WGU Pharmacology Midterm Exam Questions And Answers Already Passed.
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What is the source of lanolin? - Answer Animal
What is the source of potassium chloride? - Answer minerals
Which of the following is the source of digoxin (Lanoxin)? - Answer plant
Which of the following is the source of barbiturates? - Answer synthetically
Which of the foll...
WGU Pharmacology Midterm Exam
Questions And Answers Already Passed.
What is the source of lanolin? - Answer Animal
What is the source of potassium chloride? - Answer minerals
Which of the following is the source of digoxin (Lanoxin)? - Answer plant
Which of the following is the source of barbiturates? - Answer synthetically
Which of the following is the source of leukocytes? - Answer Humans
During which war did mass production of penicillin begin? - Answer WW II
T/F Cumulation means a drug causes Disease - Answer False Cumulation refers to the medication
building up or accumulating in the body
T/F An antagonist blocks a drug from being effective. - Answer True an antagonist counteracts the
action of a drug
T/F A drug's half-life is the time needed to decrease the drug's plasma concentration by 50% - Answer
True half-life is the length of time required for the concentration of a drug to decrease by one-half in
plasma
T/F Psychotropic drugs can cross the blood-brain barrier. - Answer True psychotropic drugs cross the
blood-brain barrier to affect the mind, emotion, or behavior of an individual.
T/F Anticancer drugs do not cross the blood-placenta barrier - Answer False anticancer drugs are
teratogenic (cause birth defects), because they can cross the blood-placenta barrier.
,T/F Ototoxicity can damage the eyes. - Answer alse ototoxity refers to the ability of a drug to damage
the ears/hearing.
T/F Idiosyncratic means safe for children. - Answer False idiosyncratic means unique reaction
T/F The primary organ of metabolism is the kidneys - Answer False the primary organ of metabolism is
the liver
T/F A package insert is a valuable source of information about medications - Answer True package
inserts the PDR medication handbooks and pharmacists are all valuablesources of information about
medications.
T/F BUN is a blood test looking at the function of the kidneys - Answer True blood urea nitrogen is a
blood test thatrelates to kidney function
Which means leaving the body? A. Absorption B. Biotransformation C. Distribution D. Excretion E.
Metabolism - Answer *Excretion* is when the body gets rid of excess medication and waste products.
Which means moving through membranes? A. Absorption B. Biotransformation C. Distribution D.
Excretion E. Metabolism - Answer *Absorption* is the passage of a substance through some surface of
the body into body fluids and tissues.
Which means chemical alteration to another substance in the body? A. Absorption B. Biotransformation
C. Distribution D. Excretion - Answer *Biotransformation *(metabolism) is the chemi- cal alteration that
a substance undergoes in the body.
Which means moving of the medication from site of administration to the target organ? A. Absorption B.
Biotransformation C. Distribution D. Excretion - Answer *Distribution* is the dividing and spreading of a
medication to a target organ.
Ototoxicity occurs in the?A. Eyes B. Ears C. Liver D. Kidneys E. Brain - Answer Ototoxicity is damage to
the *ears* caused by medication
, Nephrotoxicity occurs in the ?A. Eyes B. Ears C. Liver D. Kidneys E. Brain - Answer Nephrotoxicity is
damage to the *kidneys* caused by medication.
Which of the following are sources of information about medications? A. PDR (Physicians' Desk
Reference) B. USP/DI C. USP/NF D. Package insert E. All of the above - Answer .*all the above* The
PDR..USP/DI, USP/NF, and the package inserts are all medication resources, as are medication handbooks
and pharmacists.
freebie - Answer freebie
What term means the point at which a medication has the maximum desired effect? A. Therapeutic level
B. Therapeutic range C. Toxic level D. None of the above - Answer A *therapeutic level* indicates that
the amount of medication in the blood is in the desired range
Agonists are taken together to: A. Interact with or counteract each other B. Work together C. Cause great
pain D. Relieve great pain - Answer Agonists *work together*
The section of the PDR that is a product identification guide is the ? A. White section B. Pink section C.
Blue section D. Gray section - Answer The *gray* section of the PDR is the product identification guide
T/F In patients more than 55 years old decreased absorption occurs because of diminished
gastrointestinal function and congestion of abdominal blood vessels, - Answer *True* patients older
than 55 years have decreased absorption due to diminished gastric function and congestion of
abdominal blood vessels.
T/F If a patient is NPO he or she takes the medication only as needed., - Answer he or she takes the
medication only as needed.,*False*NPO means the patient takes nothing by mouth.
T/F Drugs that are given a.d. are given in the right eye - Answer *False* AD is the abbreviation for right
ear.
T/F There are five rights to medication administration. - Answer *False* there are seven rights of
medication administration.
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