WorksheetsWeek 11 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following best distinguishes Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) from Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder (SPCD)?
SPCD includes repetitive motor movements
ASD includes restricted and repetitive behaviors
SPCD symptoms begin before age 3
ASD does not involve deficits in nonverbal communication
A 9-year-old has persistent difficulties in reading despite normal intelligence and instruction. The DSM-5-TR diagnosis most consistent with this pattern is:
Specific Learning Disorder with impairment in reading
Intellectual Disability
Communication Disorder
Developmental Coordination Disorder
According to DSM-5-TR, ADHD requires that symptoms:
Are present before age 12 and occur in at least two settings
Are observed only by teachers
Begin before age 10 and cause mild impairment
Are limited to academic performance
Which of the following is most characteristic of Intellectual Disability?
Deficits only in academic functioning
Adaptive functioning deficits across conceptual, social, and practical domains
Average IQ with learning difficulties
Isolated motor deficits
Compared with adults, depressive symptoms in children are more likely to include:
Delusions of guilt
Somatic complaints and irritability
Pressured speech
Increased libido
The essential feature of Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD) is:
Alternating episodes of mania and depression
Chronic irritability with frequent temper outbursts
Persistent sadness without outbursts
Episodic euphoria
Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia) in youth requires symptoms lasting at least:
1 month
3 months
6 months
1 year
Which of the following would rule out a diagnosis of DMDD?
Symptoms occurring with ADHD
Symptoms occurring exclusively during a major depressive episode
Symptoms across settings
Onset before age 10
A 7-year-old child who refuses to attend school and experiences intense fear of harm to parents most likely meets criteria for:
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Separation Anxiety Disorder
Selective Mutism
Social Anxiety Disorder
Selective Mutism is most often associated with:
Defiance toward adults
Social anxiety in performance situations
Language deficits
Oppositional behavior
A key DSM-5-TR criterion for Generalized Anxiety Disorder in children is:
Excessive worry occurring more days than not for at least 6 months
Fear limited to specific objects
Panic attacks with agoraphobia
Onset before age 5
Which physiological system is most directly involved in chronic anxiety and hyperarousal following trauma?
Endocrine thyroid system
HPA axis
Motor cortex pathways
Basal ganglia circuits
In children under age 6, PTSD often manifests as:
Repetitive trauma themes in play
Clear verbal descriptions of the trauma
Nightmares with adult content
Denial of trauma exposure
Which symptom is required for diagnosis of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)?
Indiscriminate friendliness toward strangers
Consistent pattern of inhibited, emotionally withdrawn behavior toward caregivers
Recurrent aggression
Hypervigilance and nightmares
Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder (DSED) differs from RAD because:
Children with DSED show indiscriminate sociability
DSED involves social withdrawal
DSED occurs only in adolescence
DSED is unrelated to neglect
Complex trauma exposure during early childhood is most likely to lead to:
Isolated phobias
Global emotion dysregulation and relational disturbances
Restricted affect only
Obsessions and compulsions
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) is characterized primarily by:
Defiance and irritable mood without serious violation of rights of others
Aggression and property destruction
Lack of empathy and remorse
Criminal behavior
Conduct Disorder (CD) with childhood-onset type is associated with:
Better prognosis
Higher risk for Antisocial Personality Disorder
Fewer comorbidities
Late-onset aggression only
Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) differs from ODD in that:
Aggressive outbursts in IED are impulsive and not premeditated
IED includes chronic irritability between outbursts
IED requires violation of others’ rights
ODD always progresses to IED
In differentiating Bipolar Disorder from Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD) in children, which feature is most characteristic of Bipolar Disorder?
Chronic, non-episodic irritability present most of the day
Temper outbursts occurring three or more times per week
Distinct periods of abnormally elevated or expansive mood with increased energy or goal-directed activity
Persistent negative mood without manic symptoms
