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Question: 1. Which if the following findings on the mental status A exam of a psychiatric patient is the
strongest predictor of inability to make medical decisions?
Answer:
A. Lack of insight
B. Poor judgement
C. Suicidal ideation
D. Perceptual disturbances
E. Abnormal thought content
2. Pedigree-based approaches are most powerful for B
Question: Identifying what type of gene variant?
Answer:
A. Copy number
B. Rare high penetrance
C. Simple tandem repeat
D. Common low penetrance
E. Single nucleotide polymorphism
3. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for the E treatment of unipolar depression targets which
of the
Question: Following brain regions?
Answer:
A. Ventral striatum
B. Locus coeruleus
C. Periamygdaloid cortex
D. Medial temporal cortex
E. Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex 4.
Question: Which of the following cognitive responses to environ- D mental stimuli has been found to
be more characteristic of patients with anxiety disorders when compared to patients with depression?
Answer:
A. Misattributions regarding stimuli
B. Hopelessness regarding meaning of stimuli 2/47
C. Automatic negative thoughts toward the stimuli
D. Attentional bias toward potentially threatening stimuli
E. Lack of awareness of physiological responses to stimuli
5. SKIP 6.
,Question: Which of the following instructions can enhance hy- A poactive DTR in the leg?
Answer:
A. Clench a first
B. Elevate an arm
C. Stare at a distant object
D. Think of moving the limb
E. Sensory stimulation of the opposite limb 7.
Question: What is the leading cause of death in persons with E severe mental illness?
Answer:
A. Cancer
B. Suicide
C. Diabetes
D. Accidents
E. Cardiovascular disease 8.
Question: Which of the following medications is most effective B for migraine prophylaxis?
Answer:
A. Sumitriptan
B. Topiramate
C. Fluoxetine
D. Duloxetine
E. Naproxen
9. B 3/47
Question: Which of the following epigenetic mechanisms inhibits the transcriptional machinery from
accessing DNA and thus leads to decreased gene transcription?
Answer:
A. Acetylation
B. Methylation
C. Demethylation
D. Histone modification
E. Chromatin remodeling
10. Patients with which of the following neurocognitive C
, Question: Disorders are more likely to develop severe extrapyramidal side effects from antipsychotic
medications?
Answer:
A. Prior disease
B. Alzheimer disease
C. Lewy body disease
D. Cerebrovascular disease
E. Frontotemporal lobar degeneration 11.
Question: Which of the following is the strongest risk factor for C development of chronic daily
headache in adults?
Answer:
A. Obesity
B. Depression
C. Medication overuse
D. Low socioeconomic status
E. Older age of onset of headaches 12.
Question: Which of the following neurotransmitters is predomi- E nantly inhibitory?
Answer:
A. Norepinephrine
B. Glutamate
C. Dopamine 4/47
D. Tyrosine
E. Glycine
13. Maintenance of wakefulness is dependent on which of E
Question: The following areas of the brain?
Answer:
A. Oral pontine
B. Midbrain tegmentum
C. Posterior hypothalamus
D. Anterior cingulate parietal cortex
E. Ascending reticular activating system 14.
Question: 1. Which if the following findings on the mental status A exam of a psychiatric patient is the
strongest predictor of inability to make medical decisions?
Answer:
A. Lack of insight
B. Poor judgement
C. Suicidal ideation
D. Perceptual disturbances
E. Abnormal thought content
2. Pedigree-based approaches are most powerful for B
Question: Identifying what type of gene variant?
Answer:
A. Copy number
B. Rare high penetrance
C. Simple tandem repeat
D. Common low penetrance
E. Single nucleotide polymorphism
3. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for the E treatment of unipolar depression targets which
of the
Question: Following brain regions?
Answer:
A. Ventral striatum
B. Locus coeruleus
C. Periamygdaloid cortex
D. Medial temporal cortex
E. Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex 4.
Question: Which of the following cognitive responses to environ- D mental stimuli has been found to
be more characteristic of patients with anxiety disorders when compared to patients with depression?
Answer:
A. Misattributions regarding stimuli
B. Hopelessness regarding meaning of stimuli 2/47
C. Automatic negative thoughts toward the stimuli
D. Attentional bias toward potentially threatening stimuli
E. Lack of awareness of physiological responses to stimuli
5. SKIP 6.
,Question: Which of the following instructions can enhance hy- A poactive DTR in the leg?
Answer:
A. Clench a first
B. Elevate an arm
C. Stare at a distant object
D. Think of moving the limb
E. Sensory stimulation of the opposite limb 7.
Question: What is the leading cause of death in persons with E severe mental illness?
Answer:
A. Cancer
B. Suicide
C. Diabetes
D. Accidents
E. Cardiovascular disease 8.
Question: Which of the following medications is most effective B for migraine prophylaxis?
Answer:
A. Sumitriptan
B. Topiramate
C. Fluoxetine
D. Duloxetine
E. Naproxen
9. B 3/47
Question: Which of the following epigenetic mechanisms inhibits the transcriptional machinery from
accessing DNA and thus leads to decreased gene transcription?
Answer:
A. Acetylation
B. Methylation
C. Demethylation
D. Histone modification
E. Chromatin remodeling
10. Patients with which of the following neurocognitive C
, Question: Disorders are more likely to develop severe extrapyramidal side effects from antipsychotic
medications?
Answer:
A. Prior disease
B. Alzheimer disease
C. Lewy body disease
D. Cerebrovascular disease
E. Frontotemporal lobar degeneration 11.
Question: Which of the following is the strongest risk factor for C development of chronic daily
headache in adults?
Answer:
A. Obesity
B. Depression
C. Medication overuse
D. Low socioeconomic status
E. Older age of onset of headaches 12.
Question: Which of the following neurotransmitters is predomi- E nantly inhibitory?
Answer:
A. Norepinephrine
B. Glutamate
C. Dopamine 4/47
D. Tyrosine
E. Glycine
13. Maintenance of wakefulness is dependent on which of E
Question: The following areas of the brain?
Answer:
A. Oral pontine
B. Midbrain tegmentum
C. Posterior hypothalamus
D. Anterior cingulate parietal cortex
E. Ascending reticular activating system 14.
