Pharmacology Jeopardy UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What are the 3 types of names every drug has? - CORRECT ANSWER - Chemical,
generic and trade
What is half-life? - CORRECT ANSWER - The term used to descirbe when one half of the
original amount of a drug has been removed from or inactivated in the body
What is pharmacology? - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of drugs and their interactions
with living systems
What is 12.5%? - CORRECT ANSWER - When discontinued, the percentage of drug still
active after three half-lives
What is the first pass effect? - CORRECT ANSWER - The physiologic reason why you
must give 6.5mg of nitroglycerin orally to get the same effect as 0.15mg sublingually
What is respiratory rate/ respirations? - CORRECT ANSWER - Other than pain, the most
important nursing assessment to make prior to administering morphine
What is the liver? - CORRECT ANSWER - Primary organ damaged as a result of acute
acetaminophen toxicity
What is every 72 hours or 3 days? - CORRECT ANSWER - fentanyl (Duragesic) patches
are typically changed at this frequency
What is constipation? - CORRECT ANSWER - Other than nausea, the most GI side effect
of opioids
, What is naloxone (narcan)? - CORRECT ANSWER - Drug of choice for reversing opioid-
induced respiratory depression
What is acetylcholine? - CORRECT ANSWER - Primary neurotransmitter of the
parasympathetic nervous system
What is vasoconstriction? - CORRECT ANSWER - Effect of an alpha 1 agonist on blood
vessels
What are catecholamines? - CORRECT ANSWER - Have a short duration of action,
cannot be given orally and do not cross the blood brain barrier
What is atropine? - CORRECT ANSWER - Drug of choice for cholinergic crisis
What is increase salivation, increase lacrimation, increase urination, diarrhea, increase GI
motility and secretions and emesis? - CORRECT ANSWER - What each of the letters in
the acronym SLUDGE means
What is furosemide (lasix)? - CORRECT ANSWER - The prototype loop diuretic
What is spironolactone? - CORRECT ANSWER - Of hydrochlorothiazide and
spironolactone, the one that you dont have to encourage increase intake of potassium with
What is mannitol? - CORRECT ANSWER - The prototype osmotic diuretic, used to treat
cerebral edema
What is the hydrochlorothiazide or the thiazide diuretics? - CORRECT ANSWER -
According to JNC VII guidelines, this is the first drug or classification of drugs of choice to treat
hypertension without other compelling indicators
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What are the 3 types of names every drug has? - CORRECT ANSWER - Chemical,
generic and trade
What is half-life? - CORRECT ANSWER - The term used to descirbe when one half of the
original amount of a drug has been removed from or inactivated in the body
What is pharmacology? - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of drugs and their interactions
with living systems
What is 12.5%? - CORRECT ANSWER - When discontinued, the percentage of drug still
active after three half-lives
What is the first pass effect? - CORRECT ANSWER - The physiologic reason why you
must give 6.5mg of nitroglycerin orally to get the same effect as 0.15mg sublingually
What is respiratory rate/ respirations? - CORRECT ANSWER - Other than pain, the most
important nursing assessment to make prior to administering morphine
What is the liver? - CORRECT ANSWER - Primary organ damaged as a result of acute
acetaminophen toxicity
What is every 72 hours or 3 days? - CORRECT ANSWER - fentanyl (Duragesic) patches
are typically changed at this frequency
What is constipation? - CORRECT ANSWER - Other than nausea, the most GI side effect
of opioids
, What is naloxone (narcan)? - CORRECT ANSWER - Drug of choice for reversing opioid-
induced respiratory depression
What is acetylcholine? - CORRECT ANSWER - Primary neurotransmitter of the
parasympathetic nervous system
What is vasoconstriction? - CORRECT ANSWER - Effect of an alpha 1 agonist on blood
vessels
What are catecholamines? - CORRECT ANSWER - Have a short duration of action,
cannot be given orally and do not cross the blood brain barrier
What is atropine? - CORRECT ANSWER - Drug of choice for cholinergic crisis
What is increase salivation, increase lacrimation, increase urination, diarrhea, increase GI
motility and secretions and emesis? - CORRECT ANSWER - What each of the letters in
the acronym SLUDGE means
What is furosemide (lasix)? - CORRECT ANSWER - The prototype loop diuretic
What is spironolactone? - CORRECT ANSWER - Of hydrochlorothiazide and
spironolactone, the one that you dont have to encourage increase intake of potassium with
What is mannitol? - CORRECT ANSWER - The prototype osmotic diuretic, used to treat
cerebral edema
What is the hydrochlorothiazide or the thiazide diuretics? - CORRECT ANSWER -
According to JNC VII guidelines, this is the first drug or classification of drugs of choice to treat
hypertension without other compelling indicators
