CARN TEST PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Anesthesiologists are most likely to abuse this drug - Answers :Fentanyl
_____________ is a phenomenon whereby perior intermittent (rather than continuous)
exposure to the drug results in an enhanced response to later exposure - Answers
:Sensitization
________________ withdrawal symptoms include increased appetite, decreased heart
rate, insomnia and depressed mood. - Answers :Nicotine
Methadone ____________ withdrawal syndromes may present weeks after birth. -
Answers :neonatal
Clozapine an atypical antipsychotic used in treatment of schizophrenia is a D____
receptor antagonist - Answers :4
_______________ is the medication of choice for the treatment of psychotic symptoms
in a patient wit delirium. - Answers :Haloperidol
The _______ ________ is the part of the brain that has been theorized to be involved in
obsessive compulsive disorder. - Answers :Basal ganglia
Overwhelming natural disaster defined by he DSM-V is a __________ __________
stressor. - Answers :catastrophic psychological
5 Hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5HIAA) is a substance shown to be lower than average in
patients exhibiting __________ behavior. - Answers :suicidal
_________ nerve palsies is most common in alcoholic patients. - Answers :Radial
Out of the following medications: Sertraline, Venlafaxine, Buspiron and Bupropion, the
least effective in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder is what? - Answers
:Bupropion
Since MAOIs inhibit monoamine oxidase, they decrease the breakdown of tyramine
from ingested food, thus increasing the level of tyramine in the body. Excessive
tyramine can elevate blood pressure and cause a hypertensive crisis. Of the following:
Pickled fish, Phenylephrine, Chianti and Midazolam, a Hypertensive crises may occur if
used except with the use of which of the four? - Answers :Midazolam
What percent of patients with untreated major depression commit suicide? - Answers
:15
, Abuse of alcohol is the most common cause of __________ disease of the US. -
Answers :cerebellar
____________ intoxication can cause muscle rigidity, increase deep tendon reflexes,
increase salivation and nystagmus, hypertension and catatonic display. - Answers :PCP
____________ is an illicit drug that is associated with seizures and hypertension. -
Answers :Amphetamine
_____________ use effects GABA neurons, higher incidences in men than in woman
and is the most commonly used illicit substance in the US. - Answers :Marijuana.
Methadone is metabolized in the ________ - Answers :liver
_____________ is a disorder in which patients feel sick with every office visit. - Answers
:Somatization
_________ or Antabuse is an alcohol antagonist drug. - Answers :Disulfiram
_____________ is a sedative drug that can interact with disulfiram. - Answers
: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. - Answers :Parkinson disease
__________ is a medication used to treat alcohol and opioid dependence decrease
dependence by decreasing physiological response to alcohol and opioids. - Answers
:Naltrexone
_____________ is a medications that is a potent full agonist at opioid receptors used in
MAT for opioids. - Answers :Methadone
Schizophrenia is a disease process which is characterized by ___________
vulnerability model. - Answers :stress
Tricyclic antidepressants may cause sedation, flattened ___ waves on EKG and
__________ retention. - Answers :T
Urinary
Inhibitory effect of alcohol are related to decreasing effects of __________. - Answers
:glutamate
Pathophysiology of schizophrenia is due to excess of ___________. - Answers
:dopamine.
Anesthesiologists are most likely to abuse this drug - Answers :Fentanyl
_____________ is a phenomenon whereby perior intermittent (rather than continuous)
exposure to the drug results in an enhanced response to later exposure - Answers
:Sensitization
________________ withdrawal symptoms include increased appetite, decreased heart
rate, insomnia and depressed mood. - Answers :Nicotine
Methadone ____________ withdrawal syndromes may present weeks after birth. -
Answers :neonatal
Clozapine an atypical antipsychotic used in treatment of schizophrenia is a D____
receptor antagonist - Answers :4
_______________ is the medication of choice for the treatment of psychotic symptoms
in a patient wit delirium. - Answers :Haloperidol
The _______ ________ is the part of the brain that has been theorized to be involved in
obsessive compulsive disorder. - Answers :Basal ganglia
Overwhelming natural disaster defined by he DSM-V is a __________ __________
stressor. - Answers :catastrophic psychological
5 Hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5HIAA) is a substance shown to be lower than average in
patients exhibiting __________ behavior. - Answers :suicidal
_________ nerve palsies is most common in alcoholic patients. - Answers :Radial
Out of the following medications: Sertraline, Venlafaxine, Buspiron and Bupropion, the
least effective in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder is what? - Answers
:Bupropion
Since MAOIs inhibit monoamine oxidase, they decrease the breakdown of tyramine
from ingested food, thus increasing the level of tyramine in the body. Excessive
tyramine can elevate blood pressure and cause a hypertensive crisis. Of the following:
Pickled fish, Phenylephrine, Chianti and Midazolam, a Hypertensive crises may occur if
used except with the use of which of the four? - Answers :Midazolam
What percent of patients with untreated major depression commit suicide? - Answers
:15
, Abuse of alcohol is the most common cause of __________ disease of the US. -
Answers :cerebellar
____________ intoxication can cause muscle rigidity, increase deep tendon reflexes,
increase salivation and nystagmus, hypertension and catatonic display. - Answers :PCP
____________ is an illicit drug that is associated with seizures and hypertension. -
Answers :Amphetamine
_____________ use effects GABA neurons, higher incidences in men than in woman
and is the most commonly used illicit substance in the US. - Answers :Marijuana.
Methadone is metabolized in the ________ - Answers :liver
_____________ is a disorder in which patients feel sick with every office visit. - Answers
:Somatization
_________ or Antabuse is an alcohol antagonist drug. - Answers :Disulfiram
_____________ is a sedative drug that can interact with disulfiram. - Answers
: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. - Answers :Parkinson disease
__________ is a medication used to treat alcohol and opioid dependence decrease
dependence by decreasing physiological response to alcohol and opioids. - Answers
:Naltrexone
_____________ is a medications that is a potent full agonist at opioid receptors used in
MAT for opioids. - Answers :Methadone
Schizophrenia is a disease process which is characterized by ___________
vulnerability model. - Answers :stress
Tricyclic antidepressants may cause sedation, flattened ___ waves on EKG and
__________ retention. - Answers :T
Urinary
Inhibitory effect of alcohol are related to decreasing effects of __________. - Answers
:glutamate
Pathophysiology of schizophrenia is due to excess of ___________. - Answers
:dopamine.
