NSG 568- FHEA Questions and answers
When considering an antihypertensive medication for adults of African ancestry, calcium channel
blockers are generally preferred over ACE inhibitors as they are more effective in this ethnic group. This
is likely due to influences from a number of genes and provides an example of: -
✅✅Pharmacogenomics
An agent that binds to a receptor on or within a cell and produces a biological response is called a(n): -
✅✅Agonist
Which of the following provides the best example of a pharmacodynamic study? - ✅✅Understanding
the relationship between Cmax and drug effectiveness
Which of the following is false regarding inverse agonists? - ✅✅Several drugs on the market utilize
this mechanism of action.
Which of the following is true regarding agonists? - ✅✅A full agonist can produce 100% response.
Sylvia is a 66-year-old woman with a history of venous thromboembolism and is taking an anticoagulant.
She also has some anxiety and starts to take an herbal supplement that her friend recommended. The
herbal supplement is a known antagonist to her anticoagulant medication. Which of the following is
most likely to occur? - ✅✅The antagonist will bind to the drug receptor site and block the effect of
the drug.
Receptors can generally consist of any of the following except: - ✅✅Vitamins
Pharmacokinetic parameters can include all of the following except: - ✅✅Efficacy
Medications with higher lipophilicity tend to have a(n): - ✅✅Longer half-life.
A main goal of drug metabolism by the body is to: - ✅✅Increase hydrophilicity.
When considering an antihypertensive medication for adults of African ancestry, calcium channel
blockers are generally preferred over ACE inhibitors as they are more effective in this ethnic group. This
is likely due to influences from a number of genes and provides an example of: -
✅✅Pharmacogenomics
An agent that binds to a receptor on or within a cell and produces a biological response is called a(n): -
✅✅Agonist
Which of the following provides the best example of a pharmacodynamic study? - ✅✅Understanding
the relationship between Cmax and drug effectiveness
Which of the following is false regarding inverse agonists? - ✅✅Several drugs on the market utilize
this mechanism of action.
Which of the following is true regarding agonists? - ✅✅A full agonist can produce 100% response.
Sylvia is a 66-year-old woman with a history of venous thromboembolism and is taking an anticoagulant.
She also has some anxiety and starts to take an herbal supplement that her friend recommended. The
herbal supplement is a known antagonist to her anticoagulant medication. Which of the following is
most likely to occur? - ✅✅The antagonist will bind to the drug receptor site and block the effect of
the drug.
Receptors can generally consist of any of the following except: - ✅✅Vitamins
Pharmacokinetic parameters can include all of the following except: - ✅✅Efficacy
Medications with higher lipophilicity tend to have a(n): - ✅✅Longer half-life.
A main goal of drug metabolism by the body is to: - ✅✅Increase hydrophilicity.
