This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Psychology > Personality > Personality Disorders – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Personality Disorders Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Evan, a 35-year-old man, often reports experiencing unusual perceptions, such as hearing faint voices whispering his name when no one is around and believes that random events or situations have personal meaning directed specifically at him. He has few close friends and struggles to form close relationships due to his pervasive social anxiety and odd beliefs that others often find unsettling. A) Schizoid. B) Antisocial. C) Paranoid. D) Schizotypal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Schizotypal. 2. Individuals with Antisocial Personality Disorder are psychopaths A) Fact. B) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myth. 3. A manic episode is characterized by A) Periods of persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood that lasts at least 10 days. B) Periods of persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood that lasts at least 2 weeks. C) Periods of persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood that lasts at least 4 days. D) Periods of persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood that lasts at least 1 week. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Periods of persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood that lasts at least 1 week. 4. This individual is aggressive and does not care about his roommates. He manipulates them to do what he wants and has stolen hundreds of dollars from them over the past year. He fails to feel any sort of remorse because he suffers from which personality disorder? A) Obsessive-compulsive. B) Narcissistic. C) Antisocial. D) Borderline. E) Histrionic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antisocial. 5. Schizotypal personality disorder is characterized by A) Detachment from social relationships and restricted range of expression of emotions. B) Discomfort with close relationships; cognitive and perceptual distortions; eccentricities of behavior. C) Distrust and suspiciousness of others. D) Disregard for and frequent violation of the rights of others. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Discomfort with close relationships; cognitive and perceptual distortions; eccentricities of behavior. 6. In the same order as the people or things already mentioned A) Collectively. B) Initially. C) Persistently. D) Respectively. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Respectively. 7. Which of these are not a symptoms of BPD? A) Paranoid thoughts. B) Un Clear self image. C) Unstable relationship. D) Extreme feeling of joy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extreme feeling of joy. 8. Individuals with ..... personality disorder often feel inhibited and inadequate. They avoid meaningful relationships with others and view themselves as inept and inferior. A) Narcissistic. B) Schizoid. C) Avoidant. D) Dependent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Avoidant. 9. Bipolar I disorder includes a manic episode followed by a hypomanic or depressive episode A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 10. Allison got detention for refusing to do a presentation in class. She would have explained that it was because she didn't want to get negative feedback for it, but then her teacher would have criticized her. She knows she sucks at public speaking, so she just couldn't do it. What is he probably suffering from? A) Antisocial Personality Disorder. B) Histrionic Personality Disorder. C) Avoidant Personality Disorder. D) Borderline Personality Disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Avoidant Personality Disorder. 11. A client who exhibits splitting, manipulation, impulsiveness, and fear of abandonment suffers from which personality D/O? A) Borderline Personality D/O. B) Antisocial Personality D/O. C) Histrionic Personality D/O. D) Avoidant Personality D/O. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Borderline Personality D/O. 12. Which of the following is not a Cluster A Personality Disorder? A) Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder. B) Schizoid Personality Disorder. C) Antisocial Personality Disorder. D) Borderline Personality Disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder. 13. Which personality disorder, typically in Cluster C, is characterized by an excessive need to be taken care of and a fear of being left alone or abandoned? A) Dependent Personality Disorder. B) Avoidant Personality Disorder. C) Borderline Personality Disorder. D) Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent Personality Disorder. 14. This cluster of personality disorders entails dramatic, emotional, and erratic behaviors. A) Cluster A. B) Cluster B. C) Cluster D. D) Cluster C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cluster B. 15. Paranoid personality disorder (PPD) is a mental condition in which a person has a long-term pattern of distrust and suspicion of others. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Someone with this Cluster A personality disorder may believe they have magical powers and dress in absurd ways. A) Schizotypal. B) Schizoid. C) Histrionic. D) Borderline. E) Paranoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schizotypal. 17. Individuals with Cluster B Personality Disorders often display which of the following traits? A) Dramatic, emotional, erratic, and impulsive behavior. B) Logical, rational, and methodical behavior. C) Introverted, shy, and cautious behavior. D) Reserved, calm, and predictable behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dramatic, emotional, erratic, and impulsive behavior. 18. Cluster A personality disorders usually exhibit: A) Odd, eccentric (weird) behaviours. B) Dramatic, emotionally impulsive (wild) behaviours. C) Anxious, fearful and avoidant behaviours (worried). D) Ego-syntonic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Odd, eccentric (weird) behaviours. 19. Which cluster of personality disorders is characterized by dramatic, emotional, or erratic behavior? A) Cluster A. B) Cluster D. C) Cluster B. D) Cluster C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cluster B. 20. Someone with this Cluster C personality disorder has a strong inferiority complex that prevents them from forming relationships out of fear they will be rejected. A) Schizoid. B) Dependent. C) Obsessive-compulsive. D) Avoiding. E) Antisocial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Avoiding. 21. True or False:Personality disorders must be diagnosed before adulthood A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. According to the DSM-V, a personality disorder can be diagnosed if there are significant impairments in A) Self-care an ability to function. B) Social deviance, defiance and criminal tendencies. C) Self and interpersonal functioning together with one or more pathological personality traits. D) Social functioning and three or more pathological personality traits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self and interpersonal functioning together with one or more pathological personality traits. 23. ..... is a pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy. A) Borderline personality disorder. B) Narcissistic person disorder. C) Antisocial personality disorder. D) Histrionic personality disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narcissistic person disorder. 24. Which Cluster is characterized by dramatic, emotional, or erratic behavior? A) Cluster D. B) Cluster C. C) Cluster A. D) Cluster B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cluster B. 25. This group of personality disorders exhibits anxious and fearful types of behaviors. A) Cluster B. B) Cluster C. C) Cluster D. D) Cluster A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cluster C. 26. Which cluster of personality disorders is characterized by odd or eccentric behavior? A) Cluster D. B) Cluster B. C) Cluster A. D) Cluster C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cluster A. 27. A mental disorder characterized by unstable mood, behavior and relationships. It can cause self-image issues and the constant presence of isolation. A) Borderline personality disorder. B) Schizotypal personality disorder. C) Narcissistic personality disorder. D) Paranoid personality disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Borderline personality disorder. 28. Someone with this Cluster C personality disorder is clingy, submissive, and fears break-ups. A) Obsessive-compulsive. B) Narcissistic. C) Borderline. D) Dependent. E) Avoiding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dependent. 29. Antisocial Personality Disorder is more common in men A) Fact. B) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fact. 30. See themselves as highly important and unable to love others. A) Borderline. B) Histrionic. C) Paranoid. 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