ATCBE Final Exam Questions with
Guaranteed Pass Solutions 2025\2026
Edition.
Circumstantial Thought process - Answer organized but over inclusive
Tangential Thought process - Answer occasional lapses in organization
Loosening associations - Answer frequent lapses in connection between thoughts
Blocking - Answer loses train of thought
Neologisms - Answer Words created by the patient which have their own idiosyncratic
meanings
Flight of ideas - Answer Flow of thought is extremely rapid but connections remain in tact
Delusional Thought Content - Answer a firmly held, false belief not shared by members of the
patient's culture
Overvalued idea - Answer an idea that is intrusive and egodystonic
paranoid ideation - Answer suspiciousness about others' motives and ideas of reference
Phobia - Answer a specific fear that results in avoidance of the situation or object despite the
patient's realization that the fear is irrational
describe the 10 areas of functioning evaluated in the mental status exam (MSE) - Answer
Appearance, affect, mood, thought content, speech, thought process, cognition, judgment,
insight, movement and behavior
MSE- Appearance - Answer Person's age, race, sex, civil status, and overall appearance.
,Affect - Answer outwardly observable emotional reactions
mood - Answer underlying emotional "atmosphere" or tone of the person's answers
Speech - Answer volume/speed of speech, length of answers, appropriateness and clarity of
the answers
thought content - Answer Indications of hallucinations, delusions, obsessions, symptoms of
disassociations, or thoughts of suicide via responses
thought process - Answer irrelevant, detail, repeated words and phrases, interrupted thinking
and illogical connections between thoughts
cognition - Answer knowing orientation with regard to time, place, and personal identity
insight - Answer ability to recognize a problem and understand its nature and severity
Bender Visual Motor Gestalt assessment - Answer used to evaluate "visual-motor maturity",
to screen for developmental disorders, or to assess neurological function or brain damage. It is
administered to children and adults ages three and older and may be administered in a group
setting.
Bridge Drawing Assessment - Answer is a sequential drawing in which the client draws a visual
representation of the problem, means of solving the problems and the desired solution
Landgarten Photo Collage Assessment - Answer is a 4 task test adapts readily to various ethnic
backgrounds as various photo images are available that match culture. It is easy for patients to
produce, even if they are uncomfortable creating images through drawing, painting, or
sculpture.
Leverick Emotional and Cognitive Art Therapy Assessment - Answer developed for exceptional
nonverbal children who could draw. It assesses styles of coping and thinking, organization and
use of space, and planning and sequencing.
Psychomotor agitation - Answer noticeable and marked increase in body movements; hand
,expansive mood - Answer enthusiastic
euphoric mood - Answer feeling great, as if one just won the lottery
blunted affect - Answer decrease in amplitude of emotional expression
flat affect - Answer virtually complete absence of affective expression
constricted affect - Answer normal amplitude but restricted range
inapropriate affect - Answer emotions expressed are not congruent with content of patient's
thoughts
labile affect - Answer unpredictable shifts in emotional state
basic techniques utilized in crisis intervention - Answer assessment; determination of the
therapeutic intervention; intervention; resolution
Explain theory of object relations - Answer Objects can be people or things, such as
transitional objects with which we form attachments. these objects and the developing child's
relationship with them are incorporated into a self, and become the building blocks of the self
system. The self-structure we internalize in early childhood functions as a blueprint for
establishing and maintaining future relationships.
Describe the normal development of speech and language - Answer As the speech mechanism
and voice mature, an infant is able to make controlled sound. This begins in first few months of
life with "cooing." By 6 months, an infant produces repetitive syllables. End of first year, most
children can say a few simple words. By 18 months, a child can say 8-10 words. By age 2 a child
can put together crude sentences. At age 3, 4, and 5, a child's vocabulary increases rapidly.
Conscious - Answer deals with awareness of present perceptions, feelings, thoughts,
memories, and fantasies at any particular moment. It is the part of our mental processing that
we can think and talk about rationally
, Unconscious - Answer the reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that remain
outside of our conscious awareness.
Scope of practice - Answer Range of methods and techniques used by professional; May be
legally defined
ID - Answer instant gratification with no consideration for reality of situation. The principle
principal.
Ego - Answer Meet needs of id with consideration of reality
Superego - Answer moral part, dictates belief of right and wrong.
Asphasia - Answer loss of speech and language abilities resulting from stroke or head injury
articulation disorder - Answer difficulties with way sounds are formed and strung together.
substitute one sound for another: Wabbit instead of Rabbit.
Echolalia - Answer Repetition of words or phrases, usually with little or no comprehension
passive/receptive language - Answer ability to comprehend information understanding
vocabulary, concepts, short-term, memory and sequencing info
example- listens or reads
HIPPA 1996 - Answer Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: Confidentiality of
patients rights.
Medical Approach - Answer Drugs to reduce symptoms from mental disorders
Therapeutic Approaches - Answer Medical approach, Impatient approach, Educational
approach
Guaranteed Pass Solutions 2025\2026
Edition.
Circumstantial Thought process - Answer organized but over inclusive
Tangential Thought process - Answer occasional lapses in organization
Loosening associations - Answer frequent lapses in connection between thoughts
Blocking - Answer loses train of thought
Neologisms - Answer Words created by the patient which have their own idiosyncratic
meanings
Flight of ideas - Answer Flow of thought is extremely rapid but connections remain in tact
Delusional Thought Content - Answer a firmly held, false belief not shared by members of the
patient's culture
Overvalued idea - Answer an idea that is intrusive and egodystonic
paranoid ideation - Answer suspiciousness about others' motives and ideas of reference
Phobia - Answer a specific fear that results in avoidance of the situation or object despite the
patient's realization that the fear is irrational
describe the 10 areas of functioning evaluated in the mental status exam (MSE) - Answer
Appearance, affect, mood, thought content, speech, thought process, cognition, judgment,
insight, movement and behavior
MSE- Appearance - Answer Person's age, race, sex, civil status, and overall appearance.
,Affect - Answer outwardly observable emotional reactions
mood - Answer underlying emotional "atmosphere" or tone of the person's answers
Speech - Answer volume/speed of speech, length of answers, appropriateness and clarity of
the answers
thought content - Answer Indications of hallucinations, delusions, obsessions, symptoms of
disassociations, or thoughts of suicide via responses
thought process - Answer irrelevant, detail, repeated words and phrases, interrupted thinking
and illogical connections between thoughts
cognition - Answer knowing orientation with regard to time, place, and personal identity
insight - Answer ability to recognize a problem and understand its nature and severity
Bender Visual Motor Gestalt assessment - Answer used to evaluate "visual-motor maturity",
to screen for developmental disorders, or to assess neurological function or brain damage. It is
administered to children and adults ages three and older and may be administered in a group
setting.
Bridge Drawing Assessment - Answer is a sequential drawing in which the client draws a visual
representation of the problem, means of solving the problems and the desired solution
Landgarten Photo Collage Assessment - Answer is a 4 task test adapts readily to various ethnic
backgrounds as various photo images are available that match culture. It is easy for patients to
produce, even if they are uncomfortable creating images through drawing, painting, or
sculpture.
Leverick Emotional and Cognitive Art Therapy Assessment - Answer developed for exceptional
nonverbal children who could draw. It assesses styles of coping and thinking, organization and
use of space, and planning and sequencing.
Psychomotor agitation - Answer noticeable and marked increase in body movements; hand
,expansive mood - Answer enthusiastic
euphoric mood - Answer feeling great, as if one just won the lottery
blunted affect - Answer decrease in amplitude of emotional expression
flat affect - Answer virtually complete absence of affective expression
constricted affect - Answer normal amplitude but restricted range
inapropriate affect - Answer emotions expressed are not congruent with content of patient's
thoughts
labile affect - Answer unpredictable shifts in emotional state
basic techniques utilized in crisis intervention - Answer assessment; determination of the
therapeutic intervention; intervention; resolution
Explain theory of object relations - Answer Objects can be people or things, such as
transitional objects with which we form attachments. these objects and the developing child's
relationship with them are incorporated into a self, and become the building blocks of the self
system. The self-structure we internalize in early childhood functions as a blueprint for
establishing and maintaining future relationships.
Describe the normal development of speech and language - Answer As the speech mechanism
and voice mature, an infant is able to make controlled sound. This begins in first few months of
life with "cooing." By 6 months, an infant produces repetitive syllables. End of first year, most
children can say a few simple words. By 18 months, a child can say 8-10 words. By age 2 a child
can put together crude sentences. At age 3, 4, and 5, a child's vocabulary increases rapidly.
Conscious - Answer deals with awareness of present perceptions, feelings, thoughts,
memories, and fantasies at any particular moment. It is the part of our mental processing that
we can think and talk about rationally
, Unconscious - Answer the reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that remain
outside of our conscious awareness.
Scope of practice - Answer Range of methods and techniques used by professional; May be
legally defined
ID - Answer instant gratification with no consideration for reality of situation. The principle
principal.
Ego - Answer Meet needs of id with consideration of reality
Superego - Answer moral part, dictates belief of right and wrong.
Asphasia - Answer loss of speech and language abilities resulting from stroke or head injury
articulation disorder - Answer difficulties with way sounds are formed and strung together.
substitute one sound for another: Wabbit instead of Rabbit.
Echolalia - Answer Repetition of words or phrases, usually with little or no comprehension
passive/receptive language - Answer ability to comprehend information understanding
vocabulary, concepts, short-term, memory and sequencing info
example- listens or reads
HIPPA 1996 - Answer Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: Confidentiality of
patients rights.
Medical Approach - Answer Drugs to reduce symptoms from mental disorders
Therapeutic Approaches - Answer Medical approach, Impatient approach, Educational
approach
