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ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAM UTA
NEWEST 2026 2027 ACTUAL EXAM PREPARATION
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
Amenorrhea is the most common side effect of which birth control medication? - - ANS✔️--
Medroxyprogesterone (Depo-Provera)
What is an anti-hypertensive agent which competes with epinephrine for available beta-receptor
sites? - - ANS✔️--Atenolol (Tenormin)
What type of action does nitrates have on the body? - - ANS✔️--Reduction in systemic venous
tone.
What is the recommended level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) for patients with
known coronary artery disease? - - ANS✔️--100mg/dl or less.
What is the MOA of group IV anti-dysrhythmia drugs? - - ANS✔️--Depressing phase 4
depolarization and lengthening phases 1 and 2 repolarization.
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Which drug therapy should be used to lower the serum concentration of thyroid hormones and
re-establish eumetabolic state in a patient with Graves' disease? - - ANS✔️--Anti-thyroid drugs.
Which type of diuretic would be used for a stage I hypertension in a patient with renal
insufficiency? - - ANS✔️--Loop diuretic.
What drug should be considered as first-line therapy for a client with hypertension and heart
failure? - - ANS✔️--Enalapril (Vasotec)
Why are nitrate-free periods every 24 hours necessary for the patient on nitroglycerin therapy? -
- ANS✔️--To inhibit the development of tolerance
What does a low level of thyroid-stimulating hormone indicate? - - ANS✔️--Hyperthroidism
What would be the best option to treat a newly diagnosed patient with a low TSH level with? - -
ANS✔️--Propanolol (Inderal)
Spironoaldactone (Aldactone) has what mechanism of action (MOA)? - - ANS✔️--Aldosterone
antagonist
Heparin exerts its therapeutic action by what? - - ANS✔️--Upregulating the activity of one of the
body's natural anticoagulant molecules, antithrombin III
ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAM UTA
NEWEST 2026 2027 ACTUAL EXAM PREPARATION
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
Amenorrhea is the most common side effect of which birth control medication? - - ANS✔️--
Medroxyprogesterone (Depo-Provera)
What is an anti-hypertensive agent which competes with epinephrine for available beta-receptor
sites? - - ANS✔️--Atenolol (Tenormin)
What type of action does nitrates have on the body? - - ANS✔️--Reduction in systemic venous
tone.
What is the recommended level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) for patients with
known coronary artery disease? - - ANS✔️--100mg/dl or less.
What is the MOA of group IV anti-dysrhythmia drugs? - - ANS✔️--Depressing phase 4
depolarization and lengthening phases 1 and 2 repolarization.
, 2|Page
Which drug therapy should be used to lower the serum concentration of thyroid hormones and
re-establish eumetabolic state in a patient with Graves' disease? - - ANS✔️--Anti-thyroid drugs.
Which type of diuretic would be used for a stage I hypertension in a patient with renal
insufficiency? - - ANS✔️--Loop diuretic.
What drug should be considered as first-line therapy for a client with hypertension and heart
failure? - - ANS✔️--Enalapril (Vasotec)
Why are nitrate-free periods every 24 hours necessary for the patient on nitroglycerin therapy? -
- ANS✔️--To inhibit the development of tolerance
What does a low level of thyroid-stimulating hormone indicate? - - ANS✔️--Hyperthroidism
What would be the best option to treat a newly diagnosed patient with a low TSH level with? - -
ANS✔️--Propanolol (Inderal)
Spironoaldactone (Aldactone) has what mechanism of action (MOA)? - - ANS✔️--Aldosterone
antagonist
Heparin exerts its therapeutic action by what? - - ANS✔️--Upregulating the activity of one of the
body's natural anticoagulant molecules, antithrombin III
