Mental Status Examination Practice Questions

Question 1

IPC for criminal responsibility of insane is?

Accepted Answer

84

Answer

94

Answer

174

Answer

104

Question 2

A 30-year-old female with depressed mood, decreased appetite, and no interest for one year. What is the diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Major Depressive Disorder

Answer

None of the options

Answer

Dysthymia

Answer

Anxiety

Question 3

Which of the following is least characteristic of mania?

Accepted Answer

Disorientation

Answer

Pressure of speech

Answer

Decreased need for sleep

Answer

Grandiose delusions

Question 4

Rules for criminal responsibility of the insane are all, except:

Accepted Answer

Morrison's rule

Answer

American Law institute's rule

Answer

New Hampshire doctrine

Answer

Durham Rule

Question 5

The following is suggestive of an organic cause of behavioral symptoms:

Accepted Answer

Prominent visual hallucinations

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Auditory hallucinations

Answer

Formal thought disorder

Answer

Delusion of guilt

Question 6

Wernicke's encephalopathy involves which part of the CNS?

Accepted Answer

Mammillary body and Thalamus

Answer

Thalamus and Frontal lobe

Answer

Mammillary body only

Answer

Mammillary body and Frontal lobe

Question 7

All of the following are components of the mental status examination EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Delirium

Answer

Insight

Answer

Affect

Answer

Judgment

Question 8

Antemortem abrasions can be confused with:

Accepted Answer

Ant bite marks

Answer

Eczema

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Joule burn

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Chemical burn

Question 9

Testamentary capacity is the ability to:

Accepted Answer

Make a will

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Give evidence in a court of law

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Enter into a contract

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Give consent

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT true about delusions?

Accepted Answer

It is primarily a disorder of perception.

Answer

They are false beliefs, but firm.

Answer

Not associated with intellectual background.

Answer

It remains despite of contrary evidence.

Mental Status Examination — MCQs

Mental Status Examination — MCQs

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