NURS 5334 ANTIMICROBIALS BOARD
EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● Why are neonates at greater risk for toxicity with highly protein-
bound drugs.
Answer: Protein binding is decreased in neonates increasing the amount
of free drug available
●● At what age are adult levels of renal function achieved.
Answer: 12 months
●● What is the most accurate device for measuring a 2.5mL dose for a
child.
Answer: An oral syringe
●● How do you help prevent medication errors.
Answer: Write out the term daily
●● In pediatric patients gastric acidity does not reach adult values for.
Answer: 2 years
,●● Nalidixic acid may cause _______ in children.
Answer: cartilage erosion
●● Altered absorption of drugs in the elderly may result in _______
drug response.
Answer: Delayed
●● You have an elderly patient taking warfarin. You add another protein
binding drug. Which of the following statements is correct?.
Answer: You will need to decrease dose of warfarin
●● In elderly, proper index of renal function is _____.
Answer: Glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
●● List that identifies drugs with high likelihood of cause adverse
effects in elderly.
Answer: Beers list
●● Primary mechanism of antibacterial action of the penicillin's involve
inhibition of.
Answer: Cell wall synthesis by binding and inactivating penicillin
binding proteins (PBPs)
, ●● Which statement about vancomycin is accurate.
Answer: Increases bacterial cell wall permeability and inhibits RNA
synthesis
●● The mechanism of action of the tetracyclines involves.
Answer: Inhibiting protein synthesis
●● Mechanism of action of aminoglycosides.
Answer: Causes misreading of the code on the mRNA template to inhibit
protein synthesis
●● Which statement is accurate regarding the antibacterial action of
gentamicin.
Answer: Gentamicin continues to exert antibacterial effects even after
plasma level decrease below detectable levels
●● If a patient was treated with the macrolide erythromycin, he/she
should.
Answer: Temporarily stop simvastatin while taking erythromycin
●● 24 year old woman returned from vacation abroad suffering from
traveler's diarrhea, and her problem has not responded to antidiarrheal
drugs. A pathogenic gram-negative bacillus is suspected. Which drug is
most likely to be effective in the treatment of this patient.
EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● Why are neonates at greater risk for toxicity with highly protein-
bound drugs.
Answer: Protein binding is decreased in neonates increasing the amount
of free drug available
●● At what age are adult levels of renal function achieved.
Answer: 12 months
●● What is the most accurate device for measuring a 2.5mL dose for a
child.
Answer: An oral syringe
●● How do you help prevent medication errors.
Answer: Write out the term daily
●● In pediatric patients gastric acidity does not reach adult values for.
Answer: 2 years
,●● Nalidixic acid may cause _______ in children.
Answer: cartilage erosion
●● Altered absorption of drugs in the elderly may result in _______
drug response.
Answer: Delayed
●● You have an elderly patient taking warfarin. You add another protein
binding drug. Which of the following statements is correct?.
Answer: You will need to decrease dose of warfarin
●● In elderly, proper index of renal function is _____.
Answer: Glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
●● List that identifies drugs with high likelihood of cause adverse
effects in elderly.
Answer: Beers list
●● Primary mechanism of antibacterial action of the penicillin's involve
inhibition of.
Answer: Cell wall synthesis by binding and inactivating penicillin
binding proteins (PBPs)
, ●● Which statement about vancomycin is accurate.
Answer: Increases bacterial cell wall permeability and inhibits RNA
synthesis
●● The mechanism of action of the tetracyclines involves.
Answer: Inhibiting protein synthesis
●● Mechanism of action of aminoglycosides.
Answer: Causes misreading of the code on the mRNA template to inhibit
protein synthesis
●● Which statement is accurate regarding the antibacterial action of
gentamicin.
Answer: Gentamicin continues to exert antibacterial effects even after
plasma level decrease below detectable levels
●● If a patient was treated with the macrolide erythromycin, he/she
should.
Answer: Temporarily stop simvastatin while taking erythromycin
●● 24 year old woman returned from vacation abroad suffering from
traveler's diarrhea, and her problem has not responded to antidiarrheal
drugs. A pathogenic gram-negative bacillus is suspected. Which drug is
most likely to be effective in the treatment of this patient.
