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EXAM Questions and Answers Graded
A+
Which method of medication administration provides the client with the greatest
first-pass effect?
A) Oral.
B) Sublingual.
C) Intravenous.
D) Subcutaneous - Correct 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 - Correct answer-D) Distribution
,Which of the following is a parenteral method of administering a drug?
A) Topical
B) Oral
C) Sublingual
D) Rectal - Correct answer-A) Topical
Which of the following is an enteral method of administering drugs?
A. Rectal
B. Intranasal
C. Topical
D. Tracheal - Correct answer-A. Rectal
How are the solid forms of drugs most frequently administered?
A. Parenteral
B. Intravenous
C. Enteral
D. Inhalation - Correct 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 - Correct 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 - Correct 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 - Correct answer-C. Rectal
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 - Correct 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 - Correct answer-D. Trade name
Which of the following best describes the absorption of topical nitroglycerin in a
patient with poor peripheral circulation?
EXAM Questions and Answers Graded
A+
Which method of medication administration provides the client with the greatest
first-pass effect?
A) Oral.
B) Sublingual.
C) Intravenous.
D) Subcutaneous - Correct 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 - Correct answer-D) Distribution
,Which of the following is a parenteral method of administering a drug?
A) Topical
B) Oral
C) Sublingual
D) Rectal - Correct answer-A) Topical
Which of the following is an enteral method of administering drugs?
A. Rectal
B. Intranasal
C. Topical
D. Tracheal - Correct answer-A. Rectal
How are the solid forms of drugs most frequently administered?
A. Parenteral
B. Intravenous
C. Enteral
D. Inhalation - Correct 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 - Correct 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 - Correct 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 - Correct answer-C. Rectal
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 - Correct 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 - Correct answer-D. Trade name
Which of the following best describes the absorption of topical nitroglycerin in a
patient with poor peripheral circulation?
