BASIC AND CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY 15 BY
KATZUNG CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAMS
2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS WITH FULL
SOLUTION
◉ Drug.
Answer: any chemical agent that when taken into a living organism
may modify one or more of its functions
◉ Toxicology.
Answer: study of poisonous substances and their effects upon body
parts
◉ Pharmacokinetics.
Answer: where drugs go, how long they stay, what chemical changes
occur, how they are removed; effect of body on a drug
◉ Absorption.
Answer: the movement of a drug from the site of administration to
bloodstream; intake of a drug into the system
◉ Distribution.
, Answer: the transfer of a drug from one location to another within
the body; where the drug goes following absorption
◉ Elimination.
Answer: the removal of materials from the body; removal of a drug
◉ Pharmacodynamics.
Answer: what the drug does to the body; mechanism of action
◉ systemic effects.
Answer: generalized distribution of the chemical throughout the
body by the bloodstream to internal organs
◉ Effect.
Answer: the change in the organism caused by the chemical
◉ Law of Mass Action.
Answer: the rate of a chemical reaction is proportional to the
product of the activities or concentrations of the reactants
◉ Response.
Answer: is a function of the drug-receptor complex
KATZUNG CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAMS
2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS WITH FULL
SOLUTION
◉ Drug.
Answer: any chemical agent that when taken into a living organism
may modify one or more of its functions
◉ Toxicology.
Answer: study of poisonous substances and their effects upon body
parts
◉ Pharmacokinetics.
Answer: where drugs go, how long they stay, what chemical changes
occur, how they are removed; effect of body on a drug
◉ Absorption.
Answer: the movement of a drug from the site of administration to
bloodstream; intake of a drug into the system
◉ Distribution.
, Answer: the transfer of a drug from one location to another within
the body; where the drug goes following absorption
◉ Elimination.
Answer: the removal of materials from the body; removal of a drug
◉ Pharmacodynamics.
Answer: what the drug does to the body; mechanism of action
◉ systemic effects.
Answer: generalized distribution of the chemical throughout the
body by the bloodstream to internal organs
◉ Effect.
Answer: the change in the organism caused by the chemical
◉ Law of Mass Action.
Answer: the rate of a chemical reaction is proportional to the
product of the activities or concentrations of the reactants
◉ Response.
Answer: is a function of the drug-receptor complex
