PSY404

ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
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1. _________________distress is not considered abnormality?

a) Psychological
b) Cognitive
c) Physical
d) Mental
2. _______________ scale is the oldest intelligence scale.
a) Salosson Intelligence
b) Wechsler Adult intelligence
c) Stanford – Binet Intelligence
d) Wechsler Intelligence Children
3. A test would be high on ________________ if it actually measures what it
claims to measure?
a) Administration
b) Reliability
c) Validity
d) Standardization
4. Stroop Test is a type of __________________ assessment?
a) Intelligence
b) Personality
c) Neuropsychological
d) Projective
5. Learning disorders are characterized by which of the following?
a) Deficits in perception and information processing
b) Poor memory and retrieval
c) A deficiency in cognitive abilities
d) Learning in the classroom and retrieving in exams
6. Difficulties understanding what is not explicitly stated’ is one of the features
of:
a) Communication disorders
b) Social communication disorder
c) Language disorders
d) Stuttering
7. Schizophrenia may be induced by____________.
a) Societal Factors
b) Genetic Factors
c) Intrapsychic Conflict
d) Negative Irrational Cognitions
8. Who among the following philosophers worked on paranoia?
a) Ibn – Khuldun
b) Najubud din Muhammad
c) Al – Ghazali
d) Al – Razi
9. Which of the following neurotransmitter is linked with depression?
a) Serotonin
b) Acetylcholine
c) Epinephrine
d) GABA
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10. Which of the following disorder involves inflated self – esteem or grandiosity,
decreased need for sleep, more talkative, fight of ideas, distractibility, and
psychomotor agitation?
a) Depressive episode of bipolar and related disorder
b) Communication disorders
c) Motor disorders
d) Manie episode of bipolar and related disorders
11. Symptoms characteristics of a schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic
disorder predominate but do not the full criteria for any of the disorders refers
to which disorder?
a) Delusion disorder
b) Brief psychotic disorder
c) Schizophrenia form disorder
d) Unspecified Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorder
12. Persistent depressive disorder also called which of the following?
a) Grandiose
b) Dysthymia
c) Agro phobia
d) Catatonia
13. When individual adds in the main stream behavior as part of any disorder, it is
called:
a) Delusions
b) Positive symptoms
c) Hallucinations
d) Negative symptoms
14. How long symptoms need to persist in order to diagnose separation anxiety in
children?
a) 5 weeks
b) 3 weeks
c) 6 weeks
d) 4 weeks
15. Which of the following is NOT psychological reason of Bipolar and related
disorders?
a) Negative life events
b) Genetic makeup
c) Losses in earlier life
d) Neuroticism
16. Which of the following is the most decisive factor while diagnosing anxiety
disorders?
a) Fear which started in childhood
b) High intensity of fear
c) No other alternate explanation of the fear
d) Long term fear
17. The occurrence of major depression episodes and at least one manic episode
refers to which of the following?
a) Hypomania
b) Bipolar 1 disorder
c) Cyclothymic disorder
d) Bipolar 2 disorder
18. In schizophrenia, the course of specifiers is only used after the duration of how
many months?
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a) 6 months
b) 3 months
c) 1 year
d) 1.5 years
19. Depressive symptoms evidently due to or the consequence of another medical
conditions and not explained by another mental disorder refers to which
disorder?
a) Depressive disorder due to another medical condition
b) Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
c) Substance/Medical induced depressive disorder
d) Persistence depressive disorder
20. Which principal of behavioral school of thought is responsible for the
development of specific phobias are developed?
a) Reinforcement
b) Operant conditioning
c) Observation
d) Classical conditioning
21. Which of the following disorder refers to the acts of killing one self, most often
as a result of depression or other mental illness, to deal with in tolerate able
mental anguish pain and tear?
a) Major depression
b) Suicide
c) Mania
d) Hypomania
22. A sudden rapid recurrent, non – rhythmic motor movement or vocalization
refers to which of the following disorders?
a) Development coordination disorder
b) Stereotypic movement disorder
c) Tic disorder
d) Tourette’s disorder
23. Who talks about depression etiology in terms of negative or pessimistic
thinking cognitive that errors in thinking/logic, arbitrary inferences and
automatic thoughts?
a) Albert Bandura
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Aron Beck
d) B.F Skinner
24. Which of the following disorder refers to a prominent and persistent
disturbances in depressed mood, loss of interest or pleasure, developed during
or soon after substance intoxication/withdrawal?
a) Major depression disorder
b) Other specified depressive disorder
c) Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
d) Substance/medication induced depressive disorder
25. The presence of negative and positive symptoms is the criteria for the diagnosis
of which disorder?
a) Mood disorder
b) Autism
c) Neurological disorders
d) Schizophrenia
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26. In which of the following disorder’s mild level requires explicit protective
measures and behavioral modification, and severe level require continuous
monitoring and protective measure?
a) Motor disorder
b) Developmental coordination
c) Tic disorder
d) Stereotypic movement disorder
27. Which of the following is a type of Bipolar and related disorder characterized
by long duration and comparative chronic condition?
a) Cyclothymic disorder
b) Bipolar 2 disorder
c) Bipolar 1 disorder
d) Hypomania
28. It is necessary to specify prognostic features, catatonia and severity, however it
can be diagnosed without severity as well, in which of the following disorder?
a) Psychotic disorder
b) Schizophreniform disorder
c) Substance/medication – induced psychotic disorder
d) Brief psychotic disorder
29. A group of drugs intoxicates the body and people use them for intoxication
occurs in:
a) Brief psychotic disorder
b) Schizophrenia form disorder
c) Substance/medication – induced psychotic disorder
d) Delusion disorder
30. The acquisition and execution of coordinated motor skills is substantially
below individual’s chorological age an opportunity for skills learning and use,
refers to which disorder?
a) Tic disorder
b) Developmental coordination disorder
c) Stereotypic movement disorder
d) Motor disorder
31. The act of taking one’s life in the result of depression, other mental illness,
intolerable mental anguish and pain is called:
a) Mania
b) Suicide
c) Hypomania
d) Major depression
32. History, laboratory findings, and physical examination, refer to depressive
symptoms due to substance intoxication which is disorder?
a) Substance/medication induced depressive disorder
b) Persistence depressive disorder
c) Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
d) Major depressive disorder
33. An uninterrupted period of illness during which there is a major mood episode,
major depression or mania, with criterion A of schizophrenia, refers to which
of the following disorder?
a) Delusion disorder
b) Schizophreniform disorder
c) Brief psychotic disorder
d) Schizoaffective disorder
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34. Uni-polar depression is associated with which of the following

neurotransmitter?
a) Testosterone
b) Estrogen
c) Cortisol
d) Serotonin
35. Molecular biologists have specified certain number of chromosomes, located at
chromosome 17, associated with which the following disorder?
a) Schizophrenia
b) Hypomania
c) Unipolar depression
d) Mania
36. Which of the following lobe performs relatively lower but very important level
of processes such as somatosensory function?
a) Parietal lobe
b) Temporal lobe
c) Frontal lobe
d) Occipital lobe
37. Electroconvulsive therapy is also known as:
a) Brain stimulation
b) Psychosurgery
c) Psychotherapy
d) Psychotropic Medication
38. The concept of demonology declined in the _____________ age.
a) Renaissance
b) Modern
c) Medieval
d) Middle
39. Positive and negative symptoms scale (PANAS) is administered for diagnosis
of _____________.
a) Obsession
b) Depression
c) Anxiety
d) Schizophrenia
40. Cortisol is secreted from _____________ gland.
a) Endocrine
b) Thyroid
c) Exocrine
d) Adrenal
41. Which of the following neurotransmitter is linked with Anxiety?
a) GABA
b) Dopamine
c) Norepinephrine
d) Serotonin
42. Which of the following specifier is NOT mentioned in DSM – V?
a) Moderate
b) Mild
c) Extreme
d) Severe
43. If a person is __________ from normal, he is said to be abnormal.
a) Danger
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b) Distressing
c) Dysfunctional
d) Deviating
44. Intellectual disability is not linked to which of the following?
a) Genetic Factors
b) Viral Infections
c) Imbalanced Hormones
d) Anatomy of Brain
45. Auditable or silent blocking is a salient feature of which of the following?
a) Social communication disorder
b) Language disorder
c) Childhood – onset fluency disorder
d) Speech sound disorder
46. Freud presented ______________________ theory of personality.
a) Biological
b) Humanistic
c) Behavioral
d) Psychanalytical
47. Treatment of a person will not be effective until________________ are not
part of the treatment themselves.
a) Informants
b) Psychologists
c) Social Workers
d) Psychiatrist
48. Which of the following is a primary proponent of moral treatment?
a) Benjamin Rush
b) Al – Ghazali
c) Hippocrates
d) Johann Weyer
49. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of intellectual disability?
a) Walking
b) Learning
c) Thinking
d) Solving
50. To label a person, patient’, was discouraged by:
a) Unconditional Positive Regard
b) Individual Psychology
c) Accurate Empathy
d) Genuineness
51. Neurotransmitter linked with Schizophrenia is:
a) Serotonin
b) Norepinephrine
c) Dopamine
d) GABA
52. In the diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, which one of the
following is the most important to specify:
a) Gender of the individual
b) Is it combined, inattentive, or hyperactive
c) Settings in which symptoms shown
d) Age of the individual
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53. _______________ skill deficit is NOT included as one of the features of

specific learning disorder:
a) Reading
b) Writing
c) Motor
d) Mathematical
54. ASR likes a girl, People noticed that when ASR is with that girl, he is often
throwing demeaning comments at her, ASR is using ______________defense
mechanism.
a) Reaction Formation
b) Displacement
c) Sublimation
55. XYZ is a child who is being toilet trained. He seeks to cope up with the
demand for control. Which of the following stage he belongs to?
a) Phallic
b) Oral
c) Anal
d) Latent
56. For a test to be formal, it needs to be ________________.
a) Standardized
b) Unbiased
c) Valid
d) Reliable
57. Abnormal behavior was thought to be the work of evil spirits in the _______
age.
a) Copper
b) Stone
c) Medieval
d) Iron
58. The antenna like structure receiving the electrical impulse in a neuron is known
as _____________.
a) Cell body
b) Axon
c) Dendrite
d) Synapse
59. A child who neither listens to the instructions of a teacher not follows them and
does not complete the class work is suffering from which of the following
disorder?
a) Hyperactivity
b) Autism
c) Inattention
d) Impulsivity
60. Who developed the word Association Test?
a) Sigmund Freud
b) Karen Horney
c) Carl Jung
d) Alfred Adler
61. _______________ connects a neuron to another neuron.
a) Cell body
b) Axon
c) Synapse
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d) Dendrite
62. A person thought to be possessed by a wolf was cured by _________.
a) Tarantella
b) Exorcism
c) Balancing the Humors
d) Trephining
63. In ___________ defense mechanism, the person leads to an infantile stage.
a) Displacement
b) Sublimation
c) Regression
d) Repression
64. Often getting failed to give close attention to details or making coreless
mistakes in schoolwork, at work, during other or symptoms of:
a) Hyperactivity
b) Obsession
c) Inattention
d) Impulsivity
65. Sara is a grade student, who could not concentrate on the tasks given act like
the is not listening and mostly lost her belongings, she suffers which at the
following?
a) Learning disorders
b) Communication disorder
c) Attention deficit hyperactivity Disorder
d) Autism
66. It is the duty of _______ to gather all information about the family of the
client?
a) Psychiatrist
b) Social Worker
c) Psychologist
d) Helping staff
67. ______________ introduced the concept of Hypnotism.
a) Emil Kraepelin
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Benjamin Rush
d) Friedrich Mesmer
68. Assessment of thought Pattern in Mental Status Examination does NOT
include:
a) Flow
b) Clarity
c) Orientation
d) Relevance
69. Tarantism was used by _____________________.
a) Muslims
b) Greeks
c) Romans
d) Europeans
70. Which disorder manifests during the early years of formal schooling?
a) Autism
b) Mental retardation
c) Physical disability
d) Learning disorder
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71. Intellectual disability is linked with ____________________.

a) Genetic Factors
b) Biochemical Imbalance
c) Societal Factors
d) Negative Irrational Cognitions
72. Which of the following is a type of speech sound disorder?
a) Learning disorder
b) Reading disorder
c) Language disorder
d) Communication disorder
73. The question “What is my purpose in the world?” was answered by which of
the following model?
a) Humanistic
b) Biopsychosocial
c) Existential
d) Psychoanalytical
74. Which of the following method of treatment is the most controversial?
a) Psychotropic Medication
b) Psychotherapy
c) Neurosurgery
d) Electroconvulsive therapy
75. ___________ pointed out that children are naturally ego centric.
a) Al – Ghazali
b) Al – Razi
c) Ibn – Sina
d) Najubud din Muhammad
76. Who often has difficulty in waiting for the turn and intrude or interrupt others?
a) Hyperactive individual
b) Inattentive individual
c) Impulsive Individual
d) Hyperactive & Impulsive individual
77. Friedrich Mesmer used hypnotism for the treatment of __________________.
a) Schizophrenia
b) Anxiety
c) Depression
d) Hysteria
78. Which disorder manifests during the early years of formal schooling?
a) Learning disorder
b) Autism
c) Physical disability
d) Mental retardation
79. Extreme and continuous clapping of a child is associated with:
a) Language Disorder
b) Autism Spectrum Disorder
c) Global Developmental Delay
d) Intellectual Disability
80. Which one of the following is NOT a communication disorder?
a) Child – onset fluency disorder
b) Language disorder
c) Speech and sound disorder
d) Autism
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81. Which of the following is not related to Exorcism?

a) Flogging the inflicted person
b) Cutting the head of the person
c) Starving the Patient
d) Excessive and Lound Noise Making
82. Awareness regarding a certain behavior or disorder could be considered as
___________.
a) Preventive Measure
b) Family Therapy
c) Community Treatment
d) Group Therapy
83. Genuineness is a quality of which of the following?
a) Word Association
b) Client Centered Therapy
c) Dream Analysis
d) Behavior Modification
84. Which of the following is NOT a biological cause of abnormality?
a) Genetic Factor
b) Irrational Cognition
c) Chemical Imbalance
d) Changes to Nervous System
85. Coping with incestuous sexcual feelings is a characteristic of
_______________ stage.
a) Phallic
b) Latent
c) Anal
d) Oral
86. ______________ got through a different sort of training as compared to usual
people of the same field.
a) Helping staff
b) Psychiatrists
c) Social workers
d) Psychologists
87. Which of the following is NOT a type of neurotransmitter?
a) Dopamine
b) Serotonin
c) GABA
d) Cortisol
88. Which of the following is an example of deviance in our society?
a) Not being able to work efficiently
b) Over eating or being obese
c) Feeling Anxious in Presentation
d) Denying Religious Teachings
89. Which of the following is NOT a projective test?
a) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
b) House Tree Person
c) Rotter’s Incomplete Sentence Blank
d) Rorschach Inkblot Test
90. The presence of depressed mood for two years, but among children and
adolescent, mood remains irritable and at least 1 year refers to which disorder?
a) Major depression disorder
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b) Persistence depressive disorder (dysthymic)

c) Other specified depressive disorder
d) Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
91. Memory Assessment Scale (MAS) is a type of _____________ test.
a) Intelligence
b) Self – Report Inventory
c) Projective
d) Neuropsychological
92. Phobias are disorders because fear is _________ for the person.
a) Distressing
b) Abnormal
c) Dysfunctional
d) Deviating
93. ABC is at the Latent stage of development. Which of the following will be true
about him?
a) Has mature sexual interest
b) Seeks pleasure though genitals
c) Seeks pleasure by sucking
d) Has dormant sexcual feelings
94. Imbalance of Serotonin may be linked to:
a) Schizophrenia
b) Depression
c) Anxiety
d) Aggression
95. Which of the following is NOT a criterion of Autism Spectrum Disorder?
a) Deficit in Non-Verbal Communication
b) Deficit in Understand Relationships
c) Deficits in Social Communication
d) Deficits in Independent Living
96. __________ disorder only originate at a very early age.
a) Personality
b) Mood
c) Eating
d) Neurodevelopmental
97. Tarantism was a concept in Europe during the _____________ .
a) Renaissance
b) Stone
c) Medieval
d) Middle
98. Consistency of a test is referred to as:
a) Validity
b) Standardization
c) Reliability
d) Administration
99. It is essential to have both negative and positive symptoms for the diagnosis of
which disorder?
a) Autism
b) Neurological disorder
c) Mood disorder
d) Schizophrenia
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100. Diagnosis of which of the following can be made without using the severity
specifier?
a) Catatonia disorder due to another medical condition
b) Schizoaffective disorder
c) Schizophrenia
d) Delusion
101. At least one hypomanic episode and one major depressive episode criteria
should be meet for which of the following?
a) Cyclothymia
b) Bipolar I disorder
c) Bipolar II disorder
d) Hypomania
102. Which of the following disorder is characterized by seemingly driven and
apparently purposefulness motor behavior?
a) Motor disorder
b) Tic disorder
c) Developmental coordination disorder
d) Stereotypical moment disorder
103. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Anxiety Disorder?
a) Anticipation of future threat
b) Loss of pleasure
c) Avoidant behavior
d) Muscle tension
104. Which of the following disorder requires specifying the type like, bipolar
type or depressive type?
a) Brief psychotic disorder
b) Schizoaffective disorder
c) Schizophreniform disorder
d) Delusion disorder
105. Which of the following disorders are also as “free floating anxiety”?
a) Social anxiety disorder
b) Panic attack
c) Generalized anxiety disorder
d) Agoraphobia
106. A patient catatonic position but has enough flexibility that allows you to
move body but again sustain the typical position, is termed to have which of
the following?
a) Negativism
b) Posturing
c) Waxy Flexibility
107. An uninterrupted period of illness during which there is a major mood
episode, major depression or mania, with coercion & schizophrenia refers to
which of the following disorder?
a) Schizoaffective disorder
b) Schizophreniform disorder
c) Brief psychotic disorder
d) Delusion disorder
108. The differential diagnoses between the schizophrenia and brief psychotic
disorder is:
a) Symptoms
b) Intensity
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c) Criteria
d) Duration
109. Depressed mood loss of interest or pleasure, significant weight loss or gain,
insomnia or hypersomnia are major feature of which disorder?
a) Substance/medication induced
b) Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
c) Major depressive disorder
d) Persistence depressive disorder
110. Which of the following neurotransmitters are associated with depressive
disorder?
a) Serotonin
b) Norepinephrine
c) Dopamine
d) Serotonin and Norepinephrine both
111. The presence of both, multiple motor and one or more vocal tics at times
during the illness, although not necessary appears at the same time, is a criteria
of:
a) Tourette’s disorder
b) Tic disorder
c) Developmental coordination disorder
d) Stereotypic movement disorder
112. The fluctuation of which neurotransmitter can play a key role in the
development of panic disorder?
a) Dopamine
b) Serotonin
c) Glutamate
d) Norepinephrine
113. How many types schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders
have?
a) 9 types
b) 10 types
c) 8 types
d) 7 types
114. The disorder in which psychotic symptoms become visible but due to any
other medical condition is called:
a) Brief psychotic disorder
b) Psychotic disorder due to another medical condition
c) Delusion disorder
d) Schizophreniform disorder
115. Which of the following is NOT a psychological concept address the etiology
of depression?
a) Irrational thinking by Albert Bandura
b) Negative thinking by Aron beck
c) Suppressed unpleasant memories by Freud
d) Learned helplessness by Seligman
116. Which of the following is a type of Bipolar and related disorder characterized
by long duration and comparatively condition?
a) Cyclothymic disorder
b) Hypomania
c) Bipolar I disorder
d) Bipolar II disorder
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117. The symptoms of stupor, catalepsy, waxy flexibility, mutism, negativism,

posturing, mannerism, stereotype, agitation, not influenced by external stimuli
is the diagnostic criteria of which of the following?
a) Brief psychotic disorder
b) Schizophrenia
c) Delusion disorder
d) Catatonia associated with another mental disorder
118. In children, the anxiety must occur in ____________ settings and not just
during interactions with adults.
a) Parents
b) Home
c) Peer
d) School
119. Which of the following is the most significant specifier which needs to
identify in multiple episodes of schizophrenia?
a) Unspecified, acute, partial remission
b) Currently acute, continuous, remission
c) Currently in remission, chronic, full remission
d) Currently acute, partial remission, a full remission
120. When individual adds in the main stream behavior as part of any disorder, it
is called:
a) Positive symptoms
b) Negative symptoms
c) Hallucinations
d) Delusions
121. A prominent and persistent disturbance in mood elevated irritable mood,
depressive symptoms, during or soon after substance intoxication or
withdrawal is known as which disorder?
a) Bipolar II disorder
b) Cyclothymic disorder
c) Bipolar I disorder
d) Substance/medication induced bipolar disorder
122. In which of the motor disorder, individual finds difficulty in motor
movements the dropping things etc. which is manifested as clumsiness?
a) Motor disorder
b) Developmental coordination
c) Tic disorder
d) Stereotypic movement disorder
123. Which of the following is NOT a symptom of Agoraphobia?
a) Being in open spaces
b) Public speaking
c) Being in a crowd
d) Using public transportation
124. Which of the following personality train can be a reason to develop Selective
Mutism?
a) Extrovert
b) Parental Overprotection
c) Conscientiousness
d) Neuroticism
125. Repetitive motor movements interfere with social academic or other
activities and may result in self-injury in which of the following disorder?
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a) Developmental coordination disorder

b) Tic disorder
c) Stereotypic movement disorder
d) Motor disorder
126. Zoya is showing depressive symptoms with no psychological reasons but
there is prevalence of some medica conditions so, she would be diagnosis?
a) Depressive disorder due to another medical condition
b) Other specified depressive disorder
c) Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
d) Major depressive disorder
127. In which of the following the involved substance/medication is capable of
producing the symptoms of delusions and hallucination?
a) Brief psychotic disorder
b) Substance/medication – induced psychotic disorder
c) Delusion disorder
d) Schizophrenia form disorder
128. The professor gives difficult test’ is which type of attribution style?
a) Specific external (stable)
b) Specific external (unstable)
c) Global internal (stable)
d) Global internal (unstable)
129. What is the main difference the manic and hypomanic episode?
a) Symptoms
b) Condition
c) Duration
d) Behavior
130. In substance/medication – induced psychotic disorder, there is evidence from
the history, physical examination, or laboratory findings that there is presence
of which of the following symptom?
a) Chronic episode and delusion
b) Acute episode and hallucinations
c) Positive and negative symptoms
d) Delusion and hallucination
131. Which disorder involves abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or
irritable mood and abnormally increased goal- directed activity or energy from
four consecutive days?
a) Hypomanic episode of bipolar and related disorders
b) Bipolar and related disorders
c) Depressive episode of bipolar and related disorder
d) Manic episode of bipolar and related disorder
132. Which of the following disorder involves a sudden, rapid, recurrent and non
– rhythmic motor moment or vocalization?
a) Developmental coordination disorder
b) Tourette’s disorder
c) Tic disorder
d) Stereotypic movement disorder
133. Which of the following is the most decisive factor while diagnosing Social
Anxiety Disorder?
a) Fear of closed spaces
b) Fear of people
c) Fear of performance
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d) Fear of evaluation
134. Which of the following disorder is initially known as affect and mood
disorder?
a) Psychotic disorder
b) Schizophrenia
c) Depressive disorders
d) Neurotic disorders
135. Which of the following contains the mixed features of mood disorder and
schizophrenia?
a) Schizoaffective disorder
b) Brief psychotic disorder
c) Schiphreniform disorder
d) Delusion disorder
136. How many types of Motor Disorders have?
a) 2 types
b) 3 types
c) 5 types
d) 4 types
137. Which of the following is the main reason behind Separation Anxiety?
a) Loss of significant other
b) Lenient parenting
c) Accident
d) Genes
138. Depressive symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impairment but
do not meet the full criteria for any of the depressive disorders, refer to which
disorder?
a) Substance/medication induced depressive disorder
b) Other specified depressive disorder
c) Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
d) Persistence depressive disorder
139. Adoption studies have implicated genetic factors and molecular biologists
have identified genes, associated with:
a) Unipolar depression
b) Major depression
c) Hypomania
d) Mania
140. In which of the following disorder “the selective emphasis on negative
events” play a key role?
a) Panic disorder
b) Selective mutism
c) Generalized anxiety disorder
d) Social anxiety disorder
141. A condition that features extreme shifts in mood and fluency and activity
level refers to which of the following?
a) Motor disorders
b) Bipolar and related disorders
c) Depressive disorders
d) Communicated disorders
142. Which principal of behavioral school of thought is responsible for the
development of specific Phobias are developed?
a) Classical conditioning
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b) Observation
c) Operant conditioning
d) Reinforcement
143. Cold, aloof, conflict inducing mothers, do not communicate clearity with
children, and have high conflicts in family contribute in the development of
which disorder?
a) Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorder
b) Autism
c) Mood disorders
d) Communication disorders
144. Aleena is fluent in English and has a high command on physics but she is not
speaking in physics class for last five weeks. She might be experiencing?
a) Separation Anxiety
b) Agoraphobia
c) Selective Mutism
d) Social Anxiety Disorder
145. In brief psychotic disorder, what is the most important to specify?
a) What duration
b) What intensity
c) With marked stressor(s)
d) What correlation
146. Which of the following disorder previously known as manic depressive
disorder?
a) Depressive disorders
b) Communication disorders
c) Bipolar and related disorder
d) Anxiety disorder
147. Ashfaq 48 years old showed depressed mood for at least 2 years but Umer 11
years old showed irritable mood for 1 year, both are following disorder?
a) Other specified depressive disorder
b) Major depression disorder
c) Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
d) Persistence depressive disorder
148. Which of the following condition differentiate between Agoraphobia without
panic attack?
a) Persistent concern of future episode
b) Fear of crowd
c) Fear of losing control
d) Palpation
149. Which part of the brain is closely associated with panic disorder?
a) Amygdala
b) Hippocampus
c) Cerebral cortex
d) Frontal lobe
150. ‘Delusions developed during or soon after substance intoxication or
withdrawal or after exposure to a medications’ is one of the diagnostic criteria
of:
a) Brief psychotic disorder
b) Schizophrenia form disorder
c) Substance/medication – induced psychotic disorder
d) Delusion disorder
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151. In which of the following disorder the individual cannot distinguish between
the real and imagined and previously called paranoid disorder?
a) Brief psychotic disorder
b) Schizophreniform disorder
c) Schizoaffective disorder
d) Delusion disorder
152. Which of the following is NOT linked with Carl Rogers?
a) Unconditional Positive Regard
b) Genuineness
c) Accurate Empathy
d) Individual Psychology
153. Which of the following child is likely to be more competitive according to
Adler?
a) First Born
b) Last Born
c) Middle Born
d) Only Born
154. Cortisol is secreted from ______________ gland.
a) Endocrine
b) Exocrine
c) Thyroid
d) Adrenal
155. Who proposed the musical therapy for treating mental disorders?
a) Al – Ghazali
b) Ibn – Khuldun
c) Ibn – Sina
d) Al – Razi
156. Which of the following is NOT a self – report test?
a) Thematic Apperception Test
b) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
c) Big Five Inventory
d) Cattell’s 16 Personality Factors Test
157. Sound and syllable repetition is one of the salient features of:
a) Language disorder
b) Speech sound disorder
c) Social communication disorder
d) Childhood – onset fluency disorder
158. Which of the following cause anxiety about speaking limits affective
communication, social participation or academic or occupational performance?
a) Social communication
b) Language disorder
c) Autism
d) Stuttering
159. Pharmacological treatment is best linked with which of the following
modality?
a) Psychoanalytical
b) Biological
c) Behavioral
d) Humanistic
160. Suicidal ideation is best linked with which of the following?
a) Dysfunctionality
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b) Deviation
c) Distress
d) Danger
161. Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy was presented by:
a) B.F Skinner
b) Alfred Adler
c) Carl Jung
d) Albert Ellis
162. Which of the following is INCORRECT about intellectual disability?
a) There’s a deficit in Adaptive Functioning
b) A clinical/formal assessment is necessary
c) The person has to be in his late adulthood
d) There’s deficit in Social Functioning
163. Assessment of Thought Pattern in Mental Status Examination does NOT
include:
a) Relevance
b) Clarity
c) Orientation
d) Flow
164. ‘Difficulties in understanding what is not explicitly stated’ is one of the
features of:
a) Stuttering
b) Communication disorders
c) Language disorders
d) Social communication disorder
165. A behavior being copied and adopted by an individual is know as
_______________.
a) Irrational Cognition
b) Intrapsychic Conflict
c) Learned Response
d) Sociocultural Factor
166. A student is scoring good marks consistently in his class but he has not even
once reached the class in time. Which of the following is at work here?
a) Danger
b) Distress
c) Deviance
d) Dysfunction
167. Inattention and disorganization, and hyperactivity – impulsivity are two main
salient features of which disorder?
a) Communication disorder
b) Social communication disorder
c) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
d) Autism
168. If a person has a belief that people are always looking to ridicule him, which
of the following is likely linked to this?
a) Intrapsychic Conflict
b) Learned Response
c) Irrational Cognition
d) Sociocultural Factor
169. Sara, one year old girl feels pleasure by the things such as chewing sucking
and biting. She is on which stage of psychosexual development?
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a) Phallic
b) Anal
c) Oral
d) Latency
170. Imbalance in the norepinephrine neurotransmitter may result in:
a) Aggression
b) Schizophrenia
c) Anxiety
d) Depression
171. ______________ is a type of social therapy would require the least resources
and greater outputs.
a) Group Therapy
b) Community Treatment
c) Family Therapy
d) Couple Therapy
172. While specifying reading learning disability which one of the following
needs to be considered?
a) Accurate of fluent calculation
b) Number sense
c) Spelling accuracy
d) Word reading accuracy
173. Which of the following is NOT linked with Carl Rogers?
a) Individual Psychology
b) Genuineness
c) Unconditional Positive Regard
d) Accurate Empathy
174. The process of venting emotions out as a way to release or get rid of
repressed feelings and emotions is called_______________________.
a) Catharsis
b) Dreams
c) Transference
d) Resistance
175. Identify one of the significant specifier of the diagnostic criteria of Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
a) Setting in which symptoms shown
b) Whether Combined presentation inattentive, or hyperactive
c) Age and gender
d) Duration of the symptoms
176. Only _____________ can provide a therapy to the client.
a) Psychologist
b) Social Worker
c) Doctor
d) Physiatrist
177. A seven years old child, often run about or climbs in inappropriate situation,
and often remains ‘on the go’ like having little impulse control is suffering
from which of the following disorder?
a) Impulsivity
b) Hyperactivity
c) Inattention
d) Hyperactivity & Impulsivity
178. ______________ is linked with imbalance of Dopamine in the brain?
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a) Anxiety
b) Schizophrenia
c) Aggression
d) PTSD
179. A psychology found that JKL is a 12 years old boy belonging to a very poor
family. His father is suffering from OCD for the past 10 years. He experiences
when he was 2 years old and has recently been diagnosed with OCD as well.
Which of the following model of psychology best explain JKL’s OCD.?
a) Humanistic
b) Sociocultural
c) Biopsychological
d) Psychoanalytical
180. Which of the following is NOT a criteria of Autism spectrum Disorder?
a) Deficits in Independent Living
b) Deficits inn Understand Relationships
c) Deficits in Social Communication
d) Deficits in Non Verbal Communication
181. Oedipus complex is a characteristic of ____________________ stage.
a) Latent
b) Genital
c) Anal
d) Phallic
182. A persistent difficulty with speech sound production that interferes with
speech intelligibility or prevents verbal communication of messages is:
a) Special communication disorder
b) Child – onset fluency disorder
c) Speech sound disorder
d) Language disorder
183. Ahmad is a 10 – year old boy, he finds it difficult to organize his belongings
and manages his class work. He also fails to follow the sequence in games and
activities. He would be diagnosed with which of the following?
a) Hyperactive
b) Inattentive
c) Autistic
d) Impulsive
184. _________________ was formerly know as Mental Retardation.
a) Asperger’s Disorder
b) Global Developmental Delay
c) Intellectual Disability
d) Autism Spectrum Disorder
185. Defense mechanisms are protective methods of:
a) ID
b) Consious
c) Ego
d) Super Ego
186. LMN couldn’t get married to the girl that he loved. He felt heartbroken
always suggested later that females are disloyal. Which of the following
defense mechanism was adopted by LMN to cope?
a) Reaction Formation
b) Displacement
c) Projection
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d) Rationalization
187. Clinical interview is a type of ____________________ .
a) Informal Assessment
b) Behavioral Observation
c) Formal Assessment
d) Personality Test
188. Unconditional positive regard is the characteristic presented by which of the
following?
a) Albert Ellis
b) Abraham Maslow
c) Carl Roger’s
d) Carl Jung
189. A person might account for a bad mood or general rude behavior by
explaining that bad traffic affected the morning commute. This is an example
of what?
a) Displacement
b) Rationalization
c) Sublimation
d) Reaction Formation
190. Which disorder involves lack in effective communication, social
participation and social relationships?
a) Social communication disorder
b) Stuttering
c) Communication disorders
d) Language disorders
191. Which severity level of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
does not impact the academic performance?
a) Moderates
b) Mild
c) Severe
d) Unspecified
192. Which of the following is NOT a part of the speech assessment of Mental
Status Examination?
a) Volume
b) Rate
c) Quality
d) Flow
193. The disturbances in normal fluency, time patterning of speech which is
inappropriate for the individual’s age and language skills is:
a) Speech sound disorder
b) Social communication disorder
c) Language disorder
d) Child – onset fluency disorder
194. Which of the following best describes a person’s excessive concern and care
their skin?
a) Dysfuntion
b) Distress
c) Danger
d) Deviation
195. Which of the following provides the personal details about the client?
a) Social Worker
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b) Informant
c) Psychologist
d) Psychiatrist
196. Preconscious refers to things which are:
a) Inside awareness but inaccessible
b) Inside awareness and accessible
c) Outside awareness but accessible
d) Outside awareness and inaccessible
197. The therapy that draws techniques from different therapies according to
needs of the client is known as____________________.
a) Existential Therapy
b) Modeling
c) Client Centered Therapy
d) Eclectic Therapy
198. Which of the following is NOT an irrational belief?
a) My business should earn millions every year
b) I am always correct
c) Everyone should respect me
d) I should secure maximum marks in the quiz
199. Which of the following is an characteristic of neurodevelopmental trait?
a) Loss of appetite
b) Excessive weight loss
c) Impaired social skills
d) Fear of weight gain
200. EFG was hit by his mother accidently which made him angry. He turn
slapped his younger brother multiple times across the face. Which defense
mechanism has been adopted by EFG?
a) Sublimation
b) Reaction Formation
c) Displacement
d) Projection