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NUR546 EXAM LATEST 2025| PSYCHOPHARM MID -TERM
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Which lobe of the brain is in charge of handling memory and anxiety?
- Frontal lobe
- Anxiety center
- Temporal lobe
- Central sulcus - Correct Answer - C. Temporal lobe
Damage to the anterior portion of which lobe can cause astrogenesis?
- Frontal
- Temporal
- Parietal
- Occipital - Correct Answer - C. Parietal
What part of a neuron receives the signal?
- Axon
- Axon Terminal
- Dendrites
- Soma - Correct Answer - C. Dendrites
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pg. 2 Which of the following separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe?
- The grey matter
- The central sulcus
- The Hippocampus
- The Broca's area - Correct Answer - B. The central sulcus
What lobe of the brain is responsible for higher-level executive functions such as expressive language and voluntary movement?
- Occipital lobe
- Parietal lobe
- Frontal lobe
- Temporal lobe - Correct Answer - C. Frontal lobe
Which area of the brain is regulating long term memory?
- Hippocampus
- Parietal lobe
- Temporal lobe
- Occipital lobe - Correct Answer - A. Hippocampus
Which area of the brain is associated anxiety and perception of odors?
- Amygdala
- Basal ganglia
- Prefrontal cortex
- Wernicke's area - Correct Answer - A. Amygdala
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pg. 3 The limbic system is associated with which of the following?
- Executive function
- Emotion and learning
- Intelligence and movement
- Expressive speech - Correct Answer - B. Emotion and learning
Which channel membrane protein is specifically important in the process of neurotransmitter release?
- voltage-sensitive sodium channels.
- voltage-dependent (gated) calcium channels.
- neurotransmitter receptor potassium channels.
- voltage-dependent (gated) chloride channels. - Correct Answer - B.
voltage-dependent (gated) calcium channels.
A 76-year-old patient who is determined to be a poor 2D6 metabolizer is being prescribed vortioxetine for his depression. What does the PMHNP need to remember when prescribing this drug?
- The dosage of the drug will need to be increased
- The dosage needs to begin at half then increase over a 2-week period
- The dosage should not exceed ½ of the usual recommended dose
- An adjunct medication will need to be prescribed until the dosage can be
reduced - Correct Answer - C. The dosage should not exceed ½ of the usual recommended dose
Which of the following mechanisms would you associate with an antagonist drug action?
- A drug that binds postsynaptic receptors and mimics the effect of the
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- A drug that binds and blocks normal auto receptor function.
- A drug that increases the enzymatic synthesis of neurotransmitters.
- A drug that binds postsynaptic receptors and blocks the normal action of
the neurotransmitter. - Correct Answer - D.
A court order inpatient hospitalization was ordered for a patient who is considered a danger to themselves and other. Which ethical issue is being addressed?
- Informed consent
- Off labeling prescription
- Compliance
- Restrictive methods - Correct Answer - C. Compliance
What is the expected outcome for a patient who is considered an "intermediate metabolizer"?
- No need for medication dosage readjustments
- Increased risk for drug-to-drug reactions
- Provider increasing drug dosages
- Subtherapeutic drug levels - Correct Answer – B.
Which of the following is true regarding epigenetic changes?
- Epigenetic changes are reversible.
- Epigenetic changes, changes the DNA and how the body reacts to the
- Epigenetic changes are not linked to mental health conditions.
- When combined with genetic risks, epigenetic changes decreased the
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DNA sequence.
risk for a psychiatric disease. - Correct Answer - A.