NURS 180/ NURS180: QUIZ 1 EXAM PHARMACOLOGY
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1. Which term describes the study of what a drug
does to the body?
A. Pharmacokinetics
B. Pharmacodynamics
C. Pharmaceutics
D. Pharmacognosy
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Pharmacodynamics focuses on the
physiological and biochemical effects of drugs on
the body and how those effects occur.
,2. Which term describes what the body does to a
drug?
A. Pharmacodynamics
B. Pharmacotherapy
C. Pharmacokinetics
D. Pharmacogenetics
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Pharmacokinetics describes the
movement of a drug through the body, including
absorption, distribution, metabolism, and
excretion.
3. Which four processes make up pharmacokinetics?
A. Absorption, distribution, metabolism, and
excretion
B. Administration, binding, activation, and
elimination
C. Potency, efficacy, tolerance, and toxicity
D. Digestion, filtration, secretion, and storage
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Pharmacokinetics is commonly
,summarized as ADME: absorption, distribution,
metabolism, and excretion.
4. A medication is administered orally and absorbed
from the gastrointestinal tract. Which
pharmacokinetic process is being described?
A. Excretion
B. Distribution
C. Absorption
D. Metabolism
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Absorption is the movement of a drug
from its site of administration into the systemic
circulation.
5. A drug is carried by the bloodstream to tissues
throughout the body. Which pharmacokinetic
process is this?
A. Excretion
B. Distribution
, C. Absorption
D. Metabolism
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Distribution is the movement of a drug
from the bloodstream into body tissues and fluids.
6. The liver converts many drugs into metabolites.
Which pharmacokinetic process is this?
A. Absorption
B. Distribution
C. Excretion
D. Metabolism
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Drug metabolism, also called
biotransformation, occurs primarily in the liver
and converts drugs into metabolites that can be
more readily eliminated.
7. Which organ is the major site of drug excretion
for many medications?
| WEST COAST UNIVERSITY (WGU)
NEW 2026-2027 UPDATE WITH ALL COMPREHENSIVE
REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND A DETAILED
BREAKDOWN OF ALL CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS EXAM PLUS CERTIFIED RATIONALES |
COMPLETE TEST SOLUTION | PASSED & REWARDED
WITH DISTINCTION FOR ORIGINALLY GRADE A+
BRAND NEW!!!
1. Which term describes the study of what a drug
does to the body?
A. Pharmacokinetics
B. Pharmacodynamics
C. Pharmaceutics
D. Pharmacognosy
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Pharmacodynamics focuses on the
physiological and biochemical effects of drugs on
the body and how those effects occur.
,2. Which term describes what the body does to a
drug?
A. Pharmacodynamics
B. Pharmacotherapy
C. Pharmacokinetics
D. Pharmacogenetics
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Pharmacokinetics describes the
movement of a drug through the body, including
absorption, distribution, metabolism, and
excretion.
3. Which four processes make up pharmacokinetics?
A. Absorption, distribution, metabolism, and
excretion
B. Administration, binding, activation, and
elimination
C. Potency, efficacy, tolerance, and toxicity
D. Digestion, filtration, secretion, and storage
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Pharmacokinetics is commonly
,summarized as ADME: absorption, distribution,
metabolism, and excretion.
4. A medication is administered orally and absorbed
from the gastrointestinal tract. Which
pharmacokinetic process is being described?
A. Excretion
B. Distribution
C. Absorption
D. Metabolism
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Absorption is the movement of a drug
from its site of administration into the systemic
circulation.
5. A drug is carried by the bloodstream to tissues
throughout the body. Which pharmacokinetic
process is this?
A. Excretion
B. Distribution
, C. Absorption
D. Metabolism
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Distribution is the movement of a drug
from the bloodstream into body tissues and fluids.
6. The liver converts many drugs into metabolites.
Which pharmacokinetic process is this?
A. Absorption
B. Distribution
C. Excretion
D. Metabolism
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Drug metabolism, also called
biotransformation, occurs primarily in the liver
and converts drugs into metabolites that can be
more readily eliminated.
7. Which organ is the major site of drug excretion
for many medications?
