PRITE Actual Test – Questions With Right Answers (A+)
Psychological Testing
What test would be considered most useful to specifically evaluate concept
formation, reasoning, and executive functioning? (4x) Right Ans -
WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST (WCST)
What psychological tests measure test-taking attitudes at time of exam (3x)
Right Ans - MMPI (MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY)
VALIDITY SCALE
Most appropriate brief screening instrument that a pt can fill by him/ herself
at physician's office to screen for depression is (3x) Right Ans - BECK
DEPRESSION INVENTORY
Which test is an objective measure of personality in adults and is helpful in
confirming diagnosis of personality disorder? (3x) Right Ans - MILLON
CLINICAL MULTIAXIAL INVENTORY (MCMI)
An appropriate purpose for projective testing is: (3x) Right Ans -
DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF SUBTLE PSYCHOTIC THOUGHT PROCESSES
Which of the following is a pt self-reported questionnaire? (x2) Right Ans -
BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY
What test may use set shifting to test cognitive flexibility? Right Ans -
WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST (WCST)
MMPI does what? (2x) Right Ans - IDENTIFIES MAJOR AREAS OF
PSYCHOPATHOLOGIC FUNCTIONING
Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST) assesses (2x) Right Ans - ABSTRACT
REASONING AND FLEXIBILITY IN PROBLEM SOLVING (cards are flexible)
What psychological test determines neuropsychologic impairment? (2x)
Right Ans - HALSTEAD-REITAN BATTERY
,A broad-based rating scale for psychiatric symptoms in children? (2x)
Right Ans - CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST (CBCL)
Most specific test for assessing executive functioning? (x2) Right Ans -
WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST (WCST)- (EXECUTIVES are just cards)
4 y/o child is administered the "false beliefs task" in which two dolls act out a
scene, whereby one doll switches the location of a marble from one site to
another, while the other doll leaves the scene of the action. When the other
doll returns to look for the marble, the child correctly points out that it will
look in the original location. This response demonstrates the child is showing
evidence of (x2): Right Ans - THEORY OF MIND
This is considered as an unstructured psychological test (x2): Right Ans -
RORSCHACH INKBLOT
What does the Wisconsin card sorting task most accurately measure? Right
Ans - THE ABILITY TO GENERATE ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES IN RESPONSE
TO FEEDBACK
Compared to "treatment as usual", how does the IMPACT model of integrated
care (which recommends screening for depression of at least 75% of primary
care patients and following through with psych eval/mgmt) differ? Right
Ans - DOUBLES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DEPRESSION TREATMENT (IMPACT
model has 2x impact)
In problem solving training, what is the next step after using specific
behavioral terms and feeling expressions Right Ans - THE OTHER
PARTNER PARAPHRASES THE STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Pt asked to draw clock, keeps tracing circle over and over again, what
symptom is being demonstrated? Right Ans - PERSEVERATION
Test that measure flexibility in shifting cognitive sets Right Ans - TRAILS B
Which test requires rapid and efficient integration of attention, visual
scanning and cognitive sequencing? Right Ans - TRAIL MAKING TEST
,Name of test where pt is told to name the colors in which the words are
printed rather than reading the words themselves Right Ans - STROOP
COLOR WORD TEST
What test requires rapid and efficient integration of attention, visual
scanning, and cognitive sequencing? Right Ans - TRAIL-MAKING TEST
(TMT) - (following number sequencing)
When interpreting IQ test results, what indicates need for further assessment?
Right Ans - VERBAL SCORE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN NONVERBAL
SCORE
IQ scores generally considered to be stable beginning at: Right Ans - 7
YEARS OLD
To obtain additional about unconscious drives and psychodynamic processes,
which test would be most helpful? Right Ans - THEMATIC
APPRERCEPTION TEST (TAT)
Psych MD tests a medical pt with go/no-go test in which psych MD asks pt to
tap the table once if Psych MD taps it once, but not to tap the table if psych MD
taps it twice. Psych MD is screening for deficits in? Right Ans - EXECUTIVE
FUNCTIONING
Which of the following tests is used for assessment of expressive language?
Right Ans - BOSTON NAMING TEST (picture naming)
Test to discriminate cognitive difficulties in Alzheimer's (+ test) from those in
depression (- test): Right Ans - BOSTON NAMING TEST
Test for anxiety that does not include Qs about physical sx such as tachycardia
and diaphoresis would be considered lacking in what? Right Ans -
CONTENT VALIDITY
Psychiatrist wishes to assess a pt's premorbid intellectual functioning. Which
of the following tests would be best for this purpose? Right Ans - READING
SUBSET OF THE WIDE RANGE ACHIEVEMENT TEST
, Awareness of own symptoms rated by: Right Ans - GLOBAL ASSESSMENT
SCALE
Which of the following is the best test for general assessment of a patient's
psychiatric symptom patterns? Right Ans - SYMPTOM CHECKLIST-90-
REVISED (scl-90)
Measures attention, concentration, and freedom from distractibility: Right
Ans - WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE (WAIS)
Judgment by experts that items on a test "makes sense" is an example of:
Right Ans - FACE VALIDITY
Bender-Gestalt diagrams assesses: Right Ans - NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL
IMPAIRMENT
Which test assesses ability to attend to a task while inhibiting interfering
stimuli? Right Ans - STROOP COLOR WORD TEST
What would be a useful screening test to evaluate an 8 y/o child's academic
performance? Right Ans - WIDE RANGE ACHIEVEMENT TEST (WRAT)
What does the clock drawing task test? Right Ans - "ATTENTION,
VISUOSPATIAL, PLANNING,
EXECUTIVE FUNCTION (NOT orientation)" Right Ans -
Pt scores on revised Wechsler adult intelligence scale (WAIS-R) subtests for
picture arrangement and block design are very low compared to scores on
other subtests. Most suggestive of: Right Ans - LESION IN NONDOMINANT
HEMISPHERE
Test to assess intelligence in 4 y/o? Right Ans - STANFORD-BINET
Stanford-Binet most similar to: Right Ans - WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE
SCALE FOR CHILDREN - III
Psychological Testing
What test would be considered most useful to specifically evaluate concept
formation, reasoning, and executive functioning? (4x) Right Ans -
WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST (WCST)
What psychological tests measure test-taking attitudes at time of exam (3x)
Right Ans - MMPI (MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY)
VALIDITY SCALE
Most appropriate brief screening instrument that a pt can fill by him/ herself
at physician's office to screen for depression is (3x) Right Ans - BECK
DEPRESSION INVENTORY
Which test is an objective measure of personality in adults and is helpful in
confirming diagnosis of personality disorder? (3x) Right Ans - MILLON
CLINICAL MULTIAXIAL INVENTORY (MCMI)
An appropriate purpose for projective testing is: (3x) Right Ans -
DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF SUBTLE PSYCHOTIC THOUGHT PROCESSES
Which of the following is a pt self-reported questionnaire? (x2) Right Ans -
BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY
What test may use set shifting to test cognitive flexibility? Right Ans -
WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST (WCST)
MMPI does what? (2x) Right Ans - IDENTIFIES MAJOR AREAS OF
PSYCHOPATHOLOGIC FUNCTIONING
Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST) assesses (2x) Right Ans - ABSTRACT
REASONING AND FLEXIBILITY IN PROBLEM SOLVING (cards are flexible)
What psychological test determines neuropsychologic impairment? (2x)
Right Ans - HALSTEAD-REITAN BATTERY
,A broad-based rating scale for psychiatric symptoms in children? (2x)
Right Ans - CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST (CBCL)
Most specific test for assessing executive functioning? (x2) Right Ans -
WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST (WCST)- (EXECUTIVES are just cards)
4 y/o child is administered the "false beliefs task" in which two dolls act out a
scene, whereby one doll switches the location of a marble from one site to
another, while the other doll leaves the scene of the action. When the other
doll returns to look for the marble, the child correctly points out that it will
look in the original location. This response demonstrates the child is showing
evidence of (x2): Right Ans - THEORY OF MIND
This is considered as an unstructured psychological test (x2): Right Ans -
RORSCHACH INKBLOT
What does the Wisconsin card sorting task most accurately measure? Right
Ans - THE ABILITY TO GENERATE ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES IN RESPONSE
TO FEEDBACK
Compared to "treatment as usual", how does the IMPACT model of integrated
care (which recommends screening for depression of at least 75% of primary
care patients and following through with psych eval/mgmt) differ? Right
Ans - DOUBLES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DEPRESSION TREATMENT (IMPACT
model has 2x impact)
In problem solving training, what is the next step after using specific
behavioral terms and feeling expressions Right Ans - THE OTHER
PARTNER PARAPHRASES THE STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Pt asked to draw clock, keeps tracing circle over and over again, what
symptom is being demonstrated? Right Ans - PERSEVERATION
Test that measure flexibility in shifting cognitive sets Right Ans - TRAILS B
Which test requires rapid and efficient integration of attention, visual
scanning and cognitive sequencing? Right Ans - TRAIL MAKING TEST
,Name of test where pt is told to name the colors in which the words are
printed rather than reading the words themselves Right Ans - STROOP
COLOR WORD TEST
What test requires rapid and efficient integration of attention, visual
scanning, and cognitive sequencing? Right Ans - TRAIL-MAKING TEST
(TMT) - (following number sequencing)
When interpreting IQ test results, what indicates need for further assessment?
Right Ans - VERBAL SCORE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN NONVERBAL
SCORE
IQ scores generally considered to be stable beginning at: Right Ans - 7
YEARS OLD
To obtain additional about unconscious drives and psychodynamic processes,
which test would be most helpful? Right Ans - THEMATIC
APPRERCEPTION TEST (TAT)
Psych MD tests a medical pt with go/no-go test in which psych MD asks pt to
tap the table once if Psych MD taps it once, but not to tap the table if psych MD
taps it twice. Psych MD is screening for deficits in? Right Ans - EXECUTIVE
FUNCTIONING
Which of the following tests is used for assessment of expressive language?
Right Ans - BOSTON NAMING TEST (picture naming)
Test to discriminate cognitive difficulties in Alzheimer's (+ test) from those in
depression (- test): Right Ans - BOSTON NAMING TEST
Test for anxiety that does not include Qs about physical sx such as tachycardia
and diaphoresis would be considered lacking in what? Right Ans -
CONTENT VALIDITY
Psychiatrist wishes to assess a pt's premorbid intellectual functioning. Which
of the following tests would be best for this purpose? Right Ans - READING
SUBSET OF THE WIDE RANGE ACHIEVEMENT TEST
, Awareness of own symptoms rated by: Right Ans - GLOBAL ASSESSMENT
SCALE
Which of the following is the best test for general assessment of a patient's
psychiatric symptom patterns? Right Ans - SYMPTOM CHECKLIST-90-
REVISED (scl-90)
Measures attention, concentration, and freedom from distractibility: Right
Ans - WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE (WAIS)
Judgment by experts that items on a test "makes sense" is an example of:
Right Ans - FACE VALIDITY
Bender-Gestalt diagrams assesses: Right Ans - NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL
IMPAIRMENT
Which test assesses ability to attend to a task while inhibiting interfering
stimuli? Right Ans - STROOP COLOR WORD TEST
What would be a useful screening test to evaluate an 8 y/o child's academic
performance? Right Ans - WIDE RANGE ACHIEVEMENT TEST (WRAT)
What does the clock drawing task test? Right Ans - "ATTENTION,
VISUOSPATIAL, PLANNING,
EXECUTIVE FUNCTION (NOT orientation)" Right Ans -
Pt scores on revised Wechsler adult intelligence scale (WAIS-R) subtests for
picture arrangement and block design are very low compared to scores on
other subtests. Most suggestive of: Right Ans - LESION IN NONDOMINANT
HEMISPHERE
Test to assess intelligence in 4 y/o? Right Ans - STANFORD-BINET
Stanford-Binet most similar to: Right Ans - WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE
SCALE FOR CHILDREN - III
