PSW Foundations Module 11 Test (Latest 2025/ 2026 Update) Questions & Answers | Grade A| 100 out of 100 (Verified Solutions)

PSW Foundations Module 11 Test (Latest 2025/ 2026 Update) Questions & Answers | Grade A| 100 out of 100 (Verified Solutions) Question: What is mental health? Answer: Mental health is a state of mind in which a person copes with and adjusts to the stressor of everyday living that is acceptable to the community. Question: What represents the highest level of anxiety? Answer: Panic Question: What are the symptoms of Schizophrenia? Answer: Psychosis, Delusion, Hallucination, Paranoia Question: What is a defence mechanism? Answer: Behavior and unconscious reaction to block the unpleasant feeling or threatening. It can be used as short-term or long-term Question: What is the definition of antisocial personality? Answer: A person who lacks moral standards and demonstrates inability to get along with others or not follow society rules. Question: What is Anorexia Nervosa? Answer: An eating disorder which can cause life threatening condition. In this disorder a person may have fear of gaining weight and obesity, and they stop eating despite their weight is below normal. Question: What is hallucination? Answer: Seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling or feeling things that are not real. Question: What is delusion of persecution? Answer: False beliefs that individual is being harassed or mistreated Question: What are signs and symptoms of depression? Answer: Lack of interest Fatigue Loss of Appetite Inability to experience pleasure Feeling of uselessness Unreliable memory Anxiety Participate in ADL'S Question: What is the definition of a personality? Answer: The combination or set of attitudes, values, beliefs, and behaviors. Question: Define Id in the Sigmund Freud's Theory on Personality Development? Answer: The part of the personality deals with pleasure. Question: Define Ego in the Sigmund Freud's theory of Personality Development? Answer: The part of personality deals with reality, includes thoughts, feelings, good senses. Question: Define Super Ego in the Sigmund Freud's theory of Personality Development? Answer: The part of personality deals with right and wrong and morals values. Question: Reminiscence Recollection of past review/ life review. Answer: Question: Reality Orientation Answer: A technique to help a client to bring them back to reality. For example, who they are, where they are, and time of the day (lack of consciousness). Question: Life Review Answer: A systemic review of past happening and events in individuals life. Question: Denial Answer: Refusing to accept the truth. Question: Delirium Answer: A temporary disorder which can cause acute confusion. Question: Bulimia Nervosa Answer: A feeding/eating disorder about body image and loss weight. During this disorder a cycle of overeating and purging are repeated. Question: Projection Answer: Assign your feeling to someone else (defense mechanism). Question: Rationalization Answer: Find a logical reason for the behavior while ignore the real reason. Question: What are the reasons that cause elderly population to consider suicide? Answer: Multiple losses in life Poor health Become a burden for the family/society Finance Question: A sudden onset of confusion and disorientation is called? Answer: Delirium Question: Support groups are available in the community to help people suffering from mental health. What are the basic principles of support groups? Answer: Support/provide emotional support Provide social support Encourage and help in ideas Promote sharing of feeling, frustration Question: What are the two risk factors of Alzheimer's Disease? Answer: Aging and family history Question: List 3 reasons why a change in client's surrounding/environmental can effect their level of function? Answer: Loud noise, Poor light, Unfamiliar /change in surroundings or furniture Question: Cognitive impairment is an effect of the normal aging process on the brain? Answer: False Question: Acute confusion is usually reversible. Answer: True Question: List three Cognitive Symptoms related to Acquired Brain Injury. Answer: Memory loss Confusion Inability to learn new things Question: List three Perceptual Symptoms related to Acquired Brain Injury Answer: Altered sense of balance Change in vision, Change in hearing, touch, smell, taste Question: List three Physical Symptoms related to Acquired Brain Injury Answer: Headache Fatigue Dizziness Question: List three symptoms of Emotional Symptoms of an Acquired Brain Injury Answer: Impatient, Reduce tolerance and stress, Lack of initiative, Inability to control emotions. Question: List 4 signs of stroke Answer: Face drops Dizziness Numbness in fingers, legs Trouble speaking, Loss of speech, Blurred vision. Question: What stage of Alzheimer's Disease is poor judgment, and makes poor decisions? Answer: Stage 2 Question: What stage of Alzheimer's Disease is unable to remember what they were just told? Answer: Stage 1 Question: What stage of Alzheimer's Disease is a lose of control of bowel and bladder functions? Answer: Stage 3 Question: What stage is Alzheimer's Disease who cannot recognize family or self in mirror? Answer: Stage 3 Question: What stage is Alzheimer's Disease when a client loss initiative - can't start anything? Answer: Stage 2 Question: What stage of Alzheimer's Disease when a client becomes suspicious, and forgers normal routines? Answer: Stage 1 Question: What stage is Alzheimer's Disease when a client may experience seizures, has difficulty swallowing, skin breakdown and infection? Answer: Stage 3 Question: Dimentia is always caused by Alzheimer's Disease. Answer: False Question: Depression is common in elderly clients with Alzheimer's Disease. Answer: True Question: The PSW should manage antisocial behaviors of cognitively impaired persons by assisting them to use logic. Answer: False Question: A person who is having hallucinations can be reasoned or talked out of it Answer: False Question: A person with depression can be persuaded to cheer up and get going. Answer: False Question: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Answer: A mental disorder characterized by recurrent obsessions and compulsions that interfere with a persons daily life and relationships. Question: Schizophrenia Answer: An extremely complex group of mental health disorders characterized by delusions, hallucinations. Disturbances in thinking, and withdrawal from social activity. Question: Apathy Answer: An absence of emotional feeling. Question: Aphasia Answer: Partial or complete loss of speech and language skills (phasia) caused by brain injury. Question: What type of communication is best to use with a client who is angry? Answer: Assertive Question: A person with cognitive impairment is easily frustrated by complex tasks. Answer: True Question: A person with depression can be persuaded to cheer up and get going. Answer: False Question: Depression is common in elderly clients with Alzheimer's Disease. True Answer: Question: An elderly person who says, 'I wish I could die" is seeking attention and should be distracted. Answer: False Question: A person who is having a hallucination can be reasoned with and talked out of it. Answer: False Question: What is the benefit or purpose of moving to a long-term care facility for an elder person? Answer: Increase socialization 24 hour care Safety Question: What secondary conditions that start with physical symptoms but will progress to dementia? Answer: Parkinson Disease Dimentia, CID, substance induced persisting Dimentia, WKS, AIDS, Huntington disease, HD, MS, Syphilis Question: An example of loss? Answer: Loss could be example of death Question: An example of separation? Answer: Separation being separated from a family member in a facility Question: A false belief of being persecuted or of being superior to everyone else is called? Answer: Delusion Question: What are the factors that can cause confusion in elderly clients? Answer: Infection, UTI, lack of sleep, electrolytes imbalance, drugs, medication, brain injuries and alcohol. Nutritional deficiency, Poisoning, loss of senses Question: A psychologist is a health care professional educated in treating and prescribing medications for clients with mental health disorders. Answer: False Question: Symptoms of Cerebro Vascular Accident (C.VA) include? Answer: Slurred speech, unable to swallow, slouching, disoriented Question: What is the GPA or Gentle Persuasive Approach Answer: A program designed to teach worker how to understand responsive behavior and how to react to them. Question: There are many different diseases that may cause dementia symptoms, what is the disease in which changes in the brain occurs? Answer: Parkinson Disease, Dimentia, CID, substance abuse persistent dimentia, WKS, Huntington Disease/HD, MS, Syphilis, AD, brain damage, Hydrocephalus Question: Apraxia Answer: Inability to perform learn, purposeful movements, including ADL’S. Question: Dysarthria Answer: Difficulty speaking due to weakness or paralysis of muscles. Question: What is the difference between mental disorders and neurological condition? Answer: Mental cognitive - personality, emotional disorder = depression, eating disorder Neurological - Damages to the brain or nervous system functions = Epilepsy, MS Question: Causes of Aquired Brain Injury Answer: Car Accident Fall Drowning Question: What are three symptoms of final stage of dementia? Answer: Coma Withdraw from activities Loss of multiple abilities.