EPPP practice questions (111 Questions with 100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
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As defined in the DSM-5, the essential feature of Delirium is: a) impaired ability to transfer information from short- to long-term memory b) a disturbance in attention and awareness c) a disturbance in psychomotor behavior d) disorientation - b) a disturbance in attention and awareness The concept...
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CORRECT ANSWERS)
As defined in the DSM-5, the essential feature of Delirium is:
a) impaired ability to transfer information from short- to long-term memory
b) a disturbance in attention and awareness
c) a disturbance in psychomotor behavior
d) disorientation Correct Answer: b) a disturbance in attention and awareness
The concept of triangulation is central to general systems theory and can be found in the work of
Bowen, Minuchin, Satir, and others. Although these theorists differ somewhat in their definition
of triangulation, in general, it is said to be occurring when:
a) to reduce tension between them, a two-person system draws in a third party
b) to reduce tension between them, the members of a two-person system focus their attention to a
third party
c) to avoid dealing with the conflict between them, a two-person system forms an alliance
against a third person
d) to reduce conflict, two members of a three-person system assume a submissive role when
interacting with the third dominant member Correct Answer: a) to reduce tension between them,
a two-person system draws in a third party
A researcher investigating implicit memory will most likely use which of the following tasks?
a) free recall
b) paired-associate
c) word-stem completion
d) verbal recognition Correct Answer: c) word-stem completionW
Which of the following neurotransmitters has been implicated in both long-term potentiation and
the "excitotoxicity" that is believed to underlie several neurodegenerative disorder?
a) serotonin
b) acetylcholine
c) norepinephrine
d) glutamate Correct Answer: d) glutamate
A researcher conducts a study to compare three different strategies for increasing students'
understanding of statistics. After administering each strategy to a different group of students, she
realizes that students with the highest level of math aptitude were accidentally assigned to
Strategy #1. Consequently, to compare the statistics knowledge test scores obtained by
participants in the three groups, the researcher should use which of the following statistical
techniques?
a) analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)
b) randomized block ANOVA
c) multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA)
split-plot ANOVA Correct Answer: a) analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)
,Regarding self-assessments that are utilized to promote organizational development, what is key
when implementing the findings?
a) stakeholders of the organization are included in the discovery process
b) lower level management of the organization is included in the discovery process
c) only the CEO and executive officers should be included in the discovery process
d) only management should be included in the discovery process Correct Answer: a)
stakeholders of the organization are included in the discovery process
Scores on a predictor that will be used to estimate job performance rating range from 0 to 200. If
the predictor's cutoff score is raised from 130 to 150, this will have which of the following
effects?
a) increase the number of true positives
b) increase the number of true positives and true negatives
c) decrease the number of false positives
d) decrease the number of false positives and false negatives Correct Answer: c) decrease the
number of false positives
You are asked by the court to evaluate a 70-year old woman to help determine her competence.
She is apparently disoriented and confused and has substantial memory loss. You have recently
taken a weekend workshop on the use of a new computerized assessment technique for people
with symptoms like those exhibited by this woman, and you feel this method of assessment
would be especially valid in this situation. Further, you had taken the workshop specifically
because you want to expand your practice by being qualified to conduct competency-related
evaluations for the court. Your best course of action would be to:
a) use the program to assess the woman
b) use the program to assess the woman but, when testifying in court, discuss the potential
limitations of your conclusions
c) use the program to assess the woman but confirm your conclusions before testifying by
consulting with the developer of the assessment technique
d) refer the woman to someone who is more familiar with this type of evaluation Correct
Answer: d) refer the woman to someone who is more familiar with this type of evaluation
The assessment of patients with Alzheimer's disease is an ongoing process due to the
degenerative nature of the disease and the consequent need to alter the nature of the treatment
plan. During the 4th or 5th years of the disorder, an assessment is most likely to find which of
the following?
a) deficits in new learning with remote memory mildly to moderately impaired; anomia; sadness
b) severe impairments in recent and remote memory; fluent aphasia; indifference or irritability;
restlessness
c) severe impairments in memory and executive functioning; motor rigidity; confusion and
delusions
d) severely disturbed intellectual functioning; limb rigidity and flexion posture; apathy; seizures
Correct Answer: b) severe impairments in recent and remote memory; fluent aphasia;
indifference or irritability; restlessness
A transactional leader is LEAST likely to agree with which of the following statements:
, a) employee behavior is goal directed and employees will act rationally to achieve their goals
b) contingent rewards are effective for motivating good performance
c) the best idea for a boss is to adopt a laissez-faire leadership style
d) each employee will function best if he/she is viewed as an individual and is given personal
attention Correct Answer: d) each employee will function best if he/she is viewed as an
individual and is given personal attention
A researcher wants to investigate the effects of a brief treatment for a group of 10 therapy clients
before and after the treatment is applied. She will measure symptom severity three times at
regular intervals before administering the treatment to the clients and then three times at regular
intervals after the clients complete the 10 sessions. The researcher is using which of the
following research designs?
a) multiple baseline
b) ABAB
c) interrupted time-series design
d) nonequivalent control group Correct Answer: c) interrupted time-series design
Work by Perry and colleagues suggests that highly aggressive children:
a) were exposed prenatally to high levels of androgens
b) are less sensitive to physical discomfort than less aggressive children
c) exhibited a disoriented/disengaged attachment pattern as a young child
d) show little remorse after hurting another child Correct Answer: d) show little remorse after
hurting another child
A young girl volunteers to clean her room and do other chores around the house because she
wants her mother's approval and affection. According to Kohlberg, this child is in which of the
following stages of moral development?
a) instrumental
b) conventional
c) postconventional
d) preconventional Correct Answer: b) conventional
According to Sherif's social judgment theory, a person's "latitude of acceptance" is greatest
when:
a) the person has high ego-involvement with the target issue
b) the person has low ego-involvement with the target issue
c) the person has high enjoyment of critical thinking
d) the person has low enjoyment of critical thinking Correct Answer: b) the person has low ego-
involvement with the target issue
Which of the following is not categorized as an Anxiety Disorder in the DSM-5?
a) obsessive-compulsive disorder
b) separation anxiety disorder
c) panic disorder
d) agoraphobia Correct Answer: a) obsessive-compulsive disorder
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