PMHNP EXAM REPORTED QUESTIONS TESTBANK
GRADED A+ SUMMER 2026
What does messenger RNA code for? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Amino
Acids
What is epigenetics? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Factors that affect genes -
environmental, smoking, stress, etc...
What part of the brain is involved with OCD? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀****
Basal Ganglia
Occipito-Frontal
What happens to the brain during adolescence? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀****
Dendritic pruning
Emotions are controlled by amygdala
By adulthood, PFC involved as well
When do males typically present with schizophrenia? - SELECTED ANSWER
👀**** 10-25 yo
When do females typically present with schizophrenia? - SELECTED ANSWER
👀**** 25-35 yo
,What does Erythromycin to trileptal? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** You will
need to decreases the level because Trileptal(inducer) and erythromycin is a
inhibitor
ACE Inhibitors are the drug of choice for what? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀****
Heart Failure
HTN
What are some psychiatric side effects seen with some asthma drugs -
SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Leukotriene receptor agonists - singulair,
accolade, zyflo = agitation, aggression, anxiety, hallucinations, depression,
insomnia, SI, tremor
What should you watch for with Tegretol? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀****
Agranulocytosis and Hyponatremia
What are the 3 CK muscle enzyme tests? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀****
CKBB, CKMM, CKMB
Which one of the 3 muscle enzymes are related to cardiac muscle damage? -
SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** CKMB
What is the risk of a seriously elevated CKMB? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀****
Polymyositis
Rhabdo
,What is a normal CKMB? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** 0.3 mcg/L
What psychoactives does Detrol interact with? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀****
Topamax
KCL
Zonegran
What CN are you assessing when you have the patient shrug their shoulders? -
SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** CN XI - Spinal Accessory
What do you see in labs with HIV & Dementia? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀****
CD4 <200
Viral Load is high
<20% get it with antiretroviral treatment
What is dissemination? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Getting the research
information out to those who need to know it!
Publication - highest level
Presenting at National Conference
Presenting at Local Conference
Journal Club where one person reviews an article
, What does a 17 on MMSE mean? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Moderate
cognitive impairment
What is Tegretol in the CYP450 system? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Inducer
-->will lower dose of Lamictal and BCP's
What do BCP's do to Lamictal? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Inducer - will
lower dose of Lamictal
What is a Type I research error? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** There IS a
difference but you say there isn't a difference.
What is a Type II research error? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** There is NO
difference but you say there is a difference.
What is pseudo-dementia? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Cognitive impairment
secondary to depression that clears when treated in the elderly. Dementia won't
improve.
Is it normal for a 1 month old to have a palmar grasp? - SELECTED ANSWER
👀**** Yes.
What is a drug 1/2 life? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** The time it takes for 50%
of a drug to be eliminated from the body.
GRADED A+ SUMMER 2026
What does messenger RNA code for? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Amino
Acids
What is epigenetics? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Factors that affect genes -
environmental, smoking, stress, etc...
What part of the brain is involved with OCD? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀****
Basal Ganglia
Occipito-Frontal
What happens to the brain during adolescence? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀****
Dendritic pruning
Emotions are controlled by amygdala
By adulthood, PFC involved as well
When do males typically present with schizophrenia? - SELECTED ANSWER
👀**** 10-25 yo
When do females typically present with schizophrenia? - SELECTED ANSWER
👀**** 25-35 yo
,What does Erythromycin to trileptal? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** You will
need to decreases the level because Trileptal(inducer) and erythromycin is a
inhibitor
ACE Inhibitors are the drug of choice for what? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀****
Heart Failure
HTN
What are some psychiatric side effects seen with some asthma drugs -
SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Leukotriene receptor agonists - singulair,
accolade, zyflo = agitation, aggression, anxiety, hallucinations, depression,
insomnia, SI, tremor
What should you watch for with Tegretol? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀****
Agranulocytosis and Hyponatremia
What are the 3 CK muscle enzyme tests? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀****
CKBB, CKMM, CKMB
Which one of the 3 muscle enzymes are related to cardiac muscle damage? -
SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** CKMB
What is the risk of a seriously elevated CKMB? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀****
Polymyositis
Rhabdo
,What is a normal CKMB? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** 0.3 mcg/L
What psychoactives does Detrol interact with? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀****
Topamax
KCL
Zonegran
What CN are you assessing when you have the patient shrug their shoulders? -
SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** CN XI - Spinal Accessory
What do you see in labs with HIV & Dementia? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀****
CD4 <200
Viral Load is high
<20% get it with antiretroviral treatment
What is dissemination? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Getting the research
information out to those who need to know it!
Publication - highest level
Presenting at National Conference
Presenting at Local Conference
Journal Club where one person reviews an article
, What does a 17 on MMSE mean? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Moderate
cognitive impairment
What is Tegretol in the CYP450 system? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Inducer
-->will lower dose of Lamictal and BCP's
What do BCP's do to Lamictal? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Inducer - will
lower dose of Lamictal
What is a Type I research error? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** There IS a
difference but you say there isn't a difference.
What is a Type II research error? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** There is NO
difference but you say there is a difference.
What is pseudo-dementia? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** Cognitive impairment
secondary to depression that clears when treated in the elderly. Dementia won't
improve.
Is it normal for a 1 month old to have a palmar grasp? - SELECTED ANSWER
👀**** Yes.
What is a drug 1/2 life? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀**** The time it takes for 50%
of a drug to be eliminated from the body.
