Exam 1

Question 1

What is the medication classification of selegiline (Eldpryl, Zelapar)?

Answer 1

MAO-B inhibitor

Question 2

Medications in this classification are used to treat chronic inflammatory disease

Answer 2

Corticosteroids

Question 3

Medications in this classification are used to relive pain

Answer 3

analgesics

Question 4

what is the medication classification of safinamide (Xadago)?

Answer 4

MAO-B inhibitor

Question 5

What is the medication classification of donepezil (Aricept)?

Answer 5

Cholinesterase inhibitor

Question 6

What is the medication classification of ropinirole (Requip)?

Answer 6

Dopamine agonist

Question 7

What is the medication classification of rivastigmine (Exelone)?

Answer 7

Cholinesterase inhibitor

Question 8

What is the medication classification of gabapentin (Neurotin)?

Answer 8

Anticonvulsant

Question 9

What is the medication classification of pramipexole (Mirapex)?

Answer 9

Dopamine Agent

Question 10

What can the medical assistant do when a patient is undergoing an LP

Answer 10

All of the above

Question 11

What is included in a neurological examination

Answer 11

All of the above

Question 12

How does the provider assess the patient’s mental status?

Answer 12

All of the above

Question 13

Which type of stroke is treated with antihypertensives and surgical repair of the vessel?

Answer 13

Hemorrhagic stroke

Question 14

Which statement is incorrect regarding generalized onset seizures

Answer 14

Impact only one side of the brain

Question 15

What state is the neuron in which it is resting

Answer 15

Polarization

Question 16

Development of bone around in the middle ear

Answer 16

otosclerosis

Question 17

Hearing loss from damage to the inner ear or auditory nerve is called

Answer 17

sensorineural hearing loss

Question 18

Hearing loss from damage to the middle or outer ear is called

Answer 18

conductive hearing loss

Question 19

Discharge from the external auditory canal is called

Answer 19

otorrhea

Question 20

The medical term for an earache

Answer 20

otalgia

Question 21

What procedure uses a variety of pitches and volumes to check the patient’s hearing

Answer 21

Audiometry

Question 22

Measurement of the movement of the tympanic membrane when air pushes against it is

Answer 22

Tympanometry

Question 23

What is used to check a patient’s peripheral vision

Answer 23

Visual field test

Question 24

What is used to check for color vision deficiency

Answer 24

Ishihara test

Question 25

What structure refracts the light rays so they focus on the retina

Answer 25

Lens

Question 26

Which structures contain receptors for equilibrium

Answer 26

Vestibule and semicircular canals

Question 27

With this type of depression the person experiences episodes of delusion and hallucinations

Answer 27

Psychotic depression

Question 28

This type of depression occurs during the winter months where there is sunlight

Answer 28

Seasonal affective disorder

Question 29

This type of depression occurs after a female has given birth

Answer 29

Postpartum depression

Question 30

The cause of _____ is experiencing a stressful, terrifying event

Answer 30

PTSD

Question 31

Treatments for personality disorders include

Answer 31

All of the above

Question 32

_________ causes disruptions in thought processes, perceptions, emotional responsiveness, and social interactions

Answer 32

Schizophrenia

Question 33

______ causes a person to involuntarily escape from reality.

Answer 33

Dissociative disorder