WGU COURSE D398 INTRO TO PHARMACOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
GUIDE 2024/2025 GRADED A+
1. Drug Standards: rules set to assure that consumers get what they pay for, that all preparations by the
same drug name must be of uniform strength, quality, and purity
2. 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act: Prohibits the sale and transport of adulterated or mislabeled food,
drinks and drugs.
Prohibits the mislabeling and misbranding of products.
3. 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: created to enforce rules such as labeling, drug approval
before release, and warning labels (such as "may cause drowsiness")
4. 1970 Controlled Substances Act: established the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). This act set
strict standards for abused drugs and required prescribers to register with the DEA. , who enforces
the laws included in this act.
5. controlled substance: A drug that has the potential for addiction and abuse
6. the five schedules: Schedule I includes substances like heroin that have the highest risk of abuse and
are not approved for medical use in the United States.
Schedule II includes psychostimulants (e.g., amphetamine) and opioid-based medications (e.g.,
morphine) that have a high risk of abuse and dependence but have accepted medical uses.
Schedule III includes certain barbiturate sedatives and anabolic steroids with moderate to low abuse and
dependence risk.
Schedule IV includes sedative agents like diazepam and phenobarbital, which have a low risk of abuse
and depen dence.
Schedule V includes drugs used for epilepsy, cough suppressants, and antidiarrheal medications and has
the lowest risk for abuse and dependence.
7. What is one of the functions of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in ensuring
consumer safety?: Investigating and removing unsafe drugs from the market
8. drug classes: help with identification and safe prescribing of drugs by classifying them into specific
cate gories based on how they act
9. three drug identifiers: a chemical name
a generic name
a trade name (brand name)
10. Parenteral: injected with needles or syringes, the fastest way to administer drugs into the body
because they bypass the absorption step and begin acting immediately
11. topical: absorbed into the body through a certain barrier or membrane, such as the skin, eyes, lungs,
or nasal passages
12. Po or Per os: by mouth
GUIDE 2024/2025 GRADED A+
1. Drug Standards: rules set to assure that consumers get what they pay for, that all preparations by the
same drug name must be of uniform strength, quality, and purity
2. 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act: Prohibits the sale and transport of adulterated or mislabeled food,
drinks and drugs.
Prohibits the mislabeling and misbranding of products.
3. 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: created to enforce rules such as labeling, drug approval
before release, and warning labels (such as "may cause drowsiness")
4. 1970 Controlled Substances Act: established the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). This act set
strict standards for abused drugs and required prescribers to register with the DEA. , who enforces
the laws included in this act.
5. controlled substance: A drug that has the potential for addiction and abuse
6. the five schedules: Schedule I includes substances like heroin that have the highest risk of abuse and
are not approved for medical use in the United States.
Schedule II includes psychostimulants (e.g., amphetamine) and opioid-based medications (e.g.,
morphine) that have a high risk of abuse and dependence but have accepted medical uses.
Schedule III includes certain barbiturate sedatives and anabolic steroids with moderate to low abuse and
dependence risk.
Schedule IV includes sedative agents like diazepam and phenobarbital, which have a low risk of abuse
and depen dence.
Schedule V includes drugs used for epilepsy, cough suppressants, and antidiarrheal medications and has
the lowest risk for abuse and dependence.
7. What is one of the functions of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in ensuring
consumer safety?: Investigating and removing unsafe drugs from the market
8. drug classes: help with identification and safe prescribing of drugs by classifying them into specific
cate gories based on how they act
9. three drug identifiers: a chemical name
a generic name
a trade name (brand name)
10. Parenteral: injected with needles or syringes, the fastest way to administer drugs into the body
because they bypass the absorption step and begin acting immediately
11. topical: absorbed into the body through a certain barrier or membrane, such as the skin, eyes, lungs,
or nasal passages
12. Po or Per os: by mouth
