CARN test practice Exam 2025
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1. Anesthesiologists are most likely to abuse this drug: Fentanyl
2. is a phenomenon whereby perior intermittent (rather than
continuous) exposure to the drug results in an enhanced response to later exposure:
Sensitization
3. withdrawal symptoms include increased appetite, de-
creased heart rate, insomnia and depressed mood.: Nicotine
4. is a medication used to treat alcohol and opioid dependence decrease
dependence by decreasing physiological response to alcohol and opioids.: Naltrexone
5. is a medications that is a potent full agonist at opioid
receptors used in MAT for opioids.: Methadone
6. Schizophrenia is a disease process which is characterized by
vulnerability model.: stress
7. Tricyclic antidepressants may cause sedation, flattened waves on EKG
and retention.: T
Urinary
8. Inhibitory effect of alcohol are related to decreasing effects of .-
: glutamate
9. Pathophysiology of schizophrenia is due to excess of .: -
dopamine.
10. Large discrepancy does not increase risk of divorce.: age
11. Anti- effects accounts for the major toxicity of tricyclics.: -
cholinergic
12. Methadone withdrawal syndromes may present weeks after birth.:
neonatal
13. Clozapine an atypical antipsychotic used in treatment of schizophrenia is a D
receptor antagonist: 4
14. is the medication of choice for the treatment of psychot- ic
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,symptoms in a patient wit delirium.: Haloperidol
15. The is the part of the brain that has been theorized to be
involved in obsessive compulsive disorder.: Basal ganglia
16. Overwhelming natural disaster defined by he DSM-V is a
stressor.: catastrophic psychological
17. 5 Hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5HIAA) is a substance shown to be lower than average in
patients exhibiting behavior.: suicidal
18. nerve palsies is most common in alcoholic patients.: Radial
19. Out of the following medications: Sertraline, Venlafaxine, Buspiron and Bupropion,
the least effective in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder is what?: Bupropion
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, 20. Since MAOIs inhibit monoamine oxidase, they decrease the breakdown of tyramine
from ingested food, thus increasing the level of tyramine in the body. Excessive tyramine
can elevate blood pressure and cause a hypertensive crisis. Of the following: Pickled
fish, Phenylephrine, Chianti and Midazolam, a Hypertensive crises may occur if used
except with the use of which of the four?: Midazolam
21. What percent of patients with untreated major depression commit sui- cide?: 15
22. Abuse of alcohol is the most common cause of disease of the
US.: cerebellar
23. intoxication can cause muscle rigidity, increase deep ten- don
reflexes, increase salivation and nystagmus, hypertension and catatonic display.: PCP
24. is an illicit drug that is associated with seizures and hyper- tension.:
Amphetamine
25. use effects GABA neurons, higher incidences in men than in woman
and is the most commonly used illicit substance in the US.: Marijua- na.
26. Methadone is metabolized in the : liver
27. is a disorder in which patients feel sick with every office visit.:
Somatization
28. or Antabuse is an alcohol antagonist drug.: Disulfiram
29. is a sedative drug that can interact with disulfiram.: Di- azepam
30. A heroin addict buys a synthetic opioid contaminated with 1-mete-
hyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6 tetraydropyridine (MPTP) and develops irreversible neu- rological
damage by destroying dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra of the brain resulting
in this neurological disease.: Parkinson disease
31. Toxicity Criteria, which require the presence of one
of the following classical features or groups of features: spontaneous clonus; inducible
clonus with agitation or diaphoresis; ocular clonus with agitation or diaphoresis; tremor
and hyperreflexia; or hypertonia, temperature above 100.4° F (38° C), and ocular or
inducible clonus.: Hunter Serotonin
32. Intracranial hemorrhage or myocardial infarction can be seen in addicts who abuse
.: cocaine
33. withdrawal symptoms may include symptoms of depression, fatigue,
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Questions and Correct Answers 100% Guaranteed Pass
1. Anesthesiologists are most likely to abuse this drug: Fentanyl
2. is a phenomenon whereby perior intermittent (rather than
continuous) exposure to the drug results in an enhanced response to later exposure:
Sensitization
3. withdrawal symptoms include increased appetite, de-
creased heart rate, insomnia and depressed mood.: Nicotine
4. is a medication used to treat alcohol and opioid dependence decrease
dependence by decreasing physiological response to alcohol and opioids.: Naltrexone
5. is a medications that is a potent full agonist at opioid
receptors used in MAT for opioids.: Methadone
6. Schizophrenia is a disease process which is characterized by
vulnerability model.: stress
7. Tricyclic antidepressants may cause sedation, flattened waves on EKG
and retention.: T
Urinary
8. Inhibitory effect of alcohol are related to decreasing effects of .-
: glutamate
9. Pathophysiology of schizophrenia is due to excess of .: -
dopamine.
10. Large discrepancy does not increase risk of divorce.: age
11. Anti- effects accounts for the major toxicity of tricyclics.: -
cholinergic
12. Methadone withdrawal syndromes may present weeks after birth.:
neonatal
13. Clozapine an atypical antipsychotic used in treatment of schizophrenia is a D
receptor antagonist: 4
14. is the medication of choice for the treatment of psychot- ic
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,symptoms in a patient wit delirium.: Haloperidol
15. The is the part of the brain that has been theorized to be
involved in obsessive compulsive disorder.: Basal ganglia
16. Overwhelming natural disaster defined by he DSM-V is a
stressor.: catastrophic psychological
17. 5 Hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5HIAA) is a substance shown to be lower than average in
patients exhibiting behavior.: suicidal
18. nerve palsies is most common in alcoholic patients.: Radial
19. Out of the following medications: Sertraline, Venlafaxine, Buspiron and Bupropion,
the least effective in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder is what?: Bupropion
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17
, 20. Since MAOIs inhibit monoamine oxidase, they decrease the breakdown of tyramine
from ingested food, thus increasing the level of tyramine in the body. Excessive tyramine
can elevate blood pressure and cause a hypertensive crisis. Of the following: Pickled
fish, Phenylephrine, Chianti and Midazolam, a Hypertensive crises may occur if used
except with the use of which of the four?: Midazolam
21. What percent of patients with untreated major depression commit sui- cide?: 15
22. Abuse of alcohol is the most common cause of disease of the
US.: cerebellar
23. intoxication can cause muscle rigidity, increase deep ten- don
reflexes, increase salivation and nystagmus, hypertension and catatonic display.: PCP
24. is an illicit drug that is associated with seizures and hyper- tension.:
Amphetamine
25. use effects GABA neurons, higher incidences in men than in woman
and is the most commonly used illicit substance in the US.: Marijua- na.
26. Methadone is metabolized in the : liver
27. is a disorder in which patients feel sick with every office visit.:
Somatization
28. or Antabuse is an alcohol antagonist drug.: Disulfiram
29. is a sedative drug that can interact with disulfiram.: Di- azepam
30. A heroin addict buys a synthetic opioid contaminated with 1-mete-
hyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6 tetraydropyridine (MPTP) and develops irreversible neu- rological
damage by destroying dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra of the brain resulting
in this neurological disease.: Parkinson disease
31. Toxicity Criteria, which require the presence of one
of the following classical features or groups of features: spontaneous clonus; inducible
clonus with agitation or diaphoresis; ocular clonus with agitation or diaphoresis; tremor
and hyperreflexia; or hypertonia, temperature above 100.4° F (38° C), and ocular or
inducible clonus.: Hunter Serotonin
32. Intracranial hemorrhage or myocardial infarction can be seen in addicts who abuse
.: cocaine
33. withdrawal symptoms may include symptoms of depression, fatigue,
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