NSG 552 Exam 1: Psychopharmacology UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

NSG 552 Exam 1: Psychopharmacology
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

Question 1.
The study of the use of psychotropic medications in the treatment of psychiatric
disorders:

Correct Answer: Psychopharmacology


Question 2.
The study of what the body does to drugs:

Correct Answer: Pharmacokinetics


Question 3.
The study of what the drugs does to the body:

Correct Answer: Pharmacodynamics


Question 4.
Involves the absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of meds:

Correct Answer: First Pass Metabolism (C.Y.P. 450)


Question 5.
Increase serum levels of other drugs that are substrates of that enzyme:

Correct Answer: Enzyme inhibitors will slow down metabolism causing toxic
levels


Question 6.
Decreases serum levels of other drugs that are substrates of that enzyme:

Correct Answer: Enzyme inducers cause fast metabolism and create
subtherapeutic drug levels


Question 7.
Part of the brain that regulates powerful emotions such as fear, rage, sexual desires:

Correct Answer: Amygdala


Question 8.
The relay station for sensory information:

Correct Answer: Thalamus

,Question 9.
Essential for maintaining homeostasis, controls basic needs such as sleep- wake cycles:

Correct Answer: Hypothalamus


Question 10.
This lobe is involved in executive functioning, high order planning, speech and
motivation:

Correct Answer: Frontal Lobe/ Prefrontal cortex


Question 11.
Derived from Tryptophan and made in the Ralphe Nuclei:

Correct Answer: Serotonin


Question 12.
Made in the Locus Ceruleus and involved in the noradrenergic pathways:

Correct Answer: Norepinephrine


Question 13.
90% of serotonin receptors are found in the:

Correct Answer: GI tract


Question 14.
Produced in the V.T.A. (Reward Pathway) and involved in the four major pathways:

Correct Answer: Dopamine
• Dopamine inhibits prolactin in this pathway: -✓✓Tuberoinfundibular


Question 15.
Increase dopamine in this pathway is associated with positive symptoms:

Correct Answer: Mesolimbic Pathway


Question 16.
Decrease dopamine in this pathway is associated with negative symptoms:

Correct Answer: Mesocortical Pathway

, Question 17.
Decrease dopamine in this pathway produces motor symptoms:

Correct Answer: Nigrostriatal Pathway


Question 18.
Main inhibitory neurotransmitter that induces calmness and relaxation:

Correct Answer: Gamma- aminobutyric acid (GABA), Off switch


Question 19.
Main excitatory neurotransmitter:

Correct Answer: Glutamate, On Switch


Question 20.
Major organ that breaks down drugs in the body:

Correct Answer: Liver


Question 21.
Electrolyte imbalance commonly associated with psychotropic medication use:

Correct Answer: Hyponatremia


Question 22.
The time needed to clear 50% if drugs from the plasma:

Correct Answer: Half-life


Question 23.
The process of becoming desensitized and less responsive to a particular medication
dose overtime necessitating an increase:

Correct Answer: Tolerance


Question 24.
A ration describing toxic dose to effective dose:

Correct Answer: Therapeutic Index


Question 25.
A chemical that binds to a receptor to produce a biologic response:

Correct Answer: Agonist