NR 546 MIDTERM EXAM 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS|AGRADE
Which medication is least associated with weight gain? – ANSWER- aripiprazole
Which dopamine pathway is associated with positive symptoms of schizophrenia?
- ANSWER- mesolimbic pathway
Which pathway is associated with negative symptoms? – ANSWER- The
mesocortical pathway
Is part of the extrapyramidal nervous system and associated with extrapyramidal
symptoms (EPS) – ANSWER- nigrostriatal pathway
This pathway is associated with hyperprolactinemia. – ANSWER- The
tuberoinfundibular pathway
A 34-year old male recently began experiencing breast secretions while receiving
risperidone . Which dopamine pathway is associated with this side effect? –
ANSWER- tuberoinfundibular pathway
A 44-year-old woman is initiated on an atypical antipsychotic for the treatment of
schizophrenia. Regarding affinity, atypical antipsychotics demonstrate which of
the following most often? – ANSWER- Atypical antipsychotics have equal positive
symptom antipsychotic actions and low extrapyramidal symptoms.
is a syndrome that can be associated with several different psychiatric disorders.
Symptoms include hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech, disorganized
behavior, and distortions of reality. This syndrome can affect a person’s cognition,
affective response, communication, capacity to recognize reality, and ability to
relate to others. – ANSWER- psychosis
What Diagnosis require the presence of psychosis? – ANSWER- schizophrenia
substance-induced psychotic disorders
schizophreniform disorder
schizoaffecive disorder
delusional disorder
brief psychotic disorder
psychotic disorder due to a medical condition
What diagnosis has a diagnosis of psychosis as a feature? – ANSWER- mania
depression
cognitive disorders
dementia
What are some positive symptoms? – ANSWER- Hallucinations
Delusions
Thought disorder
Hostility
Excitability
What are some Negative symptoms? – ANSWER- Affective flattening
Alogia
Anhedonia
Amotivation
Asociality
What area of the brain is associated with negative and affective symptoms? –
ANSWER- Mesocortical and ventromedial prefrontal cortex:
What area of the brain is associated with cognitive symptoms? – ANSWERDorsolateral
What area of the brain is associated with aggressive, impulsive symptoms? –
ANSWER- Orbitofrontal and connections to the amygdala
Non-selectively blocks dopamine D2 receptors, specifically in mesolimbic
pathway. Improves Positive Symptoms
Use: Acute & Chronic Schizophrenia & Psychosis – ANSWER- First generation
antipsychotics
are associated with movement, intelligence, abstract thinking, the ability to
organize, personality, behavior, and emotional control. Traumatic brain injuries
can result in personality changes, difficulty controlling emotions, and other
cognitive functions – ANSWER- Frontal Lobes
responsible for proprioception, is the home of the somatic senses. This part of the
brain helps a person to identify spatial relationships, interpret pain and touch in the