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Pharmacology Exam 1 - Multiple Choice | Strategies Review of Key Quizzes with 100% Correct Answers. Quiz_________________? A - Answer 7. Select the term below that relates to the amount of drug administered to produce a therapeutic effect. A. posology B. toxicology C. pharmacodynamics D. pharmacotherapeutics E. pharmacy Quiz_________________? A - Answer 19. Which FDA pregnancy category would appear to be the safest for a developing fetus? A. Category A B. Category B C. Category C D. Category D E. Category X Quiz_________________? A - Answer 20. A 45-year-old female shop assistant is treated for heartburn with omeprazole. She notes that the effect of a dose of omeprazole lasts much longer than that of a dose of the antacid drug calcium carbonate she had previously taken. The active metabolite of omeprazole binds covalently and irreversibly to a molecular structure involved in releasing protons into the gastric juice. Drugs that modify their target structures through this mechanism are called suicide substrates. orphan drugs. protein drugs. competitive antagonists. enantiomers. Quiz_________________? A - Answer 45. Skeletal muscle relaxants may alter control of respiration because A. the diaphragm is a skeletal muscle B. succinylcholine stimulates the respiratory centers in the brain C. like dantrolene, all muscle relaxants inhibit the action of norepinephrine at the neuromuscular junction D. relaxation of the muscles in the lower extremities pulls blood away from the lungs E. all skeletal muscle relaxants interfere with calcium ion storage in the muscle Quiz_________________? A - Answer 48. Select reasons for using muscle relaxants during surgical or diagnostic procedures. A. reduce muscle tear B. decrease body temperature C. potentiate vasodilators D. increase muscle tone E. depress respiration Quiz_________________? A - Answer 53. A 25-year old female presents with delirium, hyperthermia, and symptoms of central anticholinergic intoxication. She has attended a ìwitches' conventî and ingested some herbal extracts including fruits of the species ìAtropa belladonna.î As one component of her treatment, she receives a dose of physostigmine. Refer to the case above. Physostigmine is preferred over neostigmine because A) it is a nonpolar compound that penetrates the CNS more easily than neostigmine. B) it has a shorter half-life than neostigmine, making it more useful for emergency treatment. C) it has a longer half-life than neostigmine, better matching the half-life of atropine. D) it is eliminated via the kidneys, and dosage is not critical with compromised liver function. E) it is eliminated via the liver, and dosage is not critical with compromised renal function. Quiz_________________? A - Answer 56. Opioid analgesics are used in which of the following settings? A. induction of Monitored Anesthesia Care and treatment of chronic severe pain B. routine treatment of migraine C. unmonitored treatment of chronic severe pain D. analgesia for patients with paralytic ileus E. chronic osteoarthritis Quiz_________________? A - Answer 60. Fentanyl is an opioid analgesic that A. can be used for relief of cancer pain B. has many formulations (lozenge, film) because it is used routinely in dental surgery C. induces neuropathic pain D. primarily works on peripheral nerve endings rather than higher centers E. does not have a black box warning because of its low addiction potential

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Quiz_________________?

A-

Answer✅

7. Select the term below that relates to the amount of drug administered to produce a
therapeutic effect.

A. posology

B. toxicology

C. pharmacodynamics

D. pharmacotherapeutics

E. pharmacy




Quiz_________________?

A-

Answer✅

19. Which FDA pregnancy category would appear to be the safest for a developing fetus?

A. Category A

B. Category B

C. Category C

D. Category D


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, E. Category X




Quiz_________________?

A-

Answer✅

20. A 45-year-old female shop assistant is treated for heartburn with omeprazole. She notes
that the effect of a dose of omeprazole lasts much longer than that of a dose of the antacid
drug calcium carbonate she had previously taken. The active metabolite of omeprazole binds
covalently and irreversibly to a molecular structure involved in releasing protons into the
gastric juice. Drugs that modify their target structures through this mechanism are called

suicide substrates.

orphan drugs.

protein drugs.

competitive antagonists.

enantiomers.




Quiz_________________?

A-

Answer✅

45. Skeletal muscle relaxants may alter control of respiration because

A. the diaphragm is a skeletal muscle

B. succinylcholine stimulates the respiratory centers in the brain

C. like dantrolene, all muscle relaxants inhibit the action of norepinephrine at the
neuromuscular junction

D. relaxation of the muscles in the lower extremities pulls blood away from the lungs

E. all skeletal muscle relaxants interfere with calcium ion storage in the muscle




2

, Quiz_________________?

A-

Answer✅

48. Select reasons for using muscle relaxants during surgical or diagnostic procedures.

A. reduce muscle tear

B. decrease body temperature

C. potentiate vasodilators

D. increase muscle tone

E. depress respiration




Quiz_________________?

A-

Answer✅

53. A 25-year old female presents with delirium, hyperthermia, and symptoms of central
anticholinergic intoxication. She has attended a ìwitches' conventî and ingested some herbal
extracts including fruits of the species ìAtropa belladonna.î As one component of her
treatment, she receives a dose of physostigmine.

Refer to the case above. Physostigmine is preferred over neostigmine because

A) it is a nonpolar compound that penetrates the CNS more easily than neostigmine.

B) it has a shorter half-life than neostigmine, making it more useful for emergency
treatment.

C) it has a longer half-life than neostigmine, better matching the half-life of atropine.

D) it is eliminated via the kidneys, and dosage is not critical with compromised liver
function.

E) it is eliminated via the liver, and dosage is not critical with compromised renal function.




Quiz_________________?

A-



3

, Answer✅

56. Opioid analgesics are used in which of the following settings?

A. induction of Monitored Anesthesia Care and treatment of chronic severe pain

B. routine treatment of migraine

C. unmonitored treatment of chronic severe pain

D. analgesia for patients with paralytic ileus

E. chronic osteoarthritis




Quiz_________________?

A-

Answer✅

60. Fentanyl is an opioid analgesic that

A. can be used for relief of cancer pain

B. has many formulations (lozenge, film) because it is used routinely in dental surgery

C. induces neuropathic pain

D. primarily works on peripheral nerve endings rather than higher centers

E. does not have a black box warning because of its low addiction potential




Quiz_________________?

A-

Answer✅

63. Select the adverse effects of opioid analgesics.

A. constipation

B. polyuria

C. convulsions

D. mydriasis

E. excessive tearing

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