• Question 1
1 out of 1 points
While in a family therapy session, a wife comments, “Instead of spending time with me, he is
usually watching sports
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what is an appropriate response by a PMHNP using an evocative question technique?
Selected Answer: B.
“How are you feeling now as you are sharing that?”
• Question 2
1out of 1 points
The PMHNP is discussing problem-solving techniques with a married couple. What
recommendation will the PMHNP provide to the couple?
Selected Answer: A.
“Speak quietly before asking your spouse to reply, and clarify all your points.”
• Question 3
1out of 1 points
The PMHNP is providing family therapy to two parents and their twin 14-year-old children. The
children become defiant around bedtime and are still working on their homework late into the
night. How does the PMHNP employ an experiential technique of family sculpting?
Selected Answer:A.
Asks one of the parents to arrange the family into a typical bedtime scene
• Question 4
1 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is assessing a married couple who disclosed on the intake form that that they are
having intimacy issues. During the assessment, the PMHNP asks the couple what brings them
in today. The wife is quick to answer, “My husband doesn’t listen to me anymore.” Using the
Mental Research Institute (MRI) assessment technique, how does the PMHNP respond to this?
Selected Answer:B.
By asking the wife to explain what exactly “not listening” means
• Question 5
1out of 1 points
The PMHNP is working with a married couple in a family session setting. The wife reports
feeling upset because her husband does not pay attention to her. Which statement made by the
PMHNP will challenge the wife to see things differently?
Selected Answer:D.
“What can you say to your husband to get him to change his actions?”
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
A man calls a PMHNP to set up an initial appointment for family therapy. He explains, “My wife
lost her job several months ago. She has been angry and less patient with the kids. All of the
stress is taking a toll on me. I can’t focus at the office and I’m mentally exhausted at home.”
Based on this phone contact, who would the PMHNP most likely choose to see for the first
session?
Selected Answer:A.
The husband alone
• Question 7
1out of 1 points
During a family therapy session, a 10-year-old girl says to her father, “You are at work all the
time and are never around.” What is the most appropriate response by the PMHNP to improve
communication?
Selected Answer:B.
Ask the father what he heard when his daughter made that comment
• Question 8
1out of 1 points
The PMHNP is working with a married couple who have agreed to seek sex therapy due to the
wife’s gradual decrease in interest in sex. The wife explains that she feels as though she cannot
feel comfortable naked and enjoying being intimate. The PMHNP recognizes that the couple
could possibly benefit from sensate focus. To apply the sensate focus exercise, the PMHNP
suggests the couple first do what?
Selected Answer:D.
Practice touching one another intimately
• Question 9
1 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is meeting with a husband and wife who have separated but are trying to rekindle
the marriage. The PMHNP asks the couple what they hope to gain from the sessions, and they
provide the PMHNP with vague answers. What can the PMHNP can ask the couple to help
them create better defined goals?
Selected Answer:D.
All of the above
• Question 10
1 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is working with a family consisting of a father, a mother, and a daughter who is a
sophomore in high school. The issue being discussed has to do with the
daughter’s emotional outbursts about wanting to spend more time with her friends. Recently, the
daughter blew up at the parents over the fact that they wouldn’t let her go to a party, since older
kids from the school were throwing it. This outburst led to arguments in the household, which
led to the daughter getting grounded for 2 weeks. Which theory does the PMHNP recognize as
the most applicable?
Selected Answer:A.
Systems theory
• Question 11
1 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is meeting with a married couple. The woman feels very insecure, particularly
when it comes to her husband working with women in his office. She reports, “My girlfriends say
that it’s not attractive to be insecure like I am, so I’m really making the problem worse by being
so insecure.” How can the PMHNP externalize the woman’s problem?
Selected Answer:B.
Help the woman free herself from the label of “insecure”
• Question 12
1 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is meeting with a set of parents and their 12-year-old son, who according to the
parents is fearful of “nearly everything.” The son admits that he does not like to ride his bike,
play with his friends, or participate in activities such as sports, in which he could hurt himself or
become dirty. What does the PMHNP say to the son to personify the problem using
externalizing conversation techniques?
Selected Answer:C.
“How often does fear make you do what it wants you to do?”
• Question 13
1 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is meeting with the parents of a school-aged girl. The mother reports feeling
frustrated, because they cannot get their daughter to do her homework. “All she wants to do is
play on her phone,” the father reports. The mother tells the PMHNP that they have tried
threatening her by telling her that she won’t be able to have her friends over and that she won’t
be allowed to watch TV. Which of the following responses made by the PMHNP demonstrates
use of the Premack principle?
Selected Answer:B.
“Have you tried making her phone privileges contingent on finishing her homework?”
• Question 14
1 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is meeting with two women, ages 35 and 42, who are concerned about
their mother’s use of alcohol. During the meeting, what question(s) should the PMHNP ask the
mother to help uncover the potential drinking problem?
Selected Answer:D.
B and C
• Question 15
1 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is meeting with a mother and her 9-year-old child. The child is upset that the father
left the house and hasn’t been back in a long time. Which action will the PMHNP perform to
employ the role-playing technique with the child?
Selected Answer:B.
Set up an empty space on the couch and have the child talk to the father as if he were sitting
there
• Question 16
1 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is meeting with a family that consists of a mother and father and their two
daughters, ages 8 and 10. During the session, the PMHNP hears one child say, “My sister
never gets into trouble because she’s the smart one.” Which family therapy theory is most
applicable to this family?
Selected Answer:B.
Role theory
• Question 17
1 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is meeting with a married couple who have recently had a baby. The transition of
becoming new parents has caused a lot of friction and tension in the household. The wife
wishes the husband would help out at least once with the nighttime feedings so she can get
more than 3 hours of sleep at night. The husband feels like this is an unfair request, because
the wife no longer works, but she still asks the husband to do a lot of errands during the day.
What does the PMHNP do to create a quid pro quo contract between the husband and wife?
Selected Answer:A.
Suggest the wife to agree to do more errands during the day, and then have the husband agree
to do one nighttime feeding
• Question 18
1 out of 1 points
The PMHNP meets with the parents of a 3-year-old boy, who was adopted at 6 months of age.
The parents ask the PMHNP if he will see the child individually for therapy sessions on a weekly
basis, based on the fact that the parents are having difficulty getting their son to listen to them.
Which statement made by the PMHNP supports the systems theory approach to treatment?
Selected Answer:A.
“It would be difficult for me to make sense of your child’s behavior
without the rest of the family around.”
• Question 19
1 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is assessing a 19-year-old patient who reports feeling burdened and constrained
by her family. “I feel like I can’t live my own life, and like I need their approval for everything I
do,” she says during the assessment. Which response by the PMHNP supports the principles of
family therapy?
Selected Answer:B.
“You are part of a whole, big network that extends to more than just yourself.”
• Question 20
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