SEMESTER 2 PHARM FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SOLVED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2027 GRADED A+
Question 1.
What are the contraindications for estrogen/progesterone therapy?
A) Smoking after age 35
B) Hypercoagulable states
C) Female hormone cancers
D) All of the above
E) A and B only
Correct Answer: D) All of the above
Question 2.
Why is progesterone tion necessary in women uterus?
A) It prevents endometrial
B) It stimulates endometrial
C) It reduces bone
D) It increases cardiovascular
E) A and D only
Correct Answer: co-administra- A) It prevents endometrial growth with a
Explanation: growth growth density risk
Question 3.
What is a contraindication for estrogen oral contraceptive pill (OCP) use?
A) Smoking for those over age 35
B) Estrogen positive breast cancer
C) Familial factor V Leiden
D) All of the above
E) A and B only
Correct Answer: D) All of the above
Question 4.
Which selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) does not stimulate endometrial
growth?
A) Tamoxifen
B) Raloxifene (Evista)
C) Anastrozole
D) A and B only
E) All of the above
,Correct Answer: B) Raloxifene (Evista)
Question 5.
Which medication blocks the synthesis of estrogen by inhibiting aromatase?
A) Tamoxifen
B) Raloxifene (Evista)
C) Anastrozole (Arimidex)
D) Famotidine (Pepcid)
E) Omeprazole (Prilosec)
Correct Answer: C) Anastrozole (Arimidex)
Question 6.
What is a potential side effect of long-term proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use?
A) Increased risk of fractures
B) Reduced acid secretion
C) Improved bone density
D) A and B only
E) All of the above
Correct Answer: A) Increased risk of fractures
Question 7.
Which medication is used for nausea and can speed up the absorption of other
medications?
A) Famotidine (Pepcid)
B) Ondansetron (Zofran)
C) Metoclopramide (Reglan)
D) Loperamide (Imodium)
E) Pantoprazole (Protonix)
Correct Answer: C) Metoclopramide (Reglan)
Question 8.
What are adverse effects of estrogen therapy?
Correct Answer: fluid retention, blood clots, endometrial growth/fibroids
Question 9.
Why should patients using Depo Provera as their contraceptive method take calcium?
Correct Answer: Because it decreases bone density
, Question 10.
What is a very common
Correct Answer: SE of OCPs? breakthrough bleeding
Question 11.
What are side effects of Evista?
Correct Answer: hot flashes, clots
Question 12.
Which SERM carries the risk of endometrial hyperplasia?
Correct Answer: Tamoxifen
Question 13.
What is the MOA of Tamoxifen and Raloxifen?
Correct Answer: selectively block estrogen receptors
Question 14.
What does Anastrozole of that Tamoxifen
Correct Answer: increase risk Anastrozole decreases bone density and increases
risk does not? of bone fractures, whereas Tamoxifen is protective for bones
Question 15.
How much (%) does H2 receptor blockers reduce acid secretion by?
Correct Answer: 60-70%
Question 16.
Downsides of H2 receptor
Correct Answer: blockers? Less effective than PPIs and can develop tolerance to
them as well
Question 17.
What is a long-term with PPI usage?
Correct Answer: risk associated increased risk of fractures of the wrist, hip and
spine in patients taking high doses of PPIs for more than a year
SOLVED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2027 GRADED A+
Question 1.
What are the contraindications for estrogen/progesterone therapy?
A) Smoking after age 35
B) Hypercoagulable states
C) Female hormone cancers
D) All of the above
E) A and B only
Correct Answer: D) All of the above
Question 2.
Why is progesterone tion necessary in women uterus?
A) It prevents endometrial
B) It stimulates endometrial
C) It reduces bone
D) It increases cardiovascular
E) A and D only
Correct Answer: co-administra- A) It prevents endometrial growth with a
Explanation: growth growth density risk
Question 3.
What is a contraindication for estrogen oral contraceptive pill (OCP) use?
A) Smoking for those over age 35
B) Estrogen positive breast cancer
C) Familial factor V Leiden
D) All of the above
E) A and B only
Correct Answer: D) All of the above
Question 4.
Which selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) does not stimulate endometrial
growth?
A) Tamoxifen
B) Raloxifene (Evista)
C) Anastrozole
D) A and B only
E) All of the above
,Correct Answer: B) Raloxifene (Evista)
Question 5.
Which medication blocks the synthesis of estrogen by inhibiting aromatase?
A) Tamoxifen
B) Raloxifene (Evista)
C) Anastrozole (Arimidex)
D) Famotidine (Pepcid)
E) Omeprazole (Prilosec)
Correct Answer: C) Anastrozole (Arimidex)
Question 6.
What is a potential side effect of long-term proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use?
A) Increased risk of fractures
B) Reduced acid secretion
C) Improved bone density
D) A and B only
E) All of the above
Correct Answer: A) Increased risk of fractures
Question 7.
Which medication is used for nausea and can speed up the absorption of other
medications?
A) Famotidine (Pepcid)
B) Ondansetron (Zofran)
C) Metoclopramide (Reglan)
D) Loperamide (Imodium)
E) Pantoprazole (Protonix)
Correct Answer: C) Metoclopramide (Reglan)
Question 8.
What are adverse effects of estrogen therapy?
Correct Answer: fluid retention, blood clots, endometrial growth/fibroids
Question 9.
Why should patients using Depo Provera as their contraceptive method take calcium?
Correct Answer: Because it decreases bone density
, Question 10.
What is a very common
Correct Answer: SE of OCPs? breakthrough bleeding
Question 11.
What are side effects of Evista?
Correct Answer: hot flashes, clots
Question 12.
Which SERM carries the risk of endometrial hyperplasia?
Correct Answer: Tamoxifen
Question 13.
What is the MOA of Tamoxifen and Raloxifen?
Correct Answer: selectively block estrogen receptors
Question 14.
What does Anastrozole of that Tamoxifen
Correct Answer: increase risk Anastrozole decreases bone density and increases
risk does not? of bone fractures, whereas Tamoxifen is protective for bones
Question 15.
How much (%) does H2 receptor blockers reduce acid secretion by?
Correct Answer: 60-70%
Question 16.
Downsides of H2 receptor
Correct Answer: blockers? Less effective than PPIs and can develop tolerance to
them as well
Question 17.
What is a long-term with PPI usage?
Correct Answer: risk associated increased risk of fractures of the wrist, hip and
spine in patients taking high doses of PPIs for more than a year
