CARN 121 test practice Questions
__________ ___ personality disorders are characterized by dramatic,
overly emotional or unpredictable thinking or behavior. They include
antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder,
histrionic personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder. - ✔
✔ Cluster B
This neurotransmitter is most closely associated with obsessions and
compulsions. - ✔ ✔ Serotonin
Depression is most often linked to __________. - ✔ ✔ Migraines
10% of patients using ___________ develop skin rash. - ✔ ✔
lamotrigine
Nortriptyline is in the class of drugs called tricyclic antidepressants
(TCAs) and is used for treating depression and can be used offbrand
with ________ pain. - ✔ ✔ nerve
______________ is used as an antidote in confirmed or suspected
methanol or ethylene glycol poisoning. Fomepizole is a competitive
inhibitor of alcohol dehydrogenase, the enzyme that catalyzes the
initial steps in the metabolism of ethylene glycol and methanol to their
toxic metabolites. - ✔ ✔ Fomepizole
A 55 year old male presents with gynecomastia, spider angiomata, and
testicular atrophy. A typical pattern of liver enzyme suspected is
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) __________ than alanine
aminotransferase (ALT) - ✔ ✔ greater
,Methylphenidate is in a class of medications called central nervous
system (CNS) stimulants. It works by changing the amounts of certain
natural substances in the brain and is most similar to the illicit drug
categorized as ________________ - ✔ ✔ amphetamine
______________ is a substance that is associated with a fatal
withdrawal syndrome. - ✔ ✔ Phenobarbital
Behavioral and ______________ issues at school age are significant
side effects expected in infants born with a history of maternal drug
exposure. - ✔ ✔ academic
A movement disorder characterized by excessive voluntary movements
is known as what? - ✔ ✔ Akathisia
This SSRI is known to increase the half-life of alprazolam. - ✔ ✔
Fluvoxamine
Hydrocodone is eliminated from the body through the _________. - ✔
✔ Kidneys.
Most neonates develop seizures secondary to drug withdrawal 24 to
____ hours after birth. - ✔ ✔ 72
The presence of _____________ differentiates bipolar disorder from
unipolar disorder. - ✔ ✔ mania
Methadone is metabolized in the ________ - ✔ ✔ liver
_____________ is a disorder in which patients feel sick with every
office visit. - ✔ ✔ Somatization
, _________ or Antabuse is an alcohol antagonist drug. - ✔ ✔
Disulfiram
_____________ is a sedative drug that can interact with disulfiram. - ✔
✔ 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. - ✔
✔ 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. - ✔ ✔ Hunter Serotonin
Intracranial hemorrhage or myocardial infarction can be seen in addicts
who abuse __________. - ✔ ✔ cocaine
___________ withdrawal symptoms may include symptoms of
depression, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, impaired social function, anxiety
and headache. - ✔ ✔ Caffeine
In the US _____% of adults are abstinent for life. - ✔ ✔ 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. - ✔ ✔ Screening
__________ ___ personality disorders are characterized by dramatic,
overly emotional or unpredictable thinking or behavior. They include
antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder,
histrionic personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder. - ✔
✔ Cluster B
This neurotransmitter is most closely associated with obsessions and
compulsions. - ✔ ✔ Serotonin
Depression is most often linked to __________. - ✔ ✔ Migraines
10% of patients using ___________ develop skin rash. - ✔ ✔
lamotrigine
Nortriptyline is in the class of drugs called tricyclic antidepressants
(TCAs) and is used for treating depression and can be used offbrand
with ________ pain. - ✔ ✔ nerve
______________ is used as an antidote in confirmed or suspected
methanol or ethylene glycol poisoning. Fomepizole is a competitive
inhibitor of alcohol dehydrogenase, the enzyme that catalyzes the
initial steps in the metabolism of ethylene glycol and methanol to their
toxic metabolites. - ✔ ✔ Fomepizole
A 55 year old male presents with gynecomastia, spider angiomata, and
testicular atrophy. A typical pattern of liver enzyme suspected is
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) __________ than alanine
aminotransferase (ALT) - ✔ ✔ greater
,Methylphenidate is in a class of medications called central nervous
system (CNS) stimulants. It works by changing the amounts of certain
natural substances in the brain and is most similar to the illicit drug
categorized as ________________ - ✔ ✔ amphetamine
______________ is a substance that is associated with a fatal
withdrawal syndrome. - ✔ ✔ Phenobarbital
Behavioral and ______________ issues at school age are significant
side effects expected in infants born with a history of maternal drug
exposure. - ✔ ✔ academic
A movement disorder characterized by excessive voluntary movements
is known as what? - ✔ ✔ Akathisia
This SSRI is known to increase the half-life of alprazolam. - ✔ ✔
Fluvoxamine
Hydrocodone is eliminated from the body through the _________. - ✔
✔ Kidneys.
Most neonates develop seizures secondary to drug withdrawal 24 to
____ hours after birth. - ✔ ✔ 72
The presence of _____________ differentiates bipolar disorder from
unipolar disorder. - ✔ ✔ mania
Methadone is metabolized in the ________ - ✔ ✔ liver
_____________ is a disorder in which patients feel sick with every
office visit. - ✔ ✔ Somatization
, _________ or Antabuse is an alcohol antagonist drug. - ✔ ✔
Disulfiram
_____________ is a sedative drug that can interact with disulfiram. - ✔
✔ 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. - ✔
✔ 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. - ✔ ✔ Hunter Serotonin
Intracranial hemorrhage or myocardial infarction can be seen in addicts
who abuse __________. - ✔ ✔ cocaine
___________ withdrawal symptoms may include symptoms of
depression, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, impaired social function, anxiety
and headache. - ✔ ✔ Caffeine
In the US _____% of adults are abstinent for life. - ✔ ✔ 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. - ✔ ✔ Screening
