For Advanced Practice a Practical
Approach (5TH ED) by Arcangelo,
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💊 PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS TEST
BANK (ALL CHAPTERS)
Questions (Foundations + Safety + Prescribing
Principles)
1. Pharmacotherapeutics is defined as:
A. Study of drug cost
B. Use of drugs to treat disease
C. Drug marketing
D. Drug manufacturing
✅ Answer: B
2. Pharmacokinetics includes:
A. Drug effects
B. ADME (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion)
C. Drug pricing
D. Patient education
✅ Answer: B
,3. Pharmacodynamics refers to:
A. What the body does to drug
B. What drug does to body
C. Drug cost
D. Drug safety
✅ Answer: B
4. First-pass metabolism occurs in the:
A. Kidney
B. Liver
C. Heart
D. Lungs
✅ Answer: B
5. Bioavailability refers to:
A. Drug toxicity
B. Amount of drug reaching circulation
C. Drug elimination
D. Drug binding
✅ Answer: B
Safe Prescribing
6. The “five rights” include all EXCEPT:
A. Right patient
B. Right drug
C. Right cost
D. Right dose
, ✅ Answer: C
7. A narrow therapeutic index drug requires:
A. Less monitoring
B. Close monitoring
C. No monitoring
D. Less dosing
✅ Answer: B
8. Adverse drug reaction (ADR) is:
A. Expected effect
B. Harmful unintended effect
C. Desired effect
D. Cost issue
✅ Answer: B
9. Drug interactions occur when:
A. One drug affects another
B. Drugs work independently
C. No effect
D. Patient refuses meds
✅ Answer: A
10. Contraindication means:
A. Drug is recommended
B. Drug should NOT be used
C. Drug is safe
D. Drug is optional
✅ Answer: B