Unit 3 Test

Question 1

What substance is easiest to get addicted to?

Answer 1

Nicotine

Question 2

What is the method of action of Methadone

Answer 2

Opioid Agonist, used to treat chronic pain

Question 3

What is the method of action of Benzodiazepine and what is it used for?

Answer 3

Helps with alcohol withdrawals.

Question 4

What is Naloxone used for?

Answer 4

After opioid overdoses.

Question 5

What is the method of action of Buprenorphine

Answer 5

Opioid receptor partial agonist

Question 6

What makes a substance considered to be addictive?

Answer 6

Tolerance or Withdrawals

Question 7

What age group has the highest substance abuse disorder prevalence?

Answer 7

18-25 years

Question 8

How many deaths a year does Tobacco account for?

Answer 8

480,000

Question 9

Does addiction increase or decrease dopamine transmission?

Answer 9

Increase

Question 10

What is Korsakoff syndrome

Answer 10

Alcohol induced persistent major neurocognitive disorder. Suffers have difficulty remembering events, confabulation

Question 11

What percent of chronic alcoholics does Korsakoff syndrome affect?

Answer 11

1%

Question 12

What enzyme metabolizes alcohol?

Answer 12

Aldehyde dehydrogenase

Question 13

What is Fragile X syndrome?

Answer 13

Intellectual disability and hyperactivity that comes from a fragile site on the x-chromosome.

Question 14

What chromosomes do those with Turner’s syndrome have?

Answer 14

XO, They are genetically female

Question 15

What chromosomes do those with Klinefelter’s syndrome have? Are they genetically male or female?

Answer 15

XXY, Genetically male, more phenotypically female.

Question 16

What is Trisomy 21?

Answer 16

3 of Chromsome 21, linked to Alzheimers

Question 17

What percent of individuals on the autism spectrum demonstrate savantism

Answer 17

10%

Question 18

What characterizes autism spectrum disorder?

Answer 18

Repetitive, restrictive behaviors, deficits in social communication and interactions.

Question 19

What characterizes Tourette’s syndrome?

Answer 19

Multiple motor and vocal tics that have persisted for at least one year.

Question 20

What qualifies someone as having an intellectual disability?

Answer 20

Evidence that intellectual abilities are significantly below average and important adaptive/functiona skills are impaired. IQ below 65-75, two standard deviations below mean (Mean 100, standard deviation 15).

Question 21

What is the difference between anorexia and bulimia

Answer 21

Anorexia has an intense fear of gaining weight and emphasizes control. Restriction of energy intake
Bulimia: recurrent binges with a lack of control.

Question 22

What distinguishes binge eating disorder from bulimia?

Answer 22

Binge eating disorder doesn’t have the associated purging or other compensatory behaviors

Question 23

What is Pica?

Answer 23

Eating of non-food substances (usually associated with intellectual disabilities)

Question 24

What is normal BMI

Answer 24

18.5 to 25

Question 25

What is hypersomnolence disorder?

Answer 25

Excessive sleepiness despite getting at least 7 hours of sleep

Question 26

What characterizes narcolepsy

Answer 26

Short REM latency, Recurrent irrepresible need to sleep, Cataplexy, and Hypnogogic hallucinations

Question 27

What is a common treatment for cataplexy?

Answer 27

Antidepressants

Question 28

What neurotransmitter deficit is associated with narcoplexy?

Answer 28

Hypocretins

Question 29

What is the difference between obstructive and central sleep apnea?

Answer 29

Central sleep apnea includes pauses without an obstruction

Question 30

What is the answer to question 14

Answer 30

B

Question 31

What are some common prion diseases?

Answer 31

Fatal Familial Insomnia, Cruztfelt-Jakob's disease, Kuru, Mad Cow disease

Question 32

At what stage of sleep do night terrors occur?

Answer 32

They occur in stages 3/4 of sleep

Question 33

What is Broca's Aphasia?

Answer 33

Issues with speech production

Question 34

What is Wernicke's Aphasia

Answer 34

Issues with speech comprehension

Question 35

What is agnosia?

Answer 35

Failure to recognize familiar objects or people

Question 36

What is apraxia?

Answer 36

Impaired ability to execute motor activities, even though motor function is intact

Question 37

What is the most common form of dementia?

Answer 37

Alzheimers

Question 38

What 3 things characterize the neurobiology of Alzheimer's disease

Answer 38

Neurofibrillary tangles (Hyper-phosphorylated tau proteins), Beta-amyloid plaques, and brain atrophy

Question 39

Is Alzheimer's more common in women or men?

Answer 39

Women

Question 40

What is Pick's disease?

Answer 40

A type of frontotemporal Neurocognitive disorder

Question 41

What are common cholesterinase inhibitors?

Answer 41

Donepezil, Rivastigmine, Galantamine

Question 42

What characterizes anterograde amnesia?

Answer 42

Memory impairments that affect the ability to learn and recall new information

Question 43

What characterizes retrograde amnesia?

Answer 43

Memory impairment with the inability to recall previously learned material

Question 44

People with mental illness are ___ times more likely to commit a crime

Answer 44

5x

Question 45

When is it alright to break confidentiality?

Answer 45

When there is possible harm to self, harm to others, or abuse of vulnerable individuals

Question 46

Narcolepsy is associated with a shorter/longer REM latency?

Answer 46

Shorter

Question 47

The sanity is defined as sanity at the time of the ______

Answer 47

Crime.

Question 48

What amino acid is associated with PKU?

Answer 48

If you have PKU, you have to avoid Phenylalanine in your diet

Question 49

What are some side effects of alcohol withdrawal?

Answer 49

Seizures, Headache, Nausea, Tremors, Anxiety