizophrenia with
childhood onset include all of the following except
a. onset before 10 y.o.
b. premorbid diagnoses of ADHD and learning d/o
c. lack of family support
d. delayed motor milestones and delayed language
acquisition
e. misdiagnosed schizophrenia in a child w/ bipolar 1 d/o -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔e. misdiagnosed
schizophrenia in a child w/ bipolar 1 d/o
50.3 which of the following is helpful in distinguishing
COS from autistic d/o?
a. intelligence
, ATI Adult Medical Surgical Nursing Exam
Question & Answers 2025
b. family hx of schizophrenia
c. age of onset of symptoms
d. presence of formal thought d/o
e. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔e. all of
the above
50.4 all of the following statements regarding
hallucinations in prepubertal children are true except?
a. auditory and visual hallucinations occur commonly in
childhood-onset schizophrenia
b. childhood-onset schizophrenia cannot be dx in the
absence of hallucinations
c. visual hallucinations are not common in childhood
schizophrenia
d. auditory hallucinations may occur in children exposed
to extreme stress
e. auditory hallucinations occur in childhood mood d/o -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. childhood-onset
schizophrenia cannot be dx in the absence of
hallucinations
50.5 pts w/ which illness are most likely to have
chromosomal abnormalities or mutations involving genes
in neurodevelopmental pathways?
Question & Answers 2025
50.1 which of the following is NOT a negative psychotic
symptom?
a. flat affect
b. apathy
c. disorganized thinking
d. avolition
e. poverty of thought - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c.
disorganized thinking
50.2 predictors of poor prognosis in schizophrenia with
childhood onset include all of the following except
a. onset before 10 y.o.
b. premorbid diagnoses of ADHD and learning d/o
c. lack of family support
d. delayed motor milestones and delayed language
acquisition
e. misdiagnosed schizophrenia in a child w/ bipolar 1 d/o -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔e. misdiagnosed
schizophrenia in a child w/ bipolar 1 d/o
50.3 which of the following is helpful in distinguishing
COS from autistic d/o?
a. intelligence
, ATI Adult Medical Surgical Nursing Exam
Question & Answers 2025
b. family hx of schizophrenia
c. age of onset of symptoms
d. presence of formal thought d/o
e. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔e. all of
the above
50.4 all of the following statements regarding
hallucinations in prepubertal children are true except?
a. auditory and visual hallucinations occur commonly in
childhood-onset schizophrenia
b. childhood-onset schizophrenia cannot be dx in the
absence of hallucinations
c. visual hallucinations are not common in childhood
schizophrenia
d. auditory hallucinations may occur in children exposed
to extreme stress
e. auditory hallucinations occur in childhood mood d/o -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. childhood-onset
schizophrenia cannot be dx in the absence of
hallucinations
50.5 pts w/ which illness are most likely to have
chromosomal abnormalities or mutations involving genes
in neurodevelopmental pathways?
