CSP Exam 2025: Updated Specialty Pharmacy Questions with
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Affect - (ANSWERS)How emotion is presented externally. Any experience or emotion, from
suffering to elation. Noth mood and emotion are affective states.
Agraphia/Dysgraphia - (ANSWERS)Loss or impairment of ability to write as a result of damage
or disorder. Problems with spelling irregular, writing numbers and letters, performing motor
movements needed for writing.
Acalculia/Dyscalculia - (ANSWERS)Loss of ability to perform simple arithmetic operations due
to injury or disease. Dyscalculia is a development condition.
Circumlocution - (ANSWERS)Difficulty or inability to find the right word or explain
perceived/recognized object. Variety of words to indirectly communicate.
Cochlear Implant - (ANSWERS)An electronic device surgically implanted in the inner ear to
restore hearing in people with severe to profound hearing loss
Confabulation - (ANSWERS)Falsification of memory in which gaps in recall are filled by
fabrications the individual accepts as fact
Dysarthria - (ANSWERS)Motor speech disorder that causes difficulty speaking coherently
because of impairment.
Hypokinetic - rate and rhythm of speech
Hyperkinetic - poor articulation due to problems controlling rate/range of movement in speech
Dysnomia - (ANSWERS)Semantic memory deficit that impairs word retrieval and object
naming
Dyspraxia - (ANSWERS)Affects person's coordination and causes difficulty with planning
movements, especially complex or new movements
Echolalia - (ANSWERS)automatic and immediate repetition of what others say
Intrusion - (ANSWERS)recall of an item that wasn't part of the presented material
Malingering - (ANSWERS)Deliberate faking of a physical or psychological disorder motivated
by gain.
Mania/Hypomania - (ANSWERS)Both characterized by elevated moods and increased energy.
Hypomania is a milder, less severe form of mania. Usually characterized by high levels of
energy, extreme happiness or excitability, inflated self-esteem or ego, unusually
irritable/aggressive, flighty ideas, hard to sit still, impulsive, distractable, less need for sleep,
exaggerated sense of wellbeing.
,Micrographia - (ANSWERS)Small handwriting often associated with Parkinson's disease.
Neologism - (ANSWERS)a newly coined word or expression
Paraphasia - (ANSWERS)speech disturbance resulting from brain damage in which words are
jumbled and sentences meaningless. Can be phonemic (i.e., "lar" instead of "car") or lexical (i.e.,
"wagon" instead of "car")
Perseveration - (ANSWERS)the repetition of words, phrases, questions, or actions
Practice Effect - (ANSWERS)changes or improvement in participants' natural responses as a
result of repeated testing
Pressured Speech - (ANSWERS)Abnormal rate of speech, speaking quickly and urgently. Using
occurring during manic/hypomanic episode
Primacy Effect - (ANSWERS)tendency to remember information at the beginning of a body of
information better than the information that follows. (i.e., remember the first items on the list)
Prosody - (ANSWERS)phonological feature of speech, such as stress, intonation, intensity, or
duration that pertains to sequence of phonemes rather than an individual segment.
Recency Effect - (ANSWERS)Tendency for participants to show particularly good recall for
items presented towards the end of a list.
Response Bias - (ANSWERS)tendency of subjects to systematically respond to a stimulus in a
particular way due to factors. (i.e., answering self-report questions in an inaccurate or false way)
Response Latency - (ANSWERS)The amount of time after a specific stimulus has been given
before the participant provides a response
Semantic Cluster - (ANSWERS)Memory strategy that involves grouping words to categories
based on similar meaning
Spoiled Response - (ANSWERS)When a subject provides an answer that shows lack of
understanding after being queried
Telegraphic Speech - (ANSWERS)The kind of verbal utterances in which words are left out, but
the meaning is usually clear. Early speech stage in which a child speaks like a telegram—"go
car"—using mostly nouns and verbs.
ADD/ADHD - (ANSWERS)Attention deficit disorder, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Characterized by 6 or more symptoms involving inattention (listening/completing tasks), and
impulsivity/hyperactivity (restlessness, difficulty organizing)
, Akinesia/Dyskinesia - (ANSWERS)Akinesia - absence of movement. Cannot move their
muscles, even if they try
Dyskinesia- difficulty in movement, muscles that move involuntarily and unexpectedly (tremors,
shaking, etc)
Alexia - (ANSWERS)inability to understand written words
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) - (ANSWERS)A progressive disease that destroys the brain's neurons,
gradually impairing memory, thinking, language, and other cognitive functions, resulting in the
complete inability to care for oneself; the most common cause of dementia.
Amnesia - (ANSWERS)loss of memory
Anhedonia - (ANSWERS)inability to experience pleasure
aneurysm - (ANSWERS)an excessive localized enlargement of an artery caused by a weakening
of the artery wall.
Embolism - (ANSWERS)Obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot of blood or foreign substance
Aphasia/Dysphasia - (ANSWERS)Impairment in use of language results from left hemisphere
damage.
Expressive Aphasia - difficulty producing words
Receptive Aphasia - difficulty comprehending words
Asperger's Syndrome - (ANSWERS)Disorder associated with degrees of deficits in
social/conversational skills, transitioning tasks, preference for sameness/predictability
Ataxia - (ANSWERS)inability to perform coordinated voluntary movements, can be heritable or
acquired from injury/infection of nervous system.
Cerebellar - damage to cerebellum
Sensory - loss of sensory feedback from muscles/joints
Autism - (ANSWERS)A neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by inhibited social
interaction and communicated and restricted/repetitive behaviors
Bradykinesia - (ANSWERS)abnormal slowness in the execution of voluntary movements
Cerebral Palsy - (ANSWERS)set of nonprogressive movement and posture disorders, results
from trauma to the brain prenatally
Cerebrovascular Accident/Stroke - (ANSWERS)occurs when the blood supply to part of the
brain is compromised either by blockage or rupture of an artery
100% Correct Answers!
Affect - (ANSWERS)How emotion is presented externally. Any experience or emotion, from
suffering to elation. Noth mood and emotion are affective states.
Agraphia/Dysgraphia - (ANSWERS)Loss or impairment of ability to write as a result of damage
or disorder. Problems with spelling irregular, writing numbers and letters, performing motor
movements needed for writing.
Acalculia/Dyscalculia - (ANSWERS)Loss of ability to perform simple arithmetic operations due
to injury or disease. Dyscalculia is a development condition.
Circumlocution - (ANSWERS)Difficulty or inability to find the right word or explain
perceived/recognized object. Variety of words to indirectly communicate.
Cochlear Implant - (ANSWERS)An electronic device surgically implanted in the inner ear to
restore hearing in people with severe to profound hearing loss
Confabulation - (ANSWERS)Falsification of memory in which gaps in recall are filled by
fabrications the individual accepts as fact
Dysarthria - (ANSWERS)Motor speech disorder that causes difficulty speaking coherently
because of impairment.
Hypokinetic - rate and rhythm of speech
Hyperkinetic - poor articulation due to problems controlling rate/range of movement in speech
Dysnomia - (ANSWERS)Semantic memory deficit that impairs word retrieval and object
naming
Dyspraxia - (ANSWERS)Affects person's coordination and causes difficulty with planning
movements, especially complex or new movements
Echolalia - (ANSWERS)automatic and immediate repetition of what others say
Intrusion - (ANSWERS)recall of an item that wasn't part of the presented material
Malingering - (ANSWERS)Deliberate faking of a physical or psychological disorder motivated
by gain.
Mania/Hypomania - (ANSWERS)Both characterized by elevated moods and increased energy.
Hypomania is a milder, less severe form of mania. Usually characterized by high levels of
energy, extreme happiness or excitability, inflated self-esteem or ego, unusually
irritable/aggressive, flighty ideas, hard to sit still, impulsive, distractable, less need for sleep,
exaggerated sense of wellbeing.
,Micrographia - (ANSWERS)Small handwriting often associated with Parkinson's disease.
Neologism - (ANSWERS)a newly coined word or expression
Paraphasia - (ANSWERS)speech disturbance resulting from brain damage in which words are
jumbled and sentences meaningless. Can be phonemic (i.e., "lar" instead of "car") or lexical (i.e.,
"wagon" instead of "car")
Perseveration - (ANSWERS)the repetition of words, phrases, questions, or actions
Practice Effect - (ANSWERS)changes or improvement in participants' natural responses as a
result of repeated testing
Pressured Speech - (ANSWERS)Abnormal rate of speech, speaking quickly and urgently. Using
occurring during manic/hypomanic episode
Primacy Effect - (ANSWERS)tendency to remember information at the beginning of a body of
information better than the information that follows. (i.e., remember the first items on the list)
Prosody - (ANSWERS)phonological feature of speech, such as stress, intonation, intensity, or
duration that pertains to sequence of phonemes rather than an individual segment.
Recency Effect - (ANSWERS)Tendency for participants to show particularly good recall for
items presented towards the end of a list.
Response Bias - (ANSWERS)tendency of subjects to systematically respond to a stimulus in a
particular way due to factors. (i.e., answering self-report questions in an inaccurate or false way)
Response Latency - (ANSWERS)The amount of time after a specific stimulus has been given
before the participant provides a response
Semantic Cluster - (ANSWERS)Memory strategy that involves grouping words to categories
based on similar meaning
Spoiled Response - (ANSWERS)When a subject provides an answer that shows lack of
understanding after being queried
Telegraphic Speech - (ANSWERS)The kind of verbal utterances in which words are left out, but
the meaning is usually clear. Early speech stage in which a child speaks like a telegram—"go
car"—using mostly nouns and verbs.
ADD/ADHD - (ANSWERS)Attention deficit disorder, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Characterized by 6 or more symptoms involving inattention (listening/completing tasks), and
impulsivity/hyperactivity (restlessness, difficulty organizing)
, Akinesia/Dyskinesia - (ANSWERS)Akinesia - absence of movement. Cannot move their
muscles, even if they try
Dyskinesia- difficulty in movement, muscles that move involuntarily and unexpectedly (tremors,
shaking, etc)
Alexia - (ANSWERS)inability to understand written words
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) - (ANSWERS)A progressive disease that destroys the brain's neurons,
gradually impairing memory, thinking, language, and other cognitive functions, resulting in the
complete inability to care for oneself; the most common cause of dementia.
Amnesia - (ANSWERS)loss of memory
Anhedonia - (ANSWERS)inability to experience pleasure
aneurysm - (ANSWERS)an excessive localized enlargement of an artery caused by a weakening
of the artery wall.
Embolism - (ANSWERS)Obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot of blood or foreign substance
Aphasia/Dysphasia - (ANSWERS)Impairment in use of language results from left hemisphere
damage.
Expressive Aphasia - difficulty producing words
Receptive Aphasia - difficulty comprehending words
Asperger's Syndrome - (ANSWERS)Disorder associated with degrees of deficits in
social/conversational skills, transitioning tasks, preference for sameness/predictability
Ataxia - (ANSWERS)inability to perform coordinated voluntary movements, can be heritable or
acquired from injury/infection of nervous system.
Cerebellar - damage to cerebellum
Sensory - loss of sensory feedback from muscles/joints
Autism - (ANSWERS)A neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by inhibited social
interaction and communicated and restricted/repetitive behaviors
Bradykinesia - (ANSWERS)abnormal slowness in the execution of voluntary movements
Cerebral Palsy - (ANSWERS)set of nonprogressive movement and posture disorders, results
from trauma to the brain prenatally
Cerebrovascular Accident/Stroke - (ANSWERS)occurs when the blood supply to part of the
brain is compromised either by blockage or rupture of an artery
