TEST BANK FOR Roach Introductory Clinical Pharmacology
12TH Edition By Susan M Ford PRACTICE QUESTIONS
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1. What is pharmacology?
A. The study of microorganisms
B. The study of body structure
,C. The study of drugs and their effects on living organisms
D. The study of nutrition
Answer: C
Rationale: Pharmacology is the science concerned with drugs,
including their sources, actions, effects, uses, and adverse effects.
2. Which term refers to the study of how drugs affect the body?
A. Pharmacokinetics
B. Pharmacodynamics
C. Pharmacognosy
D. Toxicology
Answer: B
Rationale: Pharmacodynamics describes what a drug does to the
body, including its physiologic and biochemical effects.
3. Which process describes what the body does to a drug?
A. Pharmacodynamics
B. Pharmacokinetics
C. Pharmacotherapy
D. Pharmacogenetics
Answer: B
Rationale: Pharmacokinetics includes absorption, distribution,
metabolism, and excretion of drugs.
4. Which four processes are commonly represented by ADME?
A. Action, dosage, metabolism, elimination
B. Absorption, dosage, metabolism, excretion
C. Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion
D. Administration, distribution, metabolism, evaluation
Answer: C
,Rationale: ADME stands for absorption, distribution, metabolism, and
excretion.
5. Which route of administration places medication directly into a
vein?
A. Intramuscular
B. Subcutaneous
C. Intradermal
D. Intravenous
Answer: D
Rationale: Intravenous administration delivers medication directly
into the bloodstream through a vein.
6. Which route generally produces the fastest systemic drug effect?
A. Oral
B. Subcutaneous
C. Intravenous
D. Topical
Answer: C
Rationale: IV administration places the drug directly into systemic
circulation and therefore generally has the most rapid onset.
7. What is the major advantage of the oral route?
A. It always produces immediate effects
B. It bypasses the liver completely
C. It is convenient and generally noninvasive
D. It requires sterile technique
Answer: C
Rationale: Oral administration is convenient, relatively safe, and
commonly used for self-administration.
8. What is the first-pass effect?
, A. Drug excretion through the kidneys
B. Drug absorption through the skin
C. Metabolism of an orally administered drug before it reaches
systemic circulation
D. Drug binding to plasma proteins
Answer: C
Rationale: Drugs absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract may pass
through the liver before entering systemic circulation, where some
drug is metabolized.
9. Which organ is the primary site of drug metabolism?
A. Heart
B. Kidney
C. Lung
D. Liver
Answer: D
Rationale: The liver contains numerous enzymes responsible for
metabolizing many medications.
10. Which organ is most important for elimination of many drugs?
A. Pancreas
B. Kidneys
C. Spleen
D. Thyroid
Answer: B
Rationale: The kidneys eliminate many drugs and metabolites
through urine.
11. A drug that binds to a receptor and produces a response is
called a(n):
12TH Edition By Susan M Ford PRACTICE QUESTIONS
|ORIGINAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS |DETAILED
RATIONALES |HINTED COMPLETE EXAM PREP GRADED
A+*INSTANT DOWNLOAD PDF
1. What is pharmacology?
A. The study of microorganisms
B. The study of body structure
,C. The study of drugs and their effects on living organisms
D. The study of nutrition
Answer: C
Rationale: Pharmacology is the science concerned with drugs,
including their sources, actions, effects, uses, and adverse effects.
2. Which term refers to the study of how drugs affect the body?
A. Pharmacokinetics
B. Pharmacodynamics
C. Pharmacognosy
D. Toxicology
Answer: B
Rationale: Pharmacodynamics describes what a drug does to the
body, including its physiologic and biochemical effects.
3. Which process describes what the body does to a drug?
A. Pharmacodynamics
B. Pharmacokinetics
C. Pharmacotherapy
D. Pharmacogenetics
Answer: B
Rationale: Pharmacokinetics includes absorption, distribution,
metabolism, and excretion of drugs.
4. Which four processes are commonly represented by ADME?
A. Action, dosage, metabolism, elimination
B. Absorption, dosage, metabolism, excretion
C. Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion
D. Administration, distribution, metabolism, evaluation
Answer: C
,Rationale: ADME stands for absorption, distribution, metabolism, and
excretion.
5. Which route of administration places medication directly into a
vein?
A. Intramuscular
B. Subcutaneous
C. Intradermal
D. Intravenous
Answer: D
Rationale: Intravenous administration delivers medication directly
into the bloodstream through a vein.
6. Which route generally produces the fastest systemic drug effect?
A. Oral
B. Subcutaneous
C. Intravenous
D. Topical
Answer: C
Rationale: IV administration places the drug directly into systemic
circulation and therefore generally has the most rapid onset.
7. What is the major advantage of the oral route?
A. It always produces immediate effects
B. It bypasses the liver completely
C. It is convenient and generally noninvasive
D. It requires sterile technique
Answer: C
Rationale: Oral administration is convenient, relatively safe, and
commonly used for self-administration.
8. What is the first-pass effect?
, A. Drug excretion through the kidneys
B. Drug absorption through the skin
C. Metabolism of an orally administered drug before it reaches
systemic circulation
D. Drug binding to plasma proteins
Answer: C
Rationale: Drugs absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract may pass
through the liver before entering systemic circulation, where some
drug is metabolized.
9. Which organ is the primary site of drug metabolism?
A. Heart
B. Kidney
C. Lung
D. Liver
Answer: D
Rationale: The liver contains numerous enzymes responsible for
metabolizing many medications.
10. Which organ is most important for elimination of many drugs?
A. Pancreas
B. Kidneys
C. Spleen
D. Thyroid
Answer: B
Rationale: The kidneys eliminate many drugs and metabolites
through urine.
11. A drug that binds to a receptor and produces a response is
called a(n):
