Chapter 11: Eating disorders test bank

Question 1

The disorder characterized by low body weight and a

disturbed body image is called ______.

Answer 1

􀁸 anorexia nervosa (True Answer )

a lack or loss of appetite for food (as a medical condition).

an emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat.

Question 2

Anorexia nervosa that is characterized exclusively by
controlling the intake of food is called ______ anorexia
nervosa.

􀁸

Answer 2

􀁸 restricting-type (True Answer )

Question 3

The ritualistic behaviors surrounding food that are

characteristic of anorexia nervosa are similar to ______.

Answer 3

􀁸 obsessive-compulsive disorder (True Answer )

Question 4

An emaciated woman who perceives herself as too fat

illustrates ______.

Answer 4

􀁸 distorted thinking (True Answer )

Question 5

People with _______ have a low opinion of their body shape and physical attractiveness.

Answer 5

􀁸 distorted thinking (True Answer )

Question 6

The cessation of menstruation common to anorexic women is known as ______.

Answer 6

􀁸 amenorrhea (True Answer )

Question 7

Overeating and vomiting characterize ______.

Answer 7

􀁸 bulimia nervosa or binge/purge anorexia nervosa (True

Answer )

Question 8

Those who have bulimia nervosa may have between ______

and ______ binge episodes per week.

Answer 8

􀁸 1; 30 (True Answer )

Question 9

Kidney disease and heart problems are possible medical

complication of long-term ______.

Answer 9

􀁸 bulimia nervosa (True Answer )

Question 10

The function in the body of glucagonlike peptide-1 is to act as a natural ______.

Answer 10

􀁸 appetite suppressants (True Answer )

Question 11

The weight to which a person’s body naturally returns after a diet is known as his or her ______.

Answer 11

􀁸 weight set point (True Answer )

Question 12

Gaining weight after a diet is over is called the ______.

Answer 12

􀁸 rebound effect (True Answer )

Question 13

The emphasis on female thinness helps create a strong predisposition toward eating disorders due to ______.

Answer 13

􀁸 society (True Answer )

Question 14

According to Salvador Minuchin, a(n) ______ family pattern is one in which members are overly concerned with each other’s affairs.

Answer 14

􀁸 enmeshed (True Answer )

Question 15

______is a therapy program conducted in a hospital ward. It emphasizes educating anorexic patients, encouraging them, and providing a structured program for weight gain.

Answer 15

􀁸 Supportive nursing care (True Answer )

Question 16

In the therapy approach called ______, a therapist exposes a bulimic patient to binge-inducing stimuli and then prevents binge eating

Answer 16

􀁸 exposure and response prevention (True Answer )

Question 17

______ medication has been shown to be particularly effective with bulimia nervosa.

Answer 17

􀁸 Antidepressant (True Answer )

Question 18

The disorder that is characterized by eating binges followed
by forced vomiting is called:
􀁸 obesity. 
􀁸 obsession. 
􀁸 anorexia nervosa. 
􀁸 bulimia nervosa.

Answer 18

􀁸 bulimia nervosa. (True Answer )Correct

Question 19

A person who eats large amounts of food in a short period, and does this repeatedly, with no other symptoms, would be said to have:
􀁸 a binge-eating disorder.
􀁸 anorexia nervosa.
􀁸 no eating disorder.

Answer 19

􀁸 a binge-eating disorder. (True Answer )Correct

Question 20

Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all the following EXCEPT:
􀁸 body weight of 85 percent or less than normal.
􀁸 fear of becoming overweight
􀁸 a view that one is currently unattractively thin.
􀁸 loss of menstrual periods.

Answer 20

􀁸 a view that one is currently unattractively thin. (True

Answer )Correct

Question 21

Which of the following would be MOST likely to cut out
sweets, then eliminate more and more types of foods, but not engage in force vomiting?
􀁸 someone experiencing restricting-type anorexia
nervosa
􀁸 someone experiencing purging-type anorexia
􀁸 someone experiencing bulimia nervosa
􀁸 someone experiencing acute-type bulimia

Answer 21

􀁸 someone experiencing restricting-type anorexia

nervosa (True Answer )Correct

Question 22

A woman eats cookies, cake, ice cream, and almost anything else that is sweet. At some point during the binge, she takes a huge dose of a laxative to “empty out” the food. Her taking the laxative, and the assumption underlying why she does it,
would lead to a diagnosis of:
􀁸 binge-eating disorder.
􀁸 purging-type bulimia nervosa.
􀁸 nonpurging-type bulimia nervosa
􀁸 eating disorder not otherwise specified.

Answer 22

􀁸 purging-type bulimia nervosa. (True Answer )Correct

Question 23

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Which of the following is a diagnostic criterion for bulimia nervosa?
􀁸 obsessive thoughts about cleanliness
􀁸 weight at least 15 percent below normal
􀁸 lack of control over eating during binging
􀁸 one episode of binge eating followed by purging

Answer 23

􀁸 lack of control over eating during binging