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NURS 660 Exam 1 LATEST UPDATE 2026/2027 200
QUESTIONS AND EXPLAINED ANSWERS |A+GRADE.
What is haloperidol (Haldol) FDA approved for? - Correct Answers - Schizophrenia, acute
psychosis, acute agitation, and Tourette syndrome.
What is lumateperone (Caplyta) FDA approved for? - Correct Answers - Schizophrenia and
bipolar depression.
What is lurasidone (Latuda) FDA approved for? - Correct Answers - Schizophrenia and
bipolar depression.
What is olanzapine (Zyprexa) FDA approved for? - Correct Answers - Schizophrenia, bipolar
disorder, and treatment-resistant depression (in combination with fluoxetine).
What is paliperidone (Invega) FDA approved for? - Correct Answers - Schizophrenia and
schizoaffective disorder.
What is paliperidone? - Correct Answers - The active metabolite of risperidone.
What is perphenazine (Trilafon) FDA approved for? - Correct Answers - Schizophrenia and
severe nausea/vomiting.
What is quetiapine (Seroquel) FDA approved for? - Correct Answers - Schizophrenia,
bipolar disorder, and adjunctive treatment of MDD.
What is Risperidone (Risperdal) FDA approved for? - Correct Answers - Schizophrenia,
bipolar mania, and irritability associated with autism.
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What is the brand name for aripiprazole? - Correct An swers - Abilify.
What is the brand name for aripiprazole? - Correct Answers - Rexulti.
What is the brand name for chlorpromazine? - Correct Answers - Thorazine.
What is the brand name for clozapine? - Correct Answers - Clozaril.
What is the brand name for Deu tetrabenazine? - Correct Answers - Austedo.
What is the brand name for haloperidol? -Correct Answers - Haldol.
What is the brand name for lumateperone? - Correct Answers - Caplyta.
What is the brand name for lurasidone? - Correct Answers - Latuda.
What is the brand name for olanzapine? - Correct Answers - Zyprexa.
What is the brand name for paliperidone? - Correct Answers - Invega.
What is the brand name for perphenazine? - Correct Answers - Trilafon.
What is the brand name for quetiapine? - Correct Answers - Seroquel.
What is the brand name for risperidone? - Correct Answers - Risperdal.
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What is the brand name for xanomeline/tropism? - Correct Answers - Cobenfy.
What is the EPS risk with quetiapine? - Correct Answers - Low.
What is the major indication for clozapine? - Correct Answers - Treatment-resistant
schizophrenia.
What is the mechanism of action of aripiprazole? - Correct Answers - D2 partial agonist
and 5HT1A partial agonist with 5HT2A antagonism.
What is the mechanism of action of aripiprazole? - Correct Answers - D2 partial agonist
and 5HT1A partial agonist with 5HT2A antagonism.
What is the mechanism of haloperidol? - Correct Answers - Potent D2 receptor
antagonism.
What is the mechanism of risperidone? - Correct Answers - D2 and 5HT2A antagonism.
What is the metabolic risk profile of lurasidone? - Correct Answers - Relatively low weight
gain and metabolic risk.
What is the unique pearl for aripiprazole? - Correct Answers - D2 partial agonist that may
lower prolactin and commonly cause akathisia.
What is the unique pearl for aripiprazole? - Correct Answers - D2 partial agonist similar to
aripiprazole but generally causes less akathisia.
NURS 660 Exam 1 LATEST UPDATE 2026/2027 200
QUESTIONS AND EXPLAINED ANSWERS |A+GRADE.
What is haloperidol (Haldol) FDA approved for? - Correct Answers - Schizophrenia, acute
psychosis, acute agitation, and Tourette syndrome.
What is lumateperone (Caplyta) FDA approved for? - Correct Answers - Schizophrenia and
bipolar depression.
What is lurasidone (Latuda) FDA approved for? - Correct Answers - Schizophrenia and
bipolar depression.
What is olanzapine (Zyprexa) FDA approved for? - Correct Answers - Schizophrenia, bipolar
disorder, and treatment-resistant depression (in combination with fluoxetine).
What is paliperidone (Invega) FDA approved for? - Correct Answers - Schizophrenia and
schizoaffective disorder.
What is paliperidone? - Correct Answers - The active metabolite of risperidone.
What is perphenazine (Trilafon) FDA approved for? - Correct Answers - Schizophrenia and
severe nausea/vomiting.
What is quetiapine (Seroquel) FDA approved for? - Correct Answers - Schizophrenia,
bipolar disorder, and adjunctive treatment of MDD.
What is Risperidone (Risperdal) FDA approved for? - Correct Answers - Schizophrenia,
bipolar mania, and irritability associated with autism.
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What is the brand name for aripiprazole? - Correct An swers - Abilify.
What is the brand name for aripiprazole? - Correct Answers - Rexulti.
What is the brand name for chlorpromazine? - Correct Answers - Thorazine.
What is the brand name for clozapine? - Correct Answers - Clozaril.
What is the brand name for Deu tetrabenazine? - Correct Answers - Austedo.
What is the brand name for haloperidol? -Correct Answers - Haldol.
What is the brand name for lumateperone? - Correct Answers - Caplyta.
What is the brand name for lurasidone? - Correct Answers - Latuda.
What is the brand name for olanzapine? - Correct Answers - Zyprexa.
What is the brand name for paliperidone? - Correct Answers - Invega.
What is the brand name for perphenazine? - Correct Answers - Trilafon.
What is the brand name for quetiapine? - Correct Answers - Seroquel.
What is the brand name for risperidone? - Correct Answers - Risperdal.
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What is the brand name for xanomeline/tropism? - Correct Answers - Cobenfy.
What is the EPS risk with quetiapine? - Correct Answers - Low.
What is the major indication for clozapine? - Correct Answers - Treatment-resistant
schizophrenia.
What is the mechanism of action of aripiprazole? - Correct Answers - D2 partial agonist
and 5HT1A partial agonist with 5HT2A antagonism.
What is the mechanism of action of aripiprazole? - Correct Answers - D2 partial agonist
and 5HT1A partial agonist with 5HT2A antagonism.
What is the mechanism of haloperidol? - Correct Answers - Potent D2 receptor
antagonism.
What is the mechanism of risperidone? - Correct Answers - D2 and 5HT2A antagonism.
What is the metabolic risk profile of lurasidone? - Correct Answers - Relatively low weight
gain and metabolic risk.
What is the unique pearl for aripiprazole? - Correct Answers - D2 partial agonist that may
lower prolactin and commonly cause akathisia.
What is the unique pearl for aripiprazole? - Correct Answers - D2 partial agonist similar to
aripiprazole but generally causes less akathisia.
