Prelims Pharmacology: Quiz Compilation
2025 Questions and Answers
Which among the following is defined as the science that focuses on the effects of drugs in the
human body, which includes both patients and well individuals?
a) pharmacology
b) therapeutics
c) clinical pharmacology
d) pharmakon - ANSWER✔✔-answer: c) clinical pharmacology
Which pertains to the use of drugs and their methods of administration in the treatment of the
disease?
a) treatment
b) therapeutics
c) medicine
d) clinical pharmacology - ANSWER✔✔-answer: b) therapeutics
ALL of the following are among the four major purposes of therapeutics, EXCEPT?
a) diagnosis
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,b) treatment
c) support
d) recreation - ANSWER✔✔-answers: d) recreation
Ofloxacin, an antibiotic is used in a patient which has otitis externa, an external ear infection by
applying drops to the affected ear. Which route of medication administration is described?
a) enteric
b) otic
c) intradermal
d) infusion - ANSWER✔✔-b) otic
A NTG patch or nitroglycerine patch is applied on a patient's skin in order to have it's desired
effects. Which route is described above?
a) transdermal
b) intradermal
c) subdermal
d) topical - ANSWER✔✔-a) transdermal
Insulin is a medication used among diabetic patients. It is injected into the fatty tissue under the
skin. This route is known as:
a) intramuscular
b) intradermal
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, c) subcutaneous
d) extradermal - ANSWER✔✔-c) subcutaneous
In the pharmacokinetic phase of drug absorption, which process pertains to the movement if drug
from the site of administration to bloodstream?
a) absorption
b) distribution
c) bioavailability
d) dissolution - ANSWER✔✔-a) absorption
If a patient ingests a 100mg tablet, wherein 70mg of the drug dose reaches the systemic circulation,
what is the bioavailability of the said drug?
a) 30%
b) 70%
c) 100%
d) 50% - ANSWER✔✔-b) 70%
If a patient took a 100mg drug orally, and only 60% reached the systemic circulation. The other
40%, the fraction of drug lost during the process of absorption which is greatly related to the liver
and the gut wall is known as:
a) half life
b) bioavailability
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2025 Questions and Answers
Which among the following is defined as the science that focuses on the effects of drugs in the
human body, which includes both patients and well individuals?
a) pharmacology
b) therapeutics
c) clinical pharmacology
d) pharmakon - ANSWER✔✔-answer: c) clinical pharmacology
Which pertains to the use of drugs and their methods of administration in the treatment of the
disease?
a) treatment
b) therapeutics
c) medicine
d) clinical pharmacology - ANSWER✔✔-answer: b) therapeutics
ALL of the following are among the four major purposes of therapeutics, EXCEPT?
a) diagnosis
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,b) treatment
c) support
d) recreation - ANSWER✔✔-answers: d) recreation
Ofloxacin, an antibiotic is used in a patient which has otitis externa, an external ear infection by
applying drops to the affected ear. Which route of medication administration is described?
a) enteric
b) otic
c) intradermal
d) infusion - ANSWER✔✔-b) otic
A NTG patch or nitroglycerine patch is applied on a patient's skin in order to have it's desired
effects. Which route is described above?
a) transdermal
b) intradermal
c) subdermal
d) topical - ANSWER✔✔-a) transdermal
Insulin is a medication used among diabetic patients. It is injected into the fatty tissue under the
skin. This route is known as:
a) intramuscular
b) intradermal
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, c) subcutaneous
d) extradermal - ANSWER✔✔-c) subcutaneous
In the pharmacokinetic phase of drug absorption, which process pertains to the movement if drug
from the site of administration to bloodstream?
a) absorption
b) distribution
c) bioavailability
d) dissolution - ANSWER✔✔-a) absorption
If a patient ingests a 100mg tablet, wherein 70mg of the drug dose reaches the systemic circulation,
what is the bioavailability of the said drug?
a) 30%
b) 70%
c) 100%
d) 50% - ANSWER✔✔-b) 70%
If a patient took a 100mg drug orally, and only 60% reached the systemic circulation. The other
40%, the fraction of drug lost during the process of absorption which is greatly related to the liver
and the gut wall is known as:
a) half life
b) bioavailability
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