This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Psychology > Personality > Personality Disorders – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Personality Disorders Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Someone with with Cluster A personality disorder has a pervasive distrust of other people. A) Schizotypal. B) Dependent. C) Borderline. D) Paranoid. E) Schizoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paranoid. 2. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of individuals with paranoid personality disorder? A) Avoidance of close relationships. B) Avoidance of public places. C) Are often spontaneously aggressive to others. D) Often feel that they have been deeply and irreversibly betrayed by others. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Avoidance of public places. 3. Individuals with ..... personality disorder are socially restricted, lack friends, and are generally cold and detached from others. A) Paranoid. B) Schizoid. C) Avoidant. D) Schizotypal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Schizoid. 4. Lack self-reliance, self-esteem, and let others make their choices. A) OCD. B) Dependent. C) Paranoid. D) Histrionic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent. 5. Injury or damage A) Harm. B) Dignity. C) Efficacy. D) Range. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harm. 6. Social and interpersonal deficits marked by discomfort with and reduced capacity for close relationships, accompanied by cognitive/perceptual distortions and eccentric behaviour; may include ideas of reference, odd thinking or speech, unusual perceptual experiences, social anxiety regardless of familiarity with situation. A) Schizoid personality. B) Schizotypal personality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Schizotypal personality. 7. This cluster of personality disorders demonstrates odd or eccentric behaviors. A) Cluster D. B) Cluster B. C) Cluster C. D) Cluster A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cluster A. 8. People with BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) cannot lead their own independent and fulfilling lives A) Fact. B) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myth. 9. Which of the following is a Cluster A personality disorder? A) Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. B) Antisocial personality disorder. C) Paranoid personality disorder. D) Borderline personality disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paranoid personality disorder. 10. Which cluster has dramatic or erratic behaviors, intense emotions, extreme impulsivity, theatrics, promiscuousness, or law breaking? A) Cluster B. B) Cluster C. C) Cluster A. D) Cluster D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cluster B. 11. Which of the following is not in the dramatic/erratic cluster A) Borderline PD. B) Histrionic PD. C) Antisocial PD. D) Paranoid PD. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paranoid PD. 12. Risk factors of BPD are? A) Hereditary predisposition, stressful childhood. B) Hereditary predisposition only. C) Stressful childhood only. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hereditary predisposition, stressful childhood. 13. There are always distinct personalities that others can detect A) Fact. B) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myth. 14. Obsessive compulsive personality disorder is characterized by A) Preoccupation with orderliness and perfectionism at the expense of flexibility. B) Social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation. C) Excessive need to be taken care of, leading to submissive and clinging behavior. D) Excessive emotionality and attention seeking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preoccupation with orderliness and perfectionism at the expense of flexibility. 15. Among eating disorders, patients with anorexia may suffer from hypothermia, which can be divided into mild, moderate and severe. Mild hypothermia refers to a core temperature of (unit:℃): A) Below 28. B) 32-35. C) 28-32. D) 35-36. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 32-35. 16. Having BPD is a choice A) Myth. B) Fact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. 17. This type of disorder is characterized by perfectionism with a focus on orderliness. A) Narcissistic Personality D/O. B) Obessive-Compulsive D/O. C) Dependent Personlaity D/O. D) Avoidant Personality D/O. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Obessive-Compulsive D/O. 18. True or False:Schizotypal and Schizoid are basically the same A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. ..... is a pattern of distrust and suspiciousness such that others' motives are interpreted as malevolent. A) Paranoid personality disorder. B) Schizoid personality disorder. C) Schizotypal personality disorder. D) Antisocial personality disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paranoid personality disorder. 20. Which of the following is most closely associated with excessive levels of dopamine? A) Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. B) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. C) Schizophrenia. D) Major Depressive Disorder. E) Histrionic Personality Disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schizophrenia. 21. Which of the following is a hallucination? A) Thinking you are president of the United States. B) Being certain that your boss is out to get you. C) Thinking it is the year 1983. D) Feeling extraordinarily happy one moment, and depressed the next. E) Hearing voices that are not actually there. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Hearing voices that are not actually there. 22. Which cluster has pervasive anxiety as a personality trait, which is key in each of these disorders? A) Cluster B. B) Cluster D. C) Cluster A. D) Cluster C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cluster C. 23. Into how many clusters does the DSM-V organize the 10 personality disorders? A) 5. B) 3. C) 10. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 24. Extremely fearful of rejectionSocially withdrawn even though they desire acceptance from others. A) Narcissist. B) Avoiding. C) OCD. D) Antisocial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Avoiding. 25. Which PD is being described? This person often argues with their significant other, lacks confidence and does not see themselves in high regard. They fear their significant other cheating and abandoning them. A) Narcissistic PD. B) Antisocial PD. C) Histrionic PD. D) Borderline PD. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Borderline PD. 26. The client is in group therapy and another client is speaking. The nurse recognizes the client is uncomfortable and begins to tap their foot on the floor while sighing. This is what type of personality D/O? A) Narcissistic Personality D/O. B) Avoidant Personality D/O. C) Obsessive-Compulsive Personality D/O. D) Histrionic Personality D/O. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Histrionic Personality D/O. 27. Lena, a 28-year-old woman, finds it extremely difficult to make everyday decisions without excessive advice and reassurance from others, often feeling helpless when alone and urgently seeking another relationship when one ends. Despite being capable, she fears being left to take care of herself and often subordinates her needs to those of others, fearing disapproval or abandonment. A) Dependent. B) Histrionic. C) Schizoid. D) Avoidant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent. 28. Also known as "sociopath" or "psychopath" A) Histrionic. B) Antisocial. C) Borderline. D) Schizoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antisocial. 29. The DSM-5 defines ..... personality disorders. A) 10. B) 13. C) 8. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10. 30. This individual never takes risks and has a poor self-esteem. He doesn't go out on weekends out of fear that nobody will want to hang out with him. What personaity disorder might this person have? A) Antisocial. B) Obsessive-compulsive. C) Dependent. D) Schizoid. E) Avoiding. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Avoiding. 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