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CERTIFIED PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION PRACTIONER
EXAM MOST TESTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+ WITH RATIONALES
1. What is alogia?
A. Excessive speech
✅B. Poverty of speech
C. Rapid speech
D. Slurred speech
Rationale: Alogia, a negative symptom of schizophrenia, involves a marked reduction in spontaneous
speech.
2. Anhedonia refers to which symptom?
A. Excessive energy
B. Intense joy
✅C. Inability to experience pleasure
D. Motor agitation
Rationale: Anhedonia is the reduced capacity to feel pleasure, common in depression and
schizophrenia.
3. Catatonia is best described as:
A. Rapid, purposeless movements
✅B. Psychomotor disturbance with lack of movement or expression
C. Involuntary tics
D. Excessive gesturing
Rationale: Catatonia features motor immobility or stupor, often with a “flat affect.”
4. Avolition refers to:
A. Excessive goal-directed activity
✅B. Deficit in initiating goal-directed behavior
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C. Rapid mood swings
D. Increased motivation
Rationale: Avolition is diminished motivation, leading to difficulty starting or sustaining tasks.
5. Incongruence in communication means:
A. Verbal and nonverbal messages match
✅B. Body language conflicts with spoken words
C. Only verbal communication is used
D. Nonverbal signals are absent
Rationale: Incongruence can undermine trust when nonverbal cues contradict speech.
6. Reflecting in a therapeutic dialogue involves:
A. Changing the topic
✅B. Rephrasing feelings to show understanding
C. Giving advice directly
D. Asking closed-ended questions
Rationale: Reflecting demonstrates active listening and validates the client’s emotions.
7. Self-efficacy is the individual’s:
A. IQ level
✅B. Belief in their ability to succeed at a task
C. Financial independence
D. Social network size
Rationale: Bandura’s concept of self-efficacy influences persistence and goal attainment.
8. Cultural competence in rehabilitation means:
A. Treating all clients identically
✅B. Understanding how diverse backgrounds seek help
C. Providing only English materials
D. Ignoring cultural differences
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Rationale: Cultural competence ensures care is respectful of and responsive to varied cultural health
beliefs.
9. What defines a crisis in mental health?
A. Long-term hospitalization
✅B. An acute turning point for better or worse in a disease
C. Stable symptom management
D. Routine check-up
Rationale: A crisis represents acute destabilization requiring immediate intervention.
10. Self-disclosure by a practitioner is appropriate when:
A. It entertains the client
B. It benefits the practitioner’s image
✅C. It normalizes the client’s experience and offers hope
D. It distracts from the session
Rationale: Limited self-disclosure can build rapport if it serves the client’s therapeutic goals.
11. The goal of psychiatric rehabilitation (PsyRehab) is to:
A. Cure all mental illnesses
✅B. Facilitate the recovery process and reintegration
C. Provide indefinite hospitalization
D. Focus solely on medication
Rationale: PsyRehab promotes skills and supports needed for community participation and improved
functioning.
12. Normalization in community mental health emphasizes:
A. Isolating clients in hospitals
✅B. Supporting social roles and skills in home/community settings
C. Focusing only on symptom reduction
D. Eliminating community services
Rationale: Normalization integrates individuals into society, reinforcing valued social roles.
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13. Akinesia is characterized by:
A. Excessive movement
✅B. Loss or slowing of standard motor function
C. Involuntary tremors
D. Restless legs
Rationale: Akinesia, often a side effect of antipsychotics, causes difficulty initiating movement.
14. Agranulocytosis is a serious drop in:
A. Red blood cells
B. Platelets
✅C. White blood cells (neutrophils)
D. Hemoglobin
Rationale: Clozapine can cause agranulocytosis, requiring regular WBC monitoring.
15. A “drop-in center” in peer support is also called a:
A. Crisis hotline
✅B. Self-help center
C. Day hospital
D. Assertive community team
Rationale: Drop-in centers provide peer-led support, skill building, and socialization.
16. WANA (“We Are Not Alone”) refers to:
A. A research initiative
✅B. A mutual support group slogan
C. A medication brand
D. A professional association
Rationale: WANA underscores peer support and shared experience in recovery.
17. “Double Trouble” groups address:
CERTIFIED PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION PRACTIONER
EXAM MOST TESTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+ WITH RATIONALES
1. What is alogia?
A. Excessive speech
✅B. Poverty of speech
C. Rapid speech
D. Slurred speech
Rationale: Alogia, a negative symptom of schizophrenia, involves a marked reduction in spontaneous
speech.
2. Anhedonia refers to which symptom?
A. Excessive energy
B. Intense joy
✅C. Inability to experience pleasure
D. Motor agitation
Rationale: Anhedonia is the reduced capacity to feel pleasure, common in depression and
schizophrenia.
3. Catatonia is best described as:
A. Rapid, purposeless movements
✅B. Psychomotor disturbance with lack of movement or expression
C. Involuntary tics
D. Excessive gesturing
Rationale: Catatonia features motor immobility or stupor, often with a “flat affect.”
4. Avolition refers to:
A. Excessive goal-directed activity
✅B. Deficit in initiating goal-directed behavior
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C. Rapid mood swings
D. Increased motivation
Rationale: Avolition is diminished motivation, leading to difficulty starting or sustaining tasks.
5. Incongruence in communication means:
A. Verbal and nonverbal messages match
✅B. Body language conflicts with spoken words
C. Only verbal communication is used
D. Nonverbal signals are absent
Rationale: Incongruence can undermine trust when nonverbal cues contradict speech.
6. Reflecting in a therapeutic dialogue involves:
A. Changing the topic
✅B. Rephrasing feelings to show understanding
C. Giving advice directly
D. Asking closed-ended questions
Rationale: Reflecting demonstrates active listening and validates the client’s emotions.
7. Self-efficacy is the individual’s:
A. IQ level
✅B. Belief in their ability to succeed at a task
C. Financial independence
D. Social network size
Rationale: Bandura’s concept of self-efficacy influences persistence and goal attainment.
8. Cultural competence in rehabilitation means:
A. Treating all clients identically
✅B. Understanding how diverse backgrounds seek help
C. Providing only English materials
D. Ignoring cultural differences
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Rationale: Cultural competence ensures care is respectful of and responsive to varied cultural health
beliefs.
9. What defines a crisis in mental health?
A. Long-term hospitalization
✅B. An acute turning point for better or worse in a disease
C. Stable symptom management
D. Routine check-up
Rationale: A crisis represents acute destabilization requiring immediate intervention.
10. Self-disclosure by a practitioner is appropriate when:
A. It entertains the client
B. It benefits the practitioner’s image
✅C. It normalizes the client’s experience and offers hope
D. It distracts from the session
Rationale: Limited self-disclosure can build rapport if it serves the client’s therapeutic goals.
11. The goal of psychiatric rehabilitation (PsyRehab) is to:
A. Cure all mental illnesses
✅B. Facilitate the recovery process and reintegration
C. Provide indefinite hospitalization
D. Focus solely on medication
Rationale: PsyRehab promotes skills and supports needed for community participation and improved
functioning.
12. Normalization in community mental health emphasizes:
A. Isolating clients in hospitals
✅B. Supporting social roles and skills in home/community settings
C. Focusing only on symptom reduction
D. Eliminating community services
Rationale: Normalization integrates individuals into society, reinforcing valued social roles.
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13. Akinesia is characterized by:
A. Excessive movement
✅B. Loss or slowing of standard motor function
C. Involuntary tremors
D. Restless legs
Rationale: Akinesia, often a side effect of antipsychotics, causes difficulty initiating movement.
14. Agranulocytosis is a serious drop in:
A. Red blood cells
B. Platelets
✅C. White blood cells (neutrophils)
D. Hemoglobin
Rationale: Clozapine can cause agranulocytosis, requiring regular WBC monitoring.
15. A “drop-in center” in peer support is also called a:
A. Crisis hotline
✅B. Self-help center
C. Day hospital
D. Assertive community team
Rationale: Drop-in centers provide peer-led support, skill building, and socialization.
16. WANA (“We Are Not Alone”) refers to:
A. A research initiative
✅B. A mutual support group slogan
C. A medication brand
D. A professional association
Rationale: WANA underscores peer support and shared experience in recovery.
17. “Double Trouble” groups address:
