Psychiatric Nursing Model Question Paper

3. AIIMS NURSING OFFICER
EXAM – 2018
PSYCHIATRIC NURSING
MCQ’S
FROM OLD QUESTION
PAPERS OF AIIMS

4. QUESTION - 1
 A nurse who is caring for a client
with a antisocial behaviour should
stress on:
a. Close supervision of the client
b. Educate the family members that someone
should be with the client all time
c. Setting clear rules and expectations about the
client’s behaviour
d. Provide stimuli free environment to the client

5. QUESTION – 1(Answer)
 A nurse who is caring for a client
with a antisocial behaviour should
stress on:
a. Close supervision of the client
b. Educate the family members that someone
should be with the client all time
c. Setting clear rules and expectations about the
client’s behaviour
d. Provide stimuli free environment to the client

6. QUESTION – 1(Rationale)
The nursing care plan for the
antisocial client should stress the
clear rules and expectations
about the client’s behaviour.

7. QUESTION - 2
 Which of the following describes “ego
defense mechanism”?
a. A mechanism designed to reduce stress and
conflict caused by specific experiences.
b. A mechanism designed to remove psychological
barriers.
c. Any form of martial arts
d. A method for negotiating a stage of
development.

8. QUESTION – 2 (Answer)
 Which of the following describes “ego
defense mechanism”?
a. A mechanism designed to reduce stress and
conflict caused by specific experiences.
b. A mechanism designed to remove psychological
barriers.
c. Any form of martial arts
d. A method for negotiating a stage of
development.

9. QUESTION – 2 (Rationale)
Defense mechanisms operate at an
unconscious level and help ward off
unpleasant feelings (i.e. anxiety) or
make good things feels better for the
individual.

10. QUESTION – 3
 Which of the following
neurotransmitter is deficient in
depression?
a. GABA
b. Serotonin
c. 5 - HT
d. B & C

11. QUESTION – 3 (ANSWER)
 Which of the following
neurotransmitter is deficient in
depression?
a. GABA
b. Serotonin
c. 5 - HT
d. B & C

12. QUESTION – 3 (RATIONALE)
Serotonin & 5 – HT (5 – Hydroxy
Tryptamine) is a excitatory
neurotransmitter. Deficiency of these
neurotransmitter found to cause
depression.

13. QUESTION – 4
 Among the following condition
which one is treated with
hypnotic drugs?
a. Psychosis
b. Sleep Disorders
c. Delusions
d. Hallucinations

14. QUESTION – 4 (Answer)
 Among the following condition
which one is treated with
hypnotic drugs?
a. Psychosis
b. Sleep Disorders
c. Delusions
d. Hallucinations

15. QUESTION – 4 (Rationale)
Hypnotic drugs are used to treat sleep
disorders

16. QUESTION – 5
 In a client with a substance abuse,
which is the best indicator to
assess the client’s progress in
rehabilitation?
a. Perform all the activities of daily
living independently
b. The number of drug – free days he has
c. Taking all the prescribed drugs on
time
d. Writing to come for follow up

17. QUESTION – 5 (Answer)
 In a client with a substance abuse,
which is the best indicator to
assess the client’s progress in
rehabilitation?
a. Perform all the activities of daily
living independently
b. The number of drug – free days he has
c. Taking all the prescribed drugs on
time
d. Writing to come for follow up

18. QUESTION – 5 (Rationale)
 Number of drug free days is the best
indicator to determine the progress of
rehabilitation of patient with substance use
disorder.
 Maintenance of abstinence from the
substance is the ultimate goal of the
deaddiction treatment.

19. QUESTION – 6
 Chronic alcoholic patients are
treated initially by
a. Use of Paraldehyde
b. Use of Tranquilizers
c. Providing high protein diet
d. IM injection of Thiamine

20. QUESTION – 6
 Chronic alcoholic patients are
treated initially by
a. Use of Paraldehyde
b. Use of Tranquilizers
c. Providing high protein diet
d. IM injection of Thiamine

21. QUESTION – 6 (Answer)
 Chronic alcoholic patients are
treated initially by
a. Use of Paraldehyde
b. Use of Tranquilizers
c. Providing high protein diet
d. IM injection of Thiamine

22. QUESTION – 6 (Rationle)
Parentral administration of thiamine is
unanimously considered the route of choice to
replenish thiamine stores as rapidly as
possible.

23. QUESTION – 7
 Reema is admitted in psychiatric ward, refused to
eat breakfast by stating that the food is poisoned.
This kind of response is an example of:
a. Delusion
b. Hallucination
c. Illusion
d. Empathy

24. QUESTION – 7 (Answer)
 Reema is admitted in psychiatric ward, refused to
eat breakfast by stating that the food is poisoned.
This kind of response is an example of:
a. Delusion
b. Hallucination
c. Illusion
d. Empathy

25. QUESTION – 7 (Rationale)
 An erroneous belief that is held
without evidence and irrational is
known as delusion.

26. QUESTION – 8
 The most common psychotherapy used to
help a person with Obsessive Compulsive
Disorder is:
a. Flooding
b. Behavior Modification
c. Transaction Therapy
d. Abreaction

27. QUESTION – 8 (Answer)
 The most common psychotherapy used to
help a person with Obsessive Compulsive
Disorder is:
a. Flooding
b. Behavior Modification
c. Transaction Therapy
d. Abreaction

28. QUESTION – 8 (Rationale)
 Behavior modification is a treatment approach,
based on the principles of operant conditioning
that replaces undesirable behaviors with more
desirable ones through positive or negative
reinforcement.

29. QUESTION – 9
 Which one of the following activity need to be
restricted in a client with Parkinson’s disease?
a. Taking cold water bath
b. Walking on the yard on a cold winter day
c. Taking food item which is high in water content
d. Setting on the beach in the sun on a summer day

30. QUESTION – 9 (Answer)
 Which one of the following activity need to be
restricted in a client with Parkinson’s
disease?
a. Taking cold water bath
b. Walking on the yard on a cold winter day
c. Taking food item which is high in water content
d. Setting on the beach in the sun on a summer day

31. QUESTION – 9 (Rationale)
 The patient with parkinson’s should be
advised to avoid exposure to sun during
summer.
 The patient may be oversensitive to heat
and increases the risk of hyperthermia.

32. QUESTION – 10
 Persecutory delusion is common in:
a. Schizophrenia
b. Paranoid Schizophrenia
c. BPAD
d. OCD

33. QUESTION – 10 (Answer)
 Persecutory delusion is common in:
a. Schizophrenia
b. Paranoid Schizophrenia
c. BPAD
d. OCD

34. QUESTION – 10 (Rationale)
 Individual with persecutory delusion believes that
they are being malevolently treated in some way
persecutory delusion is common in Paranoid
Schizophrenia.