CARN TEST PRACTICE STUDY GUIDE 2025 VERSION WITH
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Which drug are anesthesiologists most likely to abuse?
Answers: Fentanyl
What phenomenon occurs when periodic rather than continuous drug exposure
results in an enhanced response upon later exposure?
Answers: Sensitization
Withdrawal symptoms of increased appetite, decreased heart rate, insomnia, and
depressed mood are associated with which substance?
Answers: Nicotine
Which medication is used to treat alcohol and opioid dependence by reducing
physiological responses to these substances?
Answers: Naltrexone
Which potent full agonist at opioid receptors is used in medication-assisted
treatment (MAT) for opioids?
Answers: Methadone
Schizophrenia is explained by what model?
Answers: Stress vulnerability model
,Tricyclic antidepressants may cause sedation, flattened ___ waves on EKG, and
__________ retention.
Answers: T, Urinary
The inhibitory effects of alcohol are related to reduced activity of which
neurotransmitter?
Answers: Glutamate
What neurotransmitter is in excess in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia?
Answers: Dopamine
What factor does not increase the risk of divorce, even when there is a large
discrepancy?
Answers: Age
The major toxicity of tricyclic antidepressants is related to their anti-__________
effects.
Answers: Cholinergic
Methadone __________ withdrawal syndromes may manifest weeks after birth.
Answers: Neonatal
Clozapine, an atypical antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia, acts as a D____
receptor antagonist.
, Answers: 4
What is the medication of choice for psychotic symptoms in a patient with
delirium?
Answers: Haloperidol
Which part of the brain is theorized to play a role in obsessive-compulsive
disorder?
Answers: Basal ganglia
According to the DSM-V, an overwhelming natural disaster is classified as what
type of stressor?
Answers: Catastrophic psychological
Low levels of 5 Hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5HIAA) are associated with what type
of behavior?
Answers: Suicidal
Which nerve palsy is most commonly seen in alcoholic patients?
Answers: Radial
Among Sertraline, Venlafaxine, Buspirone, and Bupropion, which is the least
effective in treating generalized anxiety disorder?
Answers: Bupropion
COMPLETE SOLUTION!!
Which drug are anesthesiologists most likely to abuse?
Answers: Fentanyl
What phenomenon occurs when periodic rather than continuous drug exposure
results in an enhanced response upon later exposure?
Answers: Sensitization
Withdrawal symptoms of increased appetite, decreased heart rate, insomnia, and
depressed mood are associated with which substance?
Answers: Nicotine
Which medication is used to treat alcohol and opioid dependence by reducing
physiological responses to these substances?
Answers: Naltrexone
Which potent full agonist at opioid receptors is used in medication-assisted
treatment (MAT) for opioids?
Answers: Methadone
Schizophrenia is explained by what model?
Answers: Stress vulnerability model
,Tricyclic antidepressants may cause sedation, flattened ___ waves on EKG, and
__________ retention.
Answers: T, Urinary
The inhibitory effects of alcohol are related to reduced activity of which
neurotransmitter?
Answers: Glutamate
What neurotransmitter is in excess in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia?
Answers: Dopamine
What factor does not increase the risk of divorce, even when there is a large
discrepancy?
Answers: Age
The major toxicity of tricyclic antidepressants is related to their anti-__________
effects.
Answers: Cholinergic
Methadone __________ withdrawal syndromes may manifest weeks after birth.
Answers: Neonatal
Clozapine, an atypical antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia, acts as a D____
receptor antagonist.
, Answers: 4
What is the medication of choice for psychotic symptoms in a patient with
delirium?
Answers: Haloperidol
Which part of the brain is theorized to play a role in obsessive-compulsive
disorder?
Answers: Basal ganglia
According to the DSM-V, an overwhelming natural disaster is classified as what
type of stressor?
Answers: Catastrophic psychological
Low levels of 5 Hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5HIAA) are associated with what type
of behavior?
Answers: Suicidal
Which nerve palsy is most commonly seen in alcoholic patients?
Answers: Radial
Among Sertraline, Venlafaxine, Buspirone, and Bupropion, which is the least
effective in treating generalized anxiety disorder?
Answers: Bupropion
