PENN FOSTER MEDICAL MATH PROCTOR
EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
DETAILED REVIEW SHEET
●● contraindications
Answer: reasons to not give a drug
●● legend drugs
Answer: drugs that have the ability to cause serious harm if misused,
must be regulated by the FDA as prescription drugs.
Contain a caution statement "caution federal law restricts the use of this
drug to use/by/or on the order of a licensed veterinarian."
●● veterinarian client relationship
Answer: vet takes responsibility for making decisions based on need for
treatment and the client agreeing to follow the vets' instructions.
Decision must be made with a sufficient amount of information of the
animal.
●● regimen
Answer: plan for drug administration, printed on medication label
,ROUTE: of administration
DOSAGE: amount of drug given
FREQUENCY: how often to give drug
DURATION: how long to give the drug
●● t.i.d
q.i.d
b.i.d
Answer: three times a day (ter in die)
four times a day (quater in die)
twice a day (bis in die)
●● Pharmacokinetics
Answer: complex series of events involving how the body reacts to the
movement of drugs in the body. Occurs after drug administration
●● Pharmacodynamics
Answer: study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and
their mechanism of action in the body.
●● Routes of Administration (11)
Answer: oral: mouth
intravenous: vein
,intramuscular: muscle
subcutaneous: tissue beneath skin
intradermal: skin
intraperitoneal: abdominal cavity
intraarterial: artery
intraarticular: joint
intracardiac: heart
intramedullary: marrow (bone)
epidural/subdural: spine/near spine
●● nebulizer
Answer: device that creates a mist used to deliver medication for giving
respiratory treatment
(to kill small organisms or open lungs)
●● metered-dose inhaler
Answer: handheld device that produces a medicated spray for inhalation.
●● anesthetic gases
Answer: gaseous forms given with vaporizers
●● transdermal (topical) drugs
, Answer: drugs placed on the skin (patch) allowing slow absorption over
time
●● concentration gradient
Answer: drugs moving from areas of higher concentration to lower
concentration
●● Bioavailability
Answer: measures the amount of drug that gets absorbed and is available
to patient
●● water-soluble drugs
Answer: Drugs that dissolve in water and tend to stay in the bloodstream
and either stay free or bond to various proteins (albumin)
●● lipid-soluble drugs
Answer: drugs absorbed by bodily fats and move out of the bloodstream
into the interstitial space (between organs and tissues)
fat, liver, bone, and kidneys act as storage sites for these drugs.
●● placenta
EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
DETAILED REVIEW SHEET
●● contraindications
Answer: reasons to not give a drug
●● legend drugs
Answer: drugs that have the ability to cause serious harm if misused,
must be regulated by the FDA as prescription drugs.
Contain a caution statement "caution federal law restricts the use of this
drug to use/by/or on the order of a licensed veterinarian."
●● veterinarian client relationship
Answer: vet takes responsibility for making decisions based on need for
treatment and the client agreeing to follow the vets' instructions.
Decision must be made with a sufficient amount of information of the
animal.
●● regimen
Answer: plan for drug administration, printed on medication label
,ROUTE: of administration
DOSAGE: amount of drug given
FREQUENCY: how often to give drug
DURATION: how long to give the drug
●● t.i.d
q.i.d
b.i.d
Answer: three times a day (ter in die)
four times a day (quater in die)
twice a day (bis in die)
●● Pharmacokinetics
Answer: complex series of events involving how the body reacts to the
movement of drugs in the body. Occurs after drug administration
●● Pharmacodynamics
Answer: study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and
their mechanism of action in the body.
●● Routes of Administration (11)
Answer: oral: mouth
intravenous: vein
,intramuscular: muscle
subcutaneous: tissue beneath skin
intradermal: skin
intraperitoneal: abdominal cavity
intraarterial: artery
intraarticular: joint
intracardiac: heart
intramedullary: marrow (bone)
epidural/subdural: spine/near spine
●● nebulizer
Answer: device that creates a mist used to deliver medication for giving
respiratory treatment
(to kill small organisms or open lungs)
●● metered-dose inhaler
Answer: handheld device that produces a medicated spray for inhalation.
●● anesthetic gases
Answer: gaseous forms given with vaporizers
●● transdermal (topical) drugs
, Answer: drugs placed on the skin (patch) allowing slow absorption over
time
●● concentration gradient
Answer: drugs moving from areas of higher concentration to lower
concentration
●● Bioavailability
Answer: measures the amount of drug that gets absorbed and is available
to patient
●● water-soluble drugs
Answer: Drugs that dissolve in water and tend to stay in the bloodstream
and either stay free or bond to various proteins (albumin)
●● lipid-soluble drugs
Answer: drugs absorbed by bodily fats and move out of the bloodstream
into the interstitial space (between organs and tissues)
fat, liver, bone, and kidneys act as storage sites for these drugs.
●● placenta
