Advanced Pharmacology Exam 1 questions
and answers 2026\2027 A+ Grade
Prescription writing: required pt and prescriber info
- correct answer Patient's name and full address
Date of prescription
Prescriber's full name, address, and phone number
Prescriber's DEA # if controlled substance
Prescription writing: required drug info
- correct answer Name (don't abbreviate)
Strength and vehicle
Dosage
Route of administration
Directions (Sig) for taking the med: frequency, timing, details specific to drug
Amount to be dispensed
Refills
Critical Rx Information?
- correct answer DAW vs generic, refill #, dose form, length of therapy/quantity, pt Ax, date of Rx, route,
signature, DEA #
"Rational" Prescribing Process, WHO
- correct answer Choose a rational treatment
Selection of P-drugs (Personal drugs)
Treating the pt (select, Rx, monitor)
Keeping up-to-date
,What are P-drugs?
- correct answer P(ersonal) drugs - those that you are going to prescribe regularly and with which you
become familiar
Steps of Rational Prescribing
- correct answer Define the pt's problem
Specify the therapeutic objective
Choose Tx
Verify: efficacy, safety, suitability, cost
Start Tx (write a clear Rx)
Educate! Give inform instructions, warnings
Monitor treatment
What is DAW in prescribing?
- correct answer Dispense as written
"Rights" of a prescription
- correct answer Patient
Medication
Dose
Route
Dose schedule
Does this make sense for this drug, patient, situation?
Pharmacokinetics
- correct answer How the body affects a drug
Pharmacodynamics
- correct answer How a drug affects the body - effects that occur at the cellular and systemic levels
, Pharmacogenomics
- correct answer General study of how one's individual genetic variation affects drug behavior
Four components of pharmacokinetics
- correct answer ADME - absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion
Absorption
- correct answer How (well) does the body uptake the drug?
Distribution
- correct answer Transportation of the drug to the site of action
How (well) is the drug carried to the site of action?
Elimination
- correct answer How (well) is the drug cleared from the body?
All types of absorption are affected by...
- correct answer Drug properties (molecular weight, lipid solubility) pKa, drug formulation, disintegration
time, dissolution rate)
Enteral Absorption - GI tract - affected by? (4 things)
- correct answer Blood flow to area of absorption
First pass effect
Cellular membrane permeability (passive vs. active)
GI motility (absence/presence of food in stomach, other drugs)
Parenteral Absorption - affected by? (2 things)
- correct answer Blood flow to area of absorption
Cell membrane permeability (passive vs. active transport)
Bioavailability
- correct answer Percentage of a drug that reaches the systemic circulation
and answers 2026\2027 A+ Grade
Prescription writing: required pt and prescriber info
- correct answer Patient's name and full address
Date of prescription
Prescriber's full name, address, and phone number
Prescriber's DEA # if controlled substance
Prescription writing: required drug info
- correct answer Name (don't abbreviate)
Strength and vehicle
Dosage
Route of administration
Directions (Sig) for taking the med: frequency, timing, details specific to drug
Amount to be dispensed
Refills
Critical Rx Information?
- correct answer DAW vs generic, refill #, dose form, length of therapy/quantity, pt Ax, date of Rx, route,
signature, DEA #
"Rational" Prescribing Process, WHO
- correct answer Choose a rational treatment
Selection of P-drugs (Personal drugs)
Treating the pt (select, Rx, monitor)
Keeping up-to-date
,What are P-drugs?
- correct answer P(ersonal) drugs - those that you are going to prescribe regularly and with which you
become familiar
Steps of Rational Prescribing
- correct answer Define the pt's problem
Specify the therapeutic objective
Choose Tx
Verify: efficacy, safety, suitability, cost
Start Tx (write a clear Rx)
Educate! Give inform instructions, warnings
Monitor treatment
What is DAW in prescribing?
- correct answer Dispense as written
"Rights" of a prescription
- correct answer Patient
Medication
Dose
Route
Dose schedule
Does this make sense for this drug, patient, situation?
Pharmacokinetics
- correct answer How the body affects a drug
Pharmacodynamics
- correct answer How a drug affects the body - effects that occur at the cellular and systemic levels
, Pharmacogenomics
- correct answer General study of how one's individual genetic variation affects drug behavior
Four components of pharmacokinetics
- correct answer ADME - absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion
Absorption
- correct answer How (well) does the body uptake the drug?
Distribution
- correct answer Transportation of the drug to the site of action
How (well) is the drug carried to the site of action?
Elimination
- correct answer How (well) is the drug cleared from the body?
All types of absorption are affected by...
- correct answer Drug properties (molecular weight, lipid solubility) pKa, drug formulation, disintegration
time, dissolution rate)
Enteral Absorption - GI tract - affected by? (4 things)
- correct answer Blood flow to area of absorption
First pass effect
Cellular membrane permeability (passive vs. active)
GI motility (absence/presence of food in stomach, other drugs)
Parenteral Absorption - affected by? (2 things)
- correct answer Blood flow to area of absorption
Cell membrane permeability (passive vs. active transport)
Bioavailability
- correct answer Percentage of a drug that reaches the systemic circulation
