PSYC 4035 EXAM 4 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Albert Hofmann is known for
a. discovering LSD.
b. using LSD in psychotherapy.
c. finding that dimethyltryptamine is similar in structure to serotonin.
d. evaluating ergot poisoning during the Salem witch trials.
Answer:
A. discovering LSD
Question:
2. The term "psychedelic" means...
a. mind expanding.
b. colorful reality.
c. creating new reality.
d. sounds become shapes.
Answer:
A. mind expanding
Question:
3. A former routine hallucinogen user who now commonly sees small distortions around the edges of
certain objects or seeing a fog in parts of visual field is likely experiencing...
a. persistent visual distortion disorder.
b. hallucinogen persisting perception disorder.
c. pseudo-hallucination disorder.
d. a recurrent bad trip.
Answer:
b. hallucinogen persisting perception disorder.
Question:
4. The primary psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms is
a. mescaline.
b. psilocybin.
c. atropine.
d. dimethyltryptamine.
Answer:
b. psilocybin.
Question:
5. A perception of images or sounds that are not real is referred to as a
a. quasi-hallucination.
b. true hallucination.
c. real hallucination.
d. pseudo-hallucination. Feedback
,Answer:
b. true hallucination.
Question:
6. Experiencing a moment of pleasant images that a person remembered from a previous experience using
a hallucinogen is an example of
a. a good trip.
b. a flashback.
c. a synesthetic experience.
d. a symptom of hallucinogen persisting perception disorder.
Answer:
b. a flashback
Question:
7. If LSD was approved as a legal therapeutic substance (i.e., it's psychedelic effects were accepted as
therapeutic), which of the following terms would describe its therapeutic index?
a. 1.
b. Negative
c. Small
d. Large.
Answer:
D. large
Question:
8. A drug that depleted serotonin in the brain would
a. triple the effects of LSD.
b. decrease the effects of LSD.
c. have little or no impact on LSD's effects.
d. produce hallucinations like LSD. Feedback
Answer:
c. have little or no impact on LSD's effects.
Question:
9. Which of the following 5-HT receptors is not associated with LSD's effects ?
a. 5-HT1A
b. 5-HT6
c. 5-HT7
d. 5-HT3
Answer:
d. 5-HT3
Question:
10. A hallucinogenic experience is called a
a. experience.
b. voyage.
c. psychedelic dance.
d. trip
, Answer:
d. trip
Question:
11. A user is unlikely to feel the effects of LSD soon after administering it because
a. LSD's physiological effects occur long before its hallucinogenic effects.
b. the user needs time to ready her mind for LSD's effects.
c. LSD's active metabolite is entirely responsible for LSD's hallucinogenic effects.
d. LSD requires 60 minutes for peak absorption after oral administration.
Answer:
d. LSD requires 60 minutes for peak absorption after oral administration.
Question:
12. All of the following are features of dimethyltryptamine except
a. made in the body.
b. agonist for sigma-1 receptors.
c. antagonist for NMDA receptors.
d. found in certain plants.
Answer:
c. antagonist for NMDA receptors.
Question:
13. LSD may be added to a postage stamped and licked because
a. saliva from the tongue is necessary to help slowly absorb the drug.
b. users can easily hide the drug, which is an illicit substance.
c. only very small amounts are needed to produce effects.
d. the glue from the stamp improves absorption in the mouth.
Answer:
c. only very small amounts are needed to produce effects.
Question:
14. Which of the following statements accurately support the assertion that LSD's subjective effects are
primarily mediated by 5-HT2A receptors?
Answer:
a. 5-HT2A receptor antagonists attenuate LSD-lever responding in animals trained to discriminate LSD
from vehicle
b. The potency of serotonergic hallucinogens to produce hallucinations is correlated with the binding
affinity of those compounds at 5-HT2A receptors
Question:
15. Rank the hallucinogenic compounds in terms of their potency to produce hallucinations.
Answer:
Most potent- LSD Medium potency- psilocybin least potent- mescaline
Question:
16. The figure below shows responding on the DMT-appropriate lever in animals trained to discriminate
DMT from vehicle. Which of the following statements is correct in reference to the figure.
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Albert Hofmann is known for
a. discovering LSD.
b. using LSD in psychotherapy.
c. finding that dimethyltryptamine is similar in structure to serotonin.
d. evaluating ergot poisoning during the Salem witch trials.
Answer:
A. discovering LSD
Question:
2. The term "psychedelic" means...
a. mind expanding.
b. colorful reality.
c. creating new reality.
d. sounds become shapes.
Answer:
A. mind expanding
Question:
3. A former routine hallucinogen user who now commonly sees small distortions around the edges of
certain objects or seeing a fog in parts of visual field is likely experiencing...
a. persistent visual distortion disorder.
b. hallucinogen persisting perception disorder.
c. pseudo-hallucination disorder.
d. a recurrent bad trip.
Answer:
b. hallucinogen persisting perception disorder.
Question:
4. The primary psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms is
a. mescaline.
b. psilocybin.
c. atropine.
d. dimethyltryptamine.
Answer:
b. psilocybin.
Question:
5. A perception of images or sounds that are not real is referred to as a
a. quasi-hallucination.
b. true hallucination.
c. real hallucination.
d. pseudo-hallucination. Feedback
,Answer:
b. true hallucination.
Question:
6. Experiencing a moment of pleasant images that a person remembered from a previous experience using
a hallucinogen is an example of
a. a good trip.
b. a flashback.
c. a synesthetic experience.
d. a symptom of hallucinogen persisting perception disorder.
Answer:
b. a flashback
Question:
7. If LSD was approved as a legal therapeutic substance (i.e., it's psychedelic effects were accepted as
therapeutic), which of the following terms would describe its therapeutic index?
a. 1.
b. Negative
c. Small
d. Large.
Answer:
D. large
Question:
8. A drug that depleted serotonin in the brain would
a. triple the effects of LSD.
b. decrease the effects of LSD.
c. have little or no impact on LSD's effects.
d. produce hallucinations like LSD. Feedback
Answer:
c. have little or no impact on LSD's effects.
Question:
9. Which of the following 5-HT receptors is not associated with LSD's effects ?
a. 5-HT1A
b. 5-HT6
c. 5-HT7
d. 5-HT3
Answer:
d. 5-HT3
Question:
10. A hallucinogenic experience is called a
a. experience.
b. voyage.
c. psychedelic dance.
d. trip
, Answer:
d. trip
Question:
11. A user is unlikely to feel the effects of LSD soon after administering it because
a. LSD's physiological effects occur long before its hallucinogenic effects.
b. the user needs time to ready her mind for LSD's effects.
c. LSD's active metabolite is entirely responsible for LSD's hallucinogenic effects.
d. LSD requires 60 minutes for peak absorption after oral administration.
Answer:
d. LSD requires 60 minutes for peak absorption after oral administration.
Question:
12. All of the following are features of dimethyltryptamine except
a. made in the body.
b. agonist for sigma-1 receptors.
c. antagonist for NMDA receptors.
d. found in certain plants.
Answer:
c. antagonist for NMDA receptors.
Question:
13. LSD may be added to a postage stamped and licked because
a. saliva from the tongue is necessary to help slowly absorb the drug.
b. users can easily hide the drug, which is an illicit substance.
c. only very small amounts are needed to produce effects.
d. the glue from the stamp improves absorption in the mouth.
Answer:
c. only very small amounts are needed to produce effects.
Question:
14. Which of the following statements accurately support the assertion that LSD's subjective effects are
primarily mediated by 5-HT2A receptors?
Answer:
a. 5-HT2A receptor antagonists attenuate LSD-lever responding in animals trained to discriminate LSD
from vehicle
b. The potency of serotonergic hallucinogens to produce hallucinations is correlated with the binding
affinity of those compounds at 5-HT2A receptors
Question:
15. Rank the hallucinogenic compounds in terms of their potency to produce hallucinations.
Answer:
Most potent- LSD Medium potency- psilocybin least potent- mescaline
Question:
16. The figure below shows responding on the DMT-appropriate lever in animals trained to discriminate
DMT from vehicle. Which of the following statements is correct in reference to the figure.
