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Which method of medication administration provides the client with the greatest first-pass effect?
A) Oral.
B) Sublingual.
C) Intravenous.
D) Subcutaneous -(answer)A) Oral
An older client with a decreased percentage of lean body mass is likely to receive a prescription that is
adjusted based on which pharmacokinetic process?
A) Absorption
B) Metabolism
C) Elimination
D) Distribution -(answer)D) Distribution
Which of the following is a parenteral method of administering a drug?
A) Topical
B) Oral
C) Sublingual
D) Rectal -(answer)A) Topical
Which of the following is an enteral method of administering drugs?
A. Rectal
B. Intranasal
C. Topical
D. Tracheal -(answer)A. Rectal
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How are the solid forms of drugs most frequently administered?
A. Parenteral
B. Intravenous
C. Enteral
D. Inhalation -(answer)C. Enteral
Which of the following methods of medication administration is described as readily available, painless,
and noninvasive but has limited value in an emergent situation because of slow or erratic absorption?
A. Sublingual
B. Oral
C. Topical
D. Rectal -(answer)B. Oral
What method of medication administration is best described as painless and has a rapid onset of action
but requires a responsive, cooperative patient with an intact gag reflex?
A. Topical
B. Oral
C. IV
D. Buccal -(answer)D. Buccal
Which of the following methods of medication administration is easily accessible during an active
seizure if an IV is unobtainable?
A. IO
B. SL
C. Rectal
D. Tracheal -(answer)C. Rectal
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Which of the following medication administration methods has an immediate onset and is easily
accessible, but is painful and time-consuming and has a significant potential for causing adverse
reactions?
A. IM
B. SL
C. Rectal
D. IV -(answer)D. IV
Valium is an example of which type of drug name?
A. Generic name
B. Chemical name
C. Official name
D. Trade name -(answer)D. Trade name
Which of the following best describes the absorption of topical nitroglycerin in a patient with poor
peripheral circulation?
A. Absorption is enhanced, and the results may be stronger than expected.
B. Absorption decreases, and the results may be stronger than expected.
C. Absorption is unchanged, and the results can be typical.
D. Absorption decreases, and the results may be less than desired. -(answer)D. Absorption decreases,
and the results may be less than desired.
Which of the following terms is best defined as the passive transport of solutes?
A. Absorption
B. Diffusion
, HOSA PHARMACOLOGY LATEST EXAM ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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C. Osmosis
D. Concentration -(answer)B. Diffusion
The method of administration of a drug will have the greatest impact on which of the following actions?
A. Absorption
B. Excretion
C. Metabolism
D. Elimination -(answer)A. Absorption
Which of the following terms is used to describe a drug that produces a physiologic response when
bonded with a receptor?
A. Affinity
B. Partial agonist
C. Antagonist
D. Agonist -(answer)D. Agonist
Which of the following terms describes the amount of a drug that is required to provide a beneficial
effect in 50% of the drug-tested population?
A. Therapeutic dose
B. Plasma-level profile
C. Therapy state
D. Lethal dose -(answer)A. Therapeutic dose
Which of the following routes of administration provides the fastest rate of absorption?
A. IM
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Which method of medication administration provides the client with the greatest first-pass effect?
A) Oral.
B) Sublingual.
C) Intravenous.
D) Subcutaneous -(answer)A) Oral
An older client with a decreased percentage of lean body mass is likely to receive a prescription that is
adjusted based on which pharmacokinetic process?
A) Absorption
B) Metabolism
C) Elimination
D) Distribution -(answer)D) Distribution
Which of the following is a parenteral method of administering a drug?
A) Topical
B) Oral
C) Sublingual
D) Rectal -(answer)A) Topical
Which of the following is an enteral method of administering drugs?
A. Rectal
B. Intranasal
C. Topical
D. Tracheal -(answer)A. Rectal
,HOSA PHARMACOLOGY LATEST EXAM ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+
How are the solid forms of drugs most frequently administered?
A. Parenteral
B. Intravenous
C. Enteral
D. Inhalation -(answer)C. Enteral
Which of the following methods of medication administration is described as readily available, painless,
and noninvasive but has limited value in an emergent situation because of slow or erratic absorption?
A. Sublingual
B. Oral
C. Topical
D. Rectal -(answer)B. Oral
What method of medication administration is best described as painless and has a rapid onset of action
but requires a responsive, cooperative patient with an intact gag reflex?
A. Topical
B. Oral
C. IV
D. Buccal -(answer)D. Buccal
Which of the following methods of medication administration is easily accessible during an active
seizure if an IV is unobtainable?
A. IO
B. SL
C. Rectal
D. Tracheal -(answer)C. Rectal
,HOSA PHARMACOLOGY LATEST EXAM ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+
Which of the following medication administration methods has an immediate onset and is easily
accessible, but is painful and time-consuming and has a significant potential for causing adverse
reactions?
A. IM
B. SL
C. Rectal
D. IV -(answer)D. IV
Valium is an example of which type of drug name?
A. Generic name
B. Chemical name
C. Official name
D. Trade name -(answer)D. Trade name
Which of the following best describes the absorption of topical nitroglycerin in a patient with poor
peripheral circulation?
A. Absorption is enhanced, and the results may be stronger than expected.
B. Absorption decreases, and the results may be stronger than expected.
C. Absorption is unchanged, and the results can be typical.
D. Absorption decreases, and the results may be less than desired. -(answer)D. Absorption decreases,
and the results may be less than desired.
Which of the following terms is best defined as the passive transport of solutes?
A. Absorption
B. Diffusion
, HOSA PHARMACOLOGY LATEST EXAM ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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C. Osmosis
D. Concentration -(answer)B. Diffusion
The method of administration of a drug will have the greatest impact on which of the following actions?
A. Absorption
B. Excretion
C. Metabolism
D. Elimination -(answer)A. Absorption
Which of the following terms is used to describe a drug that produces a physiologic response when
bonded with a receptor?
A. Affinity
B. Partial agonist
C. Antagonist
D. Agonist -(answer)D. Agonist
Which of the following terms describes the amount of a drug that is required to provide a beneficial
effect in 50% of the drug-tested population?
A. Therapeutic dose
B. Plasma-level profile
C. Therapy state
D. Lethal dose -(answer)A. Therapeutic dose
Which of the following routes of administration provides the fastest rate of absorption?
A. IM
