CRNI: Chemotherapy Practice Test Quiz Exam with Actual
Questions & Answers 2023/2024
Most common types of cancer for men correct answers Lung, prostate, colon
Most common types of cancer for women correct answers Lung, breast, colon
Goals of chemotherapy correct answers cure, control, palliative
vesicant correct answers substance that can cause tissue necrosis and damage
Extravasation correct answers escape of vesicant fluid from a blood vessel into surrounding tissue that
can lead to tissue necrosis and sloughing
irritant correct answers a substance that causes inflammation or discomfort but no necrosis
adjuvant therapy correct answers Agent administered in conjunction with another treatment
combination therapy correct answers The administration of two or more chemo medications
simultaneously to achieve better outcomes, use less of each chemo agent to achieve desired results,
reduce side effects, reduce resistance to agents
Combination chemotherapy protocols: CHOP correct answers For non-hodgkins lymphoma;
Cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, & prednisone
Combination chemotherapy protocols: FAM correct answers For pancreatic ca; fluorouracil, doxorubicin,
& mitomycin
Combination chemotherapy protocol: MOPP correct answers For lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease.
Mechlorethanine, vincristine, procarbazine, & prednisone.
Combination chemotherapy protocol: VAD correct answers For multiple myeloma. vincristine,
doxorubicin, & dexamethasone.
Vinca Plant Alkaloids (M-phase cell cycle specific) correct answers Vincristine, vinblastine, etoposide,
teniposide
Antimetabolites (s-phase cell cycle specific) correct answers 5-Fu, methotrexate
Nitrosoureas correct answers Only agent that will cross the blood brain barrier
Methotrexate side effects correct answers Stomatitis, nephrotoxicity, ulcers in mouth
Use of leucovorin 12-24 hours after this drug as antidote to bone marrow toxicity, to 'rescue' bone
marrow correct answers Methotrexate
Questions & Answers 2023/2024
Most common types of cancer for men correct answers Lung, prostate, colon
Most common types of cancer for women correct answers Lung, breast, colon
Goals of chemotherapy correct answers cure, control, palliative
vesicant correct answers substance that can cause tissue necrosis and damage
Extravasation correct answers escape of vesicant fluid from a blood vessel into surrounding tissue that
can lead to tissue necrosis and sloughing
irritant correct answers a substance that causes inflammation or discomfort but no necrosis
adjuvant therapy correct answers Agent administered in conjunction with another treatment
combination therapy correct answers The administration of two or more chemo medications
simultaneously to achieve better outcomes, use less of each chemo agent to achieve desired results,
reduce side effects, reduce resistance to agents
Combination chemotherapy protocols: CHOP correct answers For non-hodgkins lymphoma;
Cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, & prednisone
Combination chemotherapy protocols: FAM correct answers For pancreatic ca; fluorouracil, doxorubicin,
& mitomycin
Combination chemotherapy protocol: MOPP correct answers For lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease.
Mechlorethanine, vincristine, procarbazine, & prednisone.
Combination chemotherapy protocol: VAD correct answers For multiple myeloma. vincristine,
doxorubicin, & dexamethasone.
Vinca Plant Alkaloids (M-phase cell cycle specific) correct answers Vincristine, vinblastine, etoposide,
teniposide
Antimetabolites (s-phase cell cycle specific) correct answers 5-Fu, methotrexate
Nitrosoureas correct answers Only agent that will cross the blood brain barrier
Methotrexate side effects correct answers Stomatitis, nephrotoxicity, ulcers in mouth
Use of leucovorin 12-24 hours after this drug as antidote to bone marrow toxicity, to 'rescue' bone
marrow correct answers Methotrexate
