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WGU D334 Diagnostic Processes Objective Assessment Exam 2025
– Study Guide, Practice Questions & Key Concepts
Prepare for your WGU D334 Diagnostic Processes Objective Assessment Exam 2025 with
this complete study guide. Includes practice questions, diagnostic methods review, and exam
strategies to help WGU students master clinical reasoning and assessment concepts.
• WGU D334 Diagnostic Processes
• WGU D334 Objective Assessment
• WGU D334 OA Exam 2025
• WGU D334 study guide
Children with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder often meet criteria for oppositional defiant
disorder.
-True
-False - ANSWER-TRUE
The most common emotional change associated with an individual having major depression is not their
depressed mood per se, but rather the pervasive loss of interest and pleasure in everyday living.
-True
-False - ANSWER-TRUE
There are three basic types of panic attacks. These include all of the following except:
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-Expected
-Free floating
-Unexpected
-Recurrent - ANSWER-Free floating
The extreme and overwhelming fear of public speaking and performing in public is an example of:
-social anxiety disorder, (social phobia)
-specific phobia, situational
-agoraphobia
-generalized anxiety disorder - ANSWER-social anxiety disorder, (social phobia)
Which of the following cities would be expected to have the lowest prevalence of recurrent major
depressive disorder with a seasonal pattern?
-Nome, Alaska
-Miami, Florida
-The North Pole
-Billings, Montana - ANSWER-Miami, Florida
Danny Flynn is a 6 and a half year-old boy who lives with his parents, and younger sister. Mrs. Flynn
began, "To look at my Danny, you would never know why we brought him to the mental health clinic. He
looks like an angel... those greenish-blue eyes, and that curly blonde hair of his. But to live with him, he's
more like the devil reincarnated. Don't get me wrong. I love my son but the problems we're having with
him are just not normal." The reason the Laughlin's are seeking counseling is for John's history of severe
temper outbursts, both verbal and behavioral, and usually when "things don't go his way" which is just
about all the time. "And when he's not having a tantrum, Danny is just plain old angry," adds Mr. Flynn.
Danny's most likely diagnosis is:
-Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
-Major depressive disorder
-Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
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-Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) - ANSWER-Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
George Langwasser is a 45 year-old gentleman whose case history describes classic features of
schizophrenia but the social worker notices in his chart that he has always experienced co-occurring
symptoms of depression - that is, feeling "down in the dumps," poor appetite, feelings of hopelessness
and insomnia - during his episodes of active psychosis and only during the 2-year period of the active
symptoms of schizophrenia. Currently, his psychotic episodes are successfully controlled by medication
and his chart reflects no further symptoms of depression. In fact, Mr. Langwasser has never met full
diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder at any time. Should his diagnosis of schizophrenia be
changed?
-No, the diagnosis of schizophrenia is correct
-Yes, the diagnosis should be changed to schizophrenia and persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia)
-Yes, the diagnosis should be changed to schizoaffective disor - ANSWER-No, the diagnosis of
schizophrenia is correct
Of the following features, what differentiates disruptive mood dysregulation disorder from bipolar
disorder in children?
-Age of onset
-Chronicity
-Severity
-Irritability - ANSWER-Chronicity
Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and persistent depressive
disorder (dysthymia) are new depressive disorder diagnoses in the DSM-5.
-True
-False - ANSWER-TRUE
Samantha is an 8 year old little girl who loves her mother; maybe a little too much. Samantha is most
comfortable when she has her mother in her sight. If her mother leaves, even just to go to the next
WGU D334 Diagnostic Processes Objective Assessment Exam 2025
– Study Guide, Practice Questions & Key Concepts
Prepare for your WGU D334 Diagnostic Processes Objective Assessment Exam 2025 with
this complete study guide. Includes practice questions, diagnostic methods review, and exam
strategies to help WGU students master clinical reasoning and assessment concepts.
• WGU D334 Diagnostic Processes
• WGU D334 Objective Assessment
• WGU D334 OA Exam 2025
• WGU D334 study guide
Children with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder often meet criteria for oppositional defiant
disorder.
-True
-False - ANSWER-TRUE
The most common emotional change associated with an individual having major depression is not their
depressed mood per se, but rather the pervasive loss of interest and pleasure in everyday living.
-True
-False - ANSWER-TRUE
There are three basic types of panic attacks. These include all of the following except:
,2|Page
-Expected
-Free floating
-Unexpected
-Recurrent - ANSWER-Free floating
The extreme and overwhelming fear of public speaking and performing in public is an example of:
-social anxiety disorder, (social phobia)
-specific phobia, situational
-agoraphobia
-generalized anxiety disorder - ANSWER-social anxiety disorder, (social phobia)
Which of the following cities would be expected to have the lowest prevalence of recurrent major
depressive disorder with a seasonal pattern?
-Nome, Alaska
-Miami, Florida
-The North Pole
-Billings, Montana - ANSWER-Miami, Florida
Danny Flynn is a 6 and a half year-old boy who lives with his parents, and younger sister. Mrs. Flynn
began, "To look at my Danny, you would never know why we brought him to the mental health clinic. He
looks like an angel... those greenish-blue eyes, and that curly blonde hair of his. But to live with him, he's
more like the devil reincarnated. Don't get me wrong. I love my son but the problems we're having with
him are just not normal." The reason the Laughlin's are seeking counseling is for John's history of severe
temper outbursts, both verbal and behavioral, and usually when "things don't go his way" which is just
about all the time. "And when he's not having a tantrum, Danny is just plain old angry," adds Mr. Flynn.
Danny's most likely diagnosis is:
-Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
-Major depressive disorder
-Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
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-Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) - ANSWER-Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
George Langwasser is a 45 year-old gentleman whose case history describes classic features of
schizophrenia but the social worker notices in his chart that he has always experienced co-occurring
symptoms of depression - that is, feeling "down in the dumps," poor appetite, feelings of hopelessness
and insomnia - during his episodes of active psychosis and only during the 2-year period of the active
symptoms of schizophrenia. Currently, his psychotic episodes are successfully controlled by medication
and his chart reflects no further symptoms of depression. In fact, Mr. Langwasser has never met full
diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder at any time. Should his diagnosis of schizophrenia be
changed?
-No, the diagnosis of schizophrenia is correct
-Yes, the diagnosis should be changed to schizophrenia and persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia)
-Yes, the diagnosis should be changed to schizoaffective disor - ANSWER-No, the diagnosis of
schizophrenia is correct
Of the following features, what differentiates disruptive mood dysregulation disorder from bipolar
disorder in children?
-Age of onset
-Chronicity
-Severity
-Irritability - ANSWER-Chronicity
Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and persistent depressive
disorder (dysthymia) are new depressive disorder diagnoses in the DSM-5.
-True
-False - ANSWER-TRUE
Samantha is an 8 year old little girl who loves her mother; maybe a little too much. Samantha is most
comfortable when she has her mother in her sight. If her mother leaves, even just to go to the next
