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PRITE (Psychology) 2022/2023 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A.1. Which of the following sources of pain is thought B. Fibromyalgia
to have a primarily central (non-nociceptive) mecha-
nism?
A. Cancer pain
B. Fibromyalgia
C. Osteoarthritis
D. Diabetic neuropathy
E. Postherpetic neuralgia
2. A patient presents with mild memory impairment, A. Cerebral infarct
tearfulness, insomnia, and blurry vision. The patient
acts as if blind, cannot locate objects in the visu-
al field, has left-right disorientation and alexia, and
misses objects when instructed to reach for them.
The patient only identifies a single object in a drawing
of overlapping objects. Despite requiring prompts to
visually follow objects, cranial nerves, motor func-
tion, reflexes, and movement and color detection are
otherwise intact. Which of the following is the most
likely cause of the visual disturbance?
A. Cerebral infarct
B. Frontotemporal dementia
C. Progressive supranuclear palsy
D. Major depression with psychotic features
E. Functional neurological symptom disorder
3. Variable phenotypic expression of 15q13 deletion de- A. Genomic print-
pends on whether the encoding gene is derived from ing
the father or the mother. This phenomenon is com-
monly referred to as:
A. Genomic printing
B. Genomic expression
C. Linkage disequilibrium
D. Balanced translocation
E. Recombination frequency
, PRITE (Psychology) 2022/2023 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A.
4. 4. A patient hospitalized for burns sustained in a C. Acute stress
house fire one week prior is experiencing recurrent disorder
nightmares and frequent, intrusive memories about
the fire accompanied by palpitations, shortness of
breath and feeling flushed. The patient's nurse ex-
presses concern that the patient seems depressed, is
sleeping poorly and startles when someone entersthe
room without knocking. On exam, the patient is
distracted, sometimes irritable, and has labile affect.
Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Panic disorder
B. Adjustment disorder
C. Acute stress disorder
D. Major depressive disorder
E. Posttraumatic stress disorder
5. Which of the following is an example of epigenetic B. Addition of a
gene regulation? methyl group to
a histone around
A. Removal of amino acids from a protein after tran- which DNA is
sition coiled
B. Addition of a methyl group to a histone around
which DNA is coiled
C. Binding of noncoding RNA to mRNA to prevent
translation into a protein
D. Addition of a poly(A) tail to mature mRNA before it
leaves the cell nucleus
E. Binding of a protein to a promoter region to modu-
late the transcription of a target gene
6. Which of the following sex hormones is most respon- C. Testosterone
sible for sexual differentiation in fetal brain develop-
ment?
A. Prolactin
B. Estradiol
C. Testosterone
, D. Progesterone
E. Luteinising hormone
7. What psychiatric disorder occurs most frequently E.
with secondary enuresis? Atten-
tion-deficit/hyper-
A. Selective mutism activity disorder
B. Intellectual disability
C. Autism spectrum disorder
D. Separation anxiety disorder
E. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
8. The psychiatrist is concerned about a colleague's be- E. Is observed
havior and notifies the State's physician health pro- to be aggressive
gram, which conducts an intervention. The physician toward patients
should be referred for professional evaluation/treat- on three different
ment in which of the following scenarios? occasions during
shifts in the emer-
A. Drinks a glass of wine with dinner several nights a gency department
week
B. Has experienced depression in the past and has
been hospitalized
C. Has bipolar disorder and is euthymic and compli-
ant with medications
D. Acknowledges using cocaine occasionally but not
habitually on days off and has a negative urine toxi-
cology screen
E. Is observed to be aggressive toward patients on
three different occasions during shifts in the emer-
gency department
9. Abnormalities in which of the following components E. Rapid alternat-
of the neurological examination would indicate cere- ing movements
bellar dysfunction?
A. Visual acuity
B. Limb strength
C. Vibratory sensation
, D. Deep tendon reflexes
E. Rapid alternating movements
10.1 Excessive activation of which of the following recep- B. NMDA
0 tors is thought to contribute to cell death in Alzheimer
. disease?
A. GABA
B. NMDA
C. 5-HT2A
D. Nicotinic
E. Muscarinic
In behavior mastery training, which of the following C. Risk Manage-
techniques teaches individuals with sexual addic- ment
11.1 tion to identify factors that increase the likelihood of
1 symptomatic sexual behavior?
.
A. Urge handling
B. Mindfulness skills
C. Risk management
D. Thought restructuring
E. Symptom containment
A patient has been prescribed a second-generation A. Prolactin
antipsychotic for just over a year. Since starting the
medication, her libido is markedly lower, and she ahs
experienced irregular menstrual cycles. Which of the
12.1 following lab tests would have the greatest diagnos-
2 tic value at this point?
.
A. Prolactin
B. Estrogen
C. Luteinizing hormone
D. Thyroid stimulating hormone
E. Beta human chorionic gonadotropin
13. A 58 year old patient develops progressive weakness C. Nerve conduc-
and tingling just two weeks after receiving a vaccina- tion studies
tion. Examination reveals weakness and decreased
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