MHTC PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The neurophysiologist Sigmund Freud is credited with introducing which concept?
a. Lunacy
b. Insanity
c. Mental illness
d. Psychoanalysis - Answers -D
The provider is planning the discharge of a client who has been prescribed an
antipsychotic medication for paranoid schizophrenia. The provider knows that the client
is most at risk for:
a. Diabetes
b. fluid volume deficit
c. noncompliance
d. bipolar disorder - Answers -C
The tech witnesses different personalities emerging in the client with Dissociative
Identity Disorder (DID). The primary personality is referred to as the:
a. Identity
b. Host
c. Ego
d. Alter - Answers -B
The parents of a 2 year old boy seek assistance at a family therapy clinic because their
son throws a temper tantrum every time he is not allowed to throw his food on the floor
during meals. Which therapeutic intervention does the provider suggest?
a. Leave him during the tantrum so that he feels isolated from the others as a
result of his behavior
b. Try to distract him when he becomes frustrated, and reward him for positive
behavior
c. Hold the child down until the tantrum stops
d. Put him in the corner for punishment while he is having the tantrum - Answers -B
Adult disorders such as chronic anxiety and depression often are associated with
childhood:
a. Illnesses
b. Abuse
c. education
d. fears - Answers -B
Psychotherapeutic drug therapy works primarily by:
a. Opening major nerve pathways within the brain
b. Causing vasodilation within the nervous system
c. Disrupting blood flow within the brain
d. Altering chemical balances within the nervous system - Answers -D
, When anxiety is a maladaptive response in an individual, it has the characteristics of:
a. Eliminating uneasy feelings
b. Effective adaptation to stressors
c. Ineffective coping
d. Helping an individual learn and grow form experiences - Answers -C
A 4 year old client in a pediatric unit is imitating the actions of the provider. The provider
knows according to Erik Erikson's theory, that this child is displaying a characteristic
seen during which developmental stage?
a. Oral-sensory
b. Genital-locomotor
c. Anal-muscular
d. Latency - Answers -B
A 75 year old male client is brought to the clinic by his son. The son states "Ever since
Mom dies, Dad hasn't been the same. At first he just seemed sad, but now he seems to
get
mixed up about everything." The provider is aware that based on the client's history, the
source of confusion is most likely:
a. Depression from the loss of his wife
b. Delirium from medications
c. Dementia
d. Hypoxia of the brain - Answers -B
During the provider assessment before admission to a mental health facility, the client
states that he was found to have driven his car to another state but no recollection of
traveling there . The Nurse is aware this client is describing a condition known as:
a. Dissociative personality
b. Dissociative amnesia
c. Dissociative trance disorder
d. Dissociative fugue - Answers -D
______ is a side effect that can occur while a client is taking an antipsychotic
medication, causing muscle rigidity, high fever, unstable vital signs, confusion, and
agitation:
a. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
b. Drug induced parkinsonism
c. Tardive dyskinesia
d. Dystonia - Answers -A
A female college student is seeking help from the counseling center for test anxiety.
She
reports that during an exam, she "freezes and feels like the time I have to take the exam
is
racing by and I can't answer any of the questions when I know the answers". Which
level
The neurophysiologist Sigmund Freud is credited with introducing which concept?
a. Lunacy
b. Insanity
c. Mental illness
d. Psychoanalysis - Answers -D
The provider is planning the discharge of a client who has been prescribed an
antipsychotic medication for paranoid schizophrenia. The provider knows that the client
is most at risk for:
a. Diabetes
b. fluid volume deficit
c. noncompliance
d. bipolar disorder - Answers -C
The tech witnesses different personalities emerging in the client with Dissociative
Identity Disorder (DID). The primary personality is referred to as the:
a. Identity
b. Host
c. Ego
d. Alter - Answers -B
The parents of a 2 year old boy seek assistance at a family therapy clinic because their
son throws a temper tantrum every time he is not allowed to throw his food on the floor
during meals. Which therapeutic intervention does the provider suggest?
a. Leave him during the tantrum so that he feels isolated from the others as a
result of his behavior
b. Try to distract him when he becomes frustrated, and reward him for positive
behavior
c. Hold the child down until the tantrum stops
d. Put him in the corner for punishment while he is having the tantrum - Answers -B
Adult disorders such as chronic anxiety and depression often are associated with
childhood:
a. Illnesses
b. Abuse
c. education
d. fears - Answers -B
Psychotherapeutic drug therapy works primarily by:
a. Opening major nerve pathways within the brain
b. Causing vasodilation within the nervous system
c. Disrupting blood flow within the brain
d. Altering chemical balances within the nervous system - Answers -D
, When anxiety is a maladaptive response in an individual, it has the characteristics of:
a. Eliminating uneasy feelings
b. Effective adaptation to stressors
c. Ineffective coping
d. Helping an individual learn and grow form experiences - Answers -C
A 4 year old client in a pediatric unit is imitating the actions of the provider. The provider
knows according to Erik Erikson's theory, that this child is displaying a characteristic
seen during which developmental stage?
a. Oral-sensory
b. Genital-locomotor
c. Anal-muscular
d. Latency - Answers -B
A 75 year old male client is brought to the clinic by his son. The son states "Ever since
Mom dies, Dad hasn't been the same. At first he just seemed sad, but now he seems to
get
mixed up about everything." The provider is aware that based on the client's history, the
source of confusion is most likely:
a. Depression from the loss of his wife
b. Delirium from medications
c. Dementia
d. Hypoxia of the brain - Answers -B
During the provider assessment before admission to a mental health facility, the client
states that he was found to have driven his car to another state but no recollection of
traveling there . The Nurse is aware this client is describing a condition known as:
a. Dissociative personality
b. Dissociative amnesia
c. Dissociative trance disorder
d. Dissociative fugue - Answers -D
______ is a side effect that can occur while a client is taking an antipsychotic
medication, causing muscle rigidity, high fever, unstable vital signs, confusion, and
agitation:
a. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
b. Drug induced parkinsonism
c. Tardive dyskinesia
d. Dystonia - Answers -A
A female college student is seeking help from the counseling center for test anxiety.
She
reports that during an exam, she "freezes and feels like the time I have to take the exam
is
racing by and I can't answer any of the questions when I know the answers". Which
level
