age 1 of 31
PMHNP Certification FINAL EXAM PREP 2025/2026
ACCURATE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS <LATEST
VERSION>
denial .......Answer.........refusal to admit or recognize problem or
event- primitive defense mechanism
projection .......Answer.........taking one's own unacceptable
qualities and attributing them to another- primitive defense
mechanism
regression .......Answer.........reverting to patterns of behavior
from earlier stage of developement- immature defense
mechanism
,age 2 of 31
passive-aggression .......Answer.........indirectly expressing anger-
immature defense mechanism
reaction formation .......Answer.........taking up the opposite
feeling to reduce anxiety- neurotic defense mechanism
intelluctualization .......Answer.........focusing on intellectual
component to AVOID anxiety or thinking about the matter-
neurotic defense mechanism
repression .......Answer.........keeping info out of consciousness-
neurotic defense mechanism
displacement .......Answer.........taking out frustrations, etc on
people or objects less threatening- neurotic defense mechanism
rationalization .......Answer.........explaining unacceptable in a
rational or logical manner- neurotic defense mechanism
,age 3 of 31
splitting .......Answer.........seeing things about self or others in
extremes, unable to integrate negative and positive- neurotic
defense mechanism
sublimation .......Answer.........converts unacceptable into
acceptable (going to gym when angry)- mature, healthy
defense mechanism
humor, sublimation, suppression .......Answer.........mature, healthy
defense mechanisms
suppression .......Answer.........removal of unwanted information
(thinking about matter later)-mature, healthy defense mechanism
cohort study .......Answer.........level 3 evidence heirarchy- specific
variable and a specific outcome tested
, age 4 of 31
Meta-analysis (systematic review) .......Answer.........level 1 highest
level of evidence- review of high quality published research
RCTs .......Answer.........level 2 evidence heirarchy
case control study .......Answer.........level 4 evidence heirarchy-
retrospective study of cases and controls compared
case series/ reports .......Answer.........level 5 evidence
heirarchyone study or narrative of one study/patient
editorial/expert opinion .......Answer.........lowest level (6) of
evidence heirarchy- essays
herd community .......Answer.........resistance of group to infectious
agent
PMHNP Certification FINAL EXAM PREP 2025/2026
ACCURATE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS <LATEST
VERSION>
denial .......Answer.........refusal to admit or recognize problem or
event- primitive defense mechanism
projection .......Answer.........taking one's own unacceptable
qualities and attributing them to another- primitive defense
mechanism
regression .......Answer.........reverting to patterns of behavior
from earlier stage of developement- immature defense
mechanism
,age 2 of 31
passive-aggression .......Answer.........indirectly expressing anger-
immature defense mechanism
reaction formation .......Answer.........taking up the opposite
feeling to reduce anxiety- neurotic defense mechanism
intelluctualization .......Answer.........focusing on intellectual
component to AVOID anxiety or thinking about the matter-
neurotic defense mechanism
repression .......Answer.........keeping info out of consciousness-
neurotic defense mechanism
displacement .......Answer.........taking out frustrations, etc on
people or objects less threatening- neurotic defense mechanism
rationalization .......Answer.........explaining unacceptable in a
rational or logical manner- neurotic defense mechanism
,age 3 of 31
splitting .......Answer.........seeing things about self or others in
extremes, unable to integrate negative and positive- neurotic
defense mechanism
sublimation .......Answer.........converts unacceptable into
acceptable (going to gym when angry)- mature, healthy
defense mechanism
humor, sublimation, suppression .......Answer.........mature, healthy
defense mechanisms
suppression .......Answer.........removal of unwanted information
(thinking about matter later)-mature, healthy defense mechanism
cohort study .......Answer.........level 3 evidence heirarchy- specific
variable and a specific outcome tested
, age 4 of 31
Meta-analysis (systematic review) .......Answer.........level 1 highest
level of evidence- review of high quality published research
RCTs .......Answer.........level 2 evidence heirarchy
case control study .......Answer.........level 4 evidence heirarchy-
retrospective study of cases and controls compared
case series/ reports .......Answer.........level 5 evidence
heirarchyone study or narrative of one study/patient
editorial/expert opinion .......Answer.........lowest level (6) of
evidence heirarchy- essays
herd community .......Answer.........resistance of group to infectious
agent
