PRITE 2024/2025: Questions & Accurate Answers
Pharmacogenetic testing recommended in patients of Asian and SE Asian
ancestry prior to initiating which of the following?
- Imipramine
- Lamotrigine
- Fluvoxamine
- Valproic Acid
- Carbamazepine Right Ans - Carbamazepine
Dopaminergic Pathway implicated in Tardive Dyskenisia?
- Mesolimbic
- Mesocortical
- Nigrostriatal
- Tuberoinfundibular
- Incertohypothalamic Right Ans - Nigrostriatal (movement)
Which hormone involved in osmoregulation, food intake, and female and
sexual behaviors?
- Oxytocin
- Estrogen
- Melatonin
- Testosterone
- Progesterone Right Ans - Oxytocin
Which of the following diseases is most consistent with the pedigree below?
- Wilson dz
- Phenylketonuria
- Sickle cell dz
- Huntington dz
- Cri-du-chat syndrome Right Ans - Huntington's (AD)
PTSD most commonly associated with reduced volume on MRI where?
- Thalamus
- Hippocampus
- Hypothalamus
- Cerebral cortex
- Corpus callosum Right Ans - Hippocampus
, Pt w/ Alzheimer's dz struggles to take PO ACh-esterase inibotors d/t severe
nausea/vomiting. Which medicine offers a more tolerable alternative to PO?
- Tacrine
- Donepezil
- Memantine
- Rivastigmine
- Galantamine Right Ans - Rivastigmine (Exelon patch)
Acupuncture has evidence to best support use for which indication?
- Anxiety
- Insomnia
- Depression
- Pain management
- Smoking cessation Right Ans - Pain management
Which brain waves asso. w/ alertness on EEG?
- Beta
- Delta
- Theta
- Alpha
- Gamma Right Ans - Alpha
Self-report tools administered prior to the session aid the initial interview by
- promoting standardized tx plans
- increasing efficiency of office visit
- minimizing risk of pre-conceived dx
- reducing time needed to interview pt
- limiting false + and false - identifications Right Ans - Increasing efficiency
of office visit
Which symptom must be present to make dx of a manic episode?
- Grandiosity
- Distractibility
- Flight of ideas
- Decreased need for sleep
- Increased activity/energy Right Ans - Increased activity/energy
44yo pt presents with fatigue and depression. Physical exam shows darkening
of skin and mucosa. Which test will lead to dx?
Pharmacogenetic testing recommended in patients of Asian and SE Asian
ancestry prior to initiating which of the following?
- Imipramine
- Lamotrigine
- Fluvoxamine
- Valproic Acid
- Carbamazepine Right Ans - Carbamazepine
Dopaminergic Pathway implicated in Tardive Dyskenisia?
- Mesolimbic
- Mesocortical
- Nigrostriatal
- Tuberoinfundibular
- Incertohypothalamic Right Ans - Nigrostriatal (movement)
Which hormone involved in osmoregulation, food intake, and female and
sexual behaviors?
- Oxytocin
- Estrogen
- Melatonin
- Testosterone
- Progesterone Right Ans - Oxytocin
Which of the following diseases is most consistent with the pedigree below?
- Wilson dz
- Phenylketonuria
- Sickle cell dz
- Huntington dz
- Cri-du-chat syndrome Right Ans - Huntington's (AD)
PTSD most commonly associated with reduced volume on MRI where?
- Thalamus
- Hippocampus
- Hypothalamus
- Cerebral cortex
- Corpus callosum Right Ans - Hippocampus
, Pt w/ Alzheimer's dz struggles to take PO ACh-esterase inibotors d/t severe
nausea/vomiting. Which medicine offers a more tolerable alternative to PO?
- Tacrine
- Donepezil
- Memantine
- Rivastigmine
- Galantamine Right Ans - Rivastigmine (Exelon patch)
Acupuncture has evidence to best support use for which indication?
- Anxiety
- Insomnia
- Depression
- Pain management
- Smoking cessation Right Ans - Pain management
Which brain waves asso. w/ alertness on EEG?
- Beta
- Delta
- Theta
- Alpha
- Gamma Right Ans - Alpha
Self-report tools administered prior to the session aid the initial interview by
- promoting standardized tx plans
- increasing efficiency of office visit
- minimizing risk of pre-conceived dx
- reducing time needed to interview pt
- limiting false + and false - identifications Right Ans - Increasing efficiency
of office visit
Which symptom must be present to make dx of a manic episode?
- Grandiosity
- Distractibility
- Flight of ideas
- Decreased need for sleep
- Increased activity/energy Right Ans - Increased activity/energy
44yo pt presents with fatigue and depression. Physical exam shows darkening
of skin and mucosa. Which test will lead to dx?
