BIO290 Pharmacology Exam 1 [2026] | STEP-BY-STEP
ANSWER GUIDE | UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS |
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS |
• Pharmacology -✓✓ANSWER: Study of medicines and drugs
• Pharmacotherapy -✓✓ANSWER: Using drugs to prevent and treat diseases
• Drug -✓✓ANSWER: Any substance taken to prevent, cure or reduce symptoms
• Placebo -✓✓ANSWER: Inert substance that has no therapeutic value
• Prototype -✓✓ANSWER: Benchmark drug to which others can be compared
• Ideal Drug -✓✓ANSWER: A concept describing the perfect drug
• The Ideal Drug -✓✓ANSWER: - Effectively treats, prevents or cures client's
condition
- Produces a rapid and predictable response at low
doses
- Quickly eliminated by body after therapeutic effect
produced
- Can be taken infrequently or for a short length of time
- Cheap and easily accessible
- Administered conveniently
, - Produces no adverse effects
- Does not interact with other medications or food
• Trade name -✓✓ANSWER: The brand name that a manufacturer gives a
medication; the name is capitalized.
• Generic name -✓✓ANSWER: only one generic name
lower case
• chemical name -✓✓ANSWER: long/complex
• schedule drugs -✓✓ANSWER: These drugs have less potential for abuse than
schedule II, III, and IV drugs.
• schedule V (5) -✓✓ANSWER: Accepted medical use, contain limited quantities of
certain narcotics,
lowest risk for abuse
ex: Pregabalin
• schedule IV (4) -✓✓ANSWER: Accepted medical with low potential for abuse
and / or dependence
Prescription rewritten after 6 months (or 5 refills)
• schedule III (3) -✓✓ANSWER: Accepted medical use, moderate to low
dependency risk
ANSWER GUIDE | UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS |
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS |
• Pharmacology -✓✓ANSWER: Study of medicines and drugs
• Pharmacotherapy -✓✓ANSWER: Using drugs to prevent and treat diseases
• Drug -✓✓ANSWER: Any substance taken to prevent, cure or reduce symptoms
• Placebo -✓✓ANSWER: Inert substance that has no therapeutic value
• Prototype -✓✓ANSWER: Benchmark drug to which others can be compared
• Ideal Drug -✓✓ANSWER: A concept describing the perfect drug
• The Ideal Drug -✓✓ANSWER: - Effectively treats, prevents or cures client's
condition
- Produces a rapid and predictable response at low
doses
- Quickly eliminated by body after therapeutic effect
produced
- Can be taken infrequently or for a short length of time
- Cheap and easily accessible
- Administered conveniently
, - Produces no adverse effects
- Does not interact with other medications or food
• Trade name -✓✓ANSWER: The brand name that a manufacturer gives a
medication; the name is capitalized.
• Generic name -✓✓ANSWER: only one generic name
lower case
• chemical name -✓✓ANSWER: long/complex
• schedule drugs -✓✓ANSWER: These drugs have less potential for abuse than
schedule II, III, and IV drugs.
• schedule V (5) -✓✓ANSWER: Accepted medical use, contain limited quantities of
certain narcotics,
lowest risk for abuse
ex: Pregabalin
• schedule IV (4) -✓✓ANSWER: Accepted medical with low potential for abuse
and / or dependence
Prescription rewritten after 6 months (or 5 refills)
• schedule III (3) -✓✓ANSWER: Accepted medical use, moderate to low
dependency risk
