AbPsycPre Test2019 PDF
AbPsycPre Test2019 PDF
AbPsycPre Test2019 PDF
ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
Reviewer:
Ms. Gertrude Paredes-Panlaqui, DEM,
RPsy, RPm
ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY PRE-TEST
Direction: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer from the options written below
each item. Darkened the rectangle of your choice in the separate answer sheet provided.
1. A symptoms in which the patient fills amnesic gaps with imaginary images is called:
A. Flight of ideas C. Confabulation
B. Retardation of ideas D. Amnesia
2. A condition that is characterized by the occurrence of one or more depressive episodes in the
absence of a history of mania is:
A. Major Depressive Episodes C. Bipolar II
B. Bipolar I D. Dysthymia
3. It is a type of personality that is characterized by “splitting” people into good and bad.
A. Antisocial Personality Disorder C. Paranoid Personality Disorder
B. Borderline Personality Disorder D. Histrionic Personality Disorder
4. It is lessening of the symptoms of a disease or their temporary reduction of disappearance.
A. Cure Rate C. Remission
B. Relapse D. Residual
5. These refer to behaviors or feelings that are perceived as natural parts of the self and therefore are
not abnormal.
A. Dissociative Identity Disorder C. Depersonalization
B. Ego Syntonic D. Ego Dystonic
6. A group of disorders characterized by complaints of physical problems or symptoms that cannot be
explained by physical cause is called:
A. Anxiety Disorder C. Somatoform Disorder
B. Eating Disorder D. Impulse control Disorder
7. A 34-year old was arrested for leaving his car and physically attacking another motorist stopped at a
traffic light. A witness reported that the victim had cut the man off at the previous light. The man
has __________.
A. Paranoid Personality Disorder
B. Intermittent Explosive Disorder
C. Antisocial Personality Disorder
D. Conduct Disorder
8. A 23-year old women experiences sudden loss of vision, but appears unconcerned. It was reported
that before the onset of her blindness, she saw her husband kissing her sister.
A. Body Dysmorphic Disorder C. Conversion Disorder
B. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder D. Acute Stress Disorder
9. Before she can go to sleep at night, a 25-year old women counts the tiles on the ceiling at least 5
times. She had a few minor car accidents because she distracted counting traffic lights.
A. Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder C. Delusional Disorder
B. Generalized Anxiety Disorder D. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
10. During exam week, a 20-year old college student begins to suspect that her roommate is trying to
poison her. She returns to normal after exam.
A. Paranoid Personality Disorder C. Brief Psychotic Disorder
B. Paranoid Schizophrenia D. Schizophrenia Disorder
11. Four months after his parents separated, an eleven-year old girl seems sad at home most of the
time, loses interest in playing with friends, and begins to do poorly in school.
A. Major Depressive Episode C. Adjustment Disorder
B. HaAcute Stress Disorder D. Avoidant personality Disorder
12. An oddly dresses 32-year old women says she likes to walk by the seashore because the waves
communicate with her. She says she never goes out on Tuesday because these are horrible days.
She has few friends.
A. Histrionic Personality Disorder C. Schizotypal Personality Disorder
B. Schizoid Personality Disorder D. Avoidant Personality Disorder
13. A 40-year old man tells his physician that he has little interest in activities he formerly enjoyed. He
has lost 11 pounds and reports that he wakes up 2 hours before his alarm goes off and cannot fall
back to sleep. He states that his family would be better off without him.
A. Bipolar I C. Major Depressive Episode
B. Dysthymia D. Bipolar II
14. Although she reports that she is sexually aroused, a 39-year old women has never changed orgasm
by any means sexual activity with her husband.
A. Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder C. Organismic Disorder
B. Vaginismus D. Sexual Aversion Disorder
15. A 28-year old man who lives in a group home says that his roommates are spying on him by listening
to him through his computer monitor. For this reason, he has changed apartments a number of
times over the last three years. He dresses strangely, is unkempt and dirty and it seems preoccupied
by people giving him instructions in his head.
A. Paranoid Personality Disorder C. Paranoid Schizophrenia
B. Delusional Disorder D. Antisocial Personality Disorder
16. A 28-year old woman wears a wig because she has pulled out all of the hair on the back of her head.
A. Intermittent Explosive Disorder C. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
B. Trichotillomania D. Pain Disorder
17. A 32-year old secretary who formerly lived in San Juan has been living in Makati and working as a
cashier for more than 3 years. She has no memory of coming to Makati or of living in San Juan.
A. Dissociative Fugue C. Depersonalization
B. Dissociative Identity Disorder D. Dissociative Amnesia
18. A symptom characterized by the existence of conflicting feelings is _____________.
A. Apathy C. Ambivalence
B. Inappropriate Affect D. Obsession
19. A 20-year old college student who 5’9” weighs 320 pounds and says he has been overweight all his
life. He lost 100 pound over the next year and regained 40 pounds during the last few months.
A. Bulimia Nervosa C. Binge Eating Disorder
B. Obesity D. Impulse Control Disorder
20. A group of drugs specifically indicated for schizophrenia is ___________.
A. Benzodiazepines C. Antipsychotics
B. Barbiturates D. Amphetamines
21. The process of destroying certain parts of the brain to find out its effect on behavior is called:
A. Lobotomy C. Experimental Ablation
B. Split Brain Operation D. Trephination
22. Division ANS that is involved in activities associated with expenditure of energy from reserves that
are stored inside the body is:
A. Sympathetic Division C. Somatic Division
B. Parasympathetic Division D. Peripheral Division
23. This is released by the hypothalamus for the pituitary to release ACTH.
A. Acetylcholine C. Enzymes
B. Acetyl Cholinesterase D. Corticotrophin
24. Point sat which molecules of the drug interact with molecules located on or in the cells of the body,
thus affecting the biochemical processes of these cells is called ______________.
A. Synaptic Cleft C. Presynaptic
B. Site of Action D. Synaptic Knobs
25. The process in which drug is absorbed, distributed within the body, metabolized and excreted is
_____________.
A. Pharmacopsychology C. Pharmacokinetics
B. Psychopharmacology D. Metabolism
26. This refers to the increase in the effectiveness of the drug that is administered repeatedly.
A. Tolerance C. Withdrawal
B. Sensitization D. Dependence
27. A drug facilitates or activates the effects of a particular neurotransmitter on the postsynaptic cell is
called _________.
A. Stimulants C. Agonists
B. Narcotics D. Antagonists
28. These are the natural pain controlling chemicals of the body.
A. Epinephrine C. Cortisol
B. Norepinephrine D. Endorphin
29. It is the neurotransmitter found between neurons and muscles causing the latter to contact.
A. Serotonin C. Acetylcholine
B. Dopamine D. Acetyl Cholinesterase
30. It is the effect of alcohol on GABA,
A. No effect C. Agonist
B. Antagonist D. Negative effect
31. A condition that result in increased amounts of the substance to give the same effect is called:
A. Sensitization C. Withdrawal
B. Tolerance D. Dependence
32. An enzyme that stops muscle contraction right after it has started is ____________.
A. Pepsin C. Acetylcholine
B. Endorphin D. Acetyl cholinesterase
33. An exogenous substance that alters the functions cell when given at relatively low doses is:
A. Drug C. Antibiotics
B. Vitamins D. Minerals
34. It is a method of research that involves tracking the rates of occurrence of a disorder among
different groups.
A. Epidemiological Method C. Experimental Method
B. Survey Method D. Correlations Method
35. It is a delusional disorder characterized by the belief that one is lived by someone of a high social
status.
A. Delusions of Grandeur C. Delusions of Jealousy
B. Erotomania D. Delusions of Persecution
36. The stage of GAS characterized by lowered resistance, increased parasympathetic activity and
possible physical deterioration is:
A. Alarm Reaction C. Exhaustion Stage
B. Resistance D. Acceptance
37. It is the incorrect appraisal that a person is free of a disorder when in fact he /she had a disorder is
____________.
A. False Negative C. Misdiagnosis
B. False Positive D. Clinical Incompetence
38. An incorrect appraisal that a person has a particular disorder is ___________.
A. False Negative C. Misdiagnosis
B. False Positive D. Clinical Incompetence
39. It refers to sexual dysfunction in women involving difficulty reaching orgasm or inability to reach
orgasm following a normal level of sexual interest and arousal.
A. Female Impotence C. Sexual Aversion Disorder
B. Female Organismic Disorder D. Female Sexual Arousal Disorder
40. It is a sexual dysfunction in women involving difficulty becoming sexually aroused or lack of sexual
excitement or pleasure during sexual activity.
A. Female Impotence C. Sexual Aversion Disorder
B. Female Organismic Disorder D. Female Sexual Arousal Disorder
41. A form of exposure therapy in which subjects are exposed to high levels of fear-inducing stimulus is
___________.
A. Incompatible Stimulus C. Tolerating Method
B. Flooding D. Behaviour Modification
50. A label given to people who manifest abnormal behavior during the dark ages is ____________.
A. Heretics C. Witches
B. Demons D. Sorcerers
51. It sometimes involves binge eating and purging to lose weight.
A. Binge Eating Disorder C. Anorexia Nervosa
B. Obesity D. Bulimia Nervosa
52. This refers to the lessening of the symptoms of a disease or a temporary reduction or disappearance
of symptoms.
A. Prognosis C. Remission
B. Relapse D. Residual
53. It is a torture technique described as using a metal string that is tightened around the neck or head
of the person:
A. Strappado C. Garrotte
B. Guillotine D. Pear of Agony
54. It refers to the prediction of the course or outcome of a disorder.
A. Diagnosis C. Cure Rate
B. Prognosis D. Remission
55. Sensation is markedly increased in intensity without any change in the level of external stimulus.
A. Sensitization C. Anaesthesia
B. Hypoesthesia D. Hyperesthesia
56. When Juliet’s grandmother died suddenly, Juliet showed no emotion at all.
A. Denial C. Apathy
B. Inappropriate Affect D. Ambivalence
57. During the 5th -17th centuries these places were called mad houses where the mentally ill are kept.
A. Hospitals C. Asylums
B. Mental Institution D. Madhouses
58. During the early years, this condition was labeled “split personality.”
A. Schizophrenia
B. Bipolar Disorder
C. Dissociative Identity Disorder
D. Depersonalization
59. While Gardo was walking along the beach in Cebu for the first time, he suddenly had this feeling that
he been to that place before.
A. Amnesia C. Dejὰ vu
B. Fugue D. Depersonalization
60. Samantha was always difficulty collecting her thoughts. Before she decides on something she would
take it over. But her thinking takes time and it has always been difficult for her to respond to
question immediately.
A. Impoverished of Ideas C. Retardation of Ideas
B. Blocking D. Tangentiality
61. Godo’s friend does not like to spend that much time with him. They reason that Godo has this
behaviour of talking endlessly of things that are not connected to the topic they are discussing or of
explicitly elaboaraboting things that are really not important.
A. Clanging C. Circumstantially
B. Confabulation D. Flight if Ideas
62. When on an educational trip to visit a local mental institution, a psychology student observes a
psychiatrist being followed by a patient. She also observed that whatever the movement of the
doctor, the patient imitates.
A. Waxy Flexibility C. Automatism
B. Catatonia D. Echopraxia
63. A patient was observed to be having difficulty remembering what was said to him and what he just.
He, however, has no difficulty remembering stories about himself before the accident.
A. Blocking C. Retrograde Amnesia
B. Anterograde Amnesia D. Fugue
64. A condition in which the patient was observed to speak in a rapid incomprehensible manner is:
A. Flight of Ideas C. Logorrhea
B. Tangentiality D. Circumstantiality
65. It is the existence of conflicting feeling towards a person, place or situation.
A.Dέjὰ Vu C. Ambivalence
B. Inappropriate Affect D. Loosening of Association
66. A patient was observed sitting in one corner if his room, not showing any movement at all for the
pass three hour.
A. Catalepsy C. Stupor
B. Negativism D. Chorea
67. The identification of a particular group of illness is ___________.
A. Diagnosis C. Syndrome
B. Epidemiology D. Prevalence
68. This involves genetic abnormalities coming together in one individual to create a disorder.
A. Predisposition Theory C. Structural Theory
B. Polygenic Theory D. Biochemical Theory
69. A patient often complains of hearing voices in is head. This is what symptoms?
A. Obsession C. Paranoia
B. Auditory Hallucination D. Delusions of Persecution
70. Episodic period of anxiety symptoms that have sudden onset and increase in intensity within a
period of 10 minutes refer to _____________.
A. Phobic Disorder C. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
B. Panic Disorder D. Conversion Disorder
71. Patient has a history of multiple physical complaints over many years.
A. Conversion Disorder C. Somatization Disorder
B. Hypochondriasis D. Pain Disorder
72. Peter would not go near a big body of water, no matter how safe, enjoyable or inviting it may seem.
He would just stay in his room and play with his tablet instead of having fun swimming with his
family or friends.
A. Altophobia C. Photophobia
B. Hemetophobia D. Hydrophobia
73. The pressure or demand on an organism to adapt or adjust is called ______________.
A. Distress C. Eustress
B. Stress D. Crisis
74. When Donna, 19 years old , incurred a failing mark in one of her subjects for the first time, she
started to lose interest in school and would spend a great deal of time just texting and playing video
games.
A. Conduct Disorder C. Antisocial Personality Disorder
B. Adjustment Disorder D. Phobic Disorder
75. It is a group of disorder characterized by complaints of physical causes.
A. Dissociative Disorder C. Anxiety Disorder
B. Somatoform Disorder D. Mood Disorder
76. The patient experiences recurring intrusive feeling, thoughts and images that are partially relieved
by performing repetitive acts.
A. Paranoid Personality Disorder C. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
B. Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder D. Impulsive Control Disorder
77. The client excessively focuses on minor or imagined physical defects usually of the face and head.
A. Hypochondrias C. Body Dismophic Disorder
B. Conversion Disorder D. Somatization Disorder
78. This is a category sexual deviation that includes pedophilia, zoophilia and necrophilia.
A. Sexual deviation related to the manner of gratification
B. Sexual deviation related to the context of gratification
C. Sexual deviation related to the sexual object
D. Sexual deviation related to the intensity of the sexual drive
79. It is a mental disorder characterized by the inability to recall important personal material that
cannot be counted for by medical causes.
A. Dissociative Fugue C. Depersonalization amnesia
B. Dissociative Amnesia D. Dementia
80. Symptoms of anxiety that is unrelated to a specific person or situation are _____________.
A. Conversion Disorder C. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
B. Panic Disorder D. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
81. It is a disorder characterized by a change or loss of physical function without medical cause that
does not bother the patient.
A. Conversion Disorder C. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
B. Panic Disorder D. Generalized Disorder
82. Exaggerated concern over health that lasts over at least 6-month period and continues despite
medical evaluation is ____________.
A. Hypochondrias C. Factitious Disorder
B. Malingering D. Somatization Disorder
83. This is a state of physical or mental pain and suffering.
A. Stress C. Eustress
B. Distress D. Stain
84. It is a discovered characterized by symptoms of anxiety after a catastrophic event that lasts between
two days to four weeks.
A. Generalized Anxiety Disorder C. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
B. Acute Stress Disorder D. Phobic Disorder
85. This sexual orientation has been removed from the DSM lists of mental conditions.
A. Gender Identity Disorder C. Multiple Personality Disorder
B. Neurosis D. Homosexuality
86. It I a disorder characterized by at least two separate personalities or alters within one individual.
A. Dissociative Fugue C. Depersonalization
B. Dissociative Identity Disorder D. Disorganized Schizophrenia
87. The condition is characterized by painful sexual intercourse.
A. Vaginismus C. Dyspareunia
B. Sexual Aversion Disorder D. Organismic Disorder
88. The phase of the human sexual response cycle that also means the height of sexual pleasure.
A. Excitement Phase C. Organismic Phase
B. Plateau Phase D. Resolution Phase
89. Mang Isko is a 45-year old unmarried man who gains sexual pleasure by rubbing his genitals against
another person
A. Exhibitionism C. Frotteurism
B. Fetishism D. Voyeurism
90. Erectile disorders in males are a disorder of what sexual phase?
A. Excitement Phase C. Organismic Phase
B. Plateau Phase D. Resolution Phase
91. Bruce refrains from staying out too late. He makes sure the he is home before sundown. He hates
dark places and always sleeps with all his lights open.
A. Nicrophobia C. Nyctophobia
B. Necrophobia D. Photophobia
92. Time frame for a diagnosis of PTSD is:
A. At least three months from the traumatic event
B. At least two months from the traumatic event
C. At least four weeks from the traumatic event
D. At least three weeks from the traumatic event
93. Arlene, a 14-year old high school student is always absent every time she is assigned to give a report
in front of the class. She feels like she will make many mistakes and that her classmates will laugh at
her.
A. Generalized Anxiety Disorder C. Phobic Disorder
B. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder D. Acute Stress Disorder
94. Chris, a 26-year old engineering graduate is a loner. He just does not want to be around people.
When forced in a group, he fears that he will be rejected and that the group members will not like
him. So he would rather spend his time alone with his books and his computer.
A. Generalized Anxiety Disorder C. Avoidant Personality Disorder
B. Social Phobia D. Schizoid personality Disorder
95. It is a phase in the development of schizophrenia that involves the breakdown in social and
academic functioning. The individual is described as withdrawn and loses interest in activities he
used to enjoy.
A. Prodromal Phase C. Residual Phase
B. Acute Psychotic Phase D. Catarrhal Phase
96. It is a type of psychosis that is characterized as having the characteristics for both schizophrenia and
mood disorder.
A. Delusional Disorder C. Schizophreniform Disorder
B. Brief Psychotic Disorder D. Schizoaffective Disorder
97. It is a condition in which the patient cannot recall events that preceded the shocking event.
A. Fugue C. Retrograde Amnesia
B. Anterograde Amnesia D. Depersonalization
98. Melinda, a 23-yar old newly married housewife, is having a problem trying to make up her mind as
to what to cook for dinner. She called her mom to ask her suggestion. Not satisfied, she also called
her dad and some of her close friends before finally making up her mind.
A. Histrionic Personality Disorder C. Dependent Personality Disorder
B. Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder D. Border Personality Disorder
99. Rhea, a 37-year old young executive, feels so stressed-out at the office. Her subordinates, it seems,
are better than her and she does not like this. She should be the most capable and so she find ways
to discredit her colleagues just to make sure that she comes out on top and everybody appreciate
her looks up to her.
A. Narcissistic Personality Disorder C. Antisocial Personality Disorder
B. Borderline Personality Disorder D. Histrionic Personality Disorder
100. Paulo, a 35-year old bachelor, has been having a difficult time maintaining relationship even with
friends. Knowing that he is good looking, he believes that he deserves all their attention and
kindness. After all, they are very lucky to have him as good-looking friend. So he goes seemingly
satisfied having superficial relationships. He just not cares. He is good looking anyway and that is
all that matters.
A. Narcissistic Personality Disorder C. Antisocial Personality Disorder
B. Borderline Personality Disorder D. Histrionic Personality Disorder
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