What test would be considered most useful to specifically evaluate concept formation,
reasoning, and executive functioning? (4x) - Correct answer WISCONSIN CARD
SORTING TEST (WCST)
What psychological tests measure test-taking attitudes at time of exam (3x) - Correct
answer MMPI (MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY) VALIDITY
SCALE
Most appropriate brief screening instrument that a pt. can fill by him/ herself at
physician's office to screen for depression is (3x) - Correct answer BECK
DEPRESSION INVENTORY
Which test is an objective measure of personality in adults and is helpful in confirming
diagnosis of personality disorder? (3x) - Correct answer MILLON CLINICAL
MULTIAXIAL INVENTORY (MCMI)
An appropriate purpose for projective testing is: (3x) - Correct answer DETECTING THE
PRESENCE OF SUBTLE PSYCHOTIC THOUGHT PROCESSES
Which of the following is a pt. self-reported questionnaire? (x2) - Correct answer BECK
ANXIETY INVENTORY
What test may use set shifting to test cognitive flexibility? - Correct answer WISCONSIN
CARD SORTING TEST (WCST)
MMPI does what? (2x) - Correct answer IDENTIFIES MAJOR AREAS OF
PSYCHOPATHOLOGIC FUNCTIONING
Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST) assesses (2x) - Correct answer ABSTRACT
REASONING AND FLEXIBILITY IN PROBLEM SOLVING (cards are flexible)
What psychological test determines neuropsychological impairment? (2x) - Correct
answer HALSTEAD-REITAN BATTERY
A broad-based rating scale for psychiatric symptoms in children? (2x) - Correct answer
CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST (CBCL)
Most specific test for assessing executive functioning? (x2) - Correct answer
WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST (WCST) - (EXECUTIVES are just cards)
4 y/o child is administered the "false beliefs task" in which two dolls act out a scene,
whereby one doll switches the location of a marble from one site to another, while the
,other doll leaves the scene of the action. When the other doll returns to look for the
marble, the child correctly points out that it will look in the original location. This
response demonstrates the child is showing evidence of (x2): - Correct answer
THEORY OF MIND
This is considered as an unstructured psychological test (x2): - Correct answer
RORSCHACH INKBLOT
What does the Wisconsin card sorting task most accurately measure? - Correct answer
THE ABILITY TO GENERATE ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES IN RESPONSE TO
FEEDBACK
Compared to "treatment as usual", how does the IMPACT model of integrated care
(which recommends screening for depression of at least 75% of primary care patients
and following through with psych evil/mgmt.) differ? - Correct answer DOUBLES THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF DEPRESSION TREATMENT (IMPACT model has 2x impact)
In problem solving training, what is the next step after using specific behavioral terms
and feeling expressions - Correct answer THE OTHER PARTNER PARAPHRASES
THE STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM?
Pt. asked to draw clock, keeps tracing circle over and over again, what symptom is
being demonstrated? - Correct answer PERSEVERATION
Test that measure flexibility in shifting cognitive sets - Correct answer TRAILS B
Which test requires rapid and efficient integration of attention, visual scanning and
cognitive sequencing? - Correct answer TRAIL MAKING TEST
Name of test where pt. is told to name the colors in which the words are printed rather
than reading the words themselves - Correct answer STROOP COLOR WORD TEST
What test requires rapid and efficient integration of attention, visual scanning, and
cognitive sequencing? - Correct answer TRAIL-MAKING TEST (TMT) - (following
number sequencing)
When interpreting IQ test results, what indicates need for further assessment? - Correct
answer VERBAL SCORE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN NONVERBAL SCORE
IQ scores generally considered to be stable beginning at: - Correct answer 7 YEARS
OLD
To obtain additional about unconscious drives and psychodynamic processes, which
test would be most helpful? - Correct answer THEMATIC APPRERCEPTION TEST
(TAT)
,Psych MD tests a medical pt. with go/no-go test in which psych MD asks pt. to tap the
table once if Psych MD taps it once, but not to tap the table if psych MD taps it twice.
Psych MD is screening for deficits in? - Correct answer EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING
Which of the following tests is used for assessment of expressive language? - Correct
answer BOSTON NAMING TEST (picture naming)
Test to discriminate cognitive difficulties in Alzheimer's (+ test) from those in depression
(- test): - Correct answer BOSTON NAMING TEST
Test for anxiety that does not include Qs about physical six such as tachycardia and
diaphoresis would be considered lacking in what? - Correct answer CONTENT
VALIDITY
Psychiatrist wishes to assess a pet’s premorbid intellectual functioning. Which of the
following tests would be best for this purpose? - Correct answer READING SUBSET OF
THE WIDE RANGE ACHIEVEMENT TEST
Awareness of own symptoms rated by: - Correct answer GLOBAL ASSESSMENT
SCALE
Which of the following is the best test for general assessment of a patient's psychiatric
symptom patterns? - Correct answer SYMPTOM CHECKLIST-90-REVISED (scl-90)
Measures attention, concentration, and freedom from distractibility: - Correct answer
WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE (WAIS)
Judgment by experts that items on a test "makes sense" is an example of: - Correct
answer FACE VALIDITY
Which test assesses ability to attend to a task while inhibiting interfering stimuli? -
Correct answer STROOP COLOR WORD TEST
What would be a useful screening test to evaluate an 8 y/o child's academic
performance? - Correct answer WIDE RANGE ACHIEVEMENT TEST (WRAT)
What does the clock drawing task test? - Correct answer "ATTENTION,
VISUOSPATIAL, PLANNING, EXECUTIVE FUNCTION (NOT orientation)"
Pt. scores on revised Wechsler adult intelligence scale (WAIS-R) subtests for picture
arrangement and block design are very low compared to scores on other subtests. Most
suggestive of: - Correct answer LESION IN NONDOMINANT HEMISPHERE
, Test to assess intelligence in 4 y/o? - Correct answer STANFORD-BINET
Stanford-Benet most similar to: - Correct answer WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE
FOR CHILDREN - III
Which assessment instrument best measures cognitive functioning in a 4 year old child?
- Correct answer WECHSLER PRESCHOOL AND PRIMARY SCALE OF
INTELLIGENCE-REVISED WPPSI-R
Test more specific to identify specific learning disability in child w/ full scale IQ of 93 on
WISC-III - Correct answer WOODCOCK-JOHNSON PSYCHO- EDUCATIONAL
BATTERY - REVISED
25 y/o M scores in MMPI are all normal except for elevated scores on the depression
and psych asthenia scales. This suggests: - Correct answer HAS DEPRESSION WITH
ANXIETY AND OTHER NEUROTIC SYMPTOMS
Thematic Apperception Test is used for - Correct answer INTERFERING
MOTIVATIONAL ASPECTS OF BEHAVIOR
Which tests can be used for projective personality testing? - Correct answer
RORSCHACH, DRAW A PERSON, THEMATIC APPERCEPTION (NOT MMPI)
Which is a Projective Assessment test: - Correct answer THEMATIC APPERCEPTION
TEST (TAT)
The personality test in which a pt is shown pictures of situations and asked to describe
what is happening in each picture is: - Correct answer THEMATIC APPERCEPTION
TEST (TAT)
This tool best measures the degree of self-care in children with MR: - Correct answer
VINELAND ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR SCALE
8 yo child recently had Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV) and received
full scale IQ of 60. Which additional tests would determine if child meets criteria for
intellectual disability (mental retardation)? - Correct answer VINELAND ADAPTIVE
BEHAVIOR SCALES, 2ND EDITION (VABS-II)
A psychological test that demonstrates high reliability: - Correct answer WECHSLER
ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE (WAIS)
Test correlates most strongly w premorbid fcn in pt w early dementia - Correct answer
WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE II VOCABULARY TEST
A known limitation of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory? - Correct answer
NORMS DO NOT ACCOUNT FOR OUTCOMES BASED ON RELIGION AND RACE
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