NURS 251 PHARMACOLOGY MODULE 10
ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Where all is Pharmacology included? Answer: Toxicology, Food
sciences, agriculture, and medicine
◉ What are the three main sources of drugs today? Answer: Natural
Sources
Chemical Synthesis
Biotechnology
◉ From the roots of belladonna plant Answer: Atropine
◉ From the leavew of the purple foxglove Answer: Digitalis
◉ From the seeds of the opium poppy Answer: Morphine
◉ What category drug is Atropine Answer: Anticholinergic
◉ What category drug is Cocaine Answer: Local Anesthetic
,◉ What category drug is Digoxin Answer: Cardiac Agent
◉ What category drug is Ephedrine Answer: Sympathomimetic
◉ What category drug is Morphine Answer: Analgesic
◉ What category drug is Papaverine Answer: Smooth Muscle
Relaxant
◉ What category drug is Pilocarpine Answer: Paraymphathomimetic
◉ What Plant produces Atropine Answer: Atropa Belladonna
◉ What Plant produces Cocaine Answer: Erythroxylum Coca
◉ What Plant produces Digoxin Answer: Digitalis Purpurea
◉ What Plant produces Ephedrine Answer: Ephedra Sinica
◉ What Plant produces Morphine Answer: Papaver Somniferum
◉ What Plant produces Papaverine Answer: Papaver Somniferum
,◉ What plant produces Pilocarpine Answer: Pilocarpus Jaborandi
◉ What drug is used to treat Breast Cancer? Answer: Paclitaxel
(Taxol)
◉ What is Paclitaxel (Taxol) derived from? Answer: Taxus baccata
◉ What do animals provide to drugs? Answer: Hormones
◉ Drugs derived from Hogs/Pigs Answer: Porcine
◉ Drugs derived from cattle Answer: Bovine
◉ Minerals contained in some drugs Answer: Calcium
Magnesium
Silver Salts
◉ Two antacids that contain Calcium and Magnesium Hydroxides.
Answer: Tums and Mylanta
, ◉ Antimicrobial agent used in dressings for burn patients that
contain silver salts Answer: Silver Sulfadiazine (Silvadene)
◉ Drugs that are synthesized from laboratory chemicals Answer:
Synthetic Drug
◉ Drugs that start with a natural substance that is extracted,
purified, and altered by chemical processes Answer: Semisynthetic
Drugs
◉ What is an example of a Synthetic Drug. Answer: Meperidine
(Demerol)
◉ What is an example of a semisynthetic drug? Answer: Amoxicillin
◉ Used to refer to the concepts of genetic engineering and
recombinant DNA technology. Answer: Biotechnology
◉ Biotechnology is a process that allows scientists to produce
_________ from _________ _________ that were previously available only
from animals. Answer: Proteins; Bacteria Proteins
◉ What are some drugs produced by biotechnology Answer: Human
Insulin (Humulin)
ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Where all is Pharmacology included? Answer: Toxicology, Food
sciences, agriculture, and medicine
◉ What are the three main sources of drugs today? Answer: Natural
Sources
Chemical Synthesis
Biotechnology
◉ From the roots of belladonna plant Answer: Atropine
◉ From the leavew of the purple foxglove Answer: Digitalis
◉ From the seeds of the opium poppy Answer: Morphine
◉ What category drug is Atropine Answer: Anticholinergic
◉ What category drug is Cocaine Answer: Local Anesthetic
,◉ What category drug is Digoxin Answer: Cardiac Agent
◉ What category drug is Ephedrine Answer: Sympathomimetic
◉ What category drug is Morphine Answer: Analgesic
◉ What category drug is Papaverine Answer: Smooth Muscle
Relaxant
◉ What category drug is Pilocarpine Answer: Paraymphathomimetic
◉ What Plant produces Atropine Answer: Atropa Belladonna
◉ What Plant produces Cocaine Answer: Erythroxylum Coca
◉ What Plant produces Digoxin Answer: Digitalis Purpurea
◉ What Plant produces Ephedrine Answer: Ephedra Sinica
◉ What Plant produces Morphine Answer: Papaver Somniferum
◉ What Plant produces Papaverine Answer: Papaver Somniferum
,◉ What plant produces Pilocarpine Answer: Pilocarpus Jaborandi
◉ What drug is used to treat Breast Cancer? Answer: Paclitaxel
(Taxol)
◉ What is Paclitaxel (Taxol) derived from? Answer: Taxus baccata
◉ What do animals provide to drugs? Answer: Hormones
◉ Drugs derived from Hogs/Pigs Answer: Porcine
◉ Drugs derived from cattle Answer: Bovine
◉ Minerals contained in some drugs Answer: Calcium
Magnesium
Silver Salts
◉ Two antacids that contain Calcium and Magnesium Hydroxides.
Answer: Tums and Mylanta
, ◉ Antimicrobial agent used in dressings for burn patients that
contain silver salts Answer: Silver Sulfadiazine (Silvadene)
◉ Drugs that are synthesized from laboratory chemicals Answer:
Synthetic Drug
◉ Drugs that start with a natural substance that is extracted,
purified, and altered by chemical processes Answer: Semisynthetic
Drugs
◉ What is an example of a Synthetic Drug. Answer: Meperidine
(Demerol)
◉ What is an example of a semisynthetic drug? Answer: Amoxicillin
◉ Used to refer to the concepts of genetic engineering and
recombinant DNA technology. Answer: Biotechnology
◉ Biotechnology is a process that allows scientists to produce
_________ from _________ _________ that were previously available only
from animals. Answer: Proteins; Bacteria Proteins
◉ What are some drugs produced by biotechnology Answer: Human
Insulin (Humulin)
