FRANDSEN CHAPTERS 1–8 PHARM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
PHARMACOLOGY STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
What are controlled substances? - ANS ✔✔Drugs that are categorized by federal law according to
therapeutic usefulness and potential for abuse; also known as scheduled drugs
Study of how a person's genetic heritage leads to variable responses to drugs; more generally refers to
genetic polymorphisms that occur in a patient population, such as an ethnic group, as opposed to an
individual person:
A. Pharmacotherapy
B. Pharmacoeconomics
C. Genetic Pharmacology
D. Pharmacogenomics - ANS ✔✔D. Pharmacogenomics
Often the first drug of a particular drug class to be developed; usually the standard against which newer,
similar drugs are compared.
A. Generic Drug
B. Prototype
C. Base Drug
D. Placebo - ANS ✔✔B. Prototype
Define Pharmacology: - ANS ✔✔The study of drugs (chemicals) that alter the functions of living
organisms.
The use of drugs to prevent, diagnose, or treat signs, symptoms, and diseases is?
A. Allopathic therapy
B. Western Pharma
C. Drug therapy
D. Prescription therapy - ANS ✔✔C. Drug therapy
Where can drugs come from? - ANS ✔✔Plants, animals and minerals
What is a synthetic drug? - ANS ✔✔Drug that is synthesized from laboratory chemicals
What is a semisynthetic drug? - ANS ✔✔Drugs that begin with natural substance which is chemically
altered.
_____________ drugs are more standardized in their chemical characteristics, more consistent in their
effects, and less likely to produce allergic reactions.
*Synthetic or Semi-synthetic?* - ANS ✔✔Synthetic
,How are drugs classified? - ANS ✔✔According to their effects on particular body systems, their
therapeutic uses, and their chemical characteristics.
What is the generic name? - ANS ✔✔Name related to the chemical or official name and is independent
of the manufacturer; often indicates the drug group
What is the trade name? - ANS ✔✔Name of the drug given by a manufacturer
Are generic drugs required to be therapeutically equivalent, but less expensive than trade drugs? Or do
they have a lesser therapeutic quality? - ANS ✔✔Yes, they must be therapeutically equal regardless of
price.
*Tylenol Acetaminophen*
Which is the trade name? Which is the generic name? - ANS ✔✔Trade: Tylenol
Generic: Acetaminophen
The nurse is caring for a woman who has strong beliefs about not putting anything unnatural into her
body. It is most accurate to say that most modern medications are
A. natural products derived from plants
B. natural products derived from minerals
C. synthetic products manufactured in laboratories
D. synthetic modifications of natural products - ANS ✔✔C. synthetic products manufactured in
laboratories
The nurse is taking care of a man who is confused about the different medications he is prescribed. He
notes that some of the drug names have changed over the course of time he has been taking them.
When counseling him, it is most important to keep the following statement in mind:
A. A drug can belong to only one group or classification.
B. A prototype drug is the standard by which similar drugs are compared.
C. Drug groups and prototypes change frequently, and knowledge about a prototype cannot guide
knowledge about other drugs in the same class.
D. The generic name of a drug changes among manufacturers. - ANS ✔✔B. A prototype drug is the
standard by which similar drugs are compared.
What involves the costs of drug therapy, including costs of purchasing, dispensing (i.e., salaries of
pharmacists, pharmacy technicians), storage, administration (i.e., salaries of nurses, costs of supplies),
and laboratory and other tests used to monitor patient responses, as well as losses due to expiration? -
ANS ✔✔Pharmacoeconomics
Do all diseases and conditions have a genetic or genomic component? - ANS ✔✔Yes, and the use of the
genetic information in prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment and effectiveness enhances the
likelihood of best practice in drug therapy.
What are the schedules of drugs (from most to least addictive)? - ANS ✔✔I, II, III, IV, V
, *Which schedule is this?*
Drugs that have no accepted medical use, have lack of accepted safety, and have high abuse potentials:
heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA or ecstasy),
mescaline, and peyote. - ANS ✔✔Schedule I
*Which schedule is this?*
Drugs that are used medically and have high abuse potentials: opioid analgesics (e.g., codeine,
hydromorphone, methadone, meperidine, morphine, oxycodone), central nervous system (CNS)
stimulants (e.g., cocaine, methamphetamine), and barbiturate sedative-hypnotics (e.g., pentobarbital). -
ANS ✔✔Schedule II
*Which schedule is this?*
Drugs with less potential for abuse, but abuse may lead to psychological or physical dependence:
androgens and anabolic steroids, some depressants (e.g., ketamine, pentobarbital), some CNS stimulants
(e.g., methylphenidate), and mixtures containing small amounts of controlled substances (e.g., codeine,
barbiturates not listed in other schedules). These drugs and substances have an accepted medical use in
the United States. - ANS ✔✔Schedule III
*Which schedule is this?*
Drugs with an accepted medical use in the United States but with some potential for abuse:
benzodiazepines (e.g., diazepam, lorazepam), other sedative-hypnotics (e.g., phenobarbital, chloral
hydrate), and some prescription appetite suppressants (e.g., phentermine). - ANS ✔✔Schedule IV
*Which schedule is this?*
Products containing moderate amounts of controlled substances. They may be dispensed by the
pharmacist without a physician's prescription but with some restrictions regarding amount, record
keeping, and other safeguards. Included are cough suppressants containing small amounts of codeine
and antidiarrheal drugs, such as diphenoxylate and atropine (Lomotil). - ANS ✔✔Schedule V
The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) enforces the
A. Medication Administration Act
B. Scheduled Drug Act
C. Controlled Medication Act
D. Controlled Substance Act - ANS ✔✔D. Controlled Substance Act
Who assigns prescribers (doctors, NP's, PA's) their numbers that should be written on all prescriptions
written for a controlled substance?
A. DEA
B. Drug and Alcohol Association
C. OSHA
D. National Provider Identifier Administration - ANS ✔✔A. DEA
PHARMACOLOGY STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
What are controlled substances? - ANS ✔✔Drugs that are categorized by federal law according to
therapeutic usefulness and potential for abuse; also known as scheduled drugs
Study of how a person's genetic heritage leads to variable responses to drugs; more generally refers to
genetic polymorphisms that occur in a patient population, such as an ethnic group, as opposed to an
individual person:
A. Pharmacotherapy
B. Pharmacoeconomics
C. Genetic Pharmacology
D. Pharmacogenomics - ANS ✔✔D. Pharmacogenomics
Often the first drug of a particular drug class to be developed; usually the standard against which newer,
similar drugs are compared.
A. Generic Drug
B. Prototype
C. Base Drug
D. Placebo - ANS ✔✔B. Prototype
Define Pharmacology: - ANS ✔✔The study of drugs (chemicals) that alter the functions of living
organisms.
The use of drugs to prevent, diagnose, or treat signs, symptoms, and diseases is?
A. Allopathic therapy
B. Western Pharma
C. Drug therapy
D. Prescription therapy - ANS ✔✔C. Drug therapy
Where can drugs come from? - ANS ✔✔Plants, animals and minerals
What is a synthetic drug? - ANS ✔✔Drug that is synthesized from laboratory chemicals
What is a semisynthetic drug? - ANS ✔✔Drugs that begin with natural substance which is chemically
altered.
_____________ drugs are more standardized in their chemical characteristics, more consistent in their
effects, and less likely to produce allergic reactions.
*Synthetic or Semi-synthetic?* - ANS ✔✔Synthetic
,How are drugs classified? - ANS ✔✔According to their effects on particular body systems, their
therapeutic uses, and their chemical characteristics.
What is the generic name? - ANS ✔✔Name related to the chemical or official name and is independent
of the manufacturer; often indicates the drug group
What is the trade name? - ANS ✔✔Name of the drug given by a manufacturer
Are generic drugs required to be therapeutically equivalent, but less expensive than trade drugs? Or do
they have a lesser therapeutic quality? - ANS ✔✔Yes, they must be therapeutically equal regardless of
price.
*Tylenol Acetaminophen*
Which is the trade name? Which is the generic name? - ANS ✔✔Trade: Tylenol
Generic: Acetaminophen
The nurse is caring for a woman who has strong beliefs about not putting anything unnatural into her
body. It is most accurate to say that most modern medications are
A. natural products derived from plants
B. natural products derived from minerals
C. synthetic products manufactured in laboratories
D. synthetic modifications of natural products - ANS ✔✔C. synthetic products manufactured in
laboratories
The nurse is taking care of a man who is confused about the different medications he is prescribed. He
notes that some of the drug names have changed over the course of time he has been taking them.
When counseling him, it is most important to keep the following statement in mind:
A. A drug can belong to only one group or classification.
B. A prototype drug is the standard by which similar drugs are compared.
C. Drug groups and prototypes change frequently, and knowledge about a prototype cannot guide
knowledge about other drugs in the same class.
D. The generic name of a drug changes among manufacturers. - ANS ✔✔B. A prototype drug is the
standard by which similar drugs are compared.
What involves the costs of drug therapy, including costs of purchasing, dispensing (i.e., salaries of
pharmacists, pharmacy technicians), storage, administration (i.e., salaries of nurses, costs of supplies),
and laboratory and other tests used to monitor patient responses, as well as losses due to expiration? -
ANS ✔✔Pharmacoeconomics
Do all diseases and conditions have a genetic or genomic component? - ANS ✔✔Yes, and the use of the
genetic information in prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment and effectiveness enhances the
likelihood of best practice in drug therapy.
What are the schedules of drugs (from most to least addictive)? - ANS ✔✔I, II, III, IV, V
, *Which schedule is this?*
Drugs that have no accepted medical use, have lack of accepted safety, and have high abuse potentials:
heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA or ecstasy),
mescaline, and peyote. - ANS ✔✔Schedule I
*Which schedule is this?*
Drugs that are used medically and have high abuse potentials: opioid analgesics (e.g., codeine,
hydromorphone, methadone, meperidine, morphine, oxycodone), central nervous system (CNS)
stimulants (e.g., cocaine, methamphetamine), and barbiturate sedative-hypnotics (e.g., pentobarbital). -
ANS ✔✔Schedule II
*Which schedule is this?*
Drugs with less potential for abuse, but abuse may lead to psychological or physical dependence:
androgens and anabolic steroids, some depressants (e.g., ketamine, pentobarbital), some CNS stimulants
(e.g., methylphenidate), and mixtures containing small amounts of controlled substances (e.g., codeine,
barbiturates not listed in other schedules). These drugs and substances have an accepted medical use in
the United States. - ANS ✔✔Schedule III
*Which schedule is this?*
Drugs with an accepted medical use in the United States but with some potential for abuse:
benzodiazepines (e.g., diazepam, lorazepam), other sedative-hypnotics (e.g., phenobarbital, chloral
hydrate), and some prescription appetite suppressants (e.g., phentermine). - ANS ✔✔Schedule IV
*Which schedule is this?*
Products containing moderate amounts of controlled substances. They may be dispensed by the
pharmacist without a physician's prescription but with some restrictions regarding amount, record
keeping, and other safeguards. Included are cough suppressants containing small amounts of codeine
and antidiarrheal drugs, such as diphenoxylate and atropine (Lomotil). - ANS ✔✔Schedule V
The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) enforces the
A. Medication Administration Act
B. Scheduled Drug Act
C. Controlled Medication Act
D. Controlled Substance Act - ANS ✔✔D. Controlled Substance Act
Who assigns prescribers (doctors, NP's, PA's) their numbers that should be written on all prescriptions
written for a controlled substance?
A. DEA
B. Drug and Alcohol Association
C. OSHA
D. National Provider Identifier Administration - ANS ✔✔A. DEA
