PRITE Exam Questions with 100% Correct
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B. Fibromyalgia
Which of the following sources of pain is thought to have a primarily central (non-
nociceptive) mechanism?
A. Cancer pain
B. Fibromyalgia
C. Osteoarthritis
D. Diabetic neuropathy
E. Postherpetic neuralgia
A. Cerebral infarct
A patient presents with mild memory impairment, tearfulness, insomnia, and blurry vision.
The patient acts as if blind, cannot locate objects in the visual field, has left-right
disorientation and alexia, and misses objects when instructed to reach for them. The patient
only identifies a single object in a drawing of overlapping objects. Despite requiring prompts
to visually follow objects, cranial nerves, motor function, reflexes, and movement and color
detection are otherwise intact. Which of the following is the most likely cause of the visual
disturbance?
A. Cerebral infarct
B. Frontotemporal dementia
C. Progressive supranuclear palsy
,D. Major depression with psychotic features
E. Functional neurological symptom disorder
A. Genomic printing
Variable phenotypic expression of 15q13 deletion depends on whether the encoding gene is
derived from the father or the mother. This phenomenon is commonly referred to as:
A. Genomic printing
B. Genomic expression
C. Linkage disequilibrium
D. Balanced translocation
E. Recombination frequency
C. Acute stress disorder
4. A patient hospitalized for burns sustained in a house fire one week prior is experiencing
recurrent nightmares and frequent, intrusive memories about the fire accompanied by
palpitations, shortness of breath and feeling flushed. The patient's nurse expresses concern
that the patient seems depressed, is sleeping poorly and startles when someone enters the
room without knocking. On exam, the patient is distracted, sometimes irritable, and has labile
affect. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Panic disorder
B. Adjustment disorder
C. Acute stress disorder
D. Major depressive disorder
E. Posttraumatic stress disorder
,B. Addition of a methyl group to a histone around which DNA is coiled
Which of the following is an example of epigenetic gene regulation?
A. Removal of amino acids from a protein after transition
B. Addition of a methyl group to a histone around which DNA is coiled
C. Binding of noncoding RNA to mRNA to prevent translation into a protein
D. Addition of a poly(A) tail to mature mRNA before it leaves the cell nucleus
E. Binding of a protein to a promoter region to modulate the transcription of a target gene
C. Testosterone
Which of the following sex hormones is most responsible for sexual differentiation in fetal
brain development?
A. Prolactin
B. Estradiol
C. Testosterone
D. Progesterone
E. Luteinising hormone
E. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
What psychiatric disorder occurs most frequently with secondary enuresis?
A. Selective mutism
B. Intellectual disability
C. Autism spectrum disorder
, D. Separation anxiety disorder
E. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
E. Is observed to be aggressive toward patients on three different occasions during
shifts in the emergency department
The psychiatrist is concerned about a colleague's behavior and notifies the State's physician
health program, which conducts an intervention. The physician should be referred for
professional evaluation/treatment in which of the following scenarios?
A. Drinks a glass of wine with dinner several nights a week
B. Has experienced depression in the past and has been hospitalized
C. Has bipolar disorder and is euthymic and compliant with medications
D. Acknowledges using cocaine occasionally but not habitually on days off and has a
negative urine toxicology screen
E. Is observed to be aggressive toward patients on three different occasions during shifts in
the emergency department
E. Rapid alternating movements
Abnormalities in which of the following components of the neurological examination would
indicate cerebellar dysfunction?
A. Visual acuity
B. Limb strength
C. Vibratory sensation
D. Deep tendon reflexes
E. Rapid alternating movements
Answers
B. Fibromyalgia
Which of the following sources of pain is thought to have a primarily central (non-
nociceptive) mechanism?
A. Cancer pain
B. Fibromyalgia
C. Osteoarthritis
D. Diabetic neuropathy
E. Postherpetic neuralgia
A. Cerebral infarct
A patient presents with mild memory impairment, tearfulness, insomnia, and blurry vision.
The patient acts as if blind, cannot locate objects in the visual field, has left-right
disorientation and alexia, and misses objects when instructed to reach for them. The patient
only identifies a single object in a drawing of overlapping objects. Despite requiring prompts
to visually follow objects, cranial nerves, motor function, reflexes, and movement and color
detection are otherwise intact. Which of the following is the most likely cause of the visual
disturbance?
A. Cerebral infarct
B. Frontotemporal dementia
C. Progressive supranuclear palsy
,D. Major depression with psychotic features
E. Functional neurological symptom disorder
A. Genomic printing
Variable phenotypic expression of 15q13 deletion depends on whether the encoding gene is
derived from the father or the mother. This phenomenon is commonly referred to as:
A. Genomic printing
B. Genomic expression
C. Linkage disequilibrium
D. Balanced translocation
E. Recombination frequency
C. Acute stress disorder
4. A patient hospitalized for burns sustained in a house fire one week prior is experiencing
recurrent nightmares and frequent, intrusive memories about the fire accompanied by
palpitations, shortness of breath and feeling flushed. The patient's nurse expresses concern
that the patient seems depressed, is sleeping poorly and startles when someone enters the
room without knocking. On exam, the patient is distracted, sometimes irritable, and has labile
affect. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Panic disorder
B. Adjustment disorder
C. Acute stress disorder
D. Major depressive disorder
E. Posttraumatic stress disorder
,B. Addition of a methyl group to a histone around which DNA is coiled
Which of the following is an example of epigenetic gene regulation?
A. Removal of amino acids from a protein after transition
B. Addition of a methyl group to a histone around which DNA is coiled
C. Binding of noncoding RNA to mRNA to prevent translation into a protein
D. Addition of a poly(A) tail to mature mRNA before it leaves the cell nucleus
E. Binding of a protein to a promoter region to modulate the transcription of a target gene
C. Testosterone
Which of the following sex hormones is most responsible for sexual differentiation in fetal
brain development?
A. Prolactin
B. Estradiol
C. Testosterone
D. Progesterone
E. Luteinising hormone
E. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
What psychiatric disorder occurs most frequently with secondary enuresis?
A. Selective mutism
B. Intellectual disability
C. Autism spectrum disorder
, D. Separation anxiety disorder
E. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
E. Is observed to be aggressive toward patients on three different occasions during
shifts in the emergency department
The psychiatrist is concerned about a colleague's behavior and notifies the State's physician
health program, which conducts an intervention. The physician should be referred for
professional evaluation/treatment in which of the following scenarios?
A. Drinks a glass of wine with dinner several nights a week
B. Has experienced depression in the past and has been hospitalized
C. Has bipolar disorder and is euthymic and compliant with medications
D. Acknowledges using cocaine occasionally but not habitually on days off and has a
negative urine toxicology screen
E. Is observed to be aggressive toward patients on three different occasions during shifts in
the emergency department
E. Rapid alternating movements
Abnormalities in which of the following components of the neurological examination would
indicate cerebellar dysfunction?
A. Visual acuity
B. Limb strength
C. Vibratory sensation
D. Deep tendon reflexes
E. Rapid alternating movements
