RN PHARMACOLOGY
FULL PRACTICE EXAM
60 NCLEX-Style Questions • Correct Answers • Rationales
Original nursing study resource
Topics: Pharmacodynamics • Pharmacokinetics • ADME • Bioavailability • Medication Safety • Therapeutic Index •
Adverse Effects • Agonists • Antagonists • Tolerance • RN Prioritization
Student: ____________________________ Date: __________________
RN Pharmacology Practice Exam • Study Resource Page 1
, 1. Foundations of Pharmacology
1. Drug study focuses on:
A. Tissue anatomy
B. Drugs and their effects
C. Surgery
D. Nutrition
Answer: ____________________________________________
2. Pharmacodynamics means:
A. What the body does to a drug
B. How drugs are stored
C. What a drug does to the body
D. How drugs are named
Answer: ____________________________________________
3. Pharmacokinetics means:
A. What the drug does to the body
B. What the body does to the drug
C. Drug packaging
D. Drug pricing
Answer: ____________________________________________
4. ADME includes:
A. Absorption
B. Distribution
C. Metabolism
D. Excretion
Answer: ____________________________________________
5. A receptor is:
A. A site where a drug can bind and produce an effect
B. A storage container
C. A dosage form
D. A route
Answer: ____________________________________________
6. An agonist:
A. Blocks all receptors
B. Binds and activates a receptor
C. Prevents absorption
D. Always causes toxicity
Answer: ____________________________________________
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, 7. An antagonist:
A. Activates a receptor
B. Increases absorption
C. Blocks or reduces receptor activation
D. Increases renal function
Answer: ____________________________________________
8. A desired medication response is called a:
A. Therapeutic effect
B. First-pass effect
C. Clearance
D. Contraindication
Answer: ____________________________________________
9. Bioavailability is:
A. Drug color
B. Fraction reaching systemic circulation
C. Drug taste
D. Half-life
Answer: ____________________________________________
10. Medication response can be influenced by:
A. Age
B. Organ function
C. Other medications
D. Route
Answer: ____________________________________________
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FULL PRACTICE EXAM
60 NCLEX-Style Questions • Correct Answers • Rationales
Original nursing study resource
Topics: Pharmacodynamics • Pharmacokinetics • ADME • Bioavailability • Medication Safety • Therapeutic Index •
Adverse Effects • Agonists • Antagonists • Tolerance • RN Prioritization
Student: ____________________________ Date: __________________
RN Pharmacology Practice Exam • Study Resource Page 1
, 1. Foundations of Pharmacology
1. Drug study focuses on:
A. Tissue anatomy
B. Drugs and their effects
C. Surgery
D. Nutrition
Answer: ____________________________________________
2. Pharmacodynamics means:
A. What the body does to a drug
B. How drugs are stored
C. What a drug does to the body
D. How drugs are named
Answer: ____________________________________________
3. Pharmacokinetics means:
A. What the drug does to the body
B. What the body does to the drug
C. Drug packaging
D. Drug pricing
Answer: ____________________________________________
4. ADME includes:
A. Absorption
B. Distribution
C. Metabolism
D. Excretion
Answer: ____________________________________________
5. A receptor is:
A. A site where a drug can bind and produce an effect
B. A storage container
C. A dosage form
D. A route
Answer: ____________________________________________
6. An agonist:
A. Blocks all receptors
B. Binds and activates a receptor
C. Prevents absorption
D. Always causes toxicity
Answer: ____________________________________________
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, 7. An antagonist:
A. Activates a receptor
B. Increases absorption
C. Blocks or reduces receptor activation
D. Increases renal function
Answer: ____________________________________________
8. A desired medication response is called a:
A. Therapeutic effect
B. First-pass effect
C. Clearance
D. Contraindication
Answer: ____________________________________________
9. Bioavailability is:
A. Drug color
B. Fraction reaching systemic circulation
C. Drug taste
D. Half-life
Answer: ____________________________________________
10. Medication response can be influenced by:
A. Age
B. Organ function
C. Other medications
D. Route
Answer: ____________________________________________
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