WGU PHARMACOLOGY PRE-ASSESSMENT UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. An NSAID medication damages kidney function.
Which type of effect is this?
Answer:
Adverse
Question:
2. Which drug effect would shock be classified as?
Answer:
Adverse effect
Question:
3. In how many ways can a drug be administered in the absorption phase of the drug cycle?
Answer:
3
Question:
4. Which administration method is the fastest way to get medication into the blood supply?
Answer:
Intravenous
Question:
5. Which type is administered in its inactive form but becomes active through metabolism
Answer:
Prodrug
Question:
6. What is the second drug cycle phase insulin will go through when administered?
Answer:
Distribution
Question:
7. Which drug cycle phase describe the process by which bodies break down medication into usable
components and waste products?
Answer:
Metabolism
Question:
8. Which term describes the way a medication enters the bloodstream?
Answer:
Distribution
, Question:
9. Which part of the drug cycle is also referred to as biotransformation?
Answer:
Metabolism
Question:
10. Which drug cycle occurs when a drug is injected and moves through the circulatory system?
Answer:
Distribution
Question:
11. An on-duty nurse administered a patient's medication. Once completed, the nurse updated this
information in the patient's medical record. Which right of drug administration did the nurse perform?
Answer:
Right Documentation
Question:
12. A patient record indicates that medication should be taken before dinner.
Which right of drug administration applies?
Answer:
Right Time
Question:
13. Before administering the dialysis treatment, the technician realizes that the needle was inserted too
deep.
Which right to a drug administration was violated?
Answer:
Right Technique
Question:
14. Which drug type reduces fever, pain, and swelling that is caused by inflammation?
Answer:
Non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Question:
15. Restored heart rhythm during cardiac arrest
Answer:
Sympathetic
Question:
16. Increased blood flow to skeletal muscles
Answer:
Sympathetic
Question:
17. Decreased heart rate
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. An NSAID medication damages kidney function.
Which type of effect is this?
Answer:
Adverse
Question:
2. Which drug effect would shock be classified as?
Answer:
Adverse effect
Question:
3. In how many ways can a drug be administered in the absorption phase of the drug cycle?
Answer:
3
Question:
4. Which administration method is the fastest way to get medication into the blood supply?
Answer:
Intravenous
Question:
5. Which type is administered in its inactive form but becomes active through metabolism
Answer:
Prodrug
Question:
6. What is the second drug cycle phase insulin will go through when administered?
Answer:
Distribution
Question:
7. Which drug cycle phase describe the process by which bodies break down medication into usable
components and waste products?
Answer:
Metabolism
Question:
8. Which term describes the way a medication enters the bloodstream?
Answer:
Distribution
, Question:
9. Which part of the drug cycle is also referred to as biotransformation?
Answer:
Metabolism
Question:
10. Which drug cycle occurs when a drug is injected and moves through the circulatory system?
Answer:
Distribution
Question:
11. An on-duty nurse administered a patient's medication. Once completed, the nurse updated this
information in the patient's medical record. Which right of drug administration did the nurse perform?
Answer:
Right Documentation
Question:
12. A patient record indicates that medication should be taken before dinner.
Which right of drug administration applies?
Answer:
Right Time
Question:
13. Before administering the dialysis treatment, the technician realizes that the needle was inserted too
deep.
Which right to a drug administration was violated?
Answer:
Right Technique
Question:
14. Which drug type reduces fever, pain, and swelling that is caused by inflammation?
Answer:
Non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Question:
15. Restored heart rhythm during cardiac arrest
Answer:
Sympathetic
Question:
16. Increased blood flow to skeletal muscles
Answer:
Sympathetic
Question:
17. Decreased heart rate
