PAT 201 EXAMINATION TEST 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
UPDATED STUDY GUIDE
◉ health canada issues NOC and DIN
Answer: Notice of Compliance and Drug Identification Number
◉ classifications of therapeutic agents
Answer: categories of drugs based on therapeutic use
◉ biologics
Answer: agents that come from living cells, such as insulin
◉ natural health products
Answer: supplements and vitamins
◉ therapeutic classifications
Answer: describes what is being treated by the drug
◉ antihypertensive
Answer: treats hypertension
, ◉ pharmacological classification
Answer: describes how a drug works at a molecular, tissue, body
system level
◉ mechanism of action
Answer: how drug produces effect in body
◉ diuretic
Answer: can treat hypertension by causing diuresis and lowering
blood volume (effect)
◉ prototype drug
Answer: representative drug from a class used as a point of
comparison for related versions
◉ chemical name
Answer: describes chemical structure
◉ generic name
Answer: adopted by regulatory agencies to describe active
ingredient
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
UPDATED STUDY GUIDE
◉ health canada issues NOC and DIN
Answer: Notice of Compliance and Drug Identification Number
◉ classifications of therapeutic agents
Answer: categories of drugs based on therapeutic use
◉ biologics
Answer: agents that come from living cells, such as insulin
◉ natural health products
Answer: supplements and vitamins
◉ therapeutic classifications
Answer: describes what is being treated by the drug
◉ antihypertensive
Answer: treats hypertension
, ◉ pharmacological classification
Answer: describes how a drug works at a molecular, tissue, body
system level
◉ mechanism of action
Answer: how drug produces effect in body
◉ diuretic
Answer: can treat hypertension by causing diuresis and lowering
blood volume (effect)
◉ prototype drug
Answer: representative drug from a class used as a point of
comparison for related versions
◉ chemical name
Answer: describes chemical structure
◉ generic name
Answer: adopted by regulatory agencies to describe active
ingredient