DRUG TYPES, REGULATIONS, AND SAFE
USE FINAL EXAM PREPARATION 2026
ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
●● What is pharmacotherapy? Answer: The use of drugs to prevent,
diagnose, or treat signs, symptoms, and disease processes.
●● What are medications? Answer: Drugs given for therapeutic
purposes.
●● What are the two types of effects medications can have? Answer:
Local effects (act mainly at the site of application) and systemic effects
(circulated via the bloodstream).
●● What are the sources of drugs? Answer: Plants, animals, minerals,
and synthetic compounds.
●● How are drugs classified? Answer: According to effects on particular
body systems, therapeutic uses, and chemical characteristics.
●● What are prototypes in pharmacology? Answer: Individual drugs that
represent groups of drugs, often the first drug of a particular group to be
developed.
USE FINAL EXAM PREPARATION 2026
ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
●● What is pharmacotherapy? Answer: The use of drugs to prevent,
diagnose, or treat signs, symptoms, and disease processes.
●● What are medications? Answer: Drugs given for therapeutic
purposes.
●● What are the two types of effects medications can have? Answer:
Local effects (act mainly at the site of application) and systemic effects
(circulated via the bloodstream).
●● What are the sources of drugs? Answer: Plants, animals, minerals,
and synthetic compounds.
●● How are drugs classified? Answer: According to effects on particular
body systems, therapeutic uses, and chemical characteristics.
●● What are prototypes in pharmacology? Answer: Individual drugs that
represent groups of drugs, often the first drug of a particular group to be
developed.