Adams Chapter 1 Practice Exam
with Verified Answers 2026
The nurse is teaching a pharmacology class to student nurses. What does the nurse include as key
events in the history of pharmacology?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are
selected.
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Initial drugs included morphine, cocaine, and penicillin.
2. Early researchers used themselves as test subjects.
3. The initial intention of pharmacology was to relieve human suffering.
4. Modern pharmacology began in the early 1600s.
5. Pharmacologists synthesized drugs in the laboratory in the twentieth century. -
correct answer-2,3,5
,The student nurse asks the nursing instructor why he needs to take anatomy and
physiology, as well as microbiology, when he only wants to learn about
pharmacology. What is the best response by the instructor?
1. Because pharmacology is an outgrowth of those subjects.
2. You must learn all, since those subjects, as well as pharmacology, are part of
the curriculum.
3. Knowledge of all those subjects will prepare you to provide the best patient
care, including the administration of medications.
4. Because an understanding of those subjects is essential to understanding
pharmacology. - correct answer-4
The nursing instructor is teaching a pharmacology class to student nurses. The
current focus is pharmacology and therapeutics. The nursing instructor
determines that learning has occurred when the students make which
comments?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are
selected.
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Pharmacology is the use of drugs to relieve suffering.
, 2. Pharmacology is the study of medicines.
3. Therapeutics is the study of the therapeutic use of drugs.
4. Therapeutics is the study of drug interactions.
5. Pharmacology is the study of drugs to prevent disease. - correct answer-1,2
The nurse administers a vaccine to a child. What is the best understanding of the
nurse as it relates to the manufacture of this vaccine?
1. The vaccine is produced by natural plant extracts in the laboratory.
2. The vaccine is naturally produced in animal cells or microorganisms.
3. The vaccine is produced by a combination of animal and plant products.
4. The vaccine is most commonly synthesized in a laboratory. - correct answer-2
The elderly client has gastrointestinal bleeding. The client says to the nurse I dont
understand this. All I did was take ibuprofen (Advil) for my arthritis. Which plan
would be best as it relates to the nurses education of this client?
1. A plan to teach the client to use drugs that bypass the gastrointestinal system,
like topical drugs
with Verified Answers 2026
The nurse is teaching a pharmacology class to student nurses. What does the nurse include as key
events in the history of pharmacology?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are
selected.
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Initial drugs included morphine, cocaine, and penicillin.
2. Early researchers used themselves as test subjects.
3. The initial intention of pharmacology was to relieve human suffering.
4. Modern pharmacology began in the early 1600s.
5. Pharmacologists synthesized drugs in the laboratory in the twentieth century. -
correct answer-2,3,5
,The student nurse asks the nursing instructor why he needs to take anatomy and
physiology, as well as microbiology, when he only wants to learn about
pharmacology. What is the best response by the instructor?
1. Because pharmacology is an outgrowth of those subjects.
2. You must learn all, since those subjects, as well as pharmacology, are part of
the curriculum.
3. Knowledge of all those subjects will prepare you to provide the best patient
care, including the administration of medications.
4. Because an understanding of those subjects is essential to understanding
pharmacology. - correct answer-4
The nursing instructor is teaching a pharmacology class to student nurses. The
current focus is pharmacology and therapeutics. The nursing instructor
determines that learning has occurred when the students make which
comments?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are
selected.
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Pharmacology is the use of drugs to relieve suffering.
, 2. Pharmacology is the study of medicines.
3. Therapeutics is the study of the therapeutic use of drugs.
4. Therapeutics is the study of drug interactions.
5. Pharmacology is the study of drugs to prevent disease. - correct answer-1,2
The nurse administers a vaccine to a child. What is the best understanding of the
nurse as it relates to the manufacture of this vaccine?
1. The vaccine is produced by natural plant extracts in the laboratory.
2. The vaccine is naturally produced in animal cells or microorganisms.
3. The vaccine is produced by a combination of animal and plant products.
4. The vaccine is most commonly synthesized in a laboratory. - correct answer-2
The elderly client has gastrointestinal bleeding. The client says to the nurse I dont
understand this. All I did was take ibuprofen (Advil) for my arthritis. Which plan
would be best as it relates to the nurses education of this client?
1. A plan to teach the client to use drugs that bypass the gastrointestinal system,
like topical drugs
