Psychiatric Technician Developmental Disabilities Board Exam Questions & Answers/ Newest 2025
1. The psychiatric technician is teaching the client how to put on socks. The psychiatric technician and the client each have a pair of socks. The psychiatric technician first puts on her socks and then...
CA PT Board Exam Review - Psychiatric
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A suicidal client with low self-esteem seems less lethargic today and agrees to
participate in an occupational therapy program. To help make the session most
successful, the psychiatric technician should do which of the following?
a. Introduce the client to woodcarving; show him how to safely use the pointed carving
and burning tools.
b. Stay away from the client in occupational therapy so that he is free to express
himself.
c. Teach the client to make a macramé belt from long rope and encourage him to work
on it later in his room.
d. Structure the client's activity to help them complete one simple task, such as painting
a picture. - CORRECT ANSWER-d. Structure the client's activity to help them complete
one simple task, such as painting a picture.
A client on the unit has a diagnosis of paranoid-type schizophrenia. The new mental
health care worker on this unit approaches the psychiatric technician and asks about
the best way to work with this client. The psychiatric technician replies:
a. "Avoid touching this client and invading personal space."
b. "Offer back rubs at bedtime to decrease the client's anxiety."
c. "Greet this client with a firm handshake."
d. "Place your hand on the client very softly when you speak to him." - CORRECT
ANSWER-a. "Avoid touching this client and invading personal space."
Your client has Alzheimer's disease and, during the night after his admission is found in
the hallway trying to open the door to the fire escape. Which of the following responses
by the psychiatric technician would indicate the most accurate assessment o
a. "You look confused. Come to the nurses desk and talk to me."
b. "This door leads to the fire escape. Why do you want to go outside now?"
c. "Something seems to be bothering you. Let's go back to your room and talk about it."
d. "This fire escape leads outside. It would be unsafe to go out there alone. May I help
you find your way back to your room or the bathroom?" - CORRECT ANSWER-d. "This
fire escape leads outside. It would be unsafe to go out there alone. May I help you find
your way back to your room or the bathroom?"
An 85-year-old female who is confused, malnourished, dehydrated, and is reluctant to
explain how a fall at home happened. The client's 62-year-old daughter frequently
interrupts the interview. Which of the following interventions is a priority?
,a. Take the history from the daughter because the client is confused.
b. Provide the daughter with nutritional teaching.
c. Request a psychiatric evaluation for the client.
d. Interview the client alone first and assess for abuse. - CORRECT ANSWER-d.
Interview the client alone first and assess for abuse.
A client stated that she had been brutally raped by her date. She had bruises and
lacerations over all areas of the body and severe anxiety. The priority intervention for
her would be:
a. Communicating, "I'm very sorry this happened to you. You are safe here."
b. Providing referral information for further use
c. Helping her see that aggressive behavior is a part of her culture and social structure
and that violence is a way of solving problems
d. Identifying if she has any anger or guilt - CORRECT ANSWER-a. Communicating,
"I'm very sorry this happened to you. You are safe here."
A client is becoming more confused and disoriented. The psychiatric technician is told
that the client has been recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The psychiatric
technician should know that the characteristics of this disease are:
a. Gradual and progressive loss of cognitive abilities
b. Transient ischemic attacks
c. Good judgment
d. Rapid loss of thinking and problem-solving ability - CORRECT ANSWER-a. Gradual
and progressive loss of cognitive abilities
A female comes to the crisis center with a broken wrist and severe bruises from a
beating by her husband. She states that she does not want to leave the relationship at
this time. The most appropriate response by the nurse is:
a. "You need to leave the relationship. "
b. "I will call a lawyer for you."
c. "Let's develop a safety plan for repeated violence."
d. "Here is a list of services that can help you." - CORRECT ANSWER-c. "Let's develop
a safety plan for repeated violence."
The Psychiatric Technician can best assist an individual of a different culture adjust to
life in a new community by:
a. Encouraging the detachment from family and friends.
b. Becoming familiar with the client's communication patterns.
c. Describing the new customs in the community.
d. Immersing the individual in the dominant culture. - CORRECT ANSWER-b. Becoming
familiar with the client's communication patterns.
,A fifteen year old patient in a psychiatric facility says, "I going to be a Psych Tech." This
is an example of:
a. identification
b. regression
c. reaction formation
d. displacement - CORRECT ANSWER-a. identification
In order to determine the client's perception of the reason for admission to the
psychiatric facility, it will be most appropriate for the psychiatric technician to say:
a. "Did the police bring you here?"
b. "Tell me about your life."
c. "Why did you come here?"
d. "I guess you are pretty confused about all this. - CORRECT ANSWER-c. "Why did
you come here?"
In establishing a therapeutic relationship with a client, it is imperative that the
Psychiatric Technician demonstrate the ability to:
a. see the client's world from client's perspective.
b. recognize that the client is bound to the past.
c. focus on content rather than feelings.
d. tell the client that all problems have solutions. - CORRECT ANSWER-a. see the
client's world from client's perspective.
The client awakens one day and is uncommunicative. There is no response to staff or
peers. The most appropriate approach is to:
a. insist that the client participate in activities.
b. recognize that the behavior is attention seeking and ignore it.
c. sit with the client periodically throughout the shift.
d. encourage verbal responses by telling the patient to ventilate. - CORRECT
ANSWER-c. sit with the client periodically throughout the shift.
Appropriate intervention strategies when working with families include:
a. conveying warmth and acceptance of all members.
b. developing an alliance with the identified patient.
c. advising the family in ways to identify problems and solutions.
d. assisting the family in disengaging as a group. - CORRECT ANSWER-a. conveying
warmth and acceptance of all members.
Which of the following is characteristic of the initial phase of group development when
developing a functioning group?
, a. Most members are comfortable and at ease in the group.
b. Many members will compete for the group leadership role.
c. Feelings of intimacy and closeness are readily apparent.
d. Testing behaviors are not unusual. - CORRECT ANSWER-d. Testing behaviors are
not unusual.
The client is observed talking to an imaginary person. The client is most likely
responding to:
a. environmental stimuli.
b. delusional material.
c. hallucinations.
d. ideas of reference. - CORRECT ANSWER-c. hallucinations.
Which of the following will be most useful in assisting the client cope with a stressful
situation?
a. Practicing active listening.
b. Being skillful in the assessment process.
c. Advising the client of effective problem solving techniques.
d. Telling the client that everything will be all right. - CORRECT ANSWER-a. Practicing
active listening.
Which of the following is most important when caring for the client in the first phase of
alcohol withdrawal?
a. correction of vitamin deficiencies.
b. assist the client in recognition of alcoholism as a problem.
c. provide the care and administer medications which minimize the effects of delirium
tremens.
d. keep the client in a quiet, dark room and discourage contact with other clients. -
CORRECT ANSWER-c. provide the care and administer medications which minimize
the effects of delirium tremens.
The doctor has ordered the drug naloxone (narcan) to be given stat. The Psychiatric
Technician knows that this preparation will act to:
a. decrease the respiratory rate.
b. enhance the effect of the narcotic analgesic preparations.
c. slow the heart rate.
d. prevent or reverse the effects of opioids. - CORRECT ANSWER-d. prevent or
reverse the effects of opioids.
Which of the following statements is an indication that the dying client is in the
bargaining stage?
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