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mmlu_1300 | A guitarist and lead singer for a rock and roll band was performing a concert when an overhead strobe light fell on stage and struck him. The singer suffered a fractured skull and was hospitalized for an extended period of time. A lighting company was hired by the venue to perform the strobe lighting show at the concer... | [
"admitted, as a vicarious admission. ",
"admitted, as a declaration against interest. ",
"excluded, as an offer to compromise. ",
"excluded, as a privileged attorney-client communication. "
] | C |
mmlu_1301 | Water Works had a long-standing policy of offering employees $100 for suggestions actually used. Due to inflation and a decline in the quantity and quality of suggestions received, Water Works decided to increase the award to $500. Several suggestions were under consideration at that time. Two days prior to the publ... | [
"$500 because Water Works had decided to pay that amount.",
"$500 because the suggestion submitted will be used during the period that Water Works indicated it would pay $500.",
"$100 in accordance with the original offer.",
"Nothing if Water Works chooses not to pay since the offer was gratuitous."
] | C |
mmlu_1302 | After drinking for many hours, a very drunk man encountered another man in a convenience store and asked him for five dollars. The customer refused, and the drunk man knocked him down and began beating his head against the floor. The drunk man woke up hours later in jail, with no memory of the events. The police charge... | [
"Yes, because the lesser included crime must always be a part of the jury charge in order to allow the jury to pick and choose whichever crime it feels applies.",
"Yes, because the evidence of voluntary intoxication could rule out a finding of specific intent, and therefore the jury should have the choice of each... | B |
mmlu_1303 | A buyer signed a contract to purchase a tract of land from a developer. The contract was signed on May 1, 2008, and the closing was set for June 15, 2008. The land was located in a jurisdiction that has in force the following statute:Statute of Limitations "an action to recover the possession of land shall be brought... | [
"November 1, 1962. ",
"November 1, 1982. ",
"December 31, 1982. ",
"December 31, 2002. "
] | D |
mmlu_1304 | A man sued a manufacturer of video and home theater equipment after his home theater started a raging fire, destroying the equipment and part of his home. He sued the manufacturer in federal court. At trial, the defendants filed a motion to preclude the report and testimony of the plaintiff's expert under Fed.R.Evid. 7... | [
"Yes, because the charge of bias against an expert witness requires a \"trial within a trial\" and that was not done.",
"Yes, because whenever the expert does not back up her conclusion with experimental testing, an expert's opinion will be insufficiently reliable to be allowed.",
"No, the court did the require... | C |
mmlu_1305 | A defendant was arrested and indicted separately for the crimes of robbery, rape, and felony murder with the underlying felony being the rape. With respect to double jeopardy, which of the following statements is most accurate? | [
"The defendant may be tried for each offense separately and may be convicted of each, with sentences running consecutively. ",
"The defendant may be tried for the two separate offenses of robbery and felony murder and may be convicted of both, with sentences running consecutively. ",
"The defendant may be tried... | C |
mmlu_1306 | A woman owned a beautiful Siamese cat. The cat had a value of $500. The woman allowed the cat to roam loose in the neighborhood. The cat frequently entered the backyard of a neighbor, who lived in the house next to the woman. The neighbor hated cats. One day, the neighbor looked out his kitchen window and saw the cat c... | [
"Battery.",
"Conversion.",
"Trespass to chattels.",
"Negligent infliction of emotional distress."
] | D |
mmlu_1307 | Avery, Hewlett, and Packard are dishonest bankers. Avery designed a computer program that secretly moves small amounts of bank money, undetectable as individual transactions, into a secret account to eventually aggregate into a hefty nest egg. Hewlett installed the program; Packard set up the secret account. The three ... | [
"False pretenses.",
"Larceny.",
"Embezzlement.",
"Burglary."
] | B |
mmlu_1308 | A retail store runs an advertisement in the local newspaper stating: "Only 3 cashmere sweaters remaining; highest quality; real Polo; one grey, one maroon and one beige; on closeout, starting 9 a.m. Saturday, $5.00 each, first-come, first-served." A store customer was the first to arrive on Saturday morning. He located... | [
"The customer, because the terms of the advertisement were definite enough to constitute an offer and the offer was duly accepted.",
"The retail store, because the terms of the advertisement were merely an invitation to make an offer, and the offer made was duly rejected by the store.",
"The customer, because t... | A |
mmlu_1309 | In his will, a jockey devised his home "to my friend to whom I am everlastingly grateful for the devoted care he has lavished on my horses, but if ever my horses who survive me shall fail to receive proper care, then to my beloved daughter and her heirs, if she be living and own any horses, otherwise to the Equestrian ... | [
"fee simple determinable.",
"fee simple subject to condition subsequent.",
"fee simple subject to an executory interest.",
"contingent remainder."
] | C |
mmlu_1310 | Two sisters own a single tract of land as tenants in common, each holding a one-half interest. The younger sister entered into a three-year written lease with a tenant; the lease described by metes and bounds a specified portion of the land, which consisted of about 40% of the total tract. The tenant went into sole pos... | [
"The older sister, because the younger sister cannot unilaterally partition the land without the older sisterÕs consent.",
"The older sister, because the younger sister may not lease her undivided interest in the land without the older sisterÕs consent.",
"The younger sister and the tenant, because the older si... | A |
mmlu_1311 | A detective received information from an informant, who had given reliable information many times in the past, that a man was a narcotics dealer. Specifically, the informant said that, two months before, he had visited the man's apartment with a friend and that on that occasion he saw the man sell his friend some heroi... | [
"granted, because a search warrant cannot validly be issued solely on the basis of an informant's information. ",
"granted, because the information supplied to the detective concerned an occurrence too remote in time to justify a finding of probable cause at the time of the search. ",
"granted, because a search... | B |
mmlu_1312 | Client is claiming self defense in the killing of another. What is not usually true about when deadly force is available? | [
"One must retreat before using deadly force, if it can be done safely, unless the defendant is in his or her home when confronted by an intruder.",
"One need not attempt to escape before using deadly force.",
"Deadly force should not be used if it is out of proportion to the amount of force reasonably needed un... | D |
mmlu_1313 | A defendant is on trial in federal court for bank robbery. Before the police had any suspects, a police officer interviewed an eyewitness at the police station and showed her a "mug book" containing dozens of photographs. The eyewitness identified the defendant's photograph as that of the robber. At trial, the eyewitne... | [
"No, because the eyewitness was unable to identify the defendant at trial.",
"No, because the eyewitness's testimony has disappointed the prosecutor but has not affirmatively harmed the prosecution's case.",
"Yes, because the eyewitness's statement of identification as reported by the officer is not excluded by... | C |
mmlu_1314 | On September 1, a man mailed a letter to a resort hotel on an island, reserving the "honeymoon suite" for the period from December 24 to January 1. The man explained that he and his fiancée were being married on December 23 and intended to travel by plane to the island on December 24. The resort hotel then sent back a... | [
"The resort hotel's duty to hold the honeymoon suite for the man and his bride's arrival was excused by the apparent impossibility on December 23 of their timely performance.",
"The resort hotel's duty to hold the honeymoon suite for the man and his bride's arrival was discharged by their failure to give adequate... | B |
mmlu_1315 | A woman awoke one morning to discover that someone had vandalized her home during the night. The woman then published the following notice in the local newspaper:"REWARDAny person who supplies information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who vandalized my home, located at 1223 1st Street, will be paid... | [
"unilateral contract only.",
"bilateral contract only.",
"unilateral contract or bilateral contract, at the offeree's option. ",
"unilateral contract that ripened into a bilateral contract when someone supplied the information leading to the vandal's conviction."
] | A |
mmlu_1316 | One fall weekend, an outdoorsman went on a camping trip to a remote wilderness area deep in the northern part of the state in which he lived. While on the trip, the outdoorsman went deer hunting. He was in a very desolate area, surrounded by a densely wooded terrain, that was located at least 100 miles from any habitat... | [
"prevail, because his injury was caused by theoutdoorsman's unlawful act. ",
"prevail, because firearms are dangerous instrumentalities imposing strict liability on the user. ",
"not prevail, because the outdoorsman had noreason to anticipate the presence of anotherperson in such a remote area. ",
"not prevai... | C |
mmlu_1317 | A president of a small computer company decided to expand his operation. On behalf of his company, he borrowed $500,000 from a credit union for this purpose. The company was to repay the loan at the rate of $2,500 per month. The loan was secured by a mortgage on the building that housed the company's operation center. ... | [
"the father only.",
"the receiver only.",
"either the father or the receiver.",
"both the father and the receiver."
] | B |
mmlu_1318 | The United States and Mexico entered into a tax treaty that provided that neither country would impose income taxes on citizens of the other nation. The treaty was ratified by the Senate. Recently, the President, angry over Mexico's perceived failure to abide by the terms of the treaty, has decided that the United Stat... | [
"The citizen has no standing to bring his suit.",
"The case presents a nonjusticiable political question.",
"The case is moot because the President has already taken definitive action with respect to the effectiveness of this treaty.",
"The citizen is not entitled to a federal adjudication of this case becaus... | B |
mmlu_1319 | Late one night, a defendant, who had a long history of drug-related arrests, was attending a party at a house. During the party, the defendant approached an undercover narcotics agent and offered to sell him some drugs. The undercover agent purchased the drugs from the defendant. Immediately thereafter, the undercover ... | [
"There was no true agreement between him and the undercover agent and, hence, noconspiracy. ",
"There was no true agreement between him and the undercover agent and, hence, no sale. ",
"He cannot be convicted of both the sale of narcotics and conspiracy because each offense is essentially the same crime.",
"H... | A |
mmlu_1320 | On September 1, a buyer contracted to buy 1000 widgets from a seller at $10 per widget, delivery to take place on or before September 15. On September 5, the buyer discovered that another widget seller was selling widgets for $8 per widget. The buyer then sent the following letter to the seller:"Please cancel our order... | [
"Shipping the widgets to the buyer.",
"Selling the widgets to another buyer by means of a public sale.",
"Selling the widgets to another buyer by means of either a public or private sale.",
"Selling the widgets to another buyer, but only if the seller is successful in whatever claims it has against the buyer.... | C |
mmlu_1321 | During a Senate debate, members discussed how to punish a particular senator for having publicly rebuked the head of his party. One of the members suggested that the party inform television reporters that the senator in question is "an opportunist who has very little loyalty to his own party and will switch sides at th... | [
"The senator must prove actual malice in order to recover for defamation.",
"Any remarks made during the debate were privileged.",
"The remarks violated the senator's First Amendment right of privacy by placing him in a \"false light. \"",
"The remarks constitute a \"fair and substantial\" relation to \"impor... | B |
mmlu_1322 | An 84-year-old female is diagnosed with a third recurrence of breast cancer that has now metastasized to the brain and lungs. She does not wish to pursue further treatment at this time despite being advised that this is a terminal condition. Her family insists on trying both radiation and chemotherapy in hopes that the... | [
"agree with the family since they have the patient's best interest in mind",
"convince the patient to try either radiation or chemotherapy",
"disregard the family's wishes",
"protect the patient's autonomy"
] | D |
mmlu_1323 | A cohort study is conducted to compare the incidence of adverse effects of a recently approved antihypertensive pharmacotherapy with that of conventional therapy. A total of 20,000 patients are enrolled. Twelve thousand are prescribed the recently approved therapy, and 8,000 are prescribed conventional therapy. Patient... | [
"Publication bias",
"Selection bias",
"Type I error",
"Type II error"
] | B |
mmlu_1324 | A 55-year-old man is brought to the emergency department by his wife because he told her he did not want to live anymore. During the past 6 weeks, he has experienced fatigue, loss of interest in usual activities, a 7-kg (15-lb) weight loss, and insomnia. He has no history of serious medical or psychiatric illness. Vita... | [
"Divalproex",
"Fluoxetine",
"Lamotrigine",
"Lithium carbonate"
] | B |
mmlu_1325 | A 14-year-old girl with a 9-year history of type 1 diabetes mellitus is brought to the physician by her mother for a follow-up examination. She has been admitted to the hospital twice in the past 3 months because of diabetic ketoacidosis. She previously had been compliant with monitoring her blood glucose concentration... | [
"Countertransference",
"Identification with the aggressor",
"Projection",
"Splitting"
] | A |
mmlu_1326 | A 70-year-old woman comes to the office for an annual health maintenance examination. She describes a 1-year history of slowly progressive fatigue, diffuse muscle aches, and generalized pain. Medical history is significant for osteoporosis diagnosed 5 years ago. Medications include alendronate and calcium supplementati... | [
"Electromyography and nerve conduction studies",
"MRI of the cervical spine",
"Serum antinuclear antibody assay",
"Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D assay"
] | D |
mmlu_1327 | A 6-day-old breast-fed boy is brought to the emergency department by his mother because of poor weight gain and irritability since delivery, and a 2-hour history of vomiting. Physical examination shows jaundice and hepatomegaly. A reducing substance test result of the urine is positive, and a glucose oxidase test resul... | [
"Fructose 1,6-bisphosphate",
"Galactose 1-phosphate",
"Glucose 1-phosphate",
"Glucose 6-phosphate"
] | B |
mmlu_1328 | For 8 weeks, a 52-year-old man with a 5-year history of type 2 diabetes mellitus has had deep burning pain in the ball of his right foot and big toe when the foot is raised above chest concentration. He also has cramping in his right calf when he walks more than 50 feet. He has smoked two packs of cigarettes daily for ... | [
"Aortoiliac stenosis",
"Femoral popliteal stenosis",
"Mononeuropathy",
"Vasculitis"
] | B |
mmlu_1329 | A 56-year-old man comes to the emergency department because of a 4-day history of colicky right flank pain that radiates to the groin and hematuria. Ultrasound examination of the kidneys shows right-sided hydronephrosis and a dilated ureter. Which of the following is most likely to be found on urinalysis? | [
"Glucose",
"Leukocyte casts",
"Oval fat bodies",
"Uric acid crystals"
] | D |
mmlu_1330 | A 45-year-old man with AIDS comes to the community health center because of a 1-week history of fever, chills, sweating, mild shortness of breath, and nonproductive cough. Medical history is also remarkable for pneumonia 3 years ago that required hospitalization. Today, he says that he lost his job 6 months ago, is now... | [
"Arrange a direct admission to the hospital for this patient",
"Continue with obtaining a thorough history and examining this patient",
"Place masks on the patient and yourself and then continue to evaluate him",
"Send this patient for chest x-rays, and while they are being obtained examine the next patient"
... | C |
mmlu_1331 | A 19-year-old woman noticed a mass in her left breast 2 weeks ago while doing monthly breast self-examination. Her mother died of metastatic breast cancer at the age of 40 years. Examination shows large dense breasts; a 2-cm, firm, mobile mass is palpated in the upper outer quadrant of the left breast. There are no cha... | [
"Fibroadenoma",
"Fibrocystic changes of the breast",
"Infiltrating ductal carcinoma",
"Intraductal papilloma"
] | A |
mmlu_1332 | A 2-week-old newborn is brought to the physician because his lips have turned blue on three occasions during feeding; he also sweats during feeding. He was born at 38 weeks' gestation and weighed 2466 g (5 lb 7 oz); he currently weighs 2778 g (6 lb 2 oz). His temperature is 37.8°C (100°F), pulse is 170/min, respiration... | [
"Anomalous coronary vessels",
"Atrial septal defect",
"Endocardial fibroelastosis",
"Tetralogy of Fallot"
] | D |
mmlu_1333 | A 72-year-old woman comes to the physician because of a 3-day history of fever, shortness of breath, difficulty swallowing, chest pain, and cough. She is frail. Physical examination shows tachypnea and equal pulses bilaterally. Percussion of the chest shows dullness over the right lower lung field. Laboratory studies s... | [
"Alveolar proteinosis",
"Aspiration",
"Cigarette smoking",
"Emphysema"
] | B |
mmlu_1334 | A 24-year-old woman comes to the office for a routine health maintenance examination. She has been generally healthy for the past year. She is 155 cm (5 ft 1 in) tall and weighs 68 kg (150 lb); BMI is 28 kg/m2 . Vital signs are temperature 37.0°C (98.6°F), pulse 60/min, respirations 18/min, and blood pressure 118/54 mm... | [
"Bone marrow",
"Lateral thigh",
"Lower abdomen",
"Vulva"
] | D |
mmlu_1335 | An obese 33-year-old woman has had four 12-hour episodes of severe, sharp, penetrating pain in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen associated with vomiting but no fever. She has no diarrhea, dysuria, or jaundice and is asymptomatic between episodes. There is slight tenderness to deep palpation in the right upper qu... | [
"Supine and erect x-rays of the abdomen",
"Upper gastrointestinal series",
"Ultrasonography of the upper abdomen",
"CT scan of the abdomen"
] | C |
mmlu_1336 | A 25-year-old man with Down syndrome and mild mental retardation is brought to the office by his parents. He is their only child, and they are concerned that his current lifestyle is increasing his risk for coronary artery disease and stroke. The patient has a systolic murmur and also underwent surgical repair of an at... | [
"Advise the parents not to influence their son's decision in this matter",
"Arrange for evaluation of their son's competency",
"Enroll their son in a smoking cessation program",
"Initiate a family meeting to discuss the parents' concerns with their son"
] | D |
mmlu_1337 | A 21-year-old woman comes to the physician for preconceptional advice. She is recently married and would like to conceive within the next year. She does not eat meat, fish, or dairy products and wishes to decrease the risks of her diet on her baby. Menses occur at regular 28-day intervals and last 5 days. She does not ... | [
"Adjusting diet to include more sources of protein during the first trimester",
"Beginning folic acid supplementation prior to conception",
"Calcium supplementation during the first trimester",
"Iron supplementation during the first trimester"
] | B |
mmlu_1338 | A grossly obese 65-year-old male presents to the office with tingling and painful itching in the anterolateral region of the thigh. The patient loses weight, and the symptoms disappear. This paresthesia is most consistent with compression of the | [
"anterior femoral cutaneous nerve",
"genitofemoral nerve",
"iliohypogastric nerve",
"lateral femoral cutaneous nerve"
] | D |
mmlu_1339 | A 12-year-old girl is brought to the physician because of a 2-month history of intermittent yellowing of the eyes and skin. Physical examination shows no abnormalities except for jaundice. Her serum total bilirubin concentration is 3 mg/dL, with a direct component of 1 mg/dL. Serum studies show a haptoglobin concentrat... | [
"Decreased activity of UDP glucuronosyltransferase",
"Gallstones",
"Increased hemolysis",
"Increased serum alkaline phosphatase activity"
] | A |
mmlu_1340 | A 63-year-old man is brought to the emergency department because of a 4-day history of increasingly severe left leg pain and swelling of his left calf. He also has a 1-month history of increasingly severe upper midthoracic back pain. During this time, he has had a 9-kg (20-lb) weight loss despite no change in appetite.... | [
"Carcinoid syndrome",
"Hypercoagulability from advanced malignancy",
"Multiple endocrine neoplasia",
"Splenic artery aneurysm and embolic disease of the left lower extremity"
] | B |
mmlu_1341 | A 63-year-old woman with hypertension has her son call your office to make an appointment for evaluation of vaginal bleeding. Her general physician recently retired. The son tells you that his mother has been deaf since infancy and that he uses sign language to communicate with her. Which of the following is the most a... | [
"Have the patient bring her son to the appointment to interpret",
"Arrange for a certified interpreter",
"Provide the patient with writing materials during the appointment",
"Talk with the patient face-to-face, enunciating carefully so that she may lip read"
] | B |
mmlu_1342 | A 4-year-old boy with cystic fibrosis is brought to the emergency department 20 minutes after being found unconscious in his yard by his parents. He had been playing outside all afternoon; the outside temperature was 95°F. He had been feeling well lately with no recent acute exacerbations of cystic fibrosis. On arrival... | [
"Adrenal insufficiency with salt wasting",
"Impaired sweat gland function with reduced ability to regulate heat loss",
"Invasion of the central nervous system by gram-negative organisms",
"Mucous plugging of the airway resulting in secondary infection with Pseudomonas species"
] | B |
mmlu_1343 | A 37-year-old woman, gravida 5, para 4, at 34 weeks' gestation comes to the emergency department because of vaginal bleeding for 2 hours. She has had no prenatal care. Her second child was delivered by lower segment transverse cesarean section because of a nonreassuring fetal heart rate; her other three children were d... | [
"Abruptio placentae",
"Amniotic fluid embolism",
"Latent phase of labor",
"Placenta previa"
] | D |
mmlu_1344 | A previously healthy 32-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after being found unconscious on the floor at his workplace. On arrival, he is obtunded. He is intubated and mechanical ventilation is begun. Examination shows flaccid paralysis on the right. A CT scan of the head shows a large evolving cerebra... | [
"Arrange for the regional organ procurement organization to address the issue with the patient's family",
"Delay further consideration of the issue until after 24 hours of aggressive care",
"Delay further consideration of the issue until the family seems ready",
"Initiate organ donation at this time"
] | A |
mmlu_1345 | A 52-year-old woman begins pharmacotherapy after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Four weeks later, her hepatic glucose output is decreased, and target tissue glucose uptake and utilization are increased. Which of the following drugs was most likely prescribed for this patient? | [
"Acarbose",
"Glyburide",
"Metformin",
"Nateglinide"
] | C |
mmlu_1346 | A 64-year-old male presents to the emergency room with a bloody nose that has been dripping out his nares for the past 2 hours. He denies any trauma, recent upper respiratory illness, or history of prior bloody nose. Past medical history is unremarkable, and he takes no medications. He has a blood pressure of 180/90 mm... | [
"anterior turbinate",
"ethmoid sinus",
"Kiesselbach plexus",
"posterior nasal pharynx"
] | C |
mmlu_1347 | A 25-year-old female is admitted to the hospital for the evaluation of fainting spells, which have been occurring several times a day for 10 days. These occur without warning and are not associated with any injury. The patient is evaluated during one of these falls, manifesting no change in heart rate, blood pressure, ... | [
"basilar migraine",
"cardioinhibitory syncope",
"malingering",
"vasodepressor syncope"
] | C |
mmlu_1348 | A 31-year-old woman comes to the office for initial prenatal care. She is 12 weeks pregnant by date of her last menstrual period. This is her fourth pregnancy; she has three healthy children. Her last pregnancy resulted in cesarean delivery because of fetal distress during labor. Her history includes heavy use of alcoh... | [
"Amniocentesis is recommended to rule out congenital HIV infection",
"Breast-feeding will increase the risk for transmitting HIV to the infant",
"Immediate termination of pregnancy will decrease her risk for progression to AIDS",
"Repeat cesarean delivery may increase the risk for vertical transmission of HIV... | B |
mmlu_1349 | A 60-year-old man has had painful skin with exfoliation of the skin and mucous membranes for 1 day. He has been taking allopurinol and probenecid for 2 weeks because of gouty arthritis. There is diffuse exfoliation of the skin with oozing of serous fluid. The mucous membranes of the mouth are erythematous and exfoliate... | [
"Erythema multiforme",
"Pemphigus erythematosus",
"Staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome",
"Toxic epidermal necrolysis"
] | D |
mmlu_1350 | A 27-year-old man comes to the office with his wife because of a recent episode of loss of muscle control. He says, "I was at a reception, someone told a joke, and when I laughed, my legs collapsed!" His wife tells you that he recovered in a few seconds and he did not lose consciousness. He has a long history of sleepi... | [
"Narcolepsy",
"Primary hypersomnia",
"A seizure disorder",
"Sleep paralysis"
] | A |
mmlu_1351 | A 47-year-old man comes to the emergency department because of a 3-day history of increasing pain, tenderness, and swelling near the fingernail of his right index finger. He rates the pain as an 8 on a 10-point scale. He has not had fever or chills, and he has not sustained any trauma to the finger. Medical history is ... | [
"Incision and drainage",
"Oral cefazolin therapy",
"Topical neomycin therapy",
"Warm-water soaks"
] | A |
mmlu_1352 | A randomized controlled trial is conducted to assess the risk for development of gastrointestinal adverse effects using azithromycin compared with erythromycin in the treatment of pertussis in children. Of the 100 children with pertussis enrolled, 50 receive azithromycin, and 50 receive erythromycin. Results show vomit... | [
"0.1",
"0.2",
"0.33",
"0.67"
] | B |
mmlu_1353 | Which of the following statements best exemplifies criterion-referenced (as opposed to norm-referenced) measurement | [
"Alice answered 63% of the items correctly",
"Susan’s score was average for her class",
"James ranked at the 86th percentile on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT",
"Joe received a z score of 1.6"
] | A |
mmlu_1354 | Justice primarily involves ___________. | [
"Recognizing fairness for all persons",
"Promoting accuracy and truthfulness",
"Benefitting others and “do no harm”",
"Respecting cultural and individual differences"
] | A |
mmlu_1355 | Miranda M., age 32, makes an appointment with you at the recommendation of her physician who has diagnosed her recurrent headaches as the result of stress. The woman tells you that a friend of hers was trained in self-hypnosis for tension headaches and says that she also wants training in self-hypnosis. You took a week... | [
"admit your lack of expertise in the use of self-hypnosis and refer the woman to another therapist.",
"advise the woman that the underlying cause of her headaches would probably not be dealt with by self-hypnosis and suggest that she begin individual psychotherapy.",
"accept the woman for treatment and begin tr... | A |
mmlu_1356 | During a session, co-therapists leading a group that has been meeting for 6 months have ‘philosophical difference on how to deal with two members’ concerns. According to Yalom, the most helpful intervention would be for the | [
"co-therapists to disagree openly in the group session",
"more experienced therapist to sake charge of the session",
"members to select which therapist they wish to work with and to divide the group into two sections",
"co-therapists to change the topic, and resolve their differences outside the group environ... | A |
mmlu_1357 | A client's insurance company pays 75% of a client’s therapy fee, while the client is required to pay the remaining 25%. The client asks you to bill the insurance company at a higher hourly rate so that he will not have to pay his 25% co-payment. If you do so, you will be acting: | [
"illegally and unethically.",
"illegally but ethically.",
"legally but unethically.",
"legally and ethically."
] | A |
mmlu_1358 | According to classical test theory, the variance of the obtained rest scores is equal to the | [
"sum of the general variance and the specific variance",
"sum of the true score variance and the error variance",
"variance error of the distribution of scores",
"variance error of the mean of the scores"
] | B |
mmlu_1359 | An experimental psychologist with a Ph.D. wants to become a clinical psychologist. According to the APA’s General Guidelines for Providers of Psychological Services, he must: | [
"complete appropriate coursework.",
"complete doctoral-level coursework and training in clinical psychology.",
"obtain supervision from a licensed clinical psychologist.",
"obtain a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from an accredited school."
] | B |
mmlu_1360 | When the kappa statistic for a measure is .90, this indicates that the measure: | [
"has adequate inter-rater reliability.",
"has adequate internal consistency reliability.",
"has low criterion-related validity.",
"has low incremental validity."
] | A |
mmlu_1361 | When faced with an approach-avoidance conflict: | [
"the closer we get to the goal, the stronger our desire to approach it.",
"the closer we get to the goal, the stronger our desire to avoid it.",
"regardless of our proximity to the goal, the desire to approach the goal is equal to the desire to avoid it.",
"the strength of our desires to approach and to avoid... | B |
mmlu_1362 | Dr. La-Keysha Leonard, a licensed psychologist, has been seeing a prison inmate in group therapy for several months and is asked by the parole board to evaluate the inmate to assist with their decision regarding his parole. As an ethical psychologist, Dr. Leonard should: | [
"agree to evaluate the inmate.",
"agree to evaluate the inmate only if she believes she can do so objectively and without bias.",
"agree to do so only if she is allowed to explain the purpose of the evaluation and the limits on confidentiality to the inmate.",
"refuse to evaluate the inmate for the purpose of... | D |
mmlu_1363 | Dr. Stern is a psychologist who assists with hiring and promotion decisions at a mental health clinic. She recommends that one of the psychologists not be considered for promotion because of an unresolved charge of sexual harassment against him. This is: | [
"consistent with the provisions of the Ethics Code.",
"a violation of the provisions of the Ethics Code.",
"ethical as long as the clinic reconsiders the psychologist if he is acquitted of the charge.",
"not addressed in the Ethics Code."
] | B |
mmlu_1364 | Research on the sexual misconduct of therapists has found that: | [
"therapists who have sex with their clients often had sexual relations in the past with their own therapist, a professor, or a supervisor.",
"therapists who have sex with their clients are more likely than those who do not to have a history of non-sexual dual relationships with clients.",
"therapists who have s... | B |
mmlu_1365 | In taking a personality inventory, some examinees can fake “good”. What testing technique is probably the best correction for this response bias | [
"Increasing the length of the test",
"Increasing the homogeneity of the test",
"Employing a right-minus-wrong correction formula",
"Using an empirically derived correction"
] | D |
mmlu_1366 | During a discussion with a 4th grade teacher, the teacher tells a school psychologist that one of her students is constantly disrupting the class. After evaluating the child and obtaining more information about the situation, the psychologist concludes that the teacher's approach with the child is part of the problem. ... | [
"make an appointment with the principal to discuss the teacher’s approach.",
"explain to the teacher how her approach may be exacerbating the problem.",
"recommend that he (the therapist) start counseling the child on a regular basis. ",
"recommend that the child be transferred to another classroom"
] | B |
mmlu_1367 | Pro bono work is: | [
"required by the Ethics Code.",
"encouraged by the Ethics Code.",
"prohibited by the Ethics Code.",
"not addressed by the Ethics Code."
] | B |
mmlu_1368 | Pro bono services are: | [
"legal and ethical.",
"legal but unethical.",
"illegal but ethical.",
"illegal and unethical."
] | A |
mmlu_1369 | "Talk includes two testimonials. The first is from a colleague and says, “Communication is a key to a happy marriage and Dr. Talk is one of the leading experts on communication. If you feel you just can't talk to your partner, I'd recommend Dr. Talk’s workshop. It's likely to benefit your relationship."" The second tes... | [
"They are clearly unethical.",
"The testimonial from the colleague is unethical but the testimonial from the former client is acceptable.",
"The testimonial from the former client is unethical but the testimonial from the colleague is acceptable.",
"The testimonials do not seem to violate ethical requirements... | D |
mmlu_1370 | Which of the following distinguishes Narcissistic Personality Disorder from other personality disorders | [
"An exaggerated sense of self-importance",
"A fragile set of interpersonal relationships",
"A long-term persistent patten of impulsive egoistical behavior",
"Excessive emotionality and attention-seeking"
] | A |
mmlu_1371 | Group A and Group B each are composed of equal numbers of men and women. Both groups read a prose passage. Group A is told that it was written by a man, and Group B is told that it was written by a woman. Both groups then rate the quality of the prose. What are the likely results | [
"The males in Group B will rate the prose as significantly poorer than will the males in Group A",
"The females in Group B will rate the prose as significantly poorer than will the females in Group A",
"Group A will rate the prose as significantly better than will Group B",
"The females in Group A will rate t... | C |
mmlu_1372 | The technique that is most likely to produce an immediate improvement in the behavior of a child who hits others and rips up schoolbooks is | [
"a combination of reinforcement for appropriate behavior and mild punishment for inappropriate behavior",
"differential positive reinforcement",
"loss of privileges for misbehaving",
"shaping"
] | A |
mmlu_1373 | In a large factory, one group of workers is exposed throughout the day to loud and unpredictable periods of noise, whereas another group of workers is not exposed to such noise. The specific deleterious effects of unpredictable noise could be ameliorated by | [
"giving the workers additional days off to compensate for having to work under adverse conditions",
"allowing the workers to terminate the noise if becomes intolerable",
"informing the workers about the deleterious effects of the noise and helping them adapt to the situation",
"allowing the workers to Bile gr... | B |
mmlu_1374 | A 5-year-old child is shown two identical rows of pennies each containing five pennies that line up. One row is lengthened and the child is asked whether one row has more objects than the other. The child answers that the longer row has more objects. According to Piaget, this child is in the ___________. | [
"Sensorimotor stage",
"Preoperational stage",
"Concrete operational stage",
"Formal operational stage"
] | C |
mmlu_1375 | The effects of crowding are influenced by a number of factors, including all of the following except ___________. | [
"Self-esteem",
"Age",
"Gender",
"Culture"
] | B |
mmlu_1376 | With regard to sexual intimacies with supervisees, the ethics codes published by the American and Canadian Psychological Associations: | [
"Do not prohibit sexual relationships with supervisees.",
"prohibit sexual relationships with supervisees under any circumstances.",
"prohibit sexual relationships with current supervisees only when the relationship will impair the psychologist’s objectivity and effectiveness as a supervisor.",
"prohibit sexu... | D |
mmlu_1377 | The POST-HOC TESTS FOR THE ANOVA is making pairwise comparisons between means. Which test is the most conservative and provides more protection against Type I errors? | [
"FACTORIAL ANOVA",
"MANOVA",
"THE SCHEFFE TEST",
"THE SCHIFFER TEST"
] | C |
mmlu_1378 | Presbyopia refers to loss of: | [
"far vision.",
"near vision.",
"color vision.",
"depth perception."
] | B |
mmlu_1379 | According to the literature on attribution, when people make estimates of levels of conformity, they generally tend to | [
"overestimate both their own and other people's level of conformity",
"estimate correctly other people's level of conformity but underestimate their own",
"estimate their own level of conformity correctly bur overestimate that of others",
"underestimate their own level of conformity and overestimate that of o... | D |
mmlu_1380 | The sex therapy technique of sensate focus is useful primarily to | [
"reduce the incidence of masturbation",
"teach an orgasmic woman to focus on genital sensations",
"relieve performance expectations",
"retard premature ejaculation"
] | C |
mmlu_1381 | The main reason addictive behaviors are so difficult to treat is that they | [
"involve intermittent reinforcement",
"are physiologically complex",
"provide variable ratio reinforcement",
"are self-reinforcing"
] | D |
mmlu_1382 | Which of the following best describes ethical guidelines for the use of deception in research? | [
"Deception is prohibited in all circumstances.",
"Deception is prohibited except when the purpose and design of the study require the use of unobtrusive measures.",
"Deception is prohibited whenever it involves deceiving potential participants about aspects of the study that would affect their willingness to pa... | C |
mmlu_1383 | According to the DSM-5, patients who meet some but not all of the criteria for a particular diagnosis can still be assigned that diagnosis. This reflects the fact that: | [
"The DSM-5 relies on a dimensional rather than a categorical approach to diagnosis",
"The DSM-5 relies on a categorical rather than a dimensional approach to diagnosis",
"The DSM-5 integrates aspects of categorical and dimensional diagnosis",
"The DSM-5’s approach to diagnostic classification is not valid"
] | C |
mmlu_1384 | A national survey finds that, while most people are in favor of integration in the workplace, the majority also oppose affirmative action. This finding is best explained by which of the following? , | [
"the illusory correlation",
"the contact hypothesis",
"symbolic racism theory",
"realistic group conflict theory"
] | C |
mmlu_1385 | Vicarious liability is most likely to be an issue when a psychologist is acting in which of the following capacities? | [
"faculty member",
"supervisor",
"mentor",
"therapist"
] | B |
mmlu_1386 | The model that posits that any change in one context or domain of development can disrupt the entire system and prompt a reorganization that leads to more adaptive functioning is ___________. | [
"The Selective Optimization with Compensation (SOC) model",
"The dynamic systems theory",
"The cognitive-developmental theory",
"The theory of psychosocial development"
] | B |
mmlu_1387 | When the relationship between the predictor (the X variable) and the criterion (the Y variable) is curvilinear and both variables are measured on an interval or ratio scale, the appropriate correlation coefficient is: | [
"phi.",
"tau.",
"rho.",
"eta."
] | D |
mmlu_1388 | Research on the effectiveness of grouping children in separate classes according to their academic performance suggests chat | [
"classes with a high degree of homogeneity are more effective than classes with a high degree of heterogeneity",
"low-achieving students particularly benefit from homogeneous grouping in social studies",
"low-achieving students do better academically in all subjects in classes with high homogeneity",
"homogen... | D |
mmlu_1389 | A motivational theory predicting thar an increase of incentives may serve to reduce work output is | [
"goal-setting theory",
"need-achievement theory",
"intrinsic-motivation theory",
"equity theory"
] | C |
mmlu_1390 | The primary impact of the Hawthorne experiments in the Western Electric Company was in showing the effect on work performance of | [
"physical factors such as temperature and lighting",
"differing pay scales for differing levels of effort",
"interpersonal and social factors",
"effective training programs at the workbench"
] | B |
mmlu_1391 | These medicines are antipsychotics and block dopamine receptors in the brain and are a bipolar and schizophrenia treatment. From the following list of several generics, which one is not a generic of medicines used in these treatments? | [
"Chlorpromazine",
"Thioridazine",
"Haloperidol clozapine",
"Dissulfiram"
] | D |
mmlu_1392 | The seat of higher cortical functioning is typically associated with the ___________. | [
"Temporal lobe",
"Frontal lobe",
"Occipital lobe",
"Hippocampus"
] | B |
mmlu_1393 | The statistic in a test manual that indicates how close an obtained score is to a true score is the | [
"reliability coefficient",
"standard error of measurement",
"validity coefficients",
"standard error of estimate"
] | C |
mmlu_1394 | A graduate student’s dissertation chair, Dr. X, turns out to be of little help, and the student ends up obtaining advice and assistance from an associate professor, Dr. Z. Dr. X does review the dissertation when it is completed and she is listed as the dissertation chair. Several months later, the student decides to ... | [
"Dr. Z should be listed as first author if her contribution was substantial.",
"Dr. Z should be listed as second author if her contribution warrants it.",
"Dr. X should be listed as second author since she was the student’s official dissertation chair.",
"Dr. Y and Dr. Z should be listed as co-authors."
] | B |
mmlu_1395 | According to the levels of processing model of memory, words and other information may be encoded at different levels, with _______ processing being the deepest level. | [
"orthographic",
"phonemic",
"semantic",
"perceptual"
] | C |
mmlu_1396 | The keyword method is most useful for: | [
"remembering word pairs.",
"remembering a long list of unrelated words.",
"recalling the order of mathematical operations.",
"mastering spatial relationships."
] | A |
mmlu_1397 | Dr. Marcos Manzetti uses a “sliding scale” that is based on a client’s current income to set his fees for therapy. Dr. Manzetti’s practice is: | [
"ethically acceptable since it serves the best interests of his clients.",
"explicitly recommended in the ethical guidelines.",
"ethically unacceptable since it treats clients inequitably.",
"explicitly prohibited in the ethical guidelines."
] | A |
mmlu_1398 | Research on the effect of maternal employment on children’s development indicates that | [
"in families of lower socioeconomic level, both sons and daughters of working mothers perform beer on measures of cognitive development than do those of nonworking mothers",
"regardless of socioeconomic class, children of working mothers are less successful in school than other children",
"young children whose ... | A |
mmlu_1399 | Extensive neurological damage to the frontal cortex of the left hemisphere usually produces deficits in | [
"speech production",
"speech comprehension",
"discriminating between melodies",
"auditory discrimination"
] | A |
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