PRITE PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION AND PSYCHIATRIC
TESTING QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
Which is a limitation of the mmse? (7x) - correct answer - may fail to detect very mild cognitive
impairment
Question to ask when evaluating for immediate recall (3x) - correct answer - can you repeat these six
numbers?
What task is useful in evaluating a pt's ability to concentrate? (2x) - correct answer - performing serial
7's
On mse, thought process with lack of goal directedness, excessive details, and difficulty with closure
describes a thought pattern of: (2x) - correct answer - circumstantiality
In addition to orientation, attention, calculation, language and registration, what another cognitive
domain does the mmse test? - correct answer - recall
What is being assessed when patient is asked to repeat words "apple, table, penny"? - correct answer -
registration
Which area of mse relies primarily on patient report? - correct answer - mood
Psych md asked pt "what would you do if you lost your prescription?" this question primarily assesses:
- correct answer - judgment
Psychiatrist asks "how many quarters are in $15?", examining what ability - correct answer - cognition
Which of the following is the most significant problem with the use of the global assessment of
functioning scale? - correct answer - it confounds symptoms and functioning
, Which of the following represents a disorder of the content of thought? - correct answer - obsessions
Asking a pt, "which one does not belong in the following group: 13 pennies, a piggy bank, and a
cow?" is a test of which domain: - correct answer - abstract reasoning
Asking the patient "how are an apple and an orange alike?" assesses which of the following cognitive
functions? - correct answer - abstract reasoning
Communication d/o assoc w/ neurological and psych d/o - correct answer - mutism
Asking a patient to recite a series of numbers in reverse order is a standard test of: - correct answer -
concentration
The difference between an idea of reference and a delusion of reference is that the former is: - correct
answer - held with less conviction
The purpose of asking a pt to start at 100 and count backwards by 7's is to measure which of the
following? - correct answer - concentration
A disorder of content of thought - correct answer - paranoia
Asking a patient to interpret the phrase "don't cry over spilled milk" tests what? - correct answer -
abstract thinking
A pt reports, "undercover agents are all there, and they're gonna kill me." pt's comment is best
described as: - correct answer - a delusion
Asking pt what they would do in a hypothetical situation is testing what? - correct answer - judgment
Why is there limited value of serial sevens as a test of concentration? - correct answer - uccessful
performance requires arithmetic skill
Disorder of what element of mse is evidenced by patient repeatedly referring back to the answer to a
previous question? - correct answer - thought process
Elderly pt with profound apathy, how do you distinguish depression from executive dysfunction? -
correct answer - clock drawing
Word that pt makes up is a . - correct answer - neologism
TESTING QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
Which is a limitation of the mmse? (7x) - correct answer - may fail to detect very mild cognitive
impairment
Question to ask when evaluating for immediate recall (3x) - correct answer - can you repeat these six
numbers?
What task is useful in evaluating a pt's ability to concentrate? (2x) - correct answer - performing serial
7's
On mse, thought process with lack of goal directedness, excessive details, and difficulty with closure
describes a thought pattern of: (2x) - correct answer - circumstantiality
In addition to orientation, attention, calculation, language and registration, what another cognitive
domain does the mmse test? - correct answer - recall
What is being assessed when patient is asked to repeat words "apple, table, penny"? - correct answer -
registration
Which area of mse relies primarily on patient report? - correct answer - mood
Psych md asked pt "what would you do if you lost your prescription?" this question primarily assesses:
- correct answer - judgment
Psychiatrist asks "how many quarters are in $15?", examining what ability - correct answer - cognition
Which of the following is the most significant problem with the use of the global assessment of
functioning scale? - correct answer - it confounds symptoms and functioning
, Which of the following represents a disorder of the content of thought? - correct answer - obsessions
Asking a pt, "which one does not belong in the following group: 13 pennies, a piggy bank, and a
cow?" is a test of which domain: - correct answer - abstract reasoning
Asking the patient "how are an apple and an orange alike?" assesses which of the following cognitive
functions? - correct answer - abstract reasoning
Communication d/o assoc w/ neurological and psych d/o - correct answer - mutism
Asking a patient to recite a series of numbers in reverse order is a standard test of: - correct answer -
concentration
The difference between an idea of reference and a delusion of reference is that the former is: - correct
answer - held with less conviction
The purpose of asking a pt to start at 100 and count backwards by 7's is to measure which of the
following? - correct answer - concentration
A disorder of content of thought - correct answer - paranoia
Asking a patient to interpret the phrase "don't cry over spilled milk" tests what? - correct answer -
abstract thinking
A pt reports, "undercover agents are all there, and they're gonna kill me." pt's comment is best
described as: - correct answer - a delusion
Asking pt what they would do in a hypothetical situation is testing what? - correct answer - judgment
Why is there limited value of serial sevens as a test of concentration? - correct answer - uccessful
performance requires arithmetic skill
Disorder of what element of mse is evidenced by patient repeatedly referring back to the answer to a
previous question? - correct answer - thought process
Elderly pt with profound apathy, how do you distinguish depression from executive dysfunction? -
correct answer - clock drawing
Word that pt makes up is a . - correct answer - neologism
