INTEGRATED CARDIOPULMONARY
PHARMACOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS. A+ GRADE
2025/2026.
What is a bland aerosol? - ANS Non-medicated aerosols such as sterile water
Advantages of the inhalation route - ANS Smaller required doses.
Quick drug response.
Fewer, less severe side effects.
Painless and convenient.
Disadvantages of the inhalation route - ANS Difficult to deliver consistent precise dose.
Requires patient compliance and education.
Equipment and maintenance.
What is an aerosol? - ANS Suspension of solid or liquid particles within a gas.
What is aerosol therapy? - ANS Delivers either solid or liquid aerosol particles into the
respiratory tract for therapeutic purposes.
What are three main goals of aerosol therapy? - ANS Humidify inspired gas.
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, Improve the mobilization and elimination of secretions.
Deliver medications to the respiratory tract.
What is a medicated aerosol? - ANS A suspension of a solid or liquid drug in a carrier gas.
What are the four factors that influence drug delivery within the lungs? - ANS Stability.
Penetration.
Deposition.
Inertial impact.
What is stability? - ANS Tendency of an aerosol to remain in suspension.
What is penetration? - ANS How far into the lungs the aerosol particles travel.
What is deposition? - ANS The aerosol particles falling out of suspension.
What is inertial impact? - ANS A function of particle size and velocity. Inertial impaction
increases with larger size and higher velocities.
What is a micron? - ANS 1 millionth of a meter.
What size of particles would be used for a nasal spray? - ANS 10 to 15 microns.
What size of particles would be used to penetrate the large bronchi? - ANS 5 to 10 microns.
What size particles would be used to penetrate the lower airways? - ANS 1 to 5 microns.
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PHARMACOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS. A+ GRADE
2025/2026.
What is a bland aerosol? - ANS Non-medicated aerosols such as sterile water
Advantages of the inhalation route - ANS Smaller required doses.
Quick drug response.
Fewer, less severe side effects.
Painless and convenient.
Disadvantages of the inhalation route - ANS Difficult to deliver consistent precise dose.
Requires patient compliance and education.
Equipment and maintenance.
What is an aerosol? - ANS Suspension of solid or liquid particles within a gas.
What is aerosol therapy? - ANS Delivers either solid or liquid aerosol particles into the
respiratory tract for therapeutic purposes.
What are three main goals of aerosol therapy? - ANS Humidify inspired gas.
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, Improve the mobilization and elimination of secretions.
Deliver medications to the respiratory tract.
What is a medicated aerosol? - ANS A suspension of a solid or liquid drug in a carrier gas.
What are the four factors that influence drug delivery within the lungs? - ANS Stability.
Penetration.
Deposition.
Inertial impact.
What is stability? - ANS Tendency of an aerosol to remain in suspension.
What is penetration? - ANS How far into the lungs the aerosol particles travel.
What is deposition? - ANS The aerosol particles falling out of suspension.
What is inertial impact? - ANS A function of particle size and velocity. Inertial impaction
increases with larger size and higher velocities.
What is a micron? - ANS 1 millionth of a meter.
What size of particles would be used for a nasal spray? - ANS 10 to 15 microns.
What size of particles would be used to penetrate the large bronchi? - ANS 5 to 10 microns.
What size particles would be used to penetrate the lower airways? - ANS 1 to 5 microns.
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