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FINAL EXAMINATION PAPER dd dd




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STUDENT NAME: ________________________________
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COURSE: NR546 Psychopharm Midtermdd dd dd TIME: _____________ dd




EXAM CODE: NR 546 PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY MIDTER
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M EXAM-101
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EXAM INSTRUCTIONS:
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1. Print your full name and date clearly in the header above.
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2. This exam booklet contains both Test Questions (Part I) and Verified Solutions (Part II).
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3. Answer all multiple-choice questions clearly. Double-check your work.
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4. Do not break the seal or open this booklet until instructed to do so by the proctor.
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Q1. How does the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) affect the amygdala?
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[Verified Solution]: inhibits and activates the amygdala
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Q2. Wernicke's area is associated with which of the following?
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[Verified Solution]: speech comprehension
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Q3. Which brain structure is most associated with long term memory?
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[Verified Solution]: hippocampus dd dddd




Q4. When prescribing psychotropic medications, the PMHNP knows that these medications w
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ork within which specific areas?
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[Verified Solution]: mood dd dddd




Q5. Which of the following are involved in regulating neurotransmission via excitation-
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[Verified Solution]: voltage-sensitive sodium channels and voltage-sensitive calcium channels
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Q6. What system influences the length of time for a drug to achieve efficacy?
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[Verified Solution]: signal transduction cascades
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, Q7. One of the signal transduction cascades, pass the message from a first receptor to a secon
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d messenger.
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[Verified Solution]: G protein linked systems
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Q8. Human central nervous system communication at synapses is which of the following?
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[Verified Solution]: chemical
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Q9. Which of the following is an excitatory neurotransmitter?
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[Verified Solution]: glutamate
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Q10. Which statement correctly pairs the pharmacodynamic effect with its definition?
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[Verified Solution]: antagonist effect - drug binds to receptor, but does not activate a response
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Q11. A major current hypothesis for the cause of schizophrenia proposes that N-methyl-d-
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aspartate (NMDA) receptors may be which of the following? Correct!
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[Verified Solution]: hypofunctional
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Q12. Which medication is least associated with weight gain?
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[Verified Solution]: aripiprazole
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Q13. Which dopamine pathway is associated with positive symptoms of schizophrenia?
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[Verified Solution]: mesolimbic pathway
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Q14. Which pathway is associated with negative symptoms?
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[Verified Solution]: The mesocortical pathway
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Q15. Is part of the extrapyramidal nervous system and associated with extrapyramidal sympt
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oms (EPS)
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[Verified Solution]: nigrostriatal pathway
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