DBT PRE TEST QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
The PMHNP knows that Dialectical Behavioral Therapy includes which of the following
components: SELECT ALL THAT APPLY - Answer -CORRECT:Mindfulness skills
CORRECT: interpersonal effectiveness
CORRECT:emotional regulation
Socratic dialogue
trauma processing skills
CORRECT:distress tolerance skills
When recommending Dialectical Behavioral Therapy to a patient as a treatment option,
the PMHNP explains that DBT will typically last: - Answer -6-10 weeks
6-10 months
25-30 sessions
Correct-12 months
Basic assumptions of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy include the belief that which of the
following interact and that if a patient changes one, the others will change and improve?
- Answer -thoughts
speech
CORRECT:internal opposing forces
memories
Who is the creator of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy? - Answer -Marsha Linehan
Which of the following is one of the foundational skills used by a therapist in Dialectical
Behavioral Therapy which involves the therapist validating the emotions, whether
effective or distressing, that the patient is experiencing? - Answer -Mindfulness
CORRECT-validation
free association
resistance analysis
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy assumes that emotions are involuntary responses. -
Answer -True
Which of the following is NOT one of the basic assumptions of DBT? - Answer -
CORRECT-A. Dialectical stresses the fundamental inter-relatedness or wholeness of
reality
CORRECT-B. Reality is not seen as static; but as made up of internal opposing forces
(thesis and antithesis) out of whose synthesis evolves a new set of opposing forces
CORRECT-C. The fundamental nature of reality is change and process rather than
content or structure
FALSE-D. DBT teaches patients to identify, evaluate, and respond to their dysfunctional
thoughts and beliefs
The PMHNP knows that Dialectical Behavioral Therapy includes which of the following
components: SELECT ALL THAT APPLY - Answer -CORRECT:Mindfulness skills
CORRECT: interpersonal effectiveness
CORRECT:emotional regulation
Socratic dialogue
trauma processing skills
CORRECT:distress tolerance skills
When recommending Dialectical Behavioral Therapy to a patient as a treatment option,
the PMHNP explains that DBT will typically last: - Answer -6-10 weeks
6-10 months
25-30 sessions
Correct-12 months
Basic assumptions of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy include the belief that which of the
following interact and that if a patient changes one, the others will change and improve?
- Answer -thoughts
speech
CORRECT:internal opposing forces
memories
Who is the creator of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy? - Answer -Marsha Linehan
Which of the following is one of the foundational skills used by a therapist in Dialectical
Behavioral Therapy which involves the therapist validating the emotions, whether
effective or distressing, that the patient is experiencing? - Answer -Mindfulness
CORRECT-validation
free association
resistance analysis
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy assumes that emotions are involuntary responses. -
Answer -True
Which of the following is NOT one of the basic assumptions of DBT? - Answer -
CORRECT-A. Dialectical stresses the fundamental inter-relatedness or wholeness of
reality
CORRECT-B. Reality is not seen as static; but as made up of internal opposing forces
(thesis and antithesis) out of whose synthesis evolves a new set of opposing forces
CORRECT-C. The fundamental nature of reality is change and process rather than
content or structure
FALSE-D. DBT teaches patients to identify, evaluate, and respond to their dysfunctional
thoughts and beliefs
