BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN QUESTION
SET WITH RATIONALES AND MENTAL HEALTH
TREATMENT AND ETHICS REVIEW 2026
◉ The term "sandwich generation" best describes adults:
Select one:
a. Caught between adulthood and late adulthood
b. Caring for their children and aging parents
c. Caring for their children and grandchildren
d. Caught between young adulthood and adulthood
Answer: Caring for their children and aging parents
◉ A male client is in the process of being admitted to a mental
health facility. He is sure that the nurse is the administrator of the
hospital, despite the nurse's insistence that he is a staff nurse on the
unit. This client is experiencing:
Select one:
a. Acute confusion
b. Visual hallucinations
c. Delusions
d. Auditory hallucinations
Answer: Delusions
,◉ A client with the diagnosis of depersonalization disorder notices
that he experiences periods of depersonalization when confronted
with certain stressors. When developing the care plan, the nurse is
aware that one of the most helpful activities in self-control for this
client is for the client to:
Select one:
a. Contact a treatment team member to discuss his thoughts and
feelings every time he is confronted with a stressor.
b. Keep a daily journal of his thoughts and feelings, paying special
attention to thoughts and feelings during stressful times.
c. Recall periods of stressful times in his life during his clinic visit.
d. Join an exercise program that will help to decrease his stress level.
Answer: Keep a daily journal of his thoughts and feelings, paying
special attention to thoughts and feelings during stressful times.
◉ For children older than 4 years, separation anxiety should last for
no longer than:
Select one:
a. A few days
b. A few weeks
c. A few months
d. 1 year
Answer: A few months
,◉ The nurse begins discharge planning measures with a
hospitalized client:
Select one:
a. Near the time of discharge
b. At the time of admission
c. 3 days into the hospital stay
d. On the day before discharge
Answer: At the time of admission
◉ During a crisis assessment due to the diagnosis of a terminal
illness, the nurse is trying to determine what the client's history is
with regard to losses. Which question will best assess this area?
Select one:
a. "How easily do you adapt to new situations?"
b. "What is your understanding of the current situation?"
c. "Who or what has helped you through crisis situations in the
past?"
d. "How is this situation affecting your family?"
Answer: "Who or what has helped you through crisis situations in
the past?"
, ◉ While performing a search of an adult male's home based on
suspicion of criminal activity, the police find pictures of him with
young children between the ages of 5 and 10. The pictures are sexual
in nature. The man is suspected of:
Select one:
a. Voyeurism
b. Sexual sadism
c. Pedophilia
d. Necrophilia
Answer: Pedophilia
◉ Toddlers often express their anger through:
Select one:
a. Crying
b. Manipulation
c. Temper tantrums
d. Direct aggression
Answer: Temper tantrums
◉ The client was injured in a work accident. He now has a fused
spine and moves with difficulty. He wonders if he will ever be able to
be intimate with his wife. What is the nurse's most accurate
response?
SET WITH RATIONALES AND MENTAL HEALTH
TREATMENT AND ETHICS REVIEW 2026
◉ The term "sandwich generation" best describes adults:
Select one:
a. Caught between adulthood and late adulthood
b. Caring for their children and aging parents
c. Caring for their children and grandchildren
d. Caught between young adulthood and adulthood
Answer: Caring for their children and aging parents
◉ A male client is in the process of being admitted to a mental
health facility. He is sure that the nurse is the administrator of the
hospital, despite the nurse's insistence that he is a staff nurse on the
unit. This client is experiencing:
Select one:
a. Acute confusion
b. Visual hallucinations
c. Delusions
d. Auditory hallucinations
Answer: Delusions
,◉ A client with the diagnosis of depersonalization disorder notices
that he experiences periods of depersonalization when confronted
with certain stressors. When developing the care plan, the nurse is
aware that one of the most helpful activities in self-control for this
client is for the client to:
Select one:
a. Contact a treatment team member to discuss his thoughts and
feelings every time he is confronted with a stressor.
b. Keep a daily journal of his thoughts and feelings, paying special
attention to thoughts and feelings during stressful times.
c. Recall periods of stressful times in his life during his clinic visit.
d. Join an exercise program that will help to decrease his stress level.
Answer: Keep a daily journal of his thoughts and feelings, paying
special attention to thoughts and feelings during stressful times.
◉ For children older than 4 years, separation anxiety should last for
no longer than:
Select one:
a. A few days
b. A few weeks
c. A few months
d. 1 year
Answer: A few months
,◉ The nurse begins discharge planning measures with a
hospitalized client:
Select one:
a. Near the time of discharge
b. At the time of admission
c. 3 days into the hospital stay
d. On the day before discharge
Answer: At the time of admission
◉ During a crisis assessment due to the diagnosis of a terminal
illness, the nurse is trying to determine what the client's history is
with regard to losses. Which question will best assess this area?
Select one:
a. "How easily do you adapt to new situations?"
b. "What is your understanding of the current situation?"
c. "Who or what has helped you through crisis situations in the
past?"
d. "How is this situation affecting your family?"
Answer: "Who or what has helped you through crisis situations in
the past?"
, ◉ While performing a search of an adult male's home based on
suspicion of criminal activity, the police find pictures of him with
young children between the ages of 5 and 10. The pictures are sexual
in nature. The man is suspected of:
Select one:
a. Voyeurism
b. Sexual sadism
c. Pedophilia
d. Necrophilia
Answer: Pedophilia
◉ Toddlers often express their anger through:
Select one:
a. Crying
b. Manipulation
c. Temper tantrums
d. Direct aggression
Answer: Temper tantrums
◉ The client was injured in a work accident. He now has a fused
spine and moves with difficulty. He wonders if he will ever be able to
be intimate with his wife. What is the nurse's most accurate
response?
