PRITE 2024 EXAM QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!!
The primary taste cortex in humans:
- Dorsolateral
- Orbitofrontal
- Anterior insulra
-Somatosensory
- Posterior temporal - ANSWERAnterior insular
Which area requires public schools to provide edu resources for children with disabilities -
ANSWERfederal government
Patient is not able to produce 11 words starting with letter P but can name 12 animals. Where is the
injury?
- Normal
-Frontal lobe
- Parietal
- Factitious
- Temporal - ANSWERFrontal
Ambigious results on multiple sleep latency test. What would confirm narcolepsy?
- Genetic analysis
- Auto antibody test
- EEG
- CSF orexin
- PET scan - ANSWERCSF orexin
Which of the following changes in people over age 65 most likely responsible for increased risk of
chronic subdural hematoma?
- Cortical atrophy
- lacunae in the basal ganglia
- Thickening and ossification of dura mater
- Occlusions of small penetrating cerebral arteries
- Increase permeability of BBB - ANSWERCortical atrophy
,Visual hallucinations - wavy distortions, both visual fields
Vertigo
dysarthria
tingling in both hands and feet
perioral numbness
occipital headache - ANSWERBasilar migraine
slap the pal, of his hand on his knee, alternating with the back of his hand, in rapid succession-
abnormality in this indicates? - ANSWERdysdiadochokinesia
NMDA receptor mechanism - ANSWERIonotropic receptor causes depolarisation. Mg2+ block
relieved by depolarisation. Permeable to Na+ and Ca2+ influx-
The patient begins fearing symptoms of pancreatic cancer after death of a parent from pancreatic
cancer. He feels the need to weigh himself to be reassured that he is not losing weight. Avoids seeing
the doctor due to fear of being diagnosed.
-OCD
-delusional
-somatic symptoms do
- illness anxiety disorder
- conversion do - ANSWERIllness anxiety
They perform excessive health-related behaviors
maladaptive avoidance- cancels doctor's appts
atleast 6 months
specifiers:
- care seeking type
- care-avoidant type
Patient becomes increasingly annoyed at therapist and says "you must hate me." Defense
mechanism?
- projection
- projective identification
- reaction formation
- displacement
- resistance - ANSWERProjection- patient projected feelings of therapist on to herself
, Projective identification- when a person projects their own thoughts/beliefs on to another person,
that other person believes that to be true.
Which psychiatric disorder is most common with epilepsy? - ANSWERMDD
Enhancement of dopamine transmission in which tract is associated with addicting and reinforcing
effects of repeated exposre to psychostimulant drugs?
- Mesolimbic
- Nigrostriatal
- Mesocortical
- Corticostriatal
- Tuberoinfindubular? – ANSWERMesolimbic
Improvement tool used to identify as many possible causes for an effect or problem and sort ideas
into useful diagnosis? - ANSWERFishbone diagrams
Which of the following circuits mediates the ability to resist responding to aggravating situations with
hostility?
- papez
- dorsolateral
-orbitofrontal
-frontoparietal
-anterior cingulate - ANSWERorbitofrontal = inhibition center
anterior cingulate cortex = emotions, impulse control
Salience network = right ant insula --> anterior cingulate cortex --> left ant insula
default mode network = posterior cingulate, left and right parietal, OFC
key component of collaborative care programs that integrate mental health services into primary
care settings? - ANSWERcare management
Feelings of persecution are most reflective of which of the following defense mechanisms?
- Denial
- Projection
- Repression
- Regression
- Reaction formation - ANSWERProjection
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!!
The primary taste cortex in humans:
- Dorsolateral
- Orbitofrontal
- Anterior insulra
-Somatosensory
- Posterior temporal - ANSWERAnterior insular
Which area requires public schools to provide edu resources for children with disabilities -
ANSWERfederal government
Patient is not able to produce 11 words starting with letter P but can name 12 animals. Where is the
injury?
- Normal
-Frontal lobe
- Parietal
- Factitious
- Temporal - ANSWERFrontal
Ambigious results on multiple sleep latency test. What would confirm narcolepsy?
- Genetic analysis
- Auto antibody test
- EEG
- CSF orexin
- PET scan - ANSWERCSF orexin
Which of the following changes in people over age 65 most likely responsible for increased risk of
chronic subdural hematoma?
- Cortical atrophy
- lacunae in the basal ganglia
- Thickening and ossification of dura mater
- Occlusions of small penetrating cerebral arteries
- Increase permeability of BBB - ANSWERCortical atrophy
,Visual hallucinations - wavy distortions, both visual fields
Vertigo
dysarthria
tingling in both hands and feet
perioral numbness
occipital headache - ANSWERBasilar migraine
slap the pal, of his hand on his knee, alternating with the back of his hand, in rapid succession-
abnormality in this indicates? - ANSWERdysdiadochokinesia
NMDA receptor mechanism - ANSWERIonotropic receptor causes depolarisation. Mg2+ block
relieved by depolarisation. Permeable to Na+ and Ca2+ influx-
The patient begins fearing symptoms of pancreatic cancer after death of a parent from pancreatic
cancer. He feels the need to weigh himself to be reassured that he is not losing weight. Avoids seeing
the doctor due to fear of being diagnosed.
-OCD
-delusional
-somatic symptoms do
- illness anxiety disorder
- conversion do - ANSWERIllness anxiety
They perform excessive health-related behaviors
maladaptive avoidance- cancels doctor's appts
atleast 6 months
specifiers:
- care seeking type
- care-avoidant type
Patient becomes increasingly annoyed at therapist and says "you must hate me." Defense
mechanism?
- projection
- projective identification
- reaction formation
- displacement
- resistance - ANSWERProjection- patient projected feelings of therapist on to herself
, Projective identification- when a person projects their own thoughts/beliefs on to another person,
that other person believes that to be true.
Which psychiatric disorder is most common with epilepsy? - ANSWERMDD
Enhancement of dopamine transmission in which tract is associated with addicting and reinforcing
effects of repeated exposre to psychostimulant drugs?
- Mesolimbic
- Nigrostriatal
- Mesocortical
- Corticostriatal
- Tuberoinfindubular? – ANSWERMesolimbic
Improvement tool used to identify as many possible causes for an effect or problem and sort ideas
into useful diagnosis? - ANSWERFishbone diagrams
Which of the following circuits mediates the ability to resist responding to aggravating situations with
hostility?
- papez
- dorsolateral
-orbitofrontal
-frontoparietal
-anterior cingulate - ANSWERorbitofrontal = inhibition center
anterior cingulate cortex = emotions, impulse control
Salience network = right ant insula --> anterior cingulate cortex --> left ant insula
default mode network = posterior cingulate, left and right parietal, OFC
key component of collaborative care programs that integrate mental health services into primary
care settings? - ANSWERcare management
Feelings of persecution are most reflective of which of the following defense mechanisms?
- Denial
- Projection
- Repression
- Regression
- Reaction formation - ANSWERProjection
