COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Answer: A disorder characterized
by maladaptive inattention, hyperactivity, or impulsiveness which results
in pervasive and clinically significant impairment. Some symptoms
should have presented before seven years of age, although it may be
diagnosed in adulthood.
⩥ Auditory Discrimination. Answer: Ability to hear similarities and
differences between sounds.
⩥ Auditory Memory. Answer: Ability to retain and recall that which is
heard.
⩥ Auditory-motor Match. Answer: The process whereby awareness of
sound results in a movement or response.
⩥ Autistic. Answer: an individual with autistic disorder, beginning in
infancy, which is characterized by self-absorption, preoccupation with
inanimate objects, and/or dysfunctional, destructive, or ritualistic
behaviors. Autism is a type of pervasive developmental disorder.
,⩥ Behavioral Disorder. Answer: A problem in social behavior which is
sufficiently extreme as to interfere with the learning process.
⩥ Cerebral Palsy. Answer: A series of disorders characterized by
problems in movement, posture, and loss of voluntary muscle control,
which are caused by brain injury early in life.
⩥ Communication Disorder. Answer: A disability which is characterized
by the inability to transfer thought through speech, written word or
bodily gestures.
⩥ Conduct Disorder. Answer: A persistent pattern of behavior
characterized by the breaking of social norms, including serious
violations, aggression, destruction or deceitfulness.
⩥ Dementia. Answer: A set of symptoms characterized by deterioration
in cognitive functioning, particularly memory, abstract thinking,
judgment, and problem solving.
⩥ Developmental Disability. Answer: A disorder originating before the
age of 18 which constitutes a substantial handicap and continues
indefinitely. The disabilities include mental retardation, autism, epilepsy,
cerebral palsy and severe learning disabilities if the origins are related to
mental retardation.
, ⩥ Disruptive Behavior Disorder. Answer: A type of conduct disorder
characterized by oppositional and defiant behavior which does not meet
criteria for other conduct disorders.
⩥ Down's Syndrome. Answer: A congenital abnormality of the trisomy
21 gene (an extra chromosome), resulting in mental retardation and
physical abnormalities.
⩥ Fine Motor Dexterity (coordination). Answer: The use of small
muscles for reaching, grasping and manipulating objects.
⩥ Forensic Psychiatry. Answer: The branch of psychiatry devoted to
legal problems and infractions of law, primarily criminal.
⩥ Gerontology. Answer: The study of aging, characteristic behaviors of
older adults, and disorders associated with the late life.
⩥ Guided Imagery and Music (GIM). Answer: A technique which
involves listening to music in a relaxed state, to elicit imagery, symbols
and/or feelings for the purpose of creativity, therapeutic intervention,
self understanding and spiritual experience.
⩥ Hearing Impairment. Answer: A global term for any degree or type of
hearing loss, including deafness and hard of hearing.