2017 Flashcards
1
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- The most common neurodegenerative dementia worldwide is:
a. vascular dementia
b. Alzheimer disease
c. normal pressure hydrocephalus
d. Lewy body dementia
A
B
2
Q
- Neuropathologic findings in Alzheimer disease include:
a. neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaques
b. alpha synuclein protein
c. prion proteins
d. CAG trinucleotide repeats
A
A
3
Q
- Frontotemporal dementia often occurs in those less than 60 years old and presents initially as
a. Behavioral or personality changes
b. Parkinsonism
c. Ataxic gait
d. Visual hallucination
A
A
4
Q
- Lewy Body Dementia has the following core features
a. Visual hallucination
b. Parkinsonism
c. Fluctuation in attention and cognition
d. All of the above
A
D
5
Q
- Tremor, rigidity and bradykinesia are hallmarks of
a. Parkinsonism
b. Vascular dementia
c. Lewy Body dementia
d. Wilson’s disease
A
A
6
Q
- The triad of ataxia, incontinence and progressive dementia:
a. Normal pressure hydrocephalus
b. Corticobasal ganglionic degeneration
c. Progressive supranuclear palsy
d. Wilson’s disease
A
A
7
Q
- Progressive supranuclear palsy has:
a. Progressive midbrain atrophy producing loss of balance, slurring of speech and vertical gaze difficulties
b. Urinary incontinence, memory loss, ataxic gait
c. Progressing dementia
d. Parkinsonism and fluctuation in memory and cognition
A
A
8
Q
- Huntington disease is:
a. Autosomal recessive
b. X-linked
c. Sporadic
d. Autosomal dominant
A
D
9
Q
- Dementia that characteristically involves autonomic dysfunction (orthostatic hypotension and incontinence)
a. Huntington disease
b. Multiple system atrophy
c. Corticobasal ganglionic degeneration
d. Parkinson’s disease
A
B
10
Q
- Most common prion disease accountable for rapidly progressing dementia over a few months:
a. Huntington disease
b. Multiple system atrophy
c. Corticobasal ganglionic degeneration
d. Creutzfeldt Jakob disease
A
D
11
Q
- The most common type of hallucination is
a. Visual
b. Auditory
c. Tactile
d. Olfactory
A
B
12
Q
- This type of schizophrenia is characterized by preoccupation with one or more delusions or frequent auditory hallucinations
a. Paranoid
b. Catatonic
c. Disorganized
d. Undifferentiated
A
A
13
Q
- This classic feature of this type of schizophrenia is a marked disturbance in motor function
a. Paranoid
b. Catatonic
c. Disorganized
d. Undifferentiated
A
B
14
Q
- This type of schizophrenia is characterized by a marked regression to primitive and disinhibited behavior without a marked disturbance in motor function.
a. Paranoid
b. Catatonic
c. Disorganized
d. Undifferentiated
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C
15
Q
- The appropriate diagnosis when psychotic symptoms have lasted at least 1 day but less than 1 month and when the patient has not returned to the premorbid state of functioning within that time is
a. Brief psychotic disorder
b. Schizoaffective disorder
c. Schizophreniform disorder
d. Delusional disorder
A
A
16
Q
- The lifetime risk of developing schizophrenia among dual mating of patients with schizophrenia is
a. 30 to 35%
b. 40 to 45%
c. 50 to 55%
d. 60 to 65%
A
B
17
Q
- The neurotransmitter most associated with schizophrenia is
a. serotonin
b. norepinephrine
c. dopamine
d. GABA
A
C
18
Q
- In families with high levels of expressed emotion, the
a. incidence rate for schizophrenia is high
b. prevalence rate for schizophrenia is high
c. relapse rate for schizophrenia is high
d. speech rate for schizophrenia is high
A
C
19
Q
- Anxiety is a response to
a. a known, external, definite, or nonconflictual threat
b. a known, internal, definite, or nonconflictual threat
c. an unknown, external, vague or conflictual threat
d. an unknown, internal, vague or conflictual threat
A
D
20
Q
- The three major neurotransmitters associated with anxiety are:
a. norepinephrine, serotonin, GABA
b. norepinephrine, serotonin, dopamine
c. neuropeptide, serotonin, GABA
d. norepinephrine, dopamine, GABA
A
A
21
Q
- The activity of GABAergic neurons is
a. decreased in general anxiety disorder
b. increased in general anxiety disorder
c. enhanced by SSRI’s
d. diminished by SSRI’s
A
A
22
Q
- Propranolol has been found useful for symptoms of heightened arousal in anxiety due to its effect on
a. dopamine
b. norepinephrine
c. serotonin
d. GABA
A
B
23
Q
- Benzodiazepine have been found useful for symptoms of anxiety due to its effect on
a. dopamine
b. norepinephrine
c. serotonin
d. GABA
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D
24
Q
- Patients with agoraphobia rigidly avoids situations in which they will
a. have difficulty obtaining help
b. have difficulty obtaining water
c. be in high places
d. be in small places
A
A
25
Q
- Anxiety disorders have a 12-month prevalence rate of
a. 17.7%
b. 19.2%
c. 24.9%
d. 30.5%
A
A
26
Q
- Symptoms of acute stress disorder last for
a. a maximum of 2 days
b. a maximum of 4 weeks
c. a maximum of 2 months
d. a maximum of 6 months
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B
27
Q
- A 17-year old male jumps out of the window because he thinks he is Superman and will not be harmed. This symptom is:
a. hallucination
b. depersonalization
c. delusion
d. psychosis
e. neurosis
A
C
28
Q
- A score of 0 in Axis V means:
a. Poorest level of functioning
b. Most psychotic
c. unable to work and socialize
d. uncommunicative
e. inadequate information
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E
29
Q
- A child has an IQ of 110, but he has poor adjustment and is unhappy. Based on the information given, he is normal based on this concept of normality:
a. average
b. health
c. utopia
d. process
A
A
30
Q
- The absence of insight in the presence of intact reality testing is seen in:
a. mental retardation
b. psychosis
c. personality disorder
d. substance abuse
e. neurosis
A
C
31
Q
- When a patient says, “Doc, I need help. I think I am going crazy.” He is manifesting: (note: best choice)
a. intact reality testing
b. good insight
c. good orientation
d. good cognitive ability
e. good doctor-patient relationship
A
B
32
Q
- Which of the following is included in DSM IV axis II?
a. psychosocial problems
b. general medical illness
c. clinical disorder
d. mental retardation
e. global assessment of functioning
A
D
33
Q
- Charisse was brought by her mother to a psychiatrist yesterday. Which of the following obtained from the history is most important:
a. sleeping at 3 AM since 3 years ago
b. angry and not talking to friends since a month ago
c. talking to self before the mirror since she was 3 years
d. believes in reincarnation
e. says there is nothing wrong with her
A
A
34
Q
- Which of the following is not a disturbance in thinking:
a. looseness of association
b. compulsion
c. delusion
d. blocking
e. phobia
A
B
35
Q
- Which dopamine pathway is overactive in patients with psychosis?
a. mesocortical
b. mesolimbic
c. nigrostriatal
d. tuberoinfundibular
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B
36
Q
- An example of a dopamine-serotonin antagonist:
a. amisulpride
b. aripirazole
c. haloperidol
d. risperidone
A
D
37
Q
- An antidepressant which works by disinhibiting release of norepinephrine and serotonin
a. duloxetine
b. fluoxetine
c. mirtazapine
d. trimipramine
A
C
38
Q
- Which class of antidepressant does not block monoamine reuptake?
a. MAOI
b. SNRI
c. SSRI
d. TCA
A
A
39
Q
- A mood stabilizer with evidence of efficacy for both manic and depressive phases of bipolar disorder:
a. carbamazepine
b. lamotrigine
c. lithium carbonate
d. valproic acid
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C
40
Q
- Which of the following has no evidence of efficacy for bipolar disorders
a. anticonvulsants
b. antidepressants
c. antipsychotics
d. lithium
A
B