ROACHS INTRODUCTORY CLINICAL
PHARMACOLOGY CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Define Single Medication Order. Answer: Order to administer the
drug ONE time only
◉ Define PRN Medication Order. Answer: Order to administer the
drug AS NEEDED
◉ Define STAT Medication Order. Answer: One time medication
order given as soon as possible
◉ Pharmaceutic Phase. Answer: pertaining to the phase during
which a drug dissolves in the body
◉ Pharmacokinetic Phase. Answer: study of a drug mechanisms that
produce bio chemical or psychologic changes in the body
◉ Absorption. Answer: A drug is moved from site of administration
to body fluids. First process during Pharmacokinetics.
, ◉ Active transport. Answer: cellular energy is used to move the drug
from an area of low concentration to one of high concentration
◉ Passive transport. Answer: no cellular energy is used as the drug
moves from one area of high concentration to an area of low
concentration (small molecules diffuse across a cell membrane)
◉ Pinocytosis. Answer: Cells engulf the drug particle (cell forms a
vessel to transport the drug into the inner cell)
◉ Distribution. Answer: drug moves from circulation to body tissue
or a target site
◉ Metabolism. Answer: also called bio transformation, drug is
changed into a form that can be excreted, most drugs are
metabolized by the liver
◉ Excretion. Answer: elimination of drugs from the body. after the
liver renders the drugs inactive, the kidneys excrete the inactive
compounds from the body
◉ Half-life. Answer: time required for the body to eliminate 50% of a
drug
PHARMACOLOGY CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Define Single Medication Order. Answer: Order to administer the
drug ONE time only
◉ Define PRN Medication Order. Answer: Order to administer the
drug AS NEEDED
◉ Define STAT Medication Order. Answer: One time medication
order given as soon as possible
◉ Pharmaceutic Phase. Answer: pertaining to the phase during
which a drug dissolves in the body
◉ Pharmacokinetic Phase. Answer: study of a drug mechanisms that
produce bio chemical or psychologic changes in the body
◉ Absorption. Answer: A drug is moved from site of administration
to body fluids. First process during Pharmacokinetics.
, ◉ Active transport. Answer: cellular energy is used to move the drug
from an area of low concentration to one of high concentration
◉ Passive transport. Answer: no cellular energy is used as the drug
moves from one area of high concentration to an area of low
concentration (small molecules diffuse across a cell membrane)
◉ Pinocytosis. Answer: Cells engulf the drug particle (cell forms a
vessel to transport the drug into the inner cell)
◉ Distribution. Answer: drug moves from circulation to body tissue
or a target site
◉ Metabolism. Answer: also called bio transformation, drug is
changed into a form that can be excreted, most drugs are
metabolized by the liver
◉ Excretion. Answer: elimination of drugs from the body. after the
liver renders the drugs inactive, the kidneys excrete the inactive
compounds from the body
◉ Half-life. Answer: time required for the body to eliminate 50% of a
drug
