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1) Question: An illness of symptoms or deficits that affect voluntary motor or sensory
functions, which suggest another medical condition but that is judged to be caused by
psychological factors because the illness is preceded by conflicts or other stressors in known as
which of the following?
-Correct Answer- functional neurological symptom disorder
2) Question: A condition characterized by the person giving approximate answers, with
clouding of consciousness, frequently accompanied by hallucinations or other dissociative,
somatoform or conversion symptoms is
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-Correct Answer- Ganser Syndrome
3) Question: Which of the following can cause delirium? Check all that apply.
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-Correct Answer- Polypharmacy
B. Sleep deprivation
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4) Question: Acute withdrawal from alcohol represents which type of clinical problem in
psychosomatic medicine?
-Correct Answer- Medical complications of psychiatric conditions or treatments
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5) Question: The principal theoretician to bring psyche and soma together was which of the
following?
-Correct Answer- Sigmund Freud
6) Question: Which of the following would not be included in the treatment plan for a
patient with illness anxiety disorder?
-Correct Answer- Exploratory invasive procedures to obtain diagnosis
7) Question: Which of the following is consistent with current literature about the
relationship between obstetrical complications and autism spectrum disorders (ASD)?
-Correct Answer- Research proves there is a positive correlation between obstetrical
complications and ASD
8) Question: The epidemiology related to kleptomania includes which of the following?
,-Correct Answer- Kleptomania is reported to occur in fewer than 5 percent of identified
shoplifters.
9) Question: A frontotemporal dementia with onset in the fifth to sixth decade of life, more
common in men, marked by personality change
and cognitive decline, is known as which of the following?
-Correct Answer- Pick’s Disease
10) Question: Which of the following demographics are consistent with autism spectrum
disorder (ASD)
-Correct Answer- Four times more common in boys than girls.
11) Question: The ARNP is working with the family of a patient with Alzheimer’s Disease
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who keeps stating the family is plotting against her, trying to have her “snuffed out.” The family
is distraught because they state they are doing their best to make sure their family member is
safe. The ARNP explains which of the following in educating the patient about the patient’s
-Correct Answer-
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The patient is delusional. An estimated 30 to 40 percent of patients with
dementia have delusions
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12) Question: Which of the following persons hypothesized that the symptoms of conversion
disorder reflect unconscious conflict?
-Correct Answer- Sigmund Freud
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13) Question: Which of the following is consistent within normal range developmental
milestones in adaptive skills for a 4-year-old?
-Correct Answer- Toilets self alone; uses fork
14) Question: A temporary marked alteration in the state of consciousness or by the
customary sense of personal identity without the replacement by an alternate sense of identity is
known as which of the following?
-Correct Answer- Dissociative trance disorder
15) Question: Differential diagnoses to be considered when diagnosing Ganser syndrome
include which of the following?
-Correct Answer- All the above (organic dementia, depressive pseudodementia,Korsakoff’s
syndrome)
16) Question: A patient who has been raped, presents with the inability to recallimportant
personal information and any information about the rape, does recall events prior and since.
, There does not appear to be any physiological reason forthis. This presentation is consistent with
which of the following diagnoses?
-Correct Answer- Dissociative amnesia
17) Question: Depersonalization can result from which of the followingconditions? Check all
that apply.
-Correct Answer- Seizure disorders
18) Question: A child who demonstrates repetitive significant violations of social rules and
the rights of others over the course of a year would likely be diagnosedwith which of the
following diagnoses?
-Correct Answer- Conduct Disorder
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19) Question: A sudden unexpected purposeful travel away from home with inability to recall
all of one’s past accompanied by confusion about personal identity not due to direct effects of a
substance or a general medical condition which causes clinically significant distress or
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impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning is most specifically
known as which of thefollowing?
-Correct Answer- Dissociative fugue
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20) Question: Which of the following is NOT considered a nonpathological form ofamnesia?
-Correct Answer- Generalized Amnesia
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21) Question: The diagnosis formerly known as multiple personality disorder isnow known
as which of the following?
-Correct Answer- Dissociative Identity Disorder
22) Question: A patient presents reporting acute amnesia and fugue episodes in addition to
recurrent blackouts, unexplained possessions, and fluctuations in skills, habits, and knowledge.
The ARNP recognizes this is consistent with which of the following?
-Correct Answer- Dissociative Identity Disorders
23) Question: Deficits in language including naming, repetition, reading and comprehension,
and writing is NOT associated with impairment in which of the following regions of the brain?
-Correct Answer- Right parietal