Pharm Exam #1 Updated Actual Questions and Correct Answers
(2026-2027)
Question 1.
What is pharmacology?
Correct Answer: - study of drugs that alter functions of living organisms
Question 2.
What is pharmacotherapy?
Correct Answer: - drug therapy, use of drugs to prevent, diagnose, or treat
signs, symptoms, and disease processes
Question 3.
What is Pharmacoeconomics?
Correct Answer: - involves the cost of drug therapy (costs of purchasing,
dispensing, storage, admin, and lab tests)
Question 4.
What is pharmacogenetics?
Correct Answer: - a field of research that studies how a person's gene affect how
they respond to the medication
Question 5.
Medication categories and nam- ing
Correct Answer: - Drugs are classified according to their effects on particular
body systems, therapeutic uses, and chemical characteristics
- Prototypes: individual drugs that represent a group of drugs that are often the
first drug of a particular group to be developed (ex. morphine --> opioid)
- Generic name: is related to the chemical or official name and is independent of
the manufacture
- Brand (trade) name: made by the manufacture
Question 6.
Why do we use synthetic drugs?
Correct Answer: - synthetic drugs are more standardized in their chemical
characteristics, more consistent in their effects, and less likely to produce
allergic reactions.
, Question 7.
Why do we have laws pertaining to medications?
Correct Answer: - to control the use, manufacturing, possession, and
distribution of various drugs regulation in the US
- basically to keep us safe
Question 8.
What did the Pure food & drug Act 1906 lead to?
Correct Answer: - 1st comprehensive federal food & drug regulation in the US,
giving the federal gov. authority to act in the case of adulterated or misbranded
drugs
Question 9.
What did the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 lead to?
Correct Answer: - requires the official drugs to meet standards of purity and
strength as determined by chemical analysis or bioassay
Question 10.
What did the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act lead to?
Correct Answer: - regulates the manufacturing and distribution of controlled
substances
Question 11.
What did the Controlled Substances Act lead to?
Correct Answer: - categorizes controlled substances according to therapeutic
usefulness and potential for abuse
Question 12.
What is the FDA's responsibility?
Correct Answer: - responsible for ensuring safety and efficiency of drugs before
they can be marketed
- approves many new drugs annually (both prescription and OTC)
- can change status of a drug from prescription to OTC
(2026-2027)
Question 1.
What is pharmacology?
Correct Answer: - study of drugs that alter functions of living organisms
Question 2.
What is pharmacotherapy?
Correct Answer: - drug therapy, use of drugs to prevent, diagnose, or treat
signs, symptoms, and disease processes
Question 3.
What is Pharmacoeconomics?
Correct Answer: - involves the cost of drug therapy (costs of purchasing,
dispensing, storage, admin, and lab tests)
Question 4.
What is pharmacogenetics?
Correct Answer: - a field of research that studies how a person's gene affect how
they respond to the medication
Question 5.
Medication categories and nam- ing
Correct Answer: - Drugs are classified according to their effects on particular
body systems, therapeutic uses, and chemical characteristics
- Prototypes: individual drugs that represent a group of drugs that are often the
first drug of a particular group to be developed (ex. morphine --> opioid)
- Generic name: is related to the chemical or official name and is independent of
the manufacture
- Brand (trade) name: made by the manufacture
Question 6.
Why do we use synthetic drugs?
Correct Answer: - synthetic drugs are more standardized in their chemical
characteristics, more consistent in their effects, and less likely to produce
allergic reactions.
, Question 7.
Why do we have laws pertaining to medications?
Correct Answer: - to control the use, manufacturing, possession, and
distribution of various drugs regulation in the US
- basically to keep us safe
Question 8.
What did the Pure food & drug Act 1906 lead to?
Correct Answer: - 1st comprehensive federal food & drug regulation in the US,
giving the federal gov. authority to act in the case of adulterated or misbranded
drugs
Question 9.
What did the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 lead to?
Correct Answer: - requires the official drugs to meet standards of purity and
strength as determined by chemical analysis or bioassay
Question 10.
What did the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act lead to?
Correct Answer: - regulates the manufacturing and distribution of controlled
substances
Question 11.
What did the Controlled Substances Act lead to?
Correct Answer: - categorizes controlled substances according to therapeutic
usefulness and potential for abuse
Question 12.
What is the FDA's responsibility?
Correct Answer: - responsible for ensuring safety and efficiency of drugs before
they can be marketed
- approves many new drugs annually (both prescription and OTC)
- can change status of a drug from prescription to OTC
