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NUR 175 EXAM 3 MOST TESTED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ WITH RATIONALES
1. Antisocial Personality Disorder is BEST characterized by which feature?
A. Excessive fear of abandonment
B. Emotional instability
C. Lack of conscience and remorse for wrongdoing
D. Social withdrawal
✅Correct Answer: C. Lack of conscience and remorse for wrongdoing
Rationale: Antisocial personality disorder is marked by disregard for others’ rights, lack of guilt,
manipulation, and potentially aggressive or deceitful behavior.
2. The MOST appropriate nursing approach for patients with personality disorders is to:
A. Be emotionally expressive
B. Confront aggressively
C. Maintain a calm, matter-of-fact, empathetic approach
D. Avoid setting limits
✅Correct Answer: C. Maintain a calm, matter-of-fact, empathetic approach
Rationale: Consistency, empathy, and emotional neutrality reduce manipulation and escalation.
3. The TOP nursing priority when caring for patients with personality disorders is:
A. Improving insight
B. Building trust
C. Ensuring safety of patient and others
D. Promoting independence
✅Correct Answer: C. Ensuring safety of patient and others
Rationale: Manipulative or impulsive behaviors increase risk for harm.
4. Manipulation is BEST defined as:
A. Passive aggression
B. Assertiveness
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C. Using harmful influence to get what one wants
D. Social persuasion
✅Correct Answer: C. Using harmful influence to get what one wants
Rationale: Manipulation involves exploiting others to meet personal needs.
5. Excessive praise used to gain favor is known as:
A. Projection
B. Flattery
C. Denial
D. Rationalization
✅Correct Answer: B. Flattery
Rationale: Flattery is commonly used as a manipulative strategy.
6. Causing interpersonal conflict refers to:
A. Emotional withdrawal
B. Creating tension between people intentionally
C. Avoidance behavior
D. Assertive communication
✅Correct Answer: B. Creating tension between people intentionally
Rationale: Often seen in manipulation and staff splitting.
7. “No conscience” indicates:
A. Anxiety
B. Depression
C. Absence of guilt or remorse
D. Poor coping
✅Correct Answer: C. Absence of guilt or remorse
Rationale: Hallmark of antisocial personality disorder.
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8. Borderline Personality Disorder is BEST described as:
A. Chronic apathy
B. Instability in mood, identity, and impulse control
C. Persistent delusions
D. Social detachment
✅Correct Answer: B. Instability in mood, identity, and impulse control
Rationale: BPD features emotional lability, impulsivity, and unstable relationships.
9. Splitting behavior involves:
A. Memory loss
B. Idealizing then devaluing staff members
C. Social isolation
D. Hallucinations
✅Correct Answer: B. Idealizing then devaluing staff members
Rationale: Splitting creates conflict among staff and must be managed with consistency.
10. A labile mood is characterized by:
A. Flat affect
B. Persistent sadness
C. Rapid and unpredictable emotional shifts
D. Emotional suppression
✅Correct Answer: C. Rapid and unpredictable emotional shifts
Rationale: Common in mood and personality disorders.
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD)
11. The PRIMARY goal of OCD treatment is to:
A. Eliminate rituals
B. Cure the disorder
C. Help patients manage symptoms
D. Avoid anxiety
NUR 175 EXAM 3 MOST TESTED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ WITH RATIONALES
1. Antisocial Personality Disorder is BEST characterized by which feature?
A. Excessive fear of abandonment
B. Emotional instability
C. Lack of conscience and remorse for wrongdoing
D. Social withdrawal
✅Correct Answer: C. Lack of conscience and remorse for wrongdoing
Rationale: Antisocial personality disorder is marked by disregard for others’ rights, lack of guilt,
manipulation, and potentially aggressive or deceitful behavior.
2. The MOST appropriate nursing approach for patients with personality disorders is to:
A. Be emotionally expressive
B. Confront aggressively
C. Maintain a calm, matter-of-fact, empathetic approach
D. Avoid setting limits
✅Correct Answer: C. Maintain a calm, matter-of-fact, empathetic approach
Rationale: Consistency, empathy, and emotional neutrality reduce manipulation and escalation.
3. The TOP nursing priority when caring for patients with personality disorders is:
A. Improving insight
B. Building trust
C. Ensuring safety of patient and others
D. Promoting independence
✅Correct Answer: C. Ensuring safety of patient and others
Rationale: Manipulative or impulsive behaviors increase risk for harm.
4. Manipulation is BEST defined as:
A. Passive aggression
B. Assertiveness
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C. Using harmful influence to get what one wants
D. Social persuasion
✅Correct Answer: C. Using harmful influence to get what one wants
Rationale: Manipulation involves exploiting others to meet personal needs.
5. Excessive praise used to gain favor is known as:
A. Projection
B. Flattery
C. Denial
D. Rationalization
✅Correct Answer: B. Flattery
Rationale: Flattery is commonly used as a manipulative strategy.
6. Causing interpersonal conflict refers to:
A. Emotional withdrawal
B. Creating tension between people intentionally
C. Avoidance behavior
D. Assertive communication
✅Correct Answer: B. Creating tension between people intentionally
Rationale: Often seen in manipulation and staff splitting.
7. “No conscience” indicates:
A. Anxiety
B. Depression
C. Absence of guilt or remorse
D. Poor coping
✅Correct Answer: C. Absence of guilt or remorse
Rationale: Hallmark of antisocial personality disorder.
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8. Borderline Personality Disorder is BEST described as:
A. Chronic apathy
B. Instability in mood, identity, and impulse control
C. Persistent delusions
D. Social detachment
✅Correct Answer: B. Instability in mood, identity, and impulse control
Rationale: BPD features emotional lability, impulsivity, and unstable relationships.
9. Splitting behavior involves:
A. Memory loss
B. Idealizing then devaluing staff members
C. Social isolation
D. Hallucinations
✅Correct Answer: B. Idealizing then devaluing staff members
Rationale: Splitting creates conflict among staff and must be managed with consistency.
10. A labile mood is characterized by:
A. Flat affect
B. Persistent sadness
C. Rapid and unpredictable emotional shifts
D. Emotional suppression
✅Correct Answer: C. Rapid and unpredictable emotional shifts
Rationale: Common in mood and personality disorders.
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD)
11. The PRIMARY goal of OCD treatment is to:
A. Eliminate rituals
B. Cure the disorder
C. Help patients manage symptoms
D. Avoid anxiety
