PHARMACOLOGY PENN FOSTER
VETERINARY TECHNICIAN |2024-2024
NEWEST/MOST RECENT
UPDATE|COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS PASS GUARANTEED
100%
Pharmacokinetics - Answer ✅When a drug enters the body
Pharmacodynamics - Answer ✅How drugs exert effects
7 Routes of Administration - Answer ✅Oral, IV, IM, SC, intraperitoneal, intraarterial, intradermal
Agonist, Partial Agonist, and Antagonist - Answer ✅Perfect Fit, Almost Fits, Blocks Action
Affinity vs. Efficacy - Answer ✅How well it binds to receptor (Agonist vs. Antagonist) vs. how
well the drug performs
Trade Name Vs. Genetic Name - Answer ✅Trade - patented name (rimadyl) vs. Genetic -
unpatented/generic (carprofen)
6 Drug Label Requirements - Answer ✅Generic Name, Concentration, Quantity, Controlled?,
Manufacturer Info, Expiration Date.
@2025 Exam Material 1
, Injection Routes from fastest onset to slowest - Answer ✅IV, SC, IM
Injection Routes from longest duration to shortest - Answer ✅SC, IM, IV
Symapthetic vs. Para-sympathetic - Answer ✅Energy expending activites (Increase heart rate),
Energy conserving ( decrease heart rate)
Stimulation of Sympathetic vs Para-sympathetic - Answer ✅Fight or Flight vs. Calm Down
Cholinergic vs Anticholinergic - Answer ✅Stimulate parasympathetic (increase GI motility) vs
preventing stimulation (decrease GI motility)
Adrenergic Agents - Answer ✅Excites Alpha Receptors and inhibits beta receptors (stimulates
heart beat through sympathetic)
CNS Depression Drugs - Answer ✅Sedate, Control Seizures, Control Pain
CNS Stimulation Drugs - Answer ✅Treat respiration/cardiac depression or reverse depression
drugs
Barbituates - Answer ✅CNS Depression Drug, always controlled, no reversal available, rapidly
absorbed into brain and fat, do not use in sight hounds (no fat), and used in euthanasia solution
Expectorant - Answer ✅Respiratory Drug - muscous secreting gland (dilutes secretions)- cough
syrup
Mucolytics - Answer ✅Alter mucous composition - breaks down mucous thickness
@2025 Exam Material 2
VETERINARY TECHNICIAN |2024-2024
NEWEST/MOST RECENT
UPDATE|COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS PASS GUARANTEED
100%
Pharmacokinetics - Answer ✅When a drug enters the body
Pharmacodynamics - Answer ✅How drugs exert effects
7 Routes of Administration - Answer ✅Oral, IV, IM, SC, intraperitoneal, intraarterial, intradermal
Agonist, Partial Agonist, and Antagonist - Answer ✅Perfect Fit, Almost Fits, Blocks Action
Affinity vs. Efficacy - Answer ✅How well it binds to receptor (Agonist vs. Antagonist) vs. how
well the drug performs
Trade Name Vs. Genetic Name - Answer ✅Trade - patented name (rimadyl) vs. Genetic -
unpatented/generic (carprofen)
6 Drug Label Requirements - Answer ✅Generic Name, Concentration, Quantity, Controlled?,
Manufacturer Info, Expiration Date.
@2025 Exam Material 1
, Injection Routes from fastest onset to slowest - Answer ✅IV, SC, IM
Injection Routes from longest duration to shortest - Answer ✅SC, IM, IV
Symapthetic vs. Para-sympathetic - Answer ✅Energy expending activites (Increase heart rate),
Energy conserving ( decrease heart rate)
Stimulation of Sympathetic vs Para-sympathetic - Answer ✅Fight or Flight vs. Calm Down
Cholinergic vs Anticholinergic - Answer ✅Stimulate parasympathetic (increase GI motility) vs
preventing stimulation (decrease GI motility)
Adrenergic Agents - Answer ✅Excites Alpha Receptors and inhibits beta receptors (stimulates
heart beat through sympathetic)
CNS Depression Drugs - Answer ✅Sedate, Control Seizures, Control Pain
CNS Stimulation Drugs - Answer ✅Treat respiration/cardiac depression or reverse depression
drugs
Barbituates - Answer ✅CNS Depression Drug, always controlled, no reversal available, rapidly
absorbed into brain and fat, do not use in sight hounds (no fat), and used in euthanasia solution
Expectorant - Answer ✅Respiratory Drug - muscous secreting gland (dilutes secretions)- cough
syrup
Mucolytics - Answer ✅Alter mucous composition - breaks down mucous thickness
@2025 Exam Material 2
