1. Out of the following, most common delusion associated with depression is
a) Delusion of grandiosity
b) Delusion of reference
c) Delusion of infidelity
d) Delusion of nihilism
2. A client during mental status examination is telling nurse that, he has contact with American President and he can do anything is reflecting which delusional belief?
a) Reference
b) Eratomania
c) Grandiosity
d) Jealousy
3. A client is repeating the word ‘apple’ to any question asked by the nurse. The term for this symptom is called
a) Echolalia
b) Verbigeration
c) Neologism
d) Paralalia
4. A client is not eating food because he believes that the food is poisoned by his wife is reflecting which delusion?
a) Delusion of reference
b) Delusion of persecution
c) Delusion of infidelity
d) Delusion of nihilism
5. Which statement by a client most appropriately depicts presence of somatic delusion?
a) “My mother is controlling my mind”.
b) “My wife is having affair with my brother”.
c) “My stomach is being chewed on by cockroaches”.
d) “Last night my brother came to slit my throat”.
6. During interview a client is diverting his gaze to the left and is muttering to self. Which symptom can be possibly present in this client?
a) Derealisation
b) Depersonalisation
c) Hallucination
d) Illusion
7. Tendency to fill up memory gaps by narrating false story is called as
a) Confabulation
b) Retrospection
c) Rationalisation
d) Introjection
8. Syndrome characterised by worsening of symptoms of restlessness and confusion during evening is called as
a) Munchausen syndrome
b) Korsakoff’s syndrome
c) Stockholm syndrome
d) Sundowning syndrome
9. Obsessive interest in one’s own self is known as
a) Negativism
b) Narcissism
c) Sadism
d) Voyeurism
10. A client is describing his “urine bladder” as “water bowl”. The term for this unconventional usage of word is known as
a) Paraphasia
b) Aphasia
c) Dysphasia
d) Cryptophasia
11. A condition where same delusion is shared by two people is called
a) Folie a trois
b) Ekbom syndrome
c) Briquet’s syndrome
d) Folie a deux
12. A client is feeling that he has lived the present experience before, despite the fact that the experience is occurring for the first time. The appropriate term to describe this is
a) Deja entendu
b) Jamais vu
c) Deja reve
d) Déjà vu
13. A client believes that his wife is replaced by an impostor. The term used to describe this syndrome is
a) Ekbom syndrome
b) Munchausen syndrome
c) Capgras syndrome
d) Stockholm syndrome
14. Term used to describe lack of motivation among mentally ill is
a) Avolition
b) Automatism
c) Autism
d) Altruism
15. Term to describe the over-exaggeration of physical or psychological symptoms, and fabricating a false medical or psychological disease to gain some insurance benefit is
a) Conversion
b) Malingering
c) Hypochondriasis
d) Somatization
KEY:
1.d, 2. c, 3. b, 4. b, 5. c, 6. c, 7. a, 8. d, 9. b, 10. a, 11. d, 12. d, 13. c, 14. a, 15. b
