HOSA PHARMACOLOGY EXAM 2025-2026 200
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS | GRADED A+
Which of the following is an enteral method of administering drugs?
A. Rectal
B. Intranasal
C. Topical
D. Tracheal
A. Rectal
How are the solid forms of drugs most frequently administered?
A. Parenteral
B. Intravenous
C. Enteral
D. Inhalation
C. Enteral
Which of the following methods of medication administration is described as
readily available, painless, and noninvasive but has limited value in an emergent
situation because of slow or erratic absorption?
A. Sublingual
B. Oral
,C. Topical
D. Rectal
B. Oral
What method of medication administration is best described as painless and has a
rapid onset of action but requires a responsive, cooperative patient with an intact
gag reflex?
A. Topical
B. Oral
C. IV
D. Buccal
D. Buccal
Which of the following methods of medication administration is easily accessible
during an active seizure if an IV is unobtainable?
A. IO
B. SL
C. Rectal
D. Tracheal
C. Rectal
Which of the following medication administration methods has an immediate onset
and is easily accessible, but is painful and time-consuming and has a significant
potential for causing adverse reactions?
,A. IM
B. SL
C. Rectal
D. IV
D. IV
Which method of medication administration provides the client with the greatest
first-pass effect?
A) Oral.
B) Sublingual.
C) Intravenous.
D) Subcutaneous
A) Oral
An older client with a decreased percentage of lean body mass is likely to receive a
prescription that is adjusted based on which pharmacokinetic process?
A) Absorption
B) Metabolism
C) Elimination
D) Distribution
D) Distribution
Which of the following is a parenteral method of administering a drug?
, A) Topical
B) Oral
C) Sublingual
D) Rectal
A) Topical
Valium is an example of which type of drug name?
A. Generic name
B. Chemical name
C. Official name
D. Trade name
D. Trade name
Which of the following best describes the absorption of topical nitroglycerin in a
patient with poor peripheral circulation?
A. Absorption is enhanced, and the results may be stronger than expected.
B. Absorption decreases, and the results may be stronger than expected.
C. Absorption is unchanged, and the results can be typical.
D. Absorption decreases, and the results may be less than desired.
D. Absorption decreases, and the results may be less than desired.
Which of the following terms is best defined as the passive transport of solutes?
A. Absorption
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS | GRADED A+
Which of the following is an enteral method of administering drugs?
A. Rectal
B. Intranasal
C. Topical
D. Tracheal
A. Rectal
How are the solid forms of drugs most frequently administered?
A. Parenteral
B. Intravenous
C. Enteral
D. Inhalation
C. Enteral
Which of the following methods of medication administration is described as
readily available, painless, and noninvasive but has limited value in an emergent
situation because of slow or erratic absorption?
A. Sublingual
B. Oral
,C. Topical
D. Rectal
B. Oral
What method of medication administration is best described as painless and has a
rapid onset of action but requires a responsive, cooperative patient with an intact
gag reflex?
A. Topical
B. Oral
C. IV
D. Buccal
D. Buccal
Which of the following methods of medication administration is easily accessible
during an active seizure if an IV is unobtainable?
A. IO
B. SL
C. Rectal
D. Tracheal
C. Rectal
Which of the following medication administration methods has an immediate onset
and is easily accessible, but is painful and time-consuming and has a significant
potential for causing adverse reactions?
,A. IM
B. SL
C. Rectal
D. IV
D. IV
Which method of medication administration provides the client with the greatest
first-pass effect?
A) Oral.
B) Sublingual.
C) Intravenous.
D) Subcutaneous
A) Oral
An older client with a decreased percentage of lean body mass is likely to receive a
prescription that is adjusted based on which pharmacokinetic process?
A) Absorption
B) Metabolism
C) Elimination
D) Distribution
D) Distribution
Which of the following is a parenteral method of administering a drug?
, A) Topical
B) Oral
C) Sublingual
D) Rectal
A) Topical
Valium is an example of which type of drug name?
A. Generic name
B. Chemical name
C. Official name
D. Trade name
D. Trade name
Which of the following best describes the absorption of topical nitroglycerin in a
patient with poor peripheral circulation?
A. Absorption is enhanced, and the results may be stronger than expected.
B. Absorption decreases, and the results may be stronger than expected.
C. Absorption is unchanged, and the results can be typical.
D. Absorption decreases, and the results may be less than desired.
D. Absorption decreases, and the results may be less than desired.
Which of the following terms is best defined as the passive transport of solutes?
A. Absorption
