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Avoidant, Dependent, and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorders are categorized in which cluster?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C

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Answer: C) Cluster C

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Which cluster of personality disorders is typically marked by social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C

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Answer: C) Cluster C

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Which cluster includes personality disorders that often involve odd beliefs, magical thinking, or eccentric behaviors?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C

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Answer: A) Cluster A

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Disorders in which cluster are most likely to exhibit attention-seeking, impulsive behaviors, and emotional instability?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C

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Answer: B) Cluster B

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Which personality disorder cluster is characterized by a pervasive pattern of detachment from social relationships and restricted emotional expression?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C

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Answer: A) Cluster A

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What are the key characteristics of a personality disorder?
- A) Brief periods of altered perception and emotions
- B) An enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that is pervasive, inflexible, and maladaptive
- C) Temporary mood swings
- D) Stable behavior that only changes during stressful situations

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B) An enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that is pervasive, inflexible, and maladaptive

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What are the three clusters of personality disorders?
- A) Anxious, emotional, logical
- B) Odd/eccentric, dramatic/emotional, anxious/fearful
- C) Emotional, cognitive, aggressive
- D) Introverted, extroverted, balanced

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B) Odd/eccentric, dramatic/emotional, anxious/fearful

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Which personality disorders fall under Cluster B: Dramatic, Emotional, or Erratic behavior?
- A) Schizoid, Schizotypal, Paranoid
- B) Avoidant, Dependent, Obsessive-Compulsive
- C) Borderline, Antisocial, Histrionic, Narcissistic
- D) Avoidant, Borderline, Histrionic

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C) Borderline, Antisocial, Histrionic, Narcissistic

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Which of the following is a hallmark feature of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)?
- A) Grandiosity and need for admiration
- B) Marked impulsivity and unstable interpersonal relationships
- C) Preference for solitude and detachment from social relationships
- D) Excessive need for orderliness and perfectionism

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B) Marked impulsivity and unstable interpersonal relationships

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Which of the following is a common risk factor for developing Borderline Personality Disorder?
- A) Childhood trauma, such as sexual abuse or family violence
- B) Elevated dopamine levels
- C) Excessive childhood praise and adoration
- D) High levels of serotonin

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A) Childhood trauma, such as sexual abuse or family violence

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What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) primarily used to treat?
- A) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- B) Borderline Personality Disorder
- C) Schizoid Personality Disorder
- D) Antisocial Personality Disorder

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B) Borderline Personality Disorder

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Which personality disorder is characterized by a pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy?
- A) Histrionic Personality Disorder
- B) Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- C) Antisocial Personality Disorder
- D) Borderline Personality Disorder

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B) Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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What are the therapeutic goals for treating Histrionic Personality Disorder?
- A) Fulfill all the patient’s needs and encourage dependency
- B) Correct the tendency to expect others to fulfill all their needs and develop autonomy
- C) Help the patient manage their relationships by increasing their assertiveness
- D) Encourage isolation to avoid negative social interactions

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B) Correct the tendency to expect others to fulfill all their needs and develop autonomy

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Which personality disorder involves a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others?
- A) Borderline Personality Disorder
- B) Antisocial Personality Disorder
- C) Schizoid Personality Disorder
- D) Dependent Personality Disorder

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B) Antisocial Personality Disorder

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Which of the following is a nursing care intervention for patients with Schizoid Personality Disorder?
- A) Encourage social interactions and provide social skills training
- B) Focus on fulfilling their emotional needs
- C) Reinforce their need for independence and isolation
- D) Challenge their magical beliefs

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A) Encourage social interactions and provide social skills training

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What characterizes Schizotypal Personality Disorder?
- A) Preference for solitude and detachment
- B) Acute discomfort with close relationships, cognitive or perceptual distortions, and eccentricities of behavior
- C) Obsessive concern with order and control
- D) Submissive and clinging behavior

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B) Acute discomfort with close relationships, cognitive or perceptual distortions, and eccentricities of behavior

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Which disorder is marked by extreme social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation?
- A) Avoidant Personality Disorder
- B) Dependent Personality Disorder
- C) Schizoid Personality Disorder
- D) Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

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A) Avoidant Personality Disorder

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Which personality disorder involves a pervasive need to be taken care of, leading to submissive and clinging behavior and fear of separation?
- A) Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- B) Schizoid Personality Disorder
- C) Dependent Personality Disorder
- D) Histrionic Personality Disorder

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C) Dependent Personality Disorder

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What is the primary characteristic of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder?
- A) Preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control
- B) Distrust and suspicion of others
- C) Extreme need for attention and admiration
- D) Impulsivity and erratic mood swings

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A) Preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control

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hich therapeutic technique is important for patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder?
- A) Reinforce the need for rigidity and structure
- B) Encourage flexibility and help them examine beliefs underlying dysfunctional behavior
- C) Avoid setting boundaries or limits
- D) Ignore their preoccupation with orderliness

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B) Encourage flexibility and help them examine beliefs underlying dysfunctional behavior

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What is the definition of a personality disorder according to the document?
- A) Temporary mood instability
- B) A stable, enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates from cultural expectations
- C) Personality traits that change frequently
- D) A disorder that occurs only during stressful situations

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B) A stable, enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates from cultural expectations

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ersonality disorders often start in which developmental stage?
- A) Childhood
- B) Adolescence or early adulthood
- C) Mid-adulthood
- D) Late adulthood

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B) Adolescence or early adulthood

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Cluster A personality disorders are characterized by which of the following?
- A) Odd or eccentric behavior
- B) Dramatic and erratic behavior
- C) Anxious or fearful behavior
- D) Impulsive and hostile behavior

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A) Odd or eccentric behavior

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Which of the following personality disorders is NOT classified under Cluster A?
- A) Schizoid Personality Disorder
- B) Schizotypal Personality Disorder
- C) Paranoid Personality Disorder
- D) Avoidant Personality Disorder

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D) Avoidant Personality Disorder

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What are common traits of Schizoid Personality Disorder?
- A) Excitable and dramatic
- B) Detachment from social relationships and restricted emotional expression
- C) Manipulative and deceitful
- D) Grandiosity and need for admiration

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B) Detachment from social relationships and restricted emotional expression

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Which nursing intervention is recommended for individuals with Schizoid Personality Disorder?
- A) Focus on fulfilling their emotional needs
- B) Encourage social skills training and interaction
- C) Challenge their magical thinking
- D) Provide strict structure and limit-setting

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B) Encourage social skills training and interaction

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Which personality disorder is characterized by social and interpersonal deficits, cognitive or perceptual distortions, and eccentric behavior?
- A) Borderline Personality Disorder
- B) Schizotypal Personality Disorder
- C) Histrionic Personality Disorder
- D) Dependent Personality Disorder

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B) Schizotypal Personality Disorder

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What is the hallmark feature of Paranoid Personality Disorder?
- A) Perfectionism and rigidity
- B) Persistent distrust and suspiciousness of others
- C) Impulsivity and erratic relationships
- D) Need for attention and approval

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B) Persistent distrust and suspiciousness of others

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Which therapeutic technique is particularly important when working with patients who have Paranoid Personality Disorder?
- A) Establishing a strong therapeutic relationship through trust
- B) Ignoring their suspicious thoughts
- C) Encouraging emotional expression
- D) Using manipulative techniques to build rapport

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A) Establishing a strong therapeutic relationship through trust

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Which cluster includes personality disorders characterized by dramatic, emotional, or erratic behaviors?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C
- D) Cluster D

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B) Cluster B

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What personality disorder is characterized by pervasive grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy?
- A) Histrionic Personality Disorder
- B) Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- C) Borderline Personality Disorder
- D) Antisocial Personality Disorder

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B) Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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What therapeutic goal is important in treating individuals with Histrionic Personality Disorder?
- A) Fulfill all their emotional needs
- B) Help them develop autonomy and a positive self-concept
- C) Encourage emotional outbursts
- D) Challenge their delusional thinking

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Answer: B) Help them develop autonomy and a positive self-concept

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What personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive disregard for and violation of the rights of others, often leading to criminal behavior?
- A) Borderline Personality Disorder
- B) Antisocial Personality Disorder
- C) Schizotypal Personality Disorder
- D) Avoidant Personality Disorder

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Answer: B) Antisocial Personality Disorder

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Which intervention is essential for individuals with Antisocial Personality Disorder in a therapeutic setting?
- A) Allowing them to manipulate others
- B) Focusing on self-responsibility and implementing structure through rules
- C) Reinforcing their sense of entitlement
- D) Providing leniency in therapeutic boundaries

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Answer: B) Focusing on self-responsibility and implementing structure through rules

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What is a hallmark feature of Borderline Personality Disorder?
- A) Lack of empathy and arrogance
- B) Excessive attention-seeking behavior
- C) Unstable interpersonal relationships, self-image, and marked impulsivity
- D) Detachment from social relationships

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Answer: C) Unstable interpersonal relationships, self-image, and marked impulsivity

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Which disorder is associated with a high risk of self-harm behaviors, such as cutting or burning?
- A) Schizotypal Personality Disorder
- B) Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
- C) Borderline Personality Disorder
- D) Dependent Personality Disorder

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Answer: C) Borderline Personality Disorder

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What treatment is specifically designed for Borderline Personality Disorder and focuses on emotional regulation and building a life worth living?
- A) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- B) Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- C) Exposure Therapy
- D) Psychoanalysis

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Answer: B) Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

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Which personality disorder involves a pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation?
- A) Schizoid Personality Disorder
- B) Avoidant Personality Disorder
- C) Histrionic Personality Disorder
- D) Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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Answer: B) Avoidant Personality Disorder

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In treating Avoidant Personality Disorder, which therapeutic strategy is important?
- A) Ignore the patient’s feelings of inadequacy
- B) Establish a therapeutic relationship without criticism, and encourage exploration of previous achievements
- C) Allow the patient to remain isolated
- D) Challenge their paranoid ideation

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B) Establish a therapeutic relationship without criticism, and encourage exploration of previous achievements

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What is the primary characteristic of Dependent Personality Disorder?
- A) Grandiosity and attention-seeking behavior
- B) Pervasive need to be taken care of, leading to submissive and clinging behavior
- C) Perfectionism and inflexibility
- D) Lack of interest in social relationships

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Answer: B) Pervasive need to be taken care of, leading to submissive and clinging behavior

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Which intervention is important in the care of a patient with Dependent Personality Disorder?
- A) Encourage the patient to remain dependent on others
- B) Encourage autonomous decision-making and develop adult skills
- C) Set rigid boundaries and provide little emotional support
- D) Reinforce their need for constant reassurance

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Answer: B) Encourage autonomous decision-making and develop adult skills

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Which personality disorder is characterized by preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control at the expense of flexibility and efficiency?
- A) Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
- B) Borderline Personality Disorder
- C) Schizoid Personality Disorder
- D) Histrionic Personality Disorder

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Answer: A) Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

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What is a key therapeutic approach when working with patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder?
- A) Reinforce their need for control and orderliness
- B) Help them examine their beliefs about perfectionism and encourage flexibility
- C) Allow them to remain rigid in their behaviors
- D) Discourage any attempts at flexibility

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Answer: B) Help them examine their beliefs about perfectionism and encourage flexibility

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What is the biosocial theory of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)?
- A) It suggests that BPD is purely a biological disorder.
- B) It posits that emotionally vulnerable individuals interact with an invalidating environment, leading to BPD.
- C) It focuses on the role of trauma alone in the development of BPD.
- D) It suggests that BPD is caused by a lack of social interaction.

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Answer: B) It posits that emotionally vulnerable individuals interact with an invalidating environment, leading to BPD.

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What are the core components of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) used for BPD?
- A) Medication management and exercise
- B) Cognitive and behavioral therapies combined with group skills training
- C) Purely psychoanalytic approaches
- D) Hypnosis and desensitization

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Answer: B) Cognitive and behavioral therapies combined with group skills training

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Which personality disorder is associated with transient stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms?
- A) Histrionic Personality Disorder
- B) Schizoid Personality Disorder
- C) Borderline Personality Disorder
- D) Antisocial Personality Disorder

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Answer: C) Borderline Personality Disorder

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Which personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive pattern of emotional lability, impulsivity, and unstable interpersonal relationships?
- A) Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- B) Borderline Personality Disorder
- C) Schizotypal Personality Disorder
- D) Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorde

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Answer: B) Borderline Personality Disorder

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Which personality disorder involves an insatiable need for attention and a tendency to be the “life of the party,” often leading to sexually provocative behavior?
- A) Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- B) Histrionic Personality Disorder
- C) Dependent Personality Disorder
- D) Schizoid Personality Disorder

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Answer: B) Histrionic Personality Disorder

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In the care of patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder, what is an important nursing intervention?
- A) Reinforce the patient’s rigidity and strict adherence to rules
- B) Encourage flexibility and examine underlying beliefs about perfectionism
- C) Ignore their perfectionist tendencies
- D) Allow them to remain focused solely on work and order

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Answer: B) Encourage flexibility and examine underlying beliefs about perfectionism

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What nursing intervention is particularly important for patients with Antisocial Personality Disorder?
- A) Encouraging them to rely on others for help
- B) Facilitating self-responsibility and implementing structured rules
- C) Encouraging them to express their emotions freely
- D) Ignoring any manipulative behaviors

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Answer: B) Facilitating self-responsibility and implementing structured rules

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Which personality disorder often involves magical thinking and eccentric behavior, including strange mannerisms and odd speech?
- A) Borderline Personality Disorder
- B) Schizotypal Personality Disorder
- C) Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- D) Avoidant Personality Disorder

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Answer: B) Schizotypal Personality Disorder

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Which cluster does Paranoid Personality Disorder belong to?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C
- D) None of the above

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Answer: A) Cluster A

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What is the defining characteristic of Paranoid Personality Disorder?
- A) Distrust and suspiciousness of others, interpreting their motives as malevolent
- B) Detachment from social relationships and restricted emotional expression
- C) Excessive emotionality and attention-seeking behavior
- D) Grandiosity and lack of empathy

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Answer: A) Distrust and suspiciousness of others, interpreting their motives as malevolent

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Schizoid Personality Disorder is characterized by which of the following?
- A) Social inhibition and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation
- B) Grandiosity and need for admiration
- C) Detachment from social relationships and restricted emotional expression
- D) Persistent distrust of others

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Answer: C) Detachment from social relationships and restricted emotional expression

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Which cluster includes Schizoid Personality Disorder?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C
- D) None of the above

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Answer: A) Cluster A

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Schizotypal Personality Disorder is marked by which of the following traits?
- A) Excessive need for orderliness and control
- B) Acute discomfort in close relationships and cognitive or perceptual distortions, such as magical thinking
- C) Attention-seeking behavior and emotionality
- D) Persistent avoidance of social situations

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Answer: B) Acute discomfort in close relationships and cognitive or perceptual distortions, such as magical thinking

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Which cluster does Schizotypal Personality Disorder belong to?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C
- D) None of the above

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Answer: A) Cluster A

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Which personality disorder involves pervasive instability in relationships, self-image, and affect, along with marked impulsivity?
- A) Borderline Personality Disorder
- B) Histrionic Personality Disorder
- C) Schizoid Personality Disorder
- D) Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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Answer: A) Borderline Personality Disorder

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Borderline Personality Disorder belongs to which cluster of personality disorders?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C
- D) None of the above

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Answer: B) Cluster B

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What is the core feature of Antisocial Personality Disorder?
- A) Excessive need for attention and admiration
- B) Grandiosity and entitlement
- C) Disregard for and violation of the rights of others
- D) Detachment from social relationships

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Answer: C) Disregard for and violation of the rights of others

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Which cluster does Antisocial Personality Disorder fall under?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C
- D) None of the above

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Answer: B) Cluster B

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Histrionic Personality Disorder is best characterized by which of the following?
- A) Pervasive need for control and order
- B) Excessive emotionality and attention-seeking behavior
- C) Detachment from social relationships
- D) Grandiosity and lack of empathy

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Answer: B) Excessive emotionality and attention-seeking behavior

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Question**: Which cluster includes Histrionic Personality Disorder?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C
- D) None of the above

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Answer: B) Cluster B

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder is defined by which of the following characteristics?
- A) Detachment from social relationships
- B) Grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy
- C) Emotional lability and impulsivity
- D) Excessive need for perfectionism

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Answer: B) Grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy

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Question**: Narcissistic Personality Disorder belongs to which cluster?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C
- D) None of the above

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Answer: B) Cluster B

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Avoidant Personality Disorder involves which of the following traits?
- A) Excessive need for admiration and grandiosity
- B) Social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation
- C) Detachment from social relationships
- D) Obsessive need for order and control

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Answer: B) Social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation

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Which cluster includes Avoidant Personality Disorder?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C
- D) None of the above

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Answer: C) Cluster C

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What is the key characteristic of Dependent Personality Disorder?
- A) Pervasive need for control and orderliness
- B) Excessive need to be taken care of, leading to submissive and clinging behavior
- C) Grandiosity and entitlement
- D) Social inhibition and avoidance of relationships

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Answer: B) Excessive need to be taken care of, leading to submissive and clinging behavior

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Which cluster includes Dependent Personality Disorder?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C
- D) None of the above

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Answer: C) Cluster C

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Question: Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is marked by which of the following characteristics?
- A) Social inhibition and low self-esteem
- B) Pervasive preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control
- C) Emotional instability and impulsivity
- D) Need for constant admiration and attention

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Answer: B) Pervasive preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control

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Question**: Which cluster includes Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C
- D) None of the above

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Answer: C) Cluster C

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Which personality disorder cluster is characterized by odd or eccentric behavior?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C

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Answer: A) Cluster A

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Which cluster of personality disorders is associated with dramatic, emotional, or erratic behavior?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C

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Answer: B) Cluster B

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Which personality disorder cluster includes disorders characterized by anxious or fearful behavior?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C

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Answer: C) Cluster C

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Schizoid, Schizotypal, and Paranoid Personality Disorders are part of which cluster?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C

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Answer: A) Cluster A

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Borderline, Antisocial, Histrionic, and Narcissistic Personality Disorders belong to which cluster?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C

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Answer: B) Cluster B

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