SNHU DAD 220 MODULE 5 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
●● A 41-year-old man has suffered from a phobia of flying on airplanes
for as long as he can remember. He avoids flying when possible and
worries that the plane will inevitably crash because he is on it. He has a
history of substance abuse. Which of the following is most appropriate
to prescribe for the management of these symptoms?
A. Haloperidol (Haldol)
B. Paroxetine (Paxil)
C. Promethazine (Phenergan)
D. Lorazepam (Ativan)
Answer: B, paroxetine (Paxil)
●● A 55 year old housewife is starting medication for major depressive
disorder. She has a history of triple coronary artery bypass surgery and
has arrythmias. Which medication is the safest for this patient?
A. quetiapine (Seroquel)
B. sertraline (Zoloft)
C. clomipramine (Anafranil)
D. citalopram (Celexa)
Answer: B, Sertraline (Zoloft)
,●● The following types of medications are not used to treat depression:
A) tricyclic antidepressants
B) monoamine oxidase B inhibitors
C) serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors
D) selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
Answer: B, monoamine oxidase B inhibitors
●● ___ is a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone:
A) Dolophine
B) Sublimaze
C) Naltrexone
D) Suboxone
Answer: D, suboxone
●● This neurotransmitter that is involved in arousal and the fight-or-
flight system (also mood, sleep, and learning)
A) dopamine
B) norepinephrine
C) glutamine
Answer: B, norepinephrine
●● A patient needs medication to treat a chronic psychiatric disorder.
The medication would least likely be administered in which route?
, A) intravenously
B) intramuscularly
C) subcutaneously
D) orally
Answer: A, intravenously
●● According to the textbook, lithium is metabolized through.
A) the kidneys
B) the blood brain barrier
C) it is not metabolized at all
D) the liver
Answer: C, it is not metabolized at all
*excreted through kidneys
●● Restoril (temazepam) can also
A) produce sleepwalking
B) increase here rate causing tachycardia
C) suppress night terrors
Answer: A, produce sleepwalking
●● It would be contraindicated to prescribe lithium to which patient?
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
●● A 41-year-old man has suffered from a phobia of flying on airplanes
for as long as he can remember. He avoids flying when possible and
worries that the plane will inevitably crash because he is on it. He has a
history of substance abuse. Which of the following is most appropriate
to prescribe for the management of these symptoms?
A. Haloperidol (Haldol)
B. Paroxetine (Paxil)
C. Promethazine (Phenergan)
D. Lorazepam (Ativan)
Answer: B, paroxetine (Paxil)
●● A 55 year old housewife is starting medication for major depressive
disorder. She has a history of triple coronary artery bypass surgery and
has arrythmias. Which medication is the safest for this patient?
A. quetiapine (Seroquel)
B. sertraline (Zoloft)
C. clomipramine (Anafranil)
D. citalopram (Celexa)
Answer: B, Sertraline (Zoloft)
,●● The following types of medications are not used to treat depression:
A) tricyclic antidepressants
B) monoamine oxidase B inhibitors
C) serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors
D) selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
Answer: B, monoamine oxidase B inhibitors
●● ___ is a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone:
A) Dolophine
B) Sublimaze
C) Naltrexone
D) Suboxone
Answer: D, suboxone
●● This neurotransmitter that is involved in arousal and the fight-or-
flight system (also mood, sleep, and learning)
A) dopamine
B) norepinephrine
C) glutamine
Answer: B, norepinephrine
●● A patient needs medication to treat a chronic psychiatric disorder.
The medication would least likely be administered in which route?
, A) intravenously
B) intramuscularly
C) subcutaneously
D) orally
Answer: A, intravenously
●● According to the textbook, lithium is metabolized through.
A) the kidneys
B) the blood brain barrier
C) it is not metabolized at all
D) the liver
Answer: C, it is not metabolized at all
*excreted through kidneys
●● Restoril (temazepam) can also
A) produce sleepwalking
B) increase here rate causing tachycardia
C) suppress night terrors
Answer: A, produce sleepwalking
●● It would be contraindicated to prescribe lithium to which patient?
