MCQ Bank
Which underlying state accompanies the hair pulling behaviour?
- A) Depressed mood
- B) Obsession
- C) Anxiety
- D) Elated mood
Which defence mechanism is the cause of Dissociative Disorders?
- A) Sublimation
- B) Displacement
- C) Regression
- D) Repression
Due to which of the following reason a person may perform compulsions?
- A) To elevate mood
- B) Due to conditioning
- C) Reduce anxiety
- D) Excessive sweating
Aleena has four personalities and four of the personalities are aware about each other. Identify the type of interaction he might be experiencing?
- A) Mutually amnesic relationship
- B) Two-way amnesic relationship
- C) One-way amnesic relationship
- D) Mutually cognizant patterns
Which of the following physiological feature Do NOT change in Dissociative Identity Disorder?
- A) Blood Pressure
- B) Allergies
- C) Pancreatic System
- D) Nervous System
All of the followings are the types of anorexia nervosa EXCEPT:
- A) Binge-eating/purging
- B) Doing proper exercise
- C) Restricting
- D) Fasting
Which of the following can be categorised as “stressor”?
- A) Muscle tension
- B) Back ache
- C) Palpitation
- D) Death
Which of the following is NOT a way in which sub personalities in Dissociative Identity Disorder interact with each other?
- A) Mutually cognizant patterns
- B) Two-way amnesic relationship
- C) One-way amnesic relationship
- D) Mutually amnesic relationship
In DSM IV TR Body Dysmorphic Disorder was categorized in which of the following category of disorders?
- A) Somatoform Disorders
- B) Mood Disorders
- C) Trauma- Related Disorders
- D) Anxiety Disorders
Personality disorder has an onset in:
- A) Adolescence
- B) Childhood
- C) Old-aged
- D) Middle Adulthood
Individuals in cluster ______ appear odd or eccentric.
- A) A
- B) B
- C) C
- D) D
Violation of others’ right and failure to conform to social norms is characterized by which of the following disorder?
- A) Antisocial Personality Disorder
- B) Paranoid Personality Disorder
- C) Histrionic Personality Disorder
- D) Schizotypal Personality Disorder
If a child has a sibling with ADHD then he would be vulnerable to develop:
- A) Conduct Disorder
- B) Kleptomania
- C) Intermittent Explosive Disorder
- D) Pyromania
Cluster B Personality Disorders includes all of the following EXCEPT:
- A) Antisocial
- B) Paranoid
- C) Borderline
- D) Histrionic
Pathophysiological consequence of Personality Disorders is associated with diminish level of:
- A) Hydrazine
- B) Dopamine
- C) Epinephrine
- D) Serotonin
Antisocial Personality Disorder can be caused due developmental or acquired abnormality in which area of brain?
- A) Ventricle
- B) Lateral
- C) Prefrontal
- D) Occipital
Incriminate seductive and authoritarian attitudes by the father can cause:
- A) Histrionic Personality Disorder
- B) Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- C) Borderline Personality Disorder
- D) Avoidant Personality Disorder
Which of the following is major cause of Personality Change Due to Another Medical Condition?
- A) Pathophysiological
- B) Interpersonal
- C) Emotional
- D) Intrapersonal
Individuals in Cluster ________ appear dramatic, emotional or erratic.
- A) B
- B) C
- C) D
- D) A
Which of the following is NOT considered to be risk factors for personality disorders?
- A) Low socioeconomic class
- B) Being a young adult
- C) Gender
- D) Living in inner cities