PHARMACOLOGY EXAM SCRIPT 2026
EXAMPREP TESTED QUESTIONS ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ Prescription drugs.
Answer: drugs the federal government has designated as potentially
harmful unless their use is supervised by a licensed health care
provider, such as a nurse practitioner, physician, or dentist.
◉ Psychological Dependency.
Answer: compulsion or craving to use a substance to obtain a
pleasurable experience
◉ Receptor.
Answer: in pharmacology a reactive site on the surface of a cell when
a drug binds to and interacts with the receptor a pharmacological
response.
◉ Teratogen.
Answer: Drug or substance that causes abnormal development of
the fetus leading to deformities
,◉ Toxic.
Answer: poisonous or harmful
◉ Pharmacology.
Answer: The study of drugs & their action on living organisms.
◉ Digitalis.
Answer: an extract from the foxglove plant that acts as a potent
heart medication
◉ mipomersen.
Answer: is a chemically engineered drug being studied to target
specific cell components in people with high cholesterol.
◉ Chemical name (scientific name) Gereneric name (official or
nonpropritary name) & Trade name (brand name).
Answer: What are three types of drug names?
◉ Chemical name (Scientific name).
Answer: Gives the exact chemical makeup of the drug and placing of
the atoms or molecular structure; the chemical name is not
capitalized
, ◉ Generic name (official or nonproprietary name).
Answer: Name given to a drug before it become official may be used
in all countries by the manufactures the generic name is not
capitalized.
◉ Trade name (brand Name).
Answer: Name that is registered by the manufacturer and is
followed by the trademark symbol; the name can be used only by the
manufacturer, a drug may have several trade names, depending on
the number of manufactures the first letter of the trade name is
Capitalized.
◉ Chemical name.
Answer: is the scientific name that describes the molecular structure
of a drug.
◉ Generic name.
Answer: is considered the official name of a drug and is the name
given to a drug that can be made or marketed by any company it is
nonproprietary.
◉ Perscription drugs.
Answer: also called legend drugs are the largest category of drugs.