PRITE PART 1 EXAM 2025 |
GUARANTEED ACCURATE
ANSWERS
Which if the following findings on the mental status exam of a
psychiatric patient is the strongest predictor of inability to make medical
decisions?
A. Lack of insight
B. Poor judgement
C. Suicidal ideation
D. Perceptual disturbances
E. Abnormal thought content - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ A
Pedigree-based approaches are most powerful for identifying what type
of gene variant?
A. Copy number
B. Rare high penetrance
C. Simple tandem repeat
D. Common low penetrance
E. Single nucleotide polymorphism - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ B
,Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of
unipolar depression targets which of the following brain regions?
A. Ventral striatum
B. Locus coeruleus
C. Periamygdaloid cortex
D. Medial temporal cortex
E. Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ E
Which of the following cognitive responses to environmental stimuli has
been found to be more characteristic of patients with anxiety disorders
when compared to patients with depression?
A. Misattributions regarding stimuli
B. Hopelessness regarding meaning of stimuli
C. Automatic negative thoughts toward the stimuli
D. Attentional bias toward potentially threatening stimuli
E. Lack of awareness of physiological responses to stimuli -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ D
SKIP - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Which of the following instructions can enhance hypoactive DTR in the
leg?
A. Clench a first
,B. Elevate an arm
C. Stare at a distant object
D. Think of moving the limb
E. Sensory stimulation of the opposite limb - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ A
What is the leading cause of death in persons with severe mental illness?
A. Cancer
B. Suicide
C. Diabetes
D. Accidents
E. Cardiovascular disease - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ E
Which of the following medications is most effective for migraine
prophylaxis?
A. Sumitriptan
B. Topiramate
C. Fluoxetine
D. Duloxetine
E. Naproxen - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ B
, Which of the following epigenetic mechanisms inhibits the
transcriptional machinery from accessing DNA and thus leads to
decreased gene transcription?
A. Acetylation
B. Methylation
C. Demethylation
D. Histone modification
E. Chromatin remodeling - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ B
Patients with which of the following neurocognitive disorders are more
likely to develop severe extrapyramidal side effects from antipsychotic
medications?
A. Prior disease
B. Alzheimer disease
C. Lewy body disease
D. Cerebrovascular disease
E. Frontotemporal lobar degeneration - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ C
Which of the following is the strongest risk factor for development of
chronic daily headache in adults?
A. Obesity
B. Depression
C. Medication overuse
GUARANTEED ACCURATE
ANSWERS
Which if the following findings on the mental status exam of a
psychiatric patient is the strongest predictor of inability to make medical
decisions?
A. Lack of insight
B. Poor judgement
C. Suicidal ideation
D. Perceptual disturbances
E. Abnormal thought content - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ A
Pedigree-based approaches are most powerful for identifying what type
of gene variant?
A. Copy number
B. Rare high penetrance
C. Simple tandem repeat
D. Common low penetrance
E. Single nucleotide polymorphism - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ B
,Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of
unipolar depression targets which of the following brain regions?
A. Ventral striatum
B. Locus coeruleus
C. Periamygdaloid cortex
D. Medial temporal cortex
E. Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ E
Which of the following cognitive responses to environmental stimuli has
been found to be more characteristic of patients with anxiety disorders
when compared to patients with depression?
A. Misattributions regarding stimuli
B. Hopelessness regarding meaning of stimuli
C. Automatic negative thoughts toward the stimuli
D. Attentional bias toward potentially threatening stimuli
E. Lack of awareness of physiological responses to stimuli -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ D
SKIP - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Which of the following instructions can enhance hypoactive DTR in the
leg?
A. Clench a first
,B. Elevate an arm
C. Stare at a distant object
D. Think of moving the limb
E. Sensory stimulation of the opposite limb - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ A
What is the leading cause of death in persons with severe mental illness?
A. Cancer
B. Suicide
C. Diabetes
D. Accidents
E. Cardiovascular disease - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ E
Which of the following medications is most effective for migraine
prophylaxis?
A. Sumitriptan
B. Topiramate
C. Fluoxetine
D. Duloxetine
E. Naproxen - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ B
, Which of the following epigenetic mechanisms inhibits the
transcriptional machinery from accessing DNA and thus leads to
decreased gene transcription?
A. Acetylation
B. Methylation
C. Demethylation
D. Histone modification
E. Chromatin remodeling - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ B
Patients with which of the following neurocognitive disorders are more
likely to develop severe extrapyramidal side effects from antipsychotic
medications?
A. Prior disease
B. Alzheimer disease
C. Lewy body disease
D. Cerebrovascular disease
E. Frontotemporal lobar degeneration - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ C
Which of the following is the strongest risk factor for development of
chronic daily headache in adults?
A. Obesity
B. Depression
C. Medication overuse
