ICHS Pharm Test 1 | UPDATED Questions with 100% Verified
Answers
Q1: Which body system triggers an allergic reaction to a medication
A: Immune
Q2: Which term is an alternate for biotransformation of a drug
A: Metabolism
Q3: Which term is attributed to a condition in which drugs are increasingly ineffective
A: Tolerance
Q4: Which animal is the other main source of natural insulin besides human?
A: Pig
Q5: Which percentage would be the bioavailability of atropine administration intravenously to a patient with
cardiac dysrhythmia?
A: 100%
Q6: Which route of administration will cause a drug to be altered by the first pass effect?
A: Oral
Q7: Drug half life is defined as the amount of time required for 50% of a drug to do which response?
A: Be eliminated by the body
Q8: A nurse is educating a patient who is prescribed warfarin to avoid taking aspirin and explains that taking
both drugs together may cause excessive bleeding. Which phenomenon is the nurse teaching about?
A: Additive
Q9: Which route of drug administration decreases the likelihood of systemic drug effects?
A: Topical
,Q10: Which type of pharmacotherapeutics is needed to sustain life and treat disease?
A: Acute
Q11: Pharmacokinetics involves the study of which factor?
A: Distribution rates among various body compartments.
Q12: Which type of therapy has been prescribed when a patient is prescribed an oral antidiabetic drug?
A: Maintenance
Q13: Which phenomenon is characteristic of highly protein bound drugs?
A: The risk of drug-drug interactions is increased.
Q14: Which enhanced therapeutic effects describes combination therapy of HCTZ and lisinopril?
A: Synergistic
Q15: Which condition interferes with the optimum therapeutic effect of a drug given by the oral route?
A: Resection of the small intestine
Q16: Which route of administration would be ideal for a patient with acute angina like chest pain who is to
receive nitroglycerin?
A: Sublingual
Q17: Drugs exert their actions on the body by performing which action?
A: Interacting with receptors Altering metabolic chemical process Inhibiting the action of a specific enzyme
Q18: A patient diagnosed with thyroid cancer undergoes a thyroidectomy and is prescribed 75mcg of
levothyroxine sodium. Which type of therapy has the patient been prescribed?
A: Supplemental
, Q19: Which types of cells are destroyed as a result of an idiosyncratic reaction in a patient with glucose-
6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency with certain medications?
A: Red Blood Cells
Q20: If a drug has a high first pass effect, which statement about the drug is appropriate?
A: Formation of inactive metabolites is high in the liver.
Q21: Which drug formulation will have the fastest onset of action for oral drug available in various
formulations?
A: Oral soluble wafer
Q22: Which mechanism of action is being described when an antibiotic drug causes the destruction of
bacterial cell walls?
A: Nonselective interaction
Q23: Which process is being described when a drug is followed from oral absorption through to finding
traces of the drug in the urine?
A: Pharmacokinetics
Q24: To achieve the most rapid onset of action, the health care provider would prescribe medication to be
administered by which route?
A: Intravenously
Q25: Which of the following choices are factors that affect the absorption of medications?
A: The first pass effect The pH in the stomach The route of administration The presence of food in the stomach
Q26: Which of the following factors are part of pharmacokinetics process of distribution?
A: Rate of blood flow Protein binding
Q27: Which of the following factors are part of pharmacokinetics process of metabolism?
A: Liver function Reactions of many enzymes
Answers
Q1: Which body system triggers an allergic reaction to a medication
A: Immune
Q2: Which term is an alternate for biotransformation of a drug
A: Metabolism
Q3: Which term is attributed to a condition in which drugs are increasingly ineffective
A: Tolerance
Q4: Which animal is the other main source of natural insulin besides human?
A: Pig
Q5: Which percentage would be the bioavailability of atropine administration intravenously to a patient with
cardiac dysrhythmia?
A: 100%
Q6: Which route of administration will cause a drug to be altered by the first pass effect?
A: Oral
Q7: Drug half life is defined as the amount of time required for 50% of a drug to do which response?
A: Be eliminated by the body
Q8: A nurse is educating a patient who is prescribed warfarin to avoid taking aspirin and explains that taking
both drugs together may cause excessive bleeding. Which phenomenon is the nurse teaching about?
A: Additive
Q9: Which route of drug administration decreases the likelihood of systemic drug effects?
A: Topical
,Q10: Which type of pharmacotherapeutics is needed to sustain life and treat disease?
A: Acute
Q11: Pharmacokinetics involves the study of which factor?
A: Distribution rates among various body compartments.
Q12: Which type of therapy has been prescribed when a patient is prescribed an oral antidiabetic drug?
A: Maintenance
Q13: Which phenomenon is characteristic of highly protein bound drugs?
A: The risk of drug-drug interactions is increased.
Q14: Which enhanced therapeutic effects describes combination therapy of HCTZ and lisinopril?
A: Synergistic
Q15: Which condition interferes with the optimum therapeutic effect of a drug given by the oral route?
A: Resection of the small intestine
Q16: Which route of administration would be ideal for a patient with acute angina like chest pain who is to
receive nitroglycerin?
A: Sublingual
Q17: Drugs exert their actions on the body by performing which action?
A: Interacting with receptors Altering metabolic chemical process Inhibiting the action of a specific enzyme
Q18: A patient diagnosed with thyroid cancer undergoes a thyroidectomy and is prescribed 75mcg of
levothyroxine sodium. Which type of therapy has the patient been prescribed?
A: Supplemental
, Q19: Which types of cells are destroyed as a result of an idiosyncratic reaction in a patient with glucose-
6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency with certain medications?
A: Red Blood Cells
Q20: If a drug has a high first pass effect, which statement about the drug is appropriate?
A: Formation of inactive metabolites is high in the liver.
Q21: Which drug formulation will have the fastest onset of action for oral drug available in various
formulations?
A: Oral soluble wafer
Q22: Which mechanism of action is being described when an antibiotic drug causes the destruction of
bacterial cell walls?
A: Nonselective interaction
Q23: Which process is being described when a drug is followed from oral absorption through to finding
traces of the drug in the urine?
A: Pharmacokinetics
Q24: To achieve the most rapid onset of action, the health care provider would prescribe medication to be
administered by which route?
A: Intravenously
Q25: Which of the following choices are factors that affect the absorption of medications?
A: The first pass effect The pH in the stomach The route of administration The presence of food in the stomach
Q26: Which of the following factors are part of pharmacokinetics process of distribution?
A: Rate of blood flow Protein binding
Q27: Which of the following factors are part of pharmacokinetics process of metabolism?
A: Liver function Reactions of many enzymes
