NSG 552 PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
(2025/2026) QUIZ 1 NEWEST QUESTIONS
AND DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS |
A+ GRADE VERIFIED ANSWERS
The process of becoming desensitized and less
responsive to a particular medication dose overtime
necessitating an increase: Correct Answer Tolerance
A ration describing toxic dose to effective dose: Correct
Answer Therapeutic Index
A chemical that binds to a receptor to produce a biologic
response: Correct Answer Agonist
A chemical that binds to a receptor but does not fully
activate the receptor: Correct Answer Partial Agonist
A chemical that binds to a receptor, blocking it to inhibit a
biologic response: Correct Answer Antagonist
An agent that binds to the same receptor as an agonist but
induces an opposite biological response: Correct Answer
Inverse Agonist
A usually undesired but foreseeable effect that occurs
regardless of dose and often resolves after continued
therapy: Correct Answer Side Effects
,S/S opposite of what it was meant to treat: Correct Answer
Paradoxical Reaction
The four main dopamine pathways: Correct Answer
Mesolimbic, mesocortical, nigrostriatal, tuberoinfundibular
Symptoms of Schizophrenia are divided into BLANK and
BLANK: Correct Answer positive and negative symptoms
True or False: Antipsychotic polypharmacy can increase
the risk of re-hospitalization, diabetes, E.P.S., sedation,
seizures, metabolic effects, mortality, and sudden cardiac
death: Correct Answer True
Alogia, Anhedonia, Avolition and cognitive symptoms:
Correct Answer Negative symptoms
Delusions, hallucinations, hostility, grandiosity: Correct
Answer positive symptoms
Another name for 1st generation antipsychotics: Correct
Answer Typical
Another name for 2nd generation antipsychotics: Correct
Answer Atypical
First line treatment for Schizophrenia: Correct Answer
Atypical
, This class is associated with fewer neurological side
effects and effective for both positive and negative
symptoms: Correct Answer Atypical
This class is effective for only positive symptoms and can
in fact worsen negative symptoms due to decrease DA in
the Mesocortical pathway: Correct Answer Typical
Associated with metabolic side effects: Correct Answer
Atypical
What are the metabolic side effects associated with
Atypical Antipsychotics: Correct Answer Weight gain,
Hyperlipidemia, diabetes, hypertension, cardiac and
respiratory side effects.
Includes medications such as Haloperidol,
Chlorpromazine, Fluphenazine, Perphenazine: Correct
Answer Typical
Medications for acute agitation or psychosis: Correct
Answer Haldol
Includes medications such as Olanzapine, Quetiapine,
Risperidone, Clozapine etc.: Correct Answer Atypical
F.G.A. reduce dopamine transmission by blocking BLANK
receptors. Correct Answer D2
S.G.A. block both BLANK and BLANK receptors. Correct
Answer D2 and 5HT2A
(2025/2026) QUIZ 1 NEWEST QUESTIONS
AND DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS |
A+ GRADE VERIFIED ANSWERS
The process of becoming desensitized and less
responsive to a particular medication dose overtime
necessitating an increase: Correct Answer Tolerance
A ration describing toxic dose to effective dose: Correct
Answer Therapeutic Index
A chemical that binds to a receptor to produce a biologic
response: Correct Answer Agonist
A chemical that binds to a receptor but does not fully
activate the receptor: Correct Answer Partial Agonist
A chemical that binds to a receptor, blocking it to inhibit a
biologic response: Correct Answer Antagonist
An agent that binds to the same receptor as an agonist but
induces an opposite biological response: Correct Answer
Inverse Agonist
A usually undesired but foreseeable effect that occurs
regardless of dose and often resolves after continued
therapy: Correct Answer Side Effects
,S/S opposite of what it was meant to treat: Correct Answer
Paradoxical Reaction
The four main dopamine pathways: Correct Answer
Mesolimbic, mesocortical, nigrostriatal, tuberoinfundibular
Symptoms of Schizophrenia are divided into BLANK and
BLANK: Correct Answer positive and negative symptoms
True or False: Antipsychotic polypharmacy can increase
the risk of re-hospitalization, diabetes, E.P.S., sedation,
seizures, metabolic effects, mortality, and sudden cardiac
death: Correct Answer True
Alogia, Anhedonia, Avolition and cognitive symptoms:
Correct Answer Negative symptoms
Delusions, hallucinations, hostility, grandiosity: Correct
Answer positive symptoms
Another name for 1st generation antipsychotics: Correct
Answer Typical
Another name for 2nd generation antipsychotics: Correct
Answer Atypical
First line treatment for Schizophrenia: Correct Answer
Atypical
, This class is associated with fewer neurological side
effects and effective for both positive and negative
symptoms: Correct Answer Atypical
This class is effective for only positive symptoms and can
in fact worsen negative symptoms due to decrease DA in
the Mesocortical pathway: Correct Answer Typical
Associated with metabolic side effects: Correct Answer
Atypical
What are the metabolic side effects associated with
Atypical Antipsychotics: Correct Answer Weight gain,
Hyperlipidemia, diabetes, hypertension, cardiac and
respiratory side effects.
Includes medications such as Haloperidol,
Chlorpromazine, Fluphenazine, Perphenazine: Correct
Answer Typical
Medications for acute agitation or psychosis: Correct
Answer Haldol
Includes medications such as Olanzapine, Quetiapine,
Risperidone, Clozapine etc.: Correct Answer Atypical
F.G.A. reduce dopamine transmission by blocking BLANK
receptors. Correct Answer D2
S.G.A. block both BLANK and BLANK receptors. Correct
Answer D2 and 5HT2A
