.Sample Questions for Final Exam

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1.                  Anorexia Nervosa occurs: 

     A.  10 to 20 times more often in females than in males.

     B.  5 times more often in males than in females.

     C.  in 4 percent of adolescent girls.

     D.  Predominantly in the upper and lower economic classes.

     E.  With greatest frequency among young women in professions associated with food preparation.

2.                  All of the following are TRUE adjustment disorders EXCEPT: 

A.                 It is the development of emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to an identifiable stressor (s) occurring within 3 months of the onset of the stressor (s).

B.                 Its symptoms or behaviors are clinical significant as evidenced by marked distress and/or significant impairment in social or occupational functioning.

C.                 It requires all three of the following: depressed mood, tearfulness, and hopelessness.

D.                 The symptoms do not represent bereavement.

E.                  Once the stressor has terminated, the symptoms do not persist for more than an additional 6 months.

3.                  All of the following are issues in suicidal vulnerability factors in patients with cancer EXCEPT:

A.                 Depression and hopelessness

B.                 Poorly controlled pain.

C.                 Mild delirium (disinhibition).

D.                 Vigorous energy.

E.                  Anxiety.

4.                  Which one of the following statements is true: 

A.                 The concept of combined psychotherapeutic and medical treatment--that is, the approach that emphasizes the interrelation of mind and body in the genesis of symptom and disorder--calls for a greatly expanded sharing of responsibility among various professions.

B.                 Every disease can be considered to be caused by or to be associated with emotional factors.

C.                 Hostility, rage, guilt, depression, and anxiety in varying proportions are at the root of most psychosomatic disorders.

D.                 The presenting complaint is usually physical; patients rarely complain of their anxiety or depression or tension but, rather, of their vomiting or diarrhoea or anorexia.

E.                  All of the above are true.

5.                  Secondary gain can best be defined by the following statement:

A.                 Money the patient can make off of being a patient.

B.                 Financial gains from an insured party.

C.                 Conscious or unconscious opportunities to gain finances, lower responsibility for work or school, or other factors that psychologically reinforce medical conditions.

D.                 The unconscious process of the exacerbation of illness behavior with the ultimate goal of getting rich.
 

E.                  All of the above.

Test questions will come from lectures and suggested readings.  Tests are designed to sample students understanding of the material and relate to the specific cognitive objectives under each section.  Most test questions will come from the cognitive objectives and are covered in the textbook, identified in the class outline and lectures and are supported in your suggested readings.