ANCC EXAM SCRIPT COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
● What does a 17 on MMSE mean?. Answer: Moderate cognitive
impairment
● What is Tegretol in the CYP450 system?. Answer: Inducer -->will
lower dose of Lamictal and BCP's
● What do BCP's do to Lamictal?. Answer: Inducer - will lower dose of
Lamictal
● What is a Type I research error?. Answer: There IS a difference but
you say there isn't a difference.
● What is a Type II research error?. Answer: There is NO difference but
you say there is a difference.
● What is pseudo-dementia?. 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?. Answer: Yes.
,● What is a drug 1/2 life?. Answer: The time it takes for 50% of a drug
to be eliminated from the body.
● What 3 atypicals can be used with teens?. Answer: Zyprexa, Abilify,
Seroquel - low doses
● What is a risk of using Tramadol?. Answer: Serotonin Syndrome as it
is very serotonergic.
● What is the allele seen in Asians that increase the risk of SJS?.
Answer: HLAB-1502
● When might you see toxic epidermal necrolysis?. Answer: With
worsening of SJS
● How many generations do you include for a genogram?. Answer: 1st
degree - mother, father, siblings
2nd degree - grandparents & cousins
3rd degree -
● What does messenger RNA code for?. Answer: Amino Acids
,● What is epigenetics?. Answer: Factors that affect genes -
environmental, smoking, stress, etc...
● What part of the brain is involved with OCD?. Answer: Basal Ganglia
Occipito-Frontal
● What happens to the brain during adolescence?. Answer: Dendritic
pruning
Emotions are controlled by amygdala
By adulthood, PFC involved as well
● When do males typically present with schizophrenia?. Answer: 10-25
yo
● When do females typically present with schizophrenia?. Answer: 25-
35 yo
● What does Erythromycin to trileptal?. 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?. Answer: Heart
Failure
HTN
, ● What are some psychiatric side effects seen with some asthma drugs.
Answer: Leukotriene receptor agonists - singulair, accolade, zyflo =
agitation, aggression, anxiety, hallucinations, depression, insomnia, SI,
tremor
● What should you watch for with Tegretol?. Answer: Agranulocytosis
and Hyponatremia
● What are the 3 CK muscle enzyme tests?. Answer: CKBB, CKMM,
CKMB
● Which one of the 3 muscle enzymes are related to cardiac muscle
damage?. Answer: CKMB
● What is the risk of a seriously elevated CKMB?. Answer:
Polymyositis
Rhabdo
● What is a normal CKMB?. Answer: 0.3 mcg/L
● What psychoactives does Detrol interact with?. Answer: Topamax
KCL
Zonegran
● What does a 17 on MMSE mean?. Answer: Moderate cognitive
impairment
● What is Tegretol in the CYP450 system?. Answer: Inducer -->will
lower dose of Lamictal and BCP's
● What do BCP's do to Lamictal?. Answer: Inducer - will lower dose of
Lamictal
● What is a Type I research error?. Answer: There IS a difference but
you say there isn't a difference.
● What is a Type II research error?. Answer: There is NO difference but
you say there is a difference.
● What is pseudo-dementia?. 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?. Answer: Yes.
,● What is a drug 1/2 life?. Answer: The time it takes for 50% of a drug
to be eliminated from the body.
● What 3 atypicals can be used with teens?. Answer: Zyprexa, Abilify,
Seroquel - low doses
● What is a risk of using Tramadol?. Answer: Serotonin Syndrome as it
is very serotonergic.
● What is the allele seen in Asians that increase the risk of SJS?.
Answer: HLAB-1502
● When might you see toxic epidermal necrolysis?. Answer: With
worsening of SJS
● How many generations do you include for a genogram?. Answer: 1st
degree - mother, father, siblings
2nd degree - grandparents & cousins
3rd degree -
● What does messenger RNA code for?. Answer: Amino Acids
,● What is epigenetics?. Answer: Factors that affect genes -
environmental, smoking, stress, etc...
● What part of the brain is involved with OCD?. Answer: Basal Ganglia
Occipito-Frontal
● What happens to the brain during adolescence?. Answer: Dendritic
pruning
Emotions are controlled by amygdala
By adulthood, PFC involved as well
● When do males typically present with schizophrenia?. Answer: 10-25
yo
● When do females typically present with schizophrenia?. Answer: 25-
35 yo
● What does Erythromycin to trileptal?. 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?. Answer: Heart
Failure
HTN
, ● What are some psychiatric side effects seen with some asthma drugs.
Answer: Leukotriene receptor agonists - singulair, accolade, zyflo =
agitation, aggression, anxiety, hallucinations, depression, insomnia, SI,
tremor
● What should you watch for with Tegretol?. Answer: Agranulocytosis
and Hyponatremia
● What are the 3 CK muscle enzyme tests?. Answer: CKBB, CKMM,
CKMB
● Which one of the 3 muscle enzymes are related to cardiac muscle
damage?. Answer: CKMB
● What is the risk of a seriously elevated CKMB?. Answer:
Polymyositis
Rhabdo
● What is a normal CKMB?. Answer: 0.3 mcg/L
● What psychoactives does Detrol interact with?. Answer: Topamax
KCL
Zonegran
