ATCBE Exam – Questions With Correct Answers (Pass!)
Circumstantial Thought process Right Ans - organized but over inclusive
Tangential Thought process Right Ans - occasional lapses in organization
Loosening associations Right Ans - frequent lapses in connection between
thoughts
Blocking Right Ans - loses train of thought
Neologisms Right Ans - Words created by the patient which have their own
idiosyncratic meanings
Flight of ideas Right Ans - Flow of thought is extremely rapid but
connections remain in tact
Delusional Thought Content Right Ans - a firmly held, false belief not
shared by members of the patient's culture
Overvalued idea Right Ans - an idea that is intrusive and egodystonic
paranoid ideation Right Ans - suspiciousness about others' motives and
ideas of reference
Phobia Right Ans - a specific fear that results in avoidance of the situation
or object despite the patient's realization that the fear is irrational
describe the 10 areas of functioning evaluated in the mental status exam
(MSE) Right Ans - Appearance, affect, mood, thought content, speech,
thought process, cognition, judgment, insight, movement and behavior
MSE- Appearance Right Ans - Person's age, race, sex, civil status, and
overall appearance.
MSE- Movement and behavior Right Ans - Person's gait, posture,
coordination, eye contact, facial expressions, and similar behaviors
Affect Right Ans - outwardly observable emotional reactions
,mood Right Ans - underlying emotional "atmosphere" or tone of the
person's answers
Speech Right Ans - volume/speed of speech, length of answers,
appropriateness and clarity of the answers
thought content Right Ans - Indications of hallucinations, delusions,
obsessions, symptoms of disassociations, or thoughts of suicide via responses
thought process Right Ans - irrelevant, detail, repeated words and phrases,
interrupted thinking and illogical connections between thoughts
cognition Right Ans - knowing orientation with regard to time, place, and
personal identity
insight Right Ans - ability to recognize a problem and understand its nature
and severity
Bender Visual Motor Gestalt assessment Right Ans - used to evaluate
"visual-motor maturity", to screen for developmental disorders, or to assess
neurological function or brain damage. It is administered to children and
adults ages three and older and may be administered in a group setting.
Bridge Drawing Assessment Right Ans - is a sequential drawing in which
the client draws a visual representation of the problem, means of solving the
problems and the desired solution
Landgarten Photo Collage Assessment Right Ans - is a 4 task test adapts
readily to various ethnic backgrounds as various photo images are available
that match culture. It is easy for patients to produce, even if they are
uncomfortable creating images through drawing, painting, or sculpture.
Leverick Emotional and Cognitive Art Therapy Assessment Right Ans -
developed for exceptional nonverbal children who could draw. It assesses
styles of coping and thinking, organization and use of space, and planning and
sequencing.
,Psychomotor agitation Right Ans - noticeable and marked increase in body
movements; hand wringing, pacing
Psychomotor retardation Right Ans - significant slowing of speech and
body movements, lack of usual fidgetiness
expansive mood Right Ans - enthusiastic
euphoric mood Right Ans - feeling great, as if one just won the lottery
blunted affect Right Ans - decrease in amplitude of emotional expression
flat affect Right Ans - virtually complete absence of affective expression
constricted affect Right Ans - normal amplitude but restricted range
inapropriate affect Right Ans - emotions expressed are not congruent with
content of patient's thoughts
labile affect Right Ans - unpredictable shifts in emotional state
basic techniques utilized in crisis intervention Right Ans - assessment;
determination of the therapeutic intervention; intervention; resolution
Explain theory of object relations Right Ans - Objects can be people or
things, such as transitional objects with which we form attachments. these
objects and the developing child's relationship with them are incorporated
into a self, and become the building blocks of the self system. The self-
structure we internalize in early childhood functions as a blueprint for
establishing and maintaining future relationships.
Describe the normal development of speech and language Right Ans - As
the speech mechanism and voice mature, an infant is able to make controlled
sound. This begins in first few months of life with "cooing." By 6 months, an
infant produces repetitive syllables. End of first year, most children can say a
few simple words. By 18 months, a child can say 8-10 words. By age 2 a child
can put together crude sentences. At age 3, 4, and 5, a child's vocabulary
increases rapidly.
, Conscious Right Ans - deals with awareness of present perceptions,
feelings, thoughts, memories, and fantasies at any particular moment. It is the
part of our mental processing that we can think and talk about rationally
Preconscious Right Ans - part of our memory, which is not always part of
consciousness but can be retrieved easily at any time and brought into our
awareness.
Unconscious Right Ans - the reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and
memories that remain outside of our conscious awareness.
Scope of practice Right Ans - Range of methods and techniques used by
professional; May be legally defined
ID Right Ans - instant gratification with no consideration for reality of
situation. The principle principal.
Ego Right Ans - Meet needs of id with consideration of reality
Superego Right Ans - moral part, dictates belief of right and wrong.
Asphasia Right Ans - loss of speech and language abilities resulting from
stroke or head injury
articulation disorder Right Ans - difficulties with way sounds are formed
and strung together. substitute one sound for another: Wabbit instead of
Rabbit.
Echolalia Right Ans - Repetition of words or phrases, usually with little or
no comprehension
passive/receptive language Right Ans - ability to comprehend information
understanding vocabulary, concepts, short-term, memory and sequencing info
example- listens or reads
HIPPA 1996 Right Ans - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act: Confidentiality of patients rights.