Prus, Drugs and the Neuroscience of Behavior: An Introduction to Psychopharmacology
SAGE Publishing, 2017
Chapter 6: Psychostimulants
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1. Why are psychostimulant drugs also referred to as sympathomimetics?
a. They increase the activity of the sympathetic nervous system.
b. They invoke feelings of sympathy.
c. They produce rewarding effects.
d. They increase the activity of mesolimbic dopamine neurons.
Ans: A
Answer Location: Psychostimulants: A Large Variety of Substances
Learning Objective: Psychostimulants: A Large Variety of Substances
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. The term sympathomimetic implies:
a. a drug produces sympathy.
b. that a drug produces mind altering effects.
c. that a drug activates the sympathetic nervous system.
d. that a drug activates mesolimbic dopamine neurons.
Ans: C
Answer Location: Psychostimulants: A Large Variety of Substances
Learning Objective: Psychostimulants: A Large Variety of Substances
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. If a physician needed to increase autonomic nervous system activity, she might administer a:
a. muscle-relaxing drug.
b. psychotomimetic drug.
c. psychoactive drug.
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d. sympathomimetic drug.
Ans: D
Answer Location: Psychostimulants: A Large Variety of Substances
Learning Objective: Psychostimulants: A Large Variety of Substances
Cognitive Domain: Application
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. The first amphetamines were derived from:
a. cocaine.
b. Ephedra sinica.
c. methamphetamine.
d. Catha edulis.
Ans: B
Answer Location: Psychostimulants: A Large Variety of Substances
Learning Objective: Psychostimulants: A Large Variety of Substances
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Given that ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are found in Ephedra sinica, consuming this plant
likely:
a. produce methamphetamine as an active metabolite.
b. will inhibit sympathetic nervous system activity.
c. produces stimulant effects.
d. will produce no effects unless processed into methamphetamine.
Ans: C
Answer Location: Ephedra
Learning Objective: Psychostimulants: A Large Variety of Substances
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Amphetamines represent a class of psychostimulant drugs that:
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a. include cocaine and methylphenidate.
b. worsen symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
c. produce a diverse series of effects, including depressant effects.
d. share a similar chemical structure.
Ans: D
Answer Location: Amphetamines
Learning Objective: Psychostimulants: A Large Variety of Substances
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. The finding that amphetamines share a similar structure suggests that:
a. they all have equal potency.
b. they all derive from Ephedra sinica.
c. they likely produce psychostimulant effects.
d. amphetamines are produced naturally in the environment.
Ans: C
Answer Location: Amphetamines
Learning Objective: Psychostimulants: A Large Variety of Substances
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. If a pharmacologist wanted to develop a drug with closely similar effects as amphetamine, she
would likely:
a. determine which plants produce amphetamine.
b. find a compound that does not cross the blood-brain barrier.
c. develop any type of psychostimulant drug.
d. develop a compound with a chemical structure similar to amphetamine.
Ans: D
Answer Location: Amphetamines
Cognitive Domain: Application
Difficulty Level: Medium
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9. A racemic form of a drug consists of:
a. the freebase form of a drug.
b. a 3 :1 ratio of one isomer compared to another.
c. a drug that is quickly absorbed and distributed due to pharmacokinetic effects.
d. a mixture of both d and l optical isomers.
Ans: D
Answer Location: Amphetamines
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. Methylphenidate is primarily used for the treatment of:
a. attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
b. drug addiction.
c. schizophrenia.
d. obesity.
Ans: A
Answer Location: Methylphenidate
Learning Objective: Psychostimulants: A Large Variety of Substances
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. All of the following are pharmacological treatments for attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder except:
a. methamphetamine.
b. methylphenidate.
c. amphetamine.
d. pseudoephedrine.
Ans: D
Answer Location: Psychostimulants: Herbal Products, Prescription Drugs, and Substances of
Abuse
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Learning Objective: Psychostimulants: A Large Variety of Substances
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. Which psychostimulant drug is derived from that?
a. Cathinone
b. Pseudoephedrine
c. Amphetamine
d. Cocaine
Ans: A
Answer Location: Cathinones
Learning Objective: Psychostimulants: A Large Variety of Substances
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. Recently, users have abused synthetic cathinones in the form of:
a. catha edulis.
b. ephedra.
c. kiddie coke.
d. bath salts.
Ans: D
Answer Location: Cathinones
Learning Objective: Psychostimulants: A Large Variety of Substances
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. All of the following are steps in the production of cocaine except:
a. the salt form of cocaine is typically packaged and shipped because it can be easily smoked.
b. coca leaves are broken down into a coca paste.
c. the base from of cocaine is processed into the salt form in crystal labs.
d. crack cocaine is made by converting the salt form of cocaine in a base form.
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