Advanced Pharmacology Exam 1 Study
Guide (2026/2027) | Exam Questions |
Prep Guide | A+
• Black skinned persons from all cultures rarely get lice.
True
False -✓✓True
• Your patient is using Spectazole cream for a fungal infection for 1
month and
still has symptoms. You explain that:
A. Fungus infections are very slow to improve using antifungal cream
B. He is not using it daily as it is prescribed, using daily will stop his
symptoms
and cure his condition immediately
You
C. He is applying too much cream to the affected area
D. This is the wrong type of cream for his fungal infection -✓✓A.
Fungus infections are very slow to improve using antifungal cream
• Your 14 year old male patient comes in with moderate acne-like
pustules and a few nodules on his face, neck and shoulders. Your first
line drug treatment
for this patient should be:
A. Clindamycin (Cleocin T-Gel) lotion
,B. Accutane
C. Proactive and vitamin D
D. Oral birth control -✓✓A. Clindamycin (Cleocin T-Gel) lotion
• A 23 year old female patient comes in to see you in primary care. She
has a
weepy red patchy rash on her right leg that itches intensely. She went
hiking with her boyfriend last weekend and this developed after she got
home. She has no fever or any other symptoms and takes no
medications. She most likely has and should be treated by?
A. Poison Ivy; Hydrocortisone cream and Calamine lotion
B. Eczema; Hydrogen peroxide
C. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever; IV Antibiotics
D. Posion Oak; Nystatin -✓✓A. Poison Ivy; Hydrocortisone cream and
Calamine lotion
• Your 10 year old female patient is in your clinic and seeing you
because the school nurse sent her. She has Pediculosis. Treatment for
this condition is:
A. Permethrin topical cream
B. Trimazole cream
C. Calamine lotion
D. Sulfacetamide solution 0.25% -✓✓A. Permethrin topical cream
, • Lindane is commonly used for treatment of scabies or lice. If not used
properly, Lindane has the potential to be neurotoxic and can trigger
seizures.
True
False -✓✓True
• Match the following
Tinea Corporis
Tinea Pedis
Tinea Cruris
Tinea Capitis
Fungus on the body, ringworm is an example
Fungus on the scalp
Fungus in the groin, "Jock itch"
Fungus on the feet, "athlete's foot" -✓✓Tina Corporis- Fungus on the
body, ringworm is an example
Tina Pedis-Fungus on the feet, "athlete's foot"
Tina Cruris-Fungus in the groin, "Jock itch"
Tina Capitis-Fungus on the scalp
• The most effective medical treatment for a second degree (Partial-
thickness) with blistering is:
A. topical antimicrobial agents are often used
Guide (2026/2027) | Exam Questions |
Prep Guide | A+
• Black skinned persons from all cultures rarely get lice.
True
False -✓✓True
• Your patient is using Spectazole cream for a fungal infection for 1
month and
still has symptoms. You explain that:
A. Fungus infections are very slow to improve using antifungal cream
B. He is not using it daily as it is prescribed, using daily will stop his
symptoms
and cure his condition immediately
You
C. He is applying too much cream to the affected area
D. This is the wrong type of cream for his fungal infection -✓✓A.
Fungus infections are very slow to improve using antifungal cream
• Your 14 year old male patient comes in with moderate acne-like
pustules and a few nodules on his face, neck and shoulders. Your first
line drug treatment
for this patient should be:
A. Clindamycin (Cleocin T-Gel) lotion
,B. Accutane
C. Proactive and vitamin D
D. Oral birth control -✓✓A. Clindamycin (Cleocin T-Gel) lotion
• A 23 year old female patient comes in to see you in primary care. She
has a
weepy red patchy rash on her right leg that itches intensely. She went
hiking with her boyfriend last weekend and this developed after she got
home. She has no fever or any other symptoms and takes no
medications. She most likely has and should be treated by?
A. Poison Ivy; Hydrocortisone cream and Calamine lotion
B. Eczema; Hydrogen peroxide
C. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever; IV Antibiotics
D. Posion Oak; Nystatin -✓✓A. Poison Ivy; Hydrocortisone cream and
Calamine lotion
• Your 10 year old female patient is in your clinic and seeing you
because the school nurse sent her. She has Pediculosis. Treatment for
this condition is:
A. Permethrin topical cream
B. Trimazole cream
C. Calamine lotion
D. Sulfacetamide solution 0.25% -✓✓A. Permethrin topical cream
, • Lindane is commonly used for treatment of scabies or lice. If not used
properly, Lindane has the potential to be neurotoxic and can trigger
seizures.
True
False -✓✓True
• Match the following
Tinea Corporis
Tinea Pedis
Tinea Cruris
Tinea Capitis
Fungus on the body, ringworm is an example
Fungus on the scalp
Fungus in the groin, "Jock itch"
Fungus on the feet, "athlete's foot" -✓✓Tina Corporis- Fungus on the
body, ringworm is an example
Tina Pedis-Fungus on the feet, "athlete's foot"
Tina Cruris-Fungus in the groin, "Jock itch"
Tina Capitis-Fungus on the scalp
• The most effective medical treatment for a second degree (Partial-
thickness) with blistering is:
A. topical antimicrobial agents are often used
