CMHT CORRECT EXAMS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔c - ✔✔The use of inappropriate, harmful, or destructive behaviors to express current
or past emotions is defined as:
Select one:
a. Anger
b. Assault
c. Acting out
d. Aggression
✔✔b - ✔✔The nurse encounters a client crying in her room. Upon talking to the client, it
is discovered that she is upset because a new nursing assistant made her go out for a
walk with the group even though the client informed her that she waits for her daughter
to go for her walk. This is a potential violation of which ethical principle?Select one:
a. Beneficence
b. Autonomy
c. Confidentiality
d. Nonmaleficence
✔✔d - ✔✔Sleep disorders that are characterized by abnormal behavioral or physical
events during sleep are called:
Select one:
a. Insomnia
b. Dyssomnias
c. Hypersomnia
d. Parasomnias
✔✔c - ✔✔By law, what are health care providers required to do when they encounter
incidents of suspected or actual abuse or neglect?
Select one:
a. Inspect
b. Investigate
,c. Report to the authorities
d. Report to the client's family
✔✔d - ✔✔The 40-year-old woman who works at the same entry level job for many
years without seeking advancement and politely declines when friends ask her to try
new vacation spots or hobbies may be suffering from which personality disorder?
Select one:
a. Histrionic
b. Paranoid
c. Schizoid
d. Avoidant
✔✔a - ✔✔The need for mental health applies to:
Select one:
a. All persons
b. People with illnesses
c. All married persons
d. People with mental problems
✔✔b - ✔✔The client can acknowledge the possibility that she exaggerates her
symptoms, but she continues to hold on to the belief that something is physically wrong,
in the face of evidence to the contrary. What is the client's diagnosis most likely to be?
Select one:
a. Malingering
b. Hypochondriasis
c. A conversion reaction
d. Body dysmorphic disorder
✔✔a - ✔✔Because mental health care is not covered in Australia under the basic health
plan, which citizens are more likely to receive mental health care?
Select one:
a. Wealthy
b. Homeless
c. Disabled
d. Low-income
✔✔b - ✔✔A family adopts a 7-year-old boy from an international adoption agency with
little information on the child's history. They bring the child to a therapist because the
child is withdrawn, destroys things in the house, and hits his adoptive siblings without
provocation. As the therapist develops a trusting relationship with the child, what type of
intervention would be initially used to gain input from the child?
Select one:
a. Psychoeducation
b. Art therapy
c. Joint stabilization plan
d. Development of coping strategies
,✔✔a - ✔✔Schizophrenia affects approximately ____% of the world's population.
Select one:
a. 1
b. 5
c. 9
d. 13
✔✔not c - ✔✔The child in early adolescence experiences developmental issues with his
or her identity as evidenced by:
Select one:
a. Feeling stable with his or her self-esteem
b. Conforming to group norms
c. Being very self-centered
d. Being idealistic
✔✔c - ✔✔Most psychosomatic problems and somatoform disorders begin in:
Select one:
a. Puberty
b. Adulthood
c. Childhood
d. Adolescence
✔✔b - ✔✔Suicide is attempted three times more frequently by ____ but is more often
successfully completed by ____.
Select one:
a. Adult men, women
b. Adult women, men
c. Adult fathers, mothers
d. Adolescent mothers, fathers
✔✔c - ✔✔The client confides in the nurse that intercourse has been painful since she
became menopausal. What is the nurse's most therapeutic response?
Select one:
a. "Don't worry; it will pass."
b. "Are you still sexually active?"
c. "Perhaps we can discuss this with your doctor."
d. "I understand how difficult it is to discuss sex."
✔✔b - ✔✔A busy community mental health center treats a client who is in crisis. The
client is provided with instruction on relaxation exercises, but throws them away. Two
weeks later the staff is dismayed when the client returns with her condition worsened.
This lack of success after the previous visit is due to which of the following factors?
Select one:
a. Disorganization
b. Pseudoresolution
, c. Self-awareness
d. Lack of commitment
✔✔d - ✔✔Medications are used with extreme caution in clients with personality
disorders because of their questionable effectiveness. If a client is receiving an
antipsychotic medication, it is especially important for the nurse to monitor the client for
side effects of:
Select one:
a. Increased thirst and urination, nausea, and anorexia
b. Dry mouth, altered taste, sexual dysfunction, and dizziness
c. Bone marrow depression, gastrointestinal symptoms, and confusion
d. Extrapyramidal movements, dry mouth, blurred vision, and photophobia
✔✔c - ✔✔The main active ingredient in coffee, black teas, most cola drinks, and many
other bottled beverages that stimulates the nervous system, relieves fatigue, increases
alertness, and increases the body's metabolic rate is:
Select one:
a. Alcohol
b. Cocaine
c. Caffeine
d. Amphetamines
✔✔not b - ✔✔The group best able to accept their losses and grow from their
experiences is:
Select one:
a. Adults
b. Toddlers
c. Adolescents
d. School-age children
✔✔d - ✔✔The parents of a 13-year-old girl are concerned that their daughter has a
gender identity disorder. Which sign or symptom most indicates that their concern is
correct?
Select one:
a. Their daughter is playing sports typically considered boys' sports.
b. Their daughter has more male friends than female friends.
c. Their daughter does not like to change her clothes in front of anyone.
d. Their daughter frequently wears clothes designed for males.
✔✔a - ✔✔A prolonged emotional state that influences one's whole personality and life
functioning is called:
Select one:
a. Mood
b. Feeling
c. Attitude
d. Intellectual response
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔c - ✔✔The use of inappropriate, harmful, or destructive behaviors to express current
or past emotions is defined as:
Select one:
a. Anger
b. Assault
c. Acting out
d. Aggression
✔✔b - ✔✔The nurse encounters a client crying in her room. Upon talking to the client, it
is discovered that she is upset because a new nursing assistant made her go out for a
walk with the group even though the client informed her that she waits for her daughter
to go for her walk. This is a potential violation of which ethical principle?Select one:
a. Beneficence
b. Autonomy
c. Confidentiality
d. Nonmaleficence
✔✔d - ✔✔Sleep disorders that are characterized by abnormal behavioral or physical
events during sleep are called:
Select one:
a. Insomnia
b. Dyssomnias
c. Hypersomnia
d. Parasomnias
✔✔c - ✔✔By law, what are health care providers required to do when they encounter
incidents of suspected or actual abuse or neglect?
Select one:
a. Inspect
b. Investigate
,c. Report to the authorities
d. Report to the client's family
✔✔d - ✔✔The 40-year-old woman who works at the same entry level job for many
years without seeking advancement and politely declines when friends ask her to try
new vacation spots or hobbies may be suffering from which personality disorder?
Select one:
a. Histrionic
b. Paranoid
c. Schizoid
d. Avoidant
✔✔a - ✔✔The need for mental health applies to:
Select one:
a. All persons
b. People with illnesses
c. All married persons
d. People with mental problems
✔✔b - ✔✔The client can acknowledge the possibility that she exaggerates her
symptoms, but she continues to hold on to the belief that something is physically wrong,
in the face of evidence to the contrary. What is the client's diagnosis most likely to be?
Select one:
a. Malingering
b. Hypochondriasis
c. A conversion reaction
d. Body dysmorphic disorder
✔✔a - ✔✔Because mental health care is not covered in Australia under the basic health
plan, which citizens are more likely to receive mental health care?
Select one:
a. Wealthy
b. Homeless
c. Disabled
d. Low-income
✔✔b - ✔✔A family adopts a 7-year-old boy from an international adoption agency with
little information on the child's history. They bring the child to a therapist because the
child is withdrawn, destroys things in the house, and hits his adoptive siblings without
provocation. As the therapist develops a trusting relationship with the child, what type of
intervention would be initially used to gain input from the child?
Select one:
a. Psychoeducation
b. Art therapy
c. Joint stabilization plan
d. Development of coping strategies
,✔✔a - ✔✔Schizophrenia affects approximately ____% of the world's population.
Select one:
a. 1
b. 5
c. 9
d. 13
✔✔not c - ✔✔The child in early adolescence experiences developmental issues with his
or her identity as evidenced by:
Select one:
a. Feeling stable with his or her self-esteem
b. Conforming to group norms
c. Being very self-centered
d. Being idealistic
✔✔c - ✔✔Most psychosomatic problems and somatoform disorders begin in:
Select one:
a. Puberty
b. Adulthood
c. Childhood
d. Adolescence
✔✔b - ✔✔Suicide is attempted three times more frequently by ____ but is more often
successfully completed by ____.
Select one:
a. Adult men, women
b. Adult women, men
c. Adult fathers, mothers
d. Adolescent mothers, fathers
✔✔c - ✔✔The client confides in the nurse that intercourse has been painful since she
became menopausal. What is the nurse's most therapeutic response?
Select one:
a. "Don't worry; it will pass."
b. "Are you still sexually active?"
c. "Perhaps we can discuss this with your doctor."
d. "I understand how difficult it is to discuss sex."
✔✔b - ✔✔A busy community mental health center treats a client who is in crisis. The
client is provided with instruction on relaxation exercises, but throws them away. Two
weeks later the staff is dismayed when the client returns with her condition worsened.
This lack of success after the previous visit is due to which of the following factors?
Select one:
a. Disorganization
b. Pseudoresolution
, c. Self-awareness
d. Lack of commitment
✔✔d - ✔✔Medications are used with extreme caution in clients with personality
disorders because of their questionable effectiveness. If a client is receiving an
antipsychotic medication, it is especially important for the nurse to monitor the client for
side effects of:
Select one:
a. Increased thirst and urination, nausea, and anorexia
b. Dry mouth, altered taste, sexual dysfunction, and dizziness
c. Bone marrow depression, gastrointestinal symptoms, and confusion
d. Extrapyramidal movements, dry mouth, blurred vision, and photophobia
✔✔c - ✔✔The main active ingredient in coffee, black teas, most cola drinks, and many
other bottled beverages that stimulates the nervous system, relieves fatigue, increases
alertness, and increases the body's metabolic rate is:
Select one:
a. Alcohol
b. Cocaine
c. Caffeine
d. Amphetamines
✔✔not b - ✔✔The group best able to accept their losses and grow from their
experiences is:
Select one:
a. Adults
b. Toddlers
c. Adolescents
d. School-age children
✔✔d - ✔✔The parents of a 13-year-old girl are concerned that their daughter has a
gender identity disorder. Which sign or symptom most indicates that their concern is
correct?
Select one:
a. Their daughter is playing sports typically considered boys' sports.
b. Their daughter has more male friends than female friends.
c. Their daughter does not like to change her clothes in front of anyone.
d. Their daughter frequently wears clothes designed for males.
✔✔a - ✔✔A prolonged emotional state that influences one's whole personality and life
functioning is called:
Select one:
a. Mood
b. Feeling
c. Attitude
d. Intellectual response
