PHARMACOKINETICS AND
PHARMACODYNAMICS ACTUAL
EXAMINATION SCRIPT 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
VERIFIED PASS
●● What processes are included in pharmacokinetics?
Answer: Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion.
●● What is pharmacodynamics?
Answer: What the drug does to the body as it moves throughout the
body.
●● What processes are involved in pharmacodynamics?
Answer: Receptor binding, postreceptor effects, chemical reactions.
●● What is drug absorption?
Answer: Drug movement from the GI tract into the bloodstream.
●● What is disintegration in drug absorption?
Answer: Breakdown of oral drug form into small particles.
, ●● What is dissolution in drug absorption?
Answer: Combining small drug particles with liquid to form a solution.
●● What are the methods of drug absorption?
Answer: Passive transport, diffusion, facilitated diffusion, active
transport, pinocytosis.
●● What factors affect drug absorption?
Answer: Blood flow, pain, stress, pH, exercise, hunger, fasting, food
texture, fat content, temperature, route of administration.
●● What is the first pass effect?
Answer: The metabolism of a drug before it reaches systemic
circulation.
●● What factors affect bioavailability?
Answer: Drug form, route of administration, gastric mucosa and
motility, administration with food and other drugs, changes in liver
metabolism.
●● What is drug distribution?
Answer: Movement of drug from circulation to body tissues.
PHARMACODYNAMICS ACTUAL
EXAMINATION SCRIPT 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
VERIFIED PASS
●● What processes are included in pharmacokinetics?
Answer: Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion.
●● What is pharmacodynamics?
Answer: What the drug does to the body as it moves throughout the
body.
●● What processes are involved in pharmacodynamics?
Answer: Receptor binding, postreceptor effects, chemical reactions.
●● What is drug absorption?
Answer: Drug movement from the GI tract into the bloodstream.
●● What is disintegration in drug absorption?
Answer: Breakdown of oral drug form into small particles.
, ●● What is dissolution in drug absorption?
Answer: Combining small drug particles with liquid to form a solution.
●● What are the methods of drug absorption?
Answer: Passive transport, diffusion, facilitated diffusion, active
transport, pinocytosis.
●● What factors affect drug absorption?
Answer: Blood flow, pain, stress, pH, exercise, hunger, fasting, food
texture, fat content, temperature, route of administration.
●● What is the first pass effect?
Answer: The metabolism of a drug before it reaches systemic
circulation.
●● What factors affect bioavailability?
Answer: Drug form, route of administration, gastric mucosa and
motility, administration with food and other drugs, changes in liver
metabolism.
●● What is drug distribution?
Answer: Movement of drug from circulation to body tissues.
