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NSG 552- PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
QUIZ #1 ACTUAL 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
The study of the use of psychotropic medications in the treatment of psychiatric
disorders: - (ANSWER)Psychopharmacology
The study of what the body does to drugs: - (ANSWER)Pharmacokinetics
The study of what the drugs does to the body: - (ANSWER)Pharmacodynamics
Involves the absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of meds: -
(ANSWER)First Pass Metabolism (C.Y.P. 450)
Increase serum levels of other drugs that are substrates of that enzyme: -
(ANSWER)Enzyme inhibitors will slow down metabolism causing toxic levels
Decreases serum levels of other drugs that are substrates of that enzyme: -
(ANSWER)Enzyme inducers cause fast metabolism and create subtherapeutic drug
levels
Part of the brain that regulates powerful emotions such as fear, rage, sexual
desires: - (ANSWER)Amygdala
The relay station for sensory information: - (ANSWER)Thalamus
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Essential for maintaining homeostasis, controls basic needs such as sleep- wake
cycles: - (ANSWER)Hypothalamus
This lobe is involved in executive functioning, high order planning, speech and
motivation: - (ANSWER)Frontal Lobe/ Prefrontal cortex
Derived from Tryptophan and made in the Ralphe Nuclei: - (ANSWER)Serotonin
Made in the Locus Ceruleus and involved in the noradrenergic pathways: -
(ANSWER)Norepinephrine
90% of serotonin receptors are found in the: - (ANSWER)GI tract
Produced in the V.T.A. (Reward Pathway) and involved in the four major
pathways: - (ANSWER)Dopamine
Dopamine inhibits prolactin in this pathway: - (ANSWER)Tuberoinfundibular
Increase dopamine in this pathway is associated with positive symptoms: -
(ANSWER)Mesolimbic Pathway
Decrease dopamine in this pathway is associated with negative symptoms: -
(ANSWER)Mesocortical Pathway
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Decrease dopamine in this pathway produces motor symptoms: -
(ANSWER)Nigrostriatal Pathway
Main inhibitory neurotransmitter that induces calmness and relaxation: -
(ANSWER)Gamma- aminobutyric acid (GABA), Off switch
Main excitatory neurotransmitter: - (ANSWER)Glutamate, On Switch
Major organ that breaks down drugs in the body: - (ANSWER)Liver
Electrolyte imbalance commonly associated with psychotropic medication use: -
(ANSWER)Hyponatremia
The time needed to clear 50% if drugs from the plasma: - (ANSWER)Half-life
The process of becoming desensitized and less responsive to a particular
medication dose overtime necessitating an increase: - (ANSWER)Tolerance
A ration describing toxic dose to effective dose: - (ANSWER)Therapeutic Index
A chemical that binds to a receptor to produce a biologic response: -
(ANSWER)Agonist
NSG 552- PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
QUIZ #1 ACTUAL 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
The study of the use of psychotropic medications in the treatment of psychiatric
disorders: - (ANSWER)Psychopharmacology
The study of what the body does to drugs: - (ANSWER)Pharmacokinetics
The study of what the drugs does to the body: - (ANSWER)Pharmacodynamics
Involves the absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of meds: -
(ANSWER)First Pass Metabolism (C.Y.P. 450)
Increase serum levels of other drugs that are substrates of that enzyme: -
(ANSWER)Enzyme inhibitors will slow down metabolism causing toxic levels
Decreases serum levels of other drugs that are substrates of that enzyme: -
(ANSWER)Enzyme inducers cause fast metabolism and create subtherapeutic drug
levels
Part of the brain that regulates powerful emotions such as fear, rage, sexual
desires: - (ANSWER)Amygdala
The relay station for sensory information: - (ANSWER)Thalamus
,2
Essential for maintaining homeostasis, controls basic needs such as sleep- wake
cycles: - (ANSWER)Hypothalamus
This lobe is involved in executive functioning, high order planning, speech and
motivation: - (ANSWER)Frontal Lobe/ Prefrontal cortex
Derived from Tryptophan and made in the Ralphe Nuclei: - (ANSWER)Serotonin
Made in the Locus Ceruleus and involved in the noradrenergic pathways: -
(ANSWER)Norepinephrine
90% of serotonin receptors are found in the: - (ANSWER)GI tract
Produced in the V.T.A. (Reward Pathway) and involved in the four major
pathways: - (ANSWER)Dopamine
Dopamine inhibits prolactin in this pathway: - (ANSWER)Tuberoinfundibular
Increase dopamine in this pathway is associated with positive symptoms: -
(ANSWER)Mesolimbic Pathway
Decrease dopamine in this pathway is associated with negative symptoms: -
(ANSWER)Mesocortical Pathway
, 3
Decrease dopamine in this pathway produces motor symptoms: -
(ANSWER)Nigrostriatal Pathway
Main inhibitory neurotransmitter that induces calmness and relaxation: -
(ANSWER)Gamma- aminobutyric acid (GABA), Off switch
Main excitatory neurotransmitter: - (ANSWER)Glutamate, On Switch
Major organ that breaks down drugs in the body: - (ANSWER)Liver
Electrolyte imbalance commonly associated with psychotropic medication use: -
(ANSWER)Hyponatremia
The time needed to clear 50% if drugs from the plasma: - (ANSWER)Half-life
The process of becoming desensitized and less responsive to a particular
medication dose overtime necessitating an increase: - (ANSWER)Tolerance
A ration describing toxic dose to effective dose: - (ANSWER)Therapeutic Index
A chemical that binds to a receptor to produce a biologic response: -
(ANSWER)Agonist
