California MFT Exam Question &
Answers ( Latest update)
SCHIZOID PERSONALITY DISORDER - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✅A personality disorder involving a
pervasive pattern of indifference to interpersonal
relationships and a restricted range of emotional
expression in social settings.
SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✅a personality disorder characterized
by detachment from, and great discomfort in,
social relationships; odd perceptions, thoughts,
beliefs, and behaviors
SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✅Same symptoms of schizophrenia
but lasting one month but no more than six.
CONVERSION DISORDER - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅a rare somatoform disorder in which a person
experiences very specific genuine physical
symptoms for which no physiological basis can be
found. Has been traced to two etiological
mechanisms: Primary Gain (keeping an inner
conflict out of consciousness) and secondary gain
,California MFT Exam Question &
Answers ( Latest update)
(avoiding an unpleasant activity). Alleviated under
hypnosis.
FACTITIOUS DISORDER - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅an illness with no identifiable physical cause, in
which the patient is believed to be intentionally
producing or faking symptoms in order to assume a
sick role
HYPOCHONDRIASIS - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅A
somatoform disorder characterized by excessive
preoccupation with health concerns and incessant
worry about developing physical illnesses.
MENTAL RETARDATION - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅A Developmental Disorder (IQ=70 or below) and
onset is prior to 18. Impairments in daily living
(communication, self-care, academic, work, etc).
Four subtypes: Mild Mental Retardation=50/55-70,
Moderate=35/40-50/55, Severe=20/25-35/40 and
Profound below 20
,California MFT Exam Question &
Answers ( Latest update)
READING DISORDER - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅Reading performance significantly below the
standard for that age level. (Learning Disorder)
ENURESIS - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅An
Elimination Disorder where voiding of uring during
day/night that is usually voluntary and cannot be
explained by a medical condition or substance use.
ADHD - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅A Disruptive
Behavior Disorder usually seen by age 7 (4x higher
in boys) of one or more of three key symptoms:
extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.
OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✅A Disruptive Behavior Disorder
involving recurrent pattern of negativistic, defiant,
and hostile behaviors toward authority.
CONDUCT DISORDER - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅A
Disruptive Behavior Disorder involving a persistent
pattern of behavior in which the rights of others or
, California MFT Exam Question &
Answers ( Latest update)
basic social rules are violated. Onset prior to age
10.
PICA - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅An Eating
Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood that involves
persistent eating of non-nutritive substances.
RUMINATION DISORDER - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅An Eating Disoder to Infancy or Early Childhood
that involves repeated regurgitaiton, rechewing of
food without apparent nausea or disgust
STUTTERING - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅Speech
pattern in which long pauses are injected into
sentences, or one sound or phrase is repeated.
Onset is normally between the ages of 2 and 7 but
can remit again by age 16.
TOURETTE'S DISORDER - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅A disorder characterized by multiple motor tics
(e.g., eye-blinking, skipping, deep knee bends) and
one or more vocal tics (e.g., grunts, barks, sniffs,
snorts, coughs, utterance of obscenities).
Answers ( Latest update)
SCHIZOID PERSONALITY DISORDER - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✅A personality disorder involving a
pervasive pattern of indifference to interpersonal
relationships and a restricted range of emotional
expression in social settings.
SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✅a personality disorder characterized
by detachment from, and great discomfort in,
social relationships; odd perceptions, thoughts,
beliefs, and behaviors
SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✅Same symptoms of schizophrenia
but lasting one month but no more than six.
CONVERSION DISORDER - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅a rare somatoform disorder in which a person
experiences very specific genuine physical
symptoms for which no physiological basis can be
found. Has been traced to two etiological
mechanisms: Primary Gain (keeping an inner
conflict out of consciousness) and secondary gain
,California MFT Exam Question &
Answers ( Latest update)
(avoiding an unpleasant activity). Alleviated under
hypnosis.
FACTITIOUS DISORDER - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅an illness with no identifiable physical cause, in
which the patient is believed to be intentionally
producing or faking symptoms in order to assume a
sick role
HYPOCHONDRIASIS - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅A
somatoform disorder characterized by excessive
preoccupation with health concerns and incessant
worry about developing physical illnesses.
MENTAL RETARDATION - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅A Developmental Disorder (IQ=70 or below) and
onset is prior to 18. Impairments in daily living
(communication, self-care, academic, work, etc).
Four subtypes: Mild Mental Retardation=50/55-70,
Moderate=35/40-50/55, Severe=20/25-35/40 and
Profound below 20
,California MFT Exam Question &
Answers ( Latest update)
READING DISORDER - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅Reading performance significantly below the
standard for that age level. (Learning Disorder)
ENURESIS - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅An
Elimination Disorder where voiding of uring during
day/night that is usually voluntary and cannot be
explained by a medical condition or substance use.
ADHD - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅A Disruptive
Behavior Disorder usually seen by age 7 (4x higher
in boys) of one or more of three key symptoms:
extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.
OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✅A Disruptive Behavior Disorder
involving recurrent pattern of negativistic, defiant,
and hostile behaviors toward authority.
CONDUCT DISORDER - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅A
Disruptive Behavior Disorder involving a persistent
pattern of behavior in which the rights of others or
, California MFT Exam Question &
Answers ( Latest update)
basic social rules are violated. Onset prior to age
10.
PICA - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅An Eating
Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood that involves
persistent eating of non-nutritive substances.
RUMINATION DISORDER - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅An Eating Disoder to Infancy or Early Childhood
that involves repeated regurgitaiton, rechewing of
food without apparent nausea or disgust
STUTTERING - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅Speech
pattern in which long pauses are injected into
sentences, or one sound or phrase is repeated.
Onset is normally between the ages of 2 and 7 but
can remit again by age 16.
TOURETTE'S DISORDER - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅A disorder characterized by multiple motor tics
(e.g., eye-blinking, skipping, deep knee bends) and
one or more vocal tics (e.g., grunts, barks, sniffs,
snorts, coughs, utterance of obscenities).
