Pharmacology Exam 1 Chapters 1-8
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
what disciplines does pharmacology include? - CORRECT ANSWER - anatomy,
physiology, psychology, chemistry, and biology
drug - CORRECT ANSWER - any chemical that can affect living processes
pharmacology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of drugs and their interactions with living
systems
clinical pharmacology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of drugs in humans
therapeutics - CORRECT ANSWER - use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease or
to prevent pregnancy
the three most important properties of an ideal drug - CORRECT ANSWER -
effectiveness, safety, selectivity
effectiveness - CORRECT ANSWER - most important property a drug can have
safety - CORRECT ANSWER - drug cannot produce harmful effects
selectivity - CORRECT ANSWER - drug elicits on the response for which it is given
adverse effect of anticancer drugs - CORRECT ANSWER - increase risk of infection
, adverse effect of opioid analgesics - CORRECT ANSWER - at high doses cause
respiratory depression
adverse effect of aspirin and other related drugs - CORRECT ANSWER - severe gastric
ulceration, perforation, and bleeding when taken for prolonged period of time
additional properties of an ideal drug - CORRECT ANSWER - reversible action,
predictability, ease of administration, freedom from drug interactions, low cost, chemical
stability, simple generic name
the therapeutic objective of drug therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - to provide maximum
benefit with minimum harm
important determinants of drug responses - CORRECT ANSWER - dosage size, route of
administration, dose timing
pharmacokinetics - CORRECT ANSWER - impact of the body on drugs (how body
interacts with drugs)
4 major pharmacokinetic processes - CORRECT ANSWER - absorption, distribution,
metabolism, excretion
pharmacodynamics - CORRECT ANSWER - impact of drugs on the body
drug-receptor interaction - CORRECT ANSWER - binding of the drug to its receptor
patient's functional state - CORRECT ANSWER - influences pharmacodynamic processes
placebo effect - CORRECT ANSWER - also help to determine the responses a drug elicits
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
what disciplines does pharmacology include? - CORRECT ANSWER - anatomy,
physiology, psychology, chemistry, and biology
drug - CORRECT ANSWER - any chemical that can affect living processes
pharmacology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of drugs and their interactions with living
systems
clinical pharmacology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of drugs in humans
therapeutics - CORRECT ANSWER - use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease or
to prevent pregnancy
the three most important properties of an ideal drug - CORRECT ANSWER -
effectiveness, safety, selectivity
effectiveness - CORRECT ANSWER - most important property a drug can have
safety - CORRECT ANSWER - drug cannot produce harmful effects
selectivity - CORRECT ANSWER - drug elicits on the response for which it is given
adverse effect of anticancer drugs - CORRECT ANSWER - increase risk of infection
, adverse effect of opioid analgesics - CORRECT ANSWER - at high doses cause
respiratory depression
adverse effect of aspirin and other related drugs - CORRECT ANSWER - severe gastric
ulceration, perforation, and bleeding when taken for prolonged period of time
additional properties of an ideal drug - CORRECT ANSWER - reversible action,
predictability, ease of administration, freedom from drug interactions, low cost, chemical
stability, simple generic name
the therapeutic objective of drug therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - to provide maximum
benefit with minimum harm
important determinants of drug responses - CORRECT ANSWER - dosage size, route of
administration, dose timing
pharmacokinetics - CORRECT ANSWER - impact of the body on drugs (how body
interacts with drugs)
4 major pharmacokinetic processes - CORRECT ANSWER - absorption, distribution,
metabolism, excretion
pharmacodynamics - CORRECT ANSWER - impact of drugs on the body
drug-receptor interaction - CORRECT ANSWER - binding of the drug to its receptor
patient's functional state - CORRECT ANSWER - influences pharmacodynamic processes
placebo effect - CORRECT ANSWER - also help to determine the responses a drug elicits
