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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 - ANSWERS--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 - ANSWERS--D) Distribution
Which of the following is a parenteral method of administering a
drug?
A) Topical
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B) Oral
C) Sublingual
D) Rectal - ANSWERS--A) Topical
Which of the following is an enteral method of administering drugs?
A. Rectal
B. Intranasal
C. Topical
D. Tracheal - ANSWERS--A. Rectal
How are the solid forms of drugs most frequently administered?
A. Parenteral
B. Intravenous
C. Enteral
D. Inhalation - ANSWERS--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 - ANSWERS--B. Oral
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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 - ANSWERS--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 - ANSWERS--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 - ANSWERS--D. IV
Valium is an example of which type of drug name?
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A. Generic name
B. Chemical name
C. Official name
D. Trade name - ANSWERS--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. -
ANSWERS--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 - ANSWERS--B. Diffusion
The method of administration of a drug will have the greatest impact
on which of the following actions?
A. Absorption
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 - ANSWERS--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 - ANSWERS--D) Distribution
Which of the following is a parenteral method of administering a
drug?
A) Topical
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B) Oral
C) Sublingual
D) Rectal - ANSWERS--A) Topical
Which of the following is an enteral method of administering drugs?
A. Rectal
B. Intranasal
C. Topical
D. Tracheal - ANSWERS--A. Rectal
How are the solid forms of drugs most frequently administered?
A. Parenteral
B. Intravenous
C. Enteral
D. Inhalation - ANSWERS--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 - ANSWERS--B. Oral
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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 - ANSWERS--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 - ANSWERS--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 - ANSWERS--D. IV
Valium is an example of which type of drug name?
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A. Generic name
B. Chemical name
C. Official name
D. Trade name - ANSWERS--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. -
ANSWERS--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 - ANSWERS--B. Diffusion
The method of administration of a drug will have the greatest impact
on which of the following actions?
A. Absorption
