NRNP 6675-12 Walden Fall Midterm Exam October 2024

6675-12 multiple choice questions with answers

Question 11 pts

Which of the following are risk factors for neuroleptic malignant syndrome? Select all that apply.

Group of answer choices

Age

Rapid dose escalation

Parental route of administration

Higher potency typical antipsychotics

Question 21 pts

Which of the following is consistent with the epidemiology of schizophrenia in the United States?

Group of answer choices

The lifetime prevalence of schizophrenia is about 50 percent.

Schizophrenia is more prevalent in children than in adolescents.

Peak age of onset in men is 10 to 25 years of age.

Onset of schizophrenia before the age of 25 is extremely rare.

Question 31 pts

A disorder characterized by acquiring and not discarding things that are deemed to be of little or no value, resulting in excessive clutter of living spaces is

Group of answer choices

Specific Phobia

Trichotillomania

Hoarding Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Question 41 pts

Which of the following is not a common physical effect of cannabis?

Group of answer choices

Mild tachycardia

Mild bradycardia

Orthostatic hypotension

Dilation of the conjunctival blood vessels

Question 51 pts

A patient presents with delusions, disorganized thoughts, and speech, with poor self-care, all of which have persisted for the past 7 months. The APRN realizes this presentation is consistent with which of the following diagnoses?

Group of answer choices

Schizophrenia

Schizophreniform disorder

Brief psychotic disorder

Delusional disorder

Question 61 pts

A condition in which an enzymatic defect in the production of adrenal cortisol, beginning prenatally, leads to overproduction of adrenal androgens and, when the chromosomes are XX, virilization of the female fetus, is known as which of the following?

Group of answer choices

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Androgen insensitivity syndrome

Turner’s syndrome

5-α-reductase deficiency

Question 71 pts

Which of the following are consistent with current data related to the prevalence of drinking alcohol?

Group of answer choices

Men and women with higher education and income are less likely to drink alcohol.

Men and women with higher education and income are more likely to drink alcohol.

Men and women with lower education and higher income are more likely to drink alcohol.

Education and income are not a factor in prevalence of drinking alcohol.

Question 81 pts

Researchers have identified particular neurotransmitters or neurotransmitter receptors involved with most substances of abuse except for which of the following?

Group of answer choices

Alcohol

Opioids

Amphetamines

Cocaine

Question 91 pts

Which of the following neurotransmitters increases libido?

Group of answer choices

GABA

Serotonin

Oxytocin

Dopamine

Question 101 pts

Which of the following antipsychotic medications has been shown to shorten QTc?

Group of answer choices

Aripiprazole

Risperidone

Quetiapine

Haloperidol

Question 111 pts

Which of the following neurological symptoms are consistent with inhalant use?

Group of answer choices

Sensory illusions, distortions of body size

Fearfulness, auditory and visual hallucinations

Irritability, emotional lability, euphoria

Slurred speech, decreased rate of speech, ataxia

Question 121 pts

The phenomenon in which, after repeated administration, a given dose of drug produces a decreased effect is known as which of the following?

Group of answer choices

Tolerance

Cross-tolerance

Addiction

Intoxication

Question 131 pts

Neurochemical or neurophysiologic changes in the body that result from the repeated administration of a drug is known as which of the following?

Group of answer choices

Cross-tolerance

Neurotransformation

Neuroadaptation

Neurocognitive adjustment

Question 141 pts

When a manic or depressive syndrome develops concurrently with the major symptoms of schizophrenia, the appropriate diagnosis would be which of the following?

Group of answer choices

Bipolar schizophrenia

Mood disorder with psychosis

Schizoaffective disorder

Bipolar disorder with psychosis

Question 151 pts

Preoccupation with an imagined defect in appearance that causes clinically significant distress or impairment in important areas of functioning is consistent with which of the following disorders?

Group of answer choices

Anorexia

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Dissociative Disorder