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NAME: _______________________________________ Date: ______________________
Test I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
Situation: A 40 year old male patient admitted in the psychiatric ward was diagnosed with paranoid
schizophrenia.
1. The patient is likely to exhibit which of the following behaviors
A. Delusions and auditory hallucinations
B. Disorganized speech and behavior
C. Flattened affect
D. Depression

2. Paranoid patients use projection in order to
A. Manipulate others
B. Show anger towards others
C. Deal with the feeling and thoughts that are not acceptable
D. Be away from others

3. The patient states I know you are poisoning my food as you take it out of the cart The best
action of the nurse is
A. Asking the patient what type of poison he suspects
B. Serving foods that come in sealed packages
C. Allowing the patient to be the first to open the cart and get the tray
D. Serving canned goods until he is no longer suspicious
4. The patient tells the nurse The police is out to get me. Which of the following is the best
response by the nurse?
A. What made you think of that?
B. No. They are not here to get you.
C. I dont know anything about that. You are afraid of being harmed.
D. I dont believe they are here to get you.

Test II. MATCHING TYPE: Choose from set B the corresponding answer for the medications listed in Set
A. Write your answer on the space provided before the number.
SET A SET B
_______1. carbamazepine (TEGRETOL) A. drug of choice for mania
_______2.levodopa (LARODOPA) B. antidepressant
_______3. risperidone (RISPERDAL) C. used to treat symptoms of
schizophrenia
_______4. Lithium carbonate (ESKALITH) D. anticonvulsant
_______ 5. Fluoxetine (PROZAC) E. used to manage parkinsons disease

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B. Write the phrases/words inside the box on the appropriate column on the table











BIPOLAR I BIPOLAR II










Episodes of mania and major depression
Recurrent major depressive episode with hypomania
Men and women are affected
More common in women
Patients can carry on normal daily routine
Cause significant difficulty in the patients job or relationships