BIOD351
Module 10
FINAL TEST READINESS EXAM
Q&S
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, 1. A patient requires a drug with a dosage regimen of 5
mg/kg/day for 5 days. If the patient weighs 60 kg, what is
the total dose the patient will receive over the 5-day period?
- A) 150 mg
- B) 300 mg
- C) 1500 mg
- D) 3000 mg
- Answer: C) 1500 mg
2. If a medication has a bioavailability of 50%, how much
of a 200 mg oral dose actually reaches systemic
circulation?
- A) 50 mg
- B) 100 mg
- C) 150 mg
- D) 200 mg
- Answer: B) 100 mg
3. A drug follows first-order kinetics. If the initial plasma
concentration is 80 mg/L and the half-life is 6 hours, what
will the concentration be after 12 hours?
- A) 80 mg/L
- B) 40 mg/L
- C) 20 mg/L
- D) 10 mg/L
- Answer: C) 20 mg/L
4. A patient on a continuous infusion receives a loading
dose. The purpose of the loading dose is to:
- A) Decrease the risk of overdose
- B) Quickly reach the steady state concentration
©2024/2025
Module 10
FINAL TEST READINESS EXAM
Q&S
©2024/2025
, 1. A patient requires a drug with a dosage regimen of 5
mg/kg/day for 5 days. If the patient weighs 60 kg, what is
the total dose the patient will receive over the 5-day period?
- A) 150 mg
- B) 300 mg
- C) 1500 mg
- D) 3000 mg
- Answer: C) 1500 mg
2. If a medication has a bioavailability of 50%, how much
of a 200 mg oral dose actually reaches systemic
circulation?
- A) 50 mg
- B) 100 mg
- C) 150 mg
- D) 200 mg
- Answer: B) 100 mg
3. A drug follows first-order kinetics. If the initial plasma
concentration is 80 mg/L and the half-life is 6 hours, what
will the concentration be after 12 hours?
- A) 80 mg/L
- B) 40 mg/L
- C) 20 mg/L
- D) 10 mg/L
- Answer: C) 20 mg/L
4. A patient on a continuous infusion receives a loading
dose. The purpose of the loading dose is to:
- A) Decrease the risk of overdose
- B) Quickly reach the steady state concentration
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