Question

6. An eating disorder, in which the person has a fear of weight gain and obesity, despite a body weight far below what is normal is:

a) Anorexia Nervosa

B) Anorexia Bulimia

C) Pica

D) Obesity

7. Seeing, hearing, feeling or smelling something that is not real is called:

a) Defence mechanism

b) A hallucination

c) Paranoia

d) Phobia

8. The resident believes he is being harassed and mistreated daily. This belief is called:

a) Fantasy

B) Grieving

C) Oppositional defiant disorder

D)Delusion of persecution

9. Mr. Jones has fatigue, a general lack of interest, an inability to experience pleasure, a feeling of uselessness, anxiety and a slow, unreliable memory. These are symptoms of:

a) Depression

B) Mania and elation

C) Paranoia

D) Agoraphobia

10. The individual set of attitudes, values, beliefs and behaviours that are deeply ingrained in the psyche refers to a person’s:

a) Physiology

b) Anatomy

c) Hormones

d) Personality

Answer 1

ANS. 6. An eating disorder, in which the person has a fear of weight gain and obesity, despite a body weight far below what is normal is Anorexia Nervosa.

Explanation

• Obesity is weight gain above normal.
• Pica is an eating disorder in which the items that do not have nutritional value are consumed. for example - hair, dirt, etc.
• Anorexia Bulimia is an eating disorder in which excessive food is consumed and then purge to prevent weight gain.

ANS. 7. Seeing, hearing, feeling or smelling something that is not real is called A hallucination.

Explanation

• Defence mechanism is the reaction of the body against threats.
• Unrealistic distrust of others is Paranoia.
• Phobia is irritational fear.

ANS. 8. The resident believes he is being harassed and mistreated daily. This belief is called Delusion of persecution.

Explanation

• Imagining improbable things is Fantasy.
• Grieving is intense sorrow.
• Oppositional defiant disorder is a mental health disorder in which a person from his/her childhood suffer from irritability, anger, aggression, etc.

ANS. 9. Mr. Jones has fatigue, a general lack of interest, an inability to experience pleasure, a feeling of uselessness, anxiety and a slow, unreliable memory. These are symptoms of Depression.

Explanation

• Extreme fear of entering crowded places is Agoraphobia.

ANS. 10. The individual set of attitudes, values, beliefs and behaviours that are deeply ingrained in the psyche refers to a person’s Personality.

Explanation

• Normal functions of living functions such as digestion, metabolism, etc. is Physiology.
• Internal workings of the body dealt in Anatomy.