HOSA PHARMACOLOGY LATEST 2025-2026 EXAM
200+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+ GUARANTEED PASS
What method of medication administration is best described as painless and has a
rapid onset of action but requires a responsive, cooperative patient with an intact
gag reflex?
A. Topical
B. Oral
C. IV
D. Buccal
D. Buccal
Which of the following methods of medication administration is easily accessible
during an active seizure if an IV is unobtainable?
A. IO
B. SL
C. Rectal
D. Tracheal
C. Rectal
,Which of the following medication administration methods has an immediate onset
and is easily accessible, but is painful and time-consuming and has a significant
potential for causing adverse reactions?
A. IM
B. SL
C. Rectal
D. IV
D. IV
Valium is an example of which type of drug name?
A. Generic name
B. Chemical name
C. Official name
D. Trade name
D. Trade name
Which of the following best describes the absorption of topical nitroglycerin in a
patient with poor peripheral circulation?
A. Absorption is enhanced, and the results may be stronger than expected.
B. Absorption decreases, and the results may be stronger than expected.
C. Absorption is unchanged, and the results can be typical.
D. Absorption decreases, and the results may be less than desired.
,D. Absorption decreases, and the results may be less than desired.
Which method of medication administration provides the client with the greatest
first-pass effect?
A) Oral.
B) Sublingual.
C) Intravenous.
D) Subcutaneous
A) Oral
An older client with a decreased percentage of lean body mass is likely to receive a
prescription that is adjusted based on which pharmacokinetic process?
A) Absorption
B) Metabolism
C) Elimination
D) Distribution
D) Distribution
Which of the following is a parenteral method of administering a drug?
, A) Topical
B) Oral
C) Sublingual
D) Rectal
A) Topical
Which of the following is an enteral method of administering drugs?
A. Rectal
B. Intranasal
C. Topical
D. Tracheal
A. Rectal
How are the solid forms of drugs most frequently administered?
A. Parenteral
B. Intravenous
C. Enteral
D. Inhalation
C. Enteral
200+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+ GUARANTEED PASS
What method of medication administration is best described as painless and has a
rapid onset of action but requires a responsive, cooperative patient with an intact
gag reflex?
A. Topical
B. Oral
C. IV
D. Buccal
D. Buccal
Which of the following methods of medication administration is easily accessible
during an active seizure if an IV is unobtainable?
A. IO
B. SL
C. Rectal
D. Tracheal
C. Rectal
,Which of the following medication administration methods has an immediate onset
and is easily accessible, but is painful and time-consuming and has a significant
potential for causing adverse reactions?
A. IM
B. SL
C. Rectal
D. IV
D. IV
Valium is an example of which type of drug name?
A. Generic name
B. Chemical name
C. Official name
D. Trade name
D. Trade name
Which of the following best describes the absorption of topical nitroglycerin in a
patient with poor peripheral circulation?
A. Absorption is enhanced, and the results may be stronger than expected.
B. Absorption decreases, and the results may be stronger than expected.
C. Absorption is unchanged, and the results can be typical.
D. Absorption decreases, and the results may be less than desired.
,D. Absorption decreases, and the results may be less than desired.
Which method of medication administration provides the client with the greatest
first-pass effect?
A) Oral.
B) Sublingual.
C) Intravenous.
D) Subcutaneous
A) Oral
An older client with a decreased percentage of lean body mass is likely to receive a
prescription that is adjusted based on which pharmacokinetic process?
A) Absorption
B) Metabolism
C) Elimination
D) Distribution
D) Distribution
Which of the following is a parenteral method of administering a drug?
, A) Topical
B) Oral
C) Sublingual
D) Rectal
A) Topical
Which of the following is an enteral method of administering drugs?
A. Rectal
B. Intranasal
C. Topical
D. Tracheal
A. Rectal
How are the solid forms of drugs most frequently administered?
A. Parenteral
B. Intravenous
C. Enteral
D. Inhalation
C. Enteral
