MCQ's

Question 1

Which of the following describes the amount of drug absorbed by the body
and distributed systemically?

Answer 1

Bioavailiability

Question 2

The time taken for the concentration of a drug to fall to half its original level
is called:

Answer 2

Half-Life

Question 3

When the amount of drug excreted equals the amount being absorbed, the condition is called:

Answer 3

Steady-State

Question 4

Pharmacokinetics considers which of the following:

Answer 4

The movement of drugs within the body and the way in which the body
affects the drugs with time.

Question 5

What the drug does to the body can be used as a definition of which term?

Answer 5

Pharmacodynamics.

Question 6

A receptor is:

Answer 6

Usually a protein molecule.

Question 7

Drugs administered orally can be subject to first-pass effect which is:

Answer 7

The metabolism of a drug by the liver before the drug has become availiable for use.

Question 8

Drug action relies upon:

Answer 8

Route of administration, rate of absorption and manner of distribution.

Question 9

A drug that binds to a cell receptor and produces a response is called a:

Answer 9

Agonist.

Question 10

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Question 11

Which of the following routes of administration do not bypass the first-pass metabolism?

Answer 11

NGT

Double negative. Still enters into GI tract.

Question 12

If a drug has a small therapeutic index, what does this mean?

Answer 12

There is little difference between the dose having the right affect and having a toxic affect.

Question 13

Which of the following are often taken by patients which can have a
profound effect on their prescribed medications? Please select two.

Answer 13

Grapefruit Juice & St John’s Wort

Question 14

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Question 15

Name 5 different routes that drugs enter the body? Please provide a
medication example for each route.

Answer 15

PO/IV/IM/Inhalation/PV/PR