HOSA PHARMACOLOGY LATEST
EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+
Which method of medication administration provides the client with the greatest first-
pass effect?
A) Oral.
B) Sublingual.
C) Intravenous.
D) Subcutaneous - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅D) Distribution
Which of the following is a parenteral method of administering a drug?
A) Topical
B) Oral
C) Sublingual
D) Rectal - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅A) Topical
Which of the following is an enteral method of administering drugs?
A. Rectal
B. Intranasal
C. Topical
D. Tracheal - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅A. Rectal
How are the solid forms of drugs most frequently administered?
A. Parenteral
B. Intravenous
C. Enteral
D. Inhalation - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅D. IV
Valium is an example of which type of drug name?
A. Generic name
B. Chemical name
C. Official name
D. Trade name - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅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. - CORRECT
ANSWER ✅✅✅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
B. Diffusion
C. Osmosis
D. Concentration - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅B. Diffusion
The method of administration of a drug will have the greatest impact on which of the
following actions?
A. Absorption
B. Excretion
C. Metabolism
, D. Elimination - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅A. Absorption
Which of the following terms is used to describe a drug that produces a physiologic
response when bonded with a receptor?
A. Affinity
B. Partial agonist
C. Antagonist
D. Agonist - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅D. Agonist
Which of the following terms describes the amount of a drug that is required to
provide a beneficial effect in 50% of the drug-tested population?
A. Therapeutic dose
B. Plasma-level profile
C. Therapy state
D. Lethal dose - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅A. Therapeutic dose
Which of the following routes of administration provides the fastest rate of
absorption?
A. IM
B. PO
C. IV
D. Sub-Q - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅C. IV
Which of the following actions is most likely to occur when a patient with chronic
renal failure receives a medication?
A. Liver failure along with renal failure
B. Impaired ability to eliminate the drug
C. Kidney stones from an excess of drug in the system
D. A need for a diuretic to help eliminate the drug - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅B.
Impaired ability to eliminate the drug
Which of the following drug classifications is an example of a drug's mechanism of
action?
A. Chemical classification
B. Cardiac therapy
C. Therapeutic classification
D. Physiologic classification - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅C. Therapeutic
classification
Which of the following drug classifications would best describe the bronchodilation
effects of Brethine?
A. Class of agent
B. Mechanism of action
C. Body system
D. Physiologic classification - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅B. Mechanism of action
Once a drug has been developed, what is the next step the pharmaceutical company
must take to gain FDA approval?
A. Put the drug into the U.S. Pharmacopoia before allowing any sales.
EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+
Which method of medication administration provides the client with the greatest first-
pass effect?
A) Oral.
B) Sublingual.
C) Intravenous.
D) Subcutaneous - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅D) Distribution
Which of the following is a parenteral method of administering a drug?
A) Topical
B) Oral
C) Sublingual
D) Rectal - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅A) Topical
Which of the following is an enteral method of administering drugs?
A. Rectal
B. Intranasal
C. Topical
D. Tracheal - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅A. Rectal
How are the solid forms of drugs most frequently administered?
A. Parenteral
B. Intravenous
C. Enteral
D. Inhalation - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅D. IV
Valium is an example of which type of drug name?
A. Generic name
B. Chemical name
C. Official name
D. Trade name - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅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. - CORRECT
ANSWER ✅✅✅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
B. Diffusion
C. Osmosis
D. Concentration - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅B. Diffusion
The method of administration of a drug will have the greatest impact on which of the
following actions?
A. Absorption
B. Excretion
C. Metabolism
, D. Elimination - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅A. Absorption
Which of the following terms is used to describe a drug that produces a physiologic
response when bonded with a receptor?
A. Affinity
B. Partial agonist
C. Antagonist
D. Agonist - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅D. Agonist
Which of the following terms describes the amount of a drug that is required to
provide a beneficial effect in 50% of the drug-tested population?
A. Therapeutic dose
B. Plasma-level profile
C. Therapy state
D. Lethal dose - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅A. Therapeutic dose
Which of the following routes of administration provides the fastest rate of
absorption?
A. IM
B. PO
C. IV
D. Sub-Q - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅C. IV
Which of the following actions is most likely to occur when a patient with chronic
renal failure receives a medication?
A. Liver failure along with renal failure
B. Impaired ability to eliminate the drug
C. Kidney stones from an excess of drug in the system
D. A need for a diuretic to help eliminate the drug - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅B.
Impaired ability to eliminate the drug
Which of the following drug classifications is an example of a drug's mechanism of
action?
A. Chemical classification
B. Cardiac therapy
C. Therapeutic classification
D. Physiologic classification - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅C. Therapeutic
classification
Which of the following drug classifications would best describe the bronchodilation
effects of Brethine?
A. Class of agent
B. Mechanism of action
C. Body system
D. Physiologic classification - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅B. Mechanism of action
Once a drug has been developed, what is the next step the pharmaceutical company
must take to gain FDA approval?
A. Put the drug into the U.S. Pharmacopoia before allowing any sales.
