CPCU 552 CP&L FINAL EXAM SCRIPT 2026
FULL SOLUTION SET
◉ core fear in social anxiety disorder. Answer: erroneous association
between social interactions and negative consequences such as
being perceived as boring or stupid
◉ coping tactics by persons with anxiety disorders to temporarily
diminish feelings of threat and reduce one's anxiety level. can
emerge in response to situations, persons, activities or thoughts,
emotions, and memories that are a perceived threat. Answer: safety
behaviors
◉ the people or objects used by patients with anxiety disorders to
diminish distress in situations that elicit anxiety. considered
antitherapeutic. Answer: safety signals
◉ 2 clinical features in specific phobia. Answer: excessive and
unreasonable fear of a specific object or situation
exposure to the phobic stimulus causes intense anxiety
◉ how to taper a patient off alprazolam?. Answer: 0.25 mg/weekly
,◉ beta blocker used in the treatment of performance anxiety.
Answer: propranolol
◉ potential side effects of buspirone?. Answer: headache, dizziness,
lightheadedness, nervousness, excitement, fatigue, paresthesia,
numbness, GI upset, some movement disorders, precipitate
hypomania or mania (primarily in the elderly), high doses may
worsen psychosis, dose depended increase in prolactin and growth
hormone levels reported
◉ indications for use of clonazepam?. Answer: panic disorder,
seizure disorder, abnormal movements associated with tardive
dyskinesia, social phobia, catatonia, myoclonus, restless legs
syndrome, Tourette's syndrome, neuralgic pain, rapid eye movement
sleep behavior disorder
◉ MODULE 3: TRAUMA AND STRESSOR RELATED DISORDERS.
Answer:
◉ Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual
violence in one or more of the following ways. Answer: acute stress
disorder
◉ the development of emotional or behavioral symptoms in
response to an identifiable stressor(s) occurring within 3 months of
, the onset of the stressor(s). Answer: adjustment disorder with
anxiety
◉ a pattern of behavior in which a child actively approaches and
interacts with unfamiliar adults and exhibits two of the following
behaviors:. Answer: disinhibited social engagement disorder
◉ disruption of identity characterized by two or more distinct
personality states, which may be described in some cultures as an
experience of possession. the disruption in identity involves marked
discontinuity in sense of self and sense of agency, accompanied by
related alterations in affect, behavior, consciousness, memory,
perception, cognition, and/or sensory-motor functioning.. Answer:
dissociative identity disorder
◉ a consistent pattern of inhibited, emotionally withdrawn behavior
toward adult caregivers. Answer: reactive attachment disorder
◉ 3 subtypes of dissociative fugue. Answer: fugue with awareness of
low personal identity
fugue with change of personal identity
fugue with retrograde amnesia
◉ identify the brain regions associated with OCD. Answer:
dysfunction in the orbitofrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex,
FULL SOLUTION SET
◉ core fear in social anxiety disorder. Answer: erroneous association
between social interactions and negative consequences such as
being perceived as boring or stupid
◉ coping tactics by persons with anxiety disorders to temporarily
diminish feelings of threat and reduce one's anxiety level. can
emerge in response to situations, persons, activities or thoughts,
emotions, and memories that are a perceived threat. Answer: safety
behaviors
◉ the people or objects used by patients with anxiety disorders to
diminish distress in situations that elicit anxiety. considered
antitherapeutic. Answer: safety signals
◉ 2 clinical features in specific phobia. Answer: excessive and
unreasonable fear of a specific object or situation
exposure to the phobic stimulus causes intense anxiety
◉ how to taper a patient off alprazolam?. Answer: 0.25 mg/weekly
,◉ beta blocker used in the treatment of performance anxiety.
Answer: propranolol
◉ potential side effects of buspirone?. Answer: headache, dizziness,
lightheadedness, nervousness, excitement, fatigue, paresthesia,
numbness, GI upset, some movement disorders, precipitate
hypomania or mania (primarily in the elderly), high doses may
worsen psychosis, dose depended increase in prolactin and growth
hormone levels reported
◉ indications for use of clonazepam?. Answer: panic disorder,
seizure disorder, abnormal movements associated with tardive
dyskinesia, social phobia, catatonia, myoclonus, restless legs
syndrome, Tourette's syndrome, neuralgic pain, rapid eye movement
sleep behavior disorder
◉ MODULE 3: TRAUMA AND STRESSOR RELATED DISORDERS.
Answer:
◉ Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual
violence in one or more of the following ways. Answer: acute stress
disorder
◉ the development of emotional or behavioral symptoms in
response to an identifiable stressor(s) occurring within 3 months of
, the onset of the stressor(s). Answer: adjustment disorder with
anxiety
◉ a pattern of behavior in which a child actively approaches and
interacts with unfamiliar adults and exhibits two of the following
behaviors:. Answer: disinhibited social engagement disorder
◉ disruption of identity characterized by two or more distinct
personality states, which may be described in some cultures as an
experience of possession. the disruption in identity involves marked
discontinuity in sense of self and sense of agency, accompanied by
related alterations in affect, behavior, consciousness, memory,
perception, cognition, and/or sensory-motor functioning.. Answer:
dissociative identity disorder
◉ a consistent pattern of inhibited, emotionally withdrawn behavior
toward adult caregivers. Answer: reactive attachment disorder
◉ 3 subtypes of dissociative fugue. Answer: fugue with awareness of
low personal identity
fugue with change of personal identity
fugue with retrograde amnesia
◉ identify the brain regions associated with OCD. Answer:
dysfunction in the orbitofrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex,
