McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Science in Counselling Psychology (BSc Counselling Psychology) .
| 1. |
The term that refers to a group of clinical observations or symptoms that tend to re-occur: |
| A. | syndrome |
| B. | diseases |
| C. | resilience |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. syndrome | |
| 2. |
The observed structural and functional characteristics that result from an interaction of the genotype and environment: |
| A. | genotype |
| B. | phenotype |
| C. | heredity |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. phenotype | |
| 3. |
Avoiding speaking in public for fear of being evaluated could be a symptom of : |
| A. | panic disorder |
| B. | simple phobia |
| C. | social phobia |
| D. | agoraphobia |
| Answer» C. social phobia | |
| 4. |
Retreating to an earlier developmental level involving less mature behavior and responsibility: |
| A. | sublimation |
| B. | projection |
| C. | regression |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. regression | |
| 5. |
Channelising frustrated sexual energy into substitutive activities |
| A. | sublimation |
| B. | projection |
| C. | regression |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. sublimation | |
| 6. |
Stress that tend to be good is referred to as |
| A. | distress |
| B. | ustress |
| C. | stress tolerance |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. ustress | |
| 7. |
Irrational fear of pain is called |
| A. | agnosia |
| B. | apraxia |
| C. | algophobia |
| D. | pyrophobia. |
| Answer» C. algophobia | |
| 8. |
Defence by actual flight is : |
| A. | amnesia |
| B. | fugue |
| C. | hysteria |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 9. |
Free floating anxiety is associated with |
| A. | ptsd |
| B. | ocd |
| C. | gad |
| D. | stress |
| Answer» C. gad | |
| 10. |
Fear of enclosed places |
| A. | claustrophobia |
| B. | zoophobia |
| C. | algophobia |
| D. | pyrophobia |
| Answer» A. claustrophobia | |
| 11. |
Conditions involving the disruption in a person sense of personal identity |
| A. | somatoform disorder |
| B. | ptsd |
| C. | dissociative disorders |
| D. | hypochondriasis |
| Answer» C. dissociative disorders | |
| 12. |
Avoiding speaking in public for fear of being evaluated could be a symptom of : |
| A. | agoraphobia |
| B. | simple phobia |
| C. | social phobia |
| D. | panic disorder. |
| Answer» C. social phobia | |
| 13. |
Desensitisation is primarily used for : |
| A. | diminishing hallucinations and delusions |
| B. | hysteria |
| C. | treating depression |
| D. | alleviating phobias and mania |
| Answer» D. alleviating phobias and mania | |
| 14. |
Disorders caused by known and verifiable organic pathology |
| A. | substance abuse |
| B. | organic mental |
| C. | PTSD |
| Answer» B. organic mental | |
| 15. |
What does DSM stand for : |
| A. | diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders |
| B. | diagnosis services for mental health |
| C. | diagnostic and service manual for mental disorders |
| D. | none of the above. |
| Answer» A. diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders | |
| 16. |
____ characterised by recurrent uncontrollable thought and irresistible behaviors. |
| A. | ocd |
| B. | stress disorders |
| C. | somatoform disorders d. pts |
| Answer» A. ocd | |
| 17. |
Thoughts or images that intrude into consciousness against a person’s will and which cause anxiety or extreme discomfort . |
| A. | compulsion |
| B. | obsession |
| C. | stress |
| D. | anxiety |
| Answer» B. obsession | |
| 18. |
Disorders that feature disruptions in memory ,consciousness or integrity of identity |
| A. | dissociative disorders |
| B. | somatoform disorders |
| C. | substance abuse |
| D. | depressiom |
| Answer» A. dissociative disorders | |
| 19. |
A term that refers to a broad range of technique designed to improve psychological functioning and personal or social adjustment. |
| A. | psychotherapy |
| B. | desensitisation |
| C. | behaviorism |
| D. | pharmacotherapy. |
| Answer» A. psychotherapy | |
| 20. |
An event that creates a sense of threat by confronting a person with a demand or opportunity for change. |
| A. | stressor |
| B. | coping |
| C. | resilience |
| D. | prevalence. |
| Answer» A. stressor | |
| 21. |
A mental disorder is conceptualized as a --------- significant behavioral or psychological syndrome. |
| A. | physically |
| B. | psychologically |
| C. | clinically |
| D. | systematically |
| Answer» C. clinically | |
| 22. |
Unrealistic irrational fear of anxiety is known as --- |
| A. | hypochondriasis |
| B. | phobia |
| C. | agoraphobia |
| D. | depression |
| Answer» B. phobia | |
| 23. |
DSM is a scientific classification manual of mental disorders published by |
| A. | who |
| B. | british psychiatric association |
| C. | indian psychiatric association |
| D. | american psychiatric association. |
| Answer» D. american psychiatric association. | |
| 24. |
Dopamine is a ----------- |
| A. | hormone |
| B. | disorder |
| C. | medicine |
| D. | neurotransmitter. |
| Answer» D. neurotransmitter. | |
| 25. |
There is a loss of sense of self in ---------disorder |
| A. | derealisation |
| B. | depersonalisation |
| C. | stress |
| D. | depression |
| Answer» B. depersonalisation | |
| 26. |
Partial or total inability to recall |
| A. | amnesia |
| B. | phobia |
| C. | stress |
| D. | anxiety |
| Answer» A. amnesia | |
| 27. |
Fear of water is |
| A. | zoophobia |
| B. | hydrophobia |
| C. | algophobia |
| D. | pyrophobia |
| Answer» B. hydrophobia | |
| 28. |
Term used to describe the phenomenon the person becomes amnesic and departs home with a new identity |
| A. | amnesia |
| B. | fugue |
| C. | ptsd |
| D. | phobia |
| Answer» B. fugue | |
| 29. |
Dream analysis is practiced by ----- |
| A. | psycho analyst |
| B. | behaviorism |
| C. | psychiatrist |
| D. | neurologist. |
| Answer» A. psycho analyst | |
| 30. |
Any detrimental characteristics that is either innate or acquired is : |
| A. | temperament b |
| B. | genetic vulnerability |
| C. | inherited |
| D. | constitutional liability. |
| Answer» A. temperament b | |
| 31. |
Serotonin is a |
| A. | hormone |
| B. | disorder |
| C. | medicine |
| D. | neurotransmitter |
| Answer» D. neurotransmitter | |
| 32. |
Hippocrates classified all mental disorders into : |
| A. | four |
| B. | six |
| C. | two |
| D. | three |
| Answer» D. three | |
| 33. |
Disorder which consists of physical complaints without any physical pathology is termed as – |
| A. | dissociative disorders |
| B. | somatoform disorders |
| C. | depression |
| D. | stress . |
| Answer» B. somatoform disorders | |
| 34. |
Disorder by which the person feels that his certain bodyparts are with an ugly appearance : |
| A. | dysmorphic disorder |
| B. | phobia |
| C. | dissociation |
| D. | schizophrenia |
| Answer» A. dysmorphic disorder | |
| 35. |
Clinical term for fear of public places |
| A. | algophobia |
| B. | agoraphobia |
| C. | claustrophobia |
| D. | ochlophobia |
| Answer» B. agoraphobia | |
| 36. |
Outcome of a person’s efforts to deal with stress and meet his or her needs is ------ |
| A. | adjustment |
| B. | resilience |
| C. | stressor |
| D. | etiology |
| Answer» A. adjustment | |
| 37. |
ICD is published by ------- a. WHO b. APA c .PSA d .UNO 39. Perception without stimulus is known as ______ |
| A. | hallucination |
| B. | delusion |
| C. | illusion |
| D. | sublimation |
| Answer» A. hallucination | |
| 38. |
Unshakeable false belief keeping out of cultural norms |
| A. | hallucination |
| B. | delusion |
| C. | illusion |
| D. | sublimation |
| Answer» B. delusion | |
| 39. |
Hypnosis is dealt with |
| A. | behaviorism |
| B. | mesmerism |
| C. | psychoanalysis |
| D. | functionalism |
| Answer» B. mesmerism | |
| 40. |
Negative stress is known as – |
| A. | eustress |
| B. | distress |
| C. | depression |
| D. | anxiety |
| Answer» B. distress | |
| 41. |
Predisposition or vulnerability to develop a disorder is ---- |
| A. | stress |
| B. | diatheses |
| C. | diagnosis |
| D. | displacement. |
| Answer» B. diatheses | |
| 42. |
Excessive emotional attachment of a daughter for her father |
| A. | electra complex |
| B. | oedipus complex |
| C. | inferiority complex |
| D. | superiority complex |
| Answer» A. electra complex | |
| 43. |
Excessive emotional attachment of a son for his mother |
| A. | electra complex |
| B. | oedipus complex |
| C. | inferiority complex |
| D. | superiority complex |
| Answer» B. oedipus complex | |
| 44. |
Feigning of symptoms to maintain the personal benefits that a sick role may provide. |
| A. | malingering |
| B. | factitious disorder |
| C. | somatoform disorder |
| D. | hypochondriasis. |
| Answer» B. factitious disorder | |
| 45. |
Thwarting of a need or a desire is |
| A. | frustration |
| B. | conflict |
| C. | aggression |
| D. | pressure. |
| Answer» A. frustration | |
| 46. |
Preoccupations based on misinterpretations of bodily symptoms,with the fear that one has a serious disease. |
| A. | hypochondriasis |
| B. | obsessions |
| C. | compulsions |
| D. | amnesia |
| Answer» A. hypochondriasis | |
| 47. |
Partial loss of sensitivity is -------- |
| A. | anesthesia |
| B. | analgesia |
| C. | hypersthesia |
| D. | hypertension. |
| Answer» A. anesthesia | |
| 48. |
MZ twins are otherwise known as : |
| A. | identical |
| B. | quadraples |
| C. | dz |
| D. | non identical . |
| Answer» A. identical | |
| 49. |
Write the odd one |
| A. | delusion |
| B. | repression |
| C. | denial |
| D. | sublimation |
| Answer» A. delusion | |
| 50. |
Fear of animals |
| A. | hydrophobia |
| B. | zoophobia |
| C. | claustrophobia |
| D. | monophobia |
| Answer» B. zoophobia | |
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