UNDERSTANDING PHARMACOLOGY: QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS.
68W ALC PHASE 3 LPC 2025
1. What is pharmacology?
a. Answer-study of substances that interact with living organisms through
chemical processes
2. What is medical pharmacology?
a. Answer-science of substances used to prevent, diagnose and treat
disease
3. What is indication?
a. Answer-reason or condition for which a particular medication is given
4. What is dose?
a. Answer-amount of medication given within a specified period of time
5. What is single dose?
a. Answer-amount of medication administered at one time
6. What is maximum dose?
a. Answer-the largest amount of medication either as a single dose or within
a period of time
7. What is cumulative dose?
a. Answer-sum of all single doses over either a lifetime or a period of time
8. What is dosage strength?
a. Answer-amount of medication contained per tablet, capsule, suppository,
etc
9. What is titration in pharmacology?
a. Answer-administering a medication with variable strength, interval, and
quantity to achieve and maintain a desired observable physiological effect
(pain ctrl)
10. What is contraindication?
a. Answer-medical reason not to give a medication
11. What is absolute contraindication?
a. Answer-medical reason to NEVER give a medication
,12. What is relative contraindication?
a. Answer-medical reason a medication should not be given, but may be
acceptable in certain circumstances
13. What is allergy?
a. Answer-immune response in which there is a hypersensitivity response
induced by exposure to a particular medication
14. What is a side effect?
Answer-unintended, but not surprising consequence of a medication which
may require a medication dose be changed or discontinued
15. What is therapeutic effect?
a. Answer-desired change in physiology for administering the medication
16. What is therapeutic level?
a. Answer-blood level of a medication required to achieve the therapeutic
effect
17. What is toxic level?
a. Answer-blood level of a medication which will cause tissue damage
18. What is therapeutic range?
a. Answer-variable blood levels of a medication between the therapeutic
level and the toxic level
19. What is therapeutic window?
a. Answer-range of acceptable DOSAGES of a medication needed to keep
blood levels within the therapeutic range
20. Upon medication, what is peak?
a. Answer-when medication is at its highest concentration
21. In medication what is trough?
a. Answer-lowest blood level of a medication between doses
22. What is half-life?
a. Answer-time it takes for the body to eliminate half the dose of medication
23. What is steady state?
a. Answer-relatively constant blood level of medication which is sustained
after 5-6 half lives of a medication
24. What is tolerance pharmacology?
a. Answer-when the body has adapted to having a medication regularly and
now requires a higher or more frequent doses to achieve the therapeutic
effect
, 25. What is resistance?
a. Answer-when infectious organisms adapt to antibiotics and it takes either
higher doses of same medication or a change to a different medication to
kill the organisms
26. What is metabolism
a. Answer-process of the body to break down and eliminate medications
most metabolized by the liver or kidneys
27. What are dosing intervals?
a. Answer-recommended time period between doses of a medication
28. What is onset?
a. Answer-time until a medication's therapeutic effect begins
29. What is duration of effect?
a. Answer-time until the medication's therapeutic effect wears off
30. Explain the duration of therapy -
31. Answer-length of time a course of medication is continued to ensure the desired
effect is maintained
32. What are dosing parameters
a. Answer-the limitations, considerations, and instructions required regarding
a medication; helps achieve the desired physiological response minimize
side effects
33. What does the following words stand for: Body weight, Comorbidities, Age
a. Answer-What are factors that affect dosing
34. What is the Importance for patients to understand dosing parameters?
Answer--too little: not achieve therapeutic effects too much: increased side
effects/toxic levels
35. What are Antibiotics?
– Answer Medications which kill or inhibit the reproduction of bacteria
36. What is Gram Stain Testing?
– Answer-Categorizes bacteria classification based upon chemical
properties in the cell's membrane.
37. What is Gram positive?
–Answer-Indicates the presence of peptidoglycan
38. What is Peptidoglycan?
ANSWERS.
68W ALC PHASE 3 LPC 2025
1. What is pharmacology?
a. Answer-study of substances that interact with living organisms through
chemical processes
2. What is medical pharmacology?
a. Answer-science of substances used to prevent, diagnose and treat
disease
3. What is indication?
a. Answer-reason or condition for which a particular medication is given
4. What is dose?
a. Answer-amount of medication given within a specified period of time
5. What is single dose?
a. Answer-amount of medication administered at one time
6. What is maximum dose?
a. Answer-the largest amount of medication either as a single dose or within
a period of time
7. What is cumulative dose?
a. Answer-sum of all single doses over either a lifetime or a period of time
8. What is dosage strength?
a. Answer-amount of medication contained per tablet, capsule, suppository,
etc
9. What is titration in pharmacology?
a. Answer-administering a medication with variable strength, interval, and
quantity to achieve and maintain a desired observable physiological effect
(pain ctrl)
10. What is contraindication?
a. Answer-medical reason not to give a medication
11. What is absolute contraindication?
a. Answer-medical reason to NEVER give a medication
,12. What is relative contraindication?
a. Answer-medical reason a medication should not be given, but may be
acceptable in certain circumstances
13. What is allergy?
a. Answer-immune response in which there is a hypersensitivity response
induced by exposure to a particular medication
14. What is a side effect?
Answer-unintended, but not surprising consequence of a medication which
may require a medication dose be changed or discontinued
15. What is therapeutic effect?
a. Answer-desired change in physiology for administering the medication
16. What is therapeutic level?
a. Answer-blood level of a medication required to achieve the therapeutic
effect
17. What is toxic level?
a. Answer-blood level of a medication which will cause tissue damage
18. What is therapeutic range?
a. Answer-variable blood levels of a medication between the therapeutic
level and the toxic level
19. What is therapeutic window?
a. Answer-range of acceptable DOSAGES of a medication needed to keep
blood levels within the therapeutic range
20. Upon medication, what is peak?
a. Answer-when medication is at its highest concentration
21. In medication what is trough?
a. Answer-lowest blood level of a medication between doses
22. What is half-life?
a. Answer-time it takes for the body to eliminate half the dose of medication
23. What is steady state?
a. Answer-relatively constant blood level of medication which is sustained
after 5-6 half lives of a medication
24. What is tolerance pharmacology?
a. Answer-when the body has adapted to having a medication regularly and
now requires a higher or more frequent doses to achieve the therapeutic
effect
, 25. What is resistance?
a. Answer-when infectious organisms adapt to antibiotics and it takes either
higher doses of same medication or a change to a different medication to
kill the organisms
26. What is metabolism
a. Answer-process of the body to break down and eliminate medications
most metabolized by the liver or kidneys
27. What are dosing intervals?
a. Answer-recommended time period between doses of a medication
28. What is onset?
a. Answer-time until a medication's therapeutic effect begins
29. What is duration of effect?
a. Answer-time until the medication's therapeutic effect wears off
30. Explain the duration of therapy -
31. Answer-length of time a course of medication is continued to ensure the desired
effect is maintained
32. What are dosing parameters
a. Answer-the limitations, considerations, and instructions required regarding
a medication; helps achieve the desired physiological response minimize
side effects
33. What does the following words stand for: Body weight, Comorbidities, Age
a. Answer-What are factors that affect dosing
34. What is the Importance for patients to understand dosing parameters?
Answer--too little: not achieve therapeutic effects too much: increased side
effects/toxic levels
35. What are Antibiotics?
– Answer Medications which kill or inhibit the reproduction of bacteria
36. What is Gram Stain Testing?
– Answer-Categorizes bacteria classification based upon chemical
properties in the cell's membrane.
37. What is Gram positive?
–Answer-Indicates the presence of peptidoglycan
38. What is Peptidoglycan?
