Mental health nursing psychiatry. MCQs for Nurses
Objective test examination. Choose the right options that best Answer each of the following questions. Mental health nursing psychiatry. MCQs for Nurses.
1. Most common type of dementia is
A. Tics disease
B. Parkinson’s disease
C. Picks disease
D. Alzheimer’s disease
Answer: D. Alzheimer’s disease
2. Gustatory hallucination affects the?
A. Nose
B. Ears
C. Taste buds
D. Skin
Answer:C. Taste buds
3. Sudden withdrawal of barbiturate use could cause a person to experience?
A. Ataxia
B. Bipolar disorder
C. Diarrhoea
D. Seizures
Answer: D. Seizures
4. A person who deliberately pretends an illness is usually thought to be?
A. Neurotic
B. Malingering
C. Out of concept with reality
D. Using conversion defences
Answer: B. Malingering
5. Imipramine is a ?
A. Antimalarial drug
B. Antimanic drug
C. Antipsychotic drug
D. Antidepressant drug
Answer: D. Antidepressant drug
Mental health nursing psychiatry. MCQs for Nurses
6. Inability to explain one’s emotional feeling is termed as?
A. Alexithymia
B. Agitation
C. Obsessive compulsive disorder
D. Distractibility
Answer: A. Alexithymia
7. The narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances act came into force from?
A. 1987
B. 1992
C. 1952
D. 1985
Answer: D. 1985
8. A patient is unable to experience pleasure in previous pleasurable activities, the problem the person has is ?
A. Alexithymia
B. Agitation
C. Anhedonia
D. Distractibility
Answer: C. Anhedonia
9. Sleepwalking is also known as?
A. Insomnia
B. Hyperbilirubinemia
C. Somnambulism
D. Sleeping sickness
Answer. C. Somnambulism
10. Psychiatric disorder in which the patient has two opposite feelings towards the same thing at the same time is known as?
A. Echolalia
B. Ambivalence
C. Perseverance
D. Hallucination
Answer: B. Ambivalence
Mental health nursing psychiatry. MCQs for Nurses
11. False recollection of memory in which the patient talks about those events which never took place, is termed as?
A. Paramnesia
B. Hyperamnesia
C. Amnesia
D. Parkinson’s
Answer: A. Paramnesia
12. Developmental reading disorder is known as?
A. Autism
B. Dyscalculia
C. Dyslexia
D. Dysphagia
Answer: C. Dyslexia
13. The term trichotillomania is defined as?
A. Bedwetting
B. Nail biting
C. Sleepwalking
D. Urge to pull out hair
Answer: D. Urge to pull out hair
14. CAGE questionnaire is used to identify severity of?
A. Schizophrenia
B. Hallucination
C. Eclampsia
D. Alcoholism
Answer: D. Alcoholism
If two or more of CAGE questionnaire Questions are answered positively, alcohol dependence is likely.
Questions asked in CAGE questionnaire are:
– Have you ever felt you should C)ut down on your drinking?
– Do people A)nnoy you by criticizing your drinking?
– Do you feel G)uilty about your drinking?
– Do you have an E)ye opener’ first thing in the morning to steady the nerves, or get rid of a hangover?
15. Delirium is known as?
A. Acute alcoholic state
B. Acute confusional state
C. Acute anaphylactic state
D. Acute breathing difficulty
Answer: B. Acute confusional state
Mental health nursing psychiatry. MCQs for Nurses
16. During schizophrenia, the drugs commonly used are?
A. Chlorpromazine
B. Haloperidol
C. Olanzapine
D. All the above
Answer: D. All the above
17. In the following, which is not an example of opioid?
A. Morphine
B. Pethidine
C. Heroin
D. Naloxone
Answer: D. Naloxone
18. A drug that is capable of altering the mental functioning is known as?
A. Psychotic drug
B. Antipsychiatric drug
C. Psychiatric drug
D. Psychoactive drug
Answer: D. Psychoactive drug
19. Sexual disorder in which patient is involved in the act of touching and rubbing a person usually of the other sex is termed as?
A. Fetishism
B. Voyeurism
C. Frotteurism
D. Zoophilia
Answer: C. Frotteurism
20. Which of the following is not a habit disorder found in children?
A. Trichotillomania
B. Thumbsucking
C. Amnesia
D. Nail biting
Answer: C. Amnesia
21. A developmental mathematics disorder is known as?
A. Autism
B. Dyscalculia
C. Dyslexia
D. Dysphagia
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