CARN test practice questions and
answers 2025
_____________ is a phenomenon whereby perior intermittent (rather than continuous)
exposure to the drug results in an enhanced response to later exposure - Correct Ans-
Sensitization
________________ withdrawal symptoms include increased appetite, decreased heart
rate, insomnia and depressed mood. - Correct Ans-Nicotine
__________ is a medication used to treat alcohol and opioid dependence decrease
dependence by decreasing physiological response to alcohol and opioids. - Correct
Ans-Naltrexone
_____________ is a medications that is a potent full agonist at opioid receptors used in
MAT for opioids. - Correct Ans-Methadone
Inhibitory effect of alcohol are related to decreasing effects of __________. - Correct
Ans-glutamate
Pathophysiology of schizophrenia is due to excess of ___________. - Correct Ans-
dopamine.
Methadone ____________ withdrawal syndromes may present weeks after birth. -
Correct Ans-neonatal
_______________ is the medication of choice for the treatment of psychotic symptoms
in a patient with delirium. - Correct Ans-Haloperidol
_________ nerve palsies is most common in alcoholic patients. - Correct Ans-Radial
What percent of patients with untreated major depression commit suicide? - Correct
Ans-15
Abuse of alcohol is the most common cause of __________ disease of the US. -
Correct Ans-cerebellar
____________ intoxication can cause muscle rigidity, increase deep tendon reflexes,
increase salivation and nystagmus, hypertension and catatonic display. - Correct Ans-
PCP
____________ is an illicit drug that is associated with seizures and hypertension. -
Correct Ans-Amphetamine
, _____________ use effects GABA neurons, higher incidences in men than in woman
and is the most commonly used illicit substance in the US. - Correct Ans-Marijuana.
Methadone is metabolized in the ________ - Correct Ans-liver
_________ or Antabuse is an alcohol antagonist drug. - Correct Ans-Disulfiram
_____________ is a sedative drug that can interact with disulfiram. - Correct Ans-
Diazepam
A heroin addict buys a synthetic opioid contaminated with 1-metehyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6
tetraydropyridine (MPTP) and develops irreversible neurological damage by destroying
dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra of the brain resulting in this neurological
disease. - Correct Ans-Parkinson disease
_____________ ____________Toxicity Criteria, which require the presence of one of
the following classical features or groups of features: spontaneous clonus; inducible
clonus with agitation or diaphoresis; ocular clonus with agitation or diaphoresis; tremor
and hyperreflexia; or hypertonia, temperature above 100.4° F (38° C), and ocular or
inducible clonus. - Correct Ans-Hunter Serotonin
Intracranial hemorrhage or myocardial infarction can be seen in people who abuse
__________. - Correct Ans-cocaine
___________ withdrawal symptoms may include symptoms of depression, fatigue,
nausea, vomiting, impaired social function, anxiety and headache. - Correct Ans-
Caffeine
In the US _____% of adults are abstinent from alcohol for life. - Correct Ans-34
__________, ___________ _________, _________ ___ ____________ (SBIRT) is a
comprehensive, integrated, public health approach for early identification and
intervention with patients whose patterns of alcohol and/or drug use put their health at
risk. - Correct Ans-Screening
Brief Intervention
Referral to Treatment
There is a high correlation between alcohol use and _________ attempts. - Correct
Ans-suicide
Abstinence is the most important variable in the prognosis of alcoholic __________ -
Correct Ans-cardiomyopathy
____________ ___________ syndrome present classically with the clinical triad of
confusion, ataxia and nystagmus - Correct Ans-Wernicke Korsakoff
answers 2025
_____________ is a phenomenon whereby perior intermittent (rather than continuous)
exposure to the drug results in an enhanced response to later exposure - Correct Ans-
Sensitization
________________ withdrawal symptoms include increased appetite, decreased heart
rate, insomnia and depressed mood. - Correct Ans-Nicotine
__________ is a medication used to treat alcohol and opioid dependence decrease
dependence by decreasing physiological response to alcohol and opioids. - Correct
Ans-Naltrexone
_____________ is a medications that is a potent full agonist at opioid receptors used in
MAT for opioids. - Correct Ans-Methadone
Inhibitory effect of alcohol are related to decreasing effects of __________. - Correct
Ans-glutamate
Pathophysiology of schizophrenia is due to excess of ___________. - Correct Ans-
dopamine.
Methadone ____________ withdrawal syndromes may present weeks after birth. -
Correct Ans-neonatal
_______________ is the medication of choice for the treatment of psychotic symptoms
in a patient with delirium. - Correct Ans-Haloperidol
_________ nerve palsies is most common in alcoholic patients. - Correct Ans-Radial
What percent of patients with untreated major depression commit suicide? - Correct
Ans-15
Abuse of alcohol is the most common cause of __________ disease of the US. -
Correct Ans-cerebellar
____________ intoxication can cause muscle rigidity, increase deep tendon reflexes,
increase salivation and nystagmus, hypertension and catatonic display. - Correct Ans-
PCP
____________ is an illicit drug that is associated with seizures and hypertension. -
Correct Ans-Amphetamine
, _____________ use effects GABA neurons, higher incidences in men than in woman
and is the most commonly used illicit substance in the US. - Correct Ans-Marijuana.
Methadone is metabolized in the ________ - Correct Ans-liver
_________ or Antabuse is an alcohol antagonist drug. - Correct Ans-Disulfiram
_____________ is a sedative drug that can interact with disulfiram. - Correct Ans-
Diazepam
A heroin addict buys a synthetic opioid contaminated with 1-metehyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6
tetraydropyridine (MPTP) and develops irreversible neurological damage by destroying
dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra of the brain resulting in this neurological
disease. - Correct Ans-Parkinson disease
_____________ ____________Toxicity Criteria, which require the presence of one of
the following classical features or groups of features: spontaneous clonus; inducible
clonus with agitation or diaphoresis; ocular clonus with agitation or diaphoresis; tremor
and hyperreflexia; or hypertonia, temperature above 100.4° F (38° C), and ocular or
inducible clonus. - Correct Ans-Hunter Serotonin
Intracranial hemorrhage or myocardial infarction can be seen in people who abuse
__________. - Correct Ans-cocaine
___________ withdrawal symptoms may include symptoms of depression, fatigue,
nausea, vomiting, impaired social function, anxiety and headache. - Correct Ans-
Caffeine
In the US _____% of adults are abstinent from alcohol for life. - Correct Ans-34
__________, ___________ _________, _________ ___ ____________ (SBIRT) is a
comprehensive, integrated, public health approach for early identification and
intervention with patients whose patterns of alcohol and/or drug use put their health at
risk. - Correct Ans-Screening
Brief Intervention
Referral to Treatment
There is a high correlation between alcohol use and _________ attempts. - Correct
Ans-suicide
Abstinence is the most important variable in the prognosis of alcoholic __________ -
Correct Ans-cardiomyopathy
____________ ___________ syndrome present classically with the clinical triad of
confusion, ataxia and nystagmus - Correct Ans-Wernicke Korsakoff
