MSN 610EXAM NEWEST 2025 EXAM
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
Mental status is the total expression of: - Answer-Emotional response, mood, cognitive functioning, and
personality.
The cerebrum compromises: - Answer-2 hemispheres that is divided into 2 lobes
Cerebral cortex houses: - Answer-Also known as gray outer layer houses higher mental functions and is
responsible for perception and behavior
Judgment and reasoning skills are explored by - Answer-How the patient is physically and socially. Future
plans. Solutions to hypothetical situations...what would you do if police gave you a ticket?
Impaired judgment may indicate - Answer-intellectual disability, emotional disturbance, frontal lobe
injury, dementia, or psychosis
Dysphonia - Answer-disorder of voice; difficulty or discomfort in talking, with abnormal pitch or volume,
caused by laryngeal disease. voice sounds hoarse or whispered, but articulation and language are intact.
abnormal articulation of speech - Answer-Imprecise pronunciation of consonants slurring difficultly with
sound of speech hesitation repetitions stuttering
,Dysarthria - Answer-Is a motor speech disorder associated with the nervous system related to strokes
inebriation cerebral palsy Parkinson's
Comprehension exam - Answer-Follow one to Town step directions
Coherence - Answer-Patients intentions or perceptions clearly conveyed
The cerebrum compromises: - Answer-Limbic and reticular system
What disorders may affect cognitive development and mental status in infants and children - Answer-
Genetic, metabolic, and chromosomal disorders
Which finding is expected result of healthy aging and is associated with memory and cognitive
impairment - Answer-Decreased information of processing speed accompanied by cognitive flexibility
(ability to plan and develop strategies organize concentrate and remember details.
A patient with anxiety would present with - Answer-Spend excessive time repeatedly checking things
Which medication is associated with anxiety and depression - Answer-Steroids
What medication caused depression - Answer-Corticosteroids beta blockers
Intellectual maturation in adolescents continues with greater capacity for: - Answer-Information and
vocabulary development, abstract thinking and judgement begins to develop with education,
intelligence, and experience.
Adolescents - Answer-Have the ability to develop theories logical reasoning make future plans use
generalization and consider risks and possibilities
, Cognitive function declines in cognitive abilities when? - Answer-60 or 70 years of age
Disorientation can have abrupt or insidious onset: - Answer-Intermittent, fluctuating, or persistent
associated with time of day or emotional crisis
Depression can be caused by: - Answer-Lifestyle changes, death, changes in physical health
Anxiety - Answer-Sudden unexplained episodes of intense fear, worry, anxiousness, panic without
reason
anxiety - Answer-Spends excessive time repeatedly doing or checking things
Medications that can cause disorientation and confusion - Answer-Anticholinergics, benzo, opioids,
tricyclic anti depressants, levadopa or namenda, diuretics, dig, anti arrhythmias, sedative, hypnotics, St.
John's wart, gingko biloba
Past medical history - Answer-Helps assess mental status of a patient
Mental health assessment for children - Answer-Speech language behavior personality and learning
difficulties
Mental health in children and infants - Answer-All brain neurons are present at birth in a full term infant
but Brian development continues with myelinization of nerve cells over several years
Mental health assessment for adolescents: - Answer-Risk taking behaviors school performance family
interaction
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
Mental status is the total expression of: - Answer-Emotional response, mood, cognitive functioning, and
personality.
The cerebrum compromises: - Answer-2 hemispheres that is divided into 2 lobes
Cerebral cortex houses: - Answer-Also known as gray outer layer houses higher mental functions and is
responsible for perception and behavior
Judgment and reasoning skills are explored by - Answer-How the patient is physically and socially. Future
plans. Solutions to hypothetical situations...what would you do if police gave you a ticket?
Impaired judgment may indicate - Answer-intellectual disability, emotional disturbance, frontal lobe
injury, dementia, or psychosis
Dysphonia - Answer-disorder of voice; difficulty or discomfort in talking, with abnormal pitch or volume,
caused by laryngeal disease. voice sounds hoarse or whispered, but articulation and language are intact.
abnormal articulation of speech - Answer-Imprecise pronunciation of consonants slurring difficultly with
sound of speech hesitation repetitions stuttering
,Dysarthria - Answer-Is a motor speech disorder associated with the nervous system related to strokes
inebriation cerebral palsy Parkinson's
Comprehension exam - Answer-Follow one to Town step directions
Coherence - Answer-Patients intentions or perceptions clearly conveyed
The cerebrum compromises: - Answer-Limbic and reticular system
What disorders may affect cognitive development and mental status in infants and children - Answer-
Genetic, metabolic, and chromosomal disorders
Which finding is expected result of healthy aging and is associated with memory and cognitive
impairment - Answer-Decreased information of processing speed accompanied by cognitive flexibility
(ability to plan and develop strategies organize concentrate and remember details.
A patient with anxiety would present with - Answer-Spend excessive time repeatedly checking things
Which medication is associated with anxiety and depression - Answer-Steroids
What medication caused depression - Answer-Corticosteroids beta blockers
Intellectual maturation in adolescents continues with greater capacity for: - Answer-Information and
vocabulary development, abstract thinking and judgement begins to develop with education,
intelligence, and experience.
Adolescents - Answer-Have the ability to develop theories logical reasoning make future plans use
generalization and consider risks and possibilities
, Cognitive function declines in cognitive abilities when? - Answer-60 or 70 years of age
Disorientation can have abrupt or insidious onset: - Answer-Intermittent, fluctuating, or persistent
associated with time of day or emotional crisis
Depression can be caused by: - Answer-Lifestyle changes, death, changes in physical health
Anxiety - Answer-Sudden unexplained episodes of intense fear, worry, anxiousness, panic without
reason
anxiety - Answer-Spends excessive time repeatedly doing or checking things
Medications that can cause disorientation and confusion - Answer-Anticholinergics, benzo, opioids,
tricyclic anti depressants, levadopa or namenda, diuretics, dig, anti arrhythmias, sedative, hypnotics, St.
John's wart, gingko biloba
Past medical history - Answer-Helps assess mental status of a patient
Mental health assessment for children - Answer-Speech language behavior personality and learning
difficulties
Mental health in children and infants - Answer-All brain neurons are present at birth in a full term infant
but Brian development continues with myelinization of nerve cells over several years
Mental health assessment for adolescents: - Answer-Risk taking behaviors school performance family
interaction
