NR 546 Advanced Pharmacology
Psychopharmacology for the Psychiatric-Mental
Health Nurse Practitioner
Midterm Exam Week 4
1. Which brain structure is most associated with long term
memory?:
hip- pocampus
2. When prescribing psychotropic medications, the PMHNP
knows that these medications work within which specific
areas?: mood
3. Which of the following are involved in regulating
neurotransmission via ex- citation-secretion coupling?: voltage-
sensitive sodium channels and voltage-sen- sitive calcium
channels
4. What system influences the length of time for a drug to
achieve efficacy?: - signal transduction cascades
,5. One of the signal transduction cascades, pass the message
from a first receptor to a second messenger.: G protein linked
systems
6. Human central nervous system communication at synapses
is which of the following?: chemical
7 How does the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) affect the
amygdala?: inhibits and activates the amygdala
8 Wernicke's area is associated with which of the following?:
speech compre- hension
9 The limbic system is associated with which of the
following: emotion and learning
10 Which of the following is an excitatory
neurotransmitter?: glutamate
, 11 Which statement correctly pairs the pharmacodynamic
effect with its defi- nition?: antagonist effect - drug binds to
receptor, but does not activate a response
12 A major current hypothesis for the cause of
schizophrenia proposes that Nmethyl-d-aspartate (NMDA)
receptors may be which of the following? Correct!:
hypofunctional
13 Which medication is least associated with weight gain?:
aripiprazole
14 Which dopamine pathway is associated with positive
symptoms of schiz- ophrenia?: mesolimbic pathway
15 Which pathway is associated with negative symptoms?:
The mesocortical pathway
Psychopharmacology for the Psychiatric-Mental
Health Nurse Practitioner
Midterm Exam Week 4
1. Which brain structure is most associated with long term
memory?:
hip- pocampus
2. When prescribing psychotropic medications, the PMHNP
knows that these medications work within which specific
areas?: mood
3. Which of the following are involved in regulating
neurotransmission via ex- citation-secretion coupling?: voltage-
sensitive sodium channels and voltage-sen- sitive calcium
channels
4. What system influences the length of time for a drug to
achieve efficacy?: - signal transduction cascades
,5. One of the signal transduction cascades, pass the message
from a first receptor to a second messenger.: G protein linked
systems
6. Human central nervous system communication at synapses
is which of the following?: chemical
7 How does the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) affect the
amygdala?: inhibits and activates the amygdala
8 Wernicke's area is associated with which of the following?:
speech compre- hension
9 The limbic system is associated with which of the
following: emotion and learning
10 Which of the following is an excitatory
neurotransmitter?: glutamate
, 11 Which statement correctly pairs the pharmacodynamic
effect with its defi- nition?: antagonist effect - drug binds to
receptor, but does not activate a response
12 A major current hypothesis for the cause of
schizophrenia proposes that Nmethyl-d-aspartate (NMDA)
receptors may be which of the following? Correct!:
hypofunctional
13 Which medication is least associated with weight gain?:
aripiprazole
14 Which dopamine pathway is associated with positive
symptoms of schiz- ophrenia?: mesolimbic pathway
15 Which pathway is associated with negative symptoms?:
The mesocortical pathway
