1. Pharmacokinetics relates to which of the following processes?

1. describes how the body affects a specific drug
2. describes how the drug affects the body
3. explains the therapeutic effects that drugs have on the human body
4. explores the effects that drugs have on receptor sites in the body

2. Drugs, in the majority of circumstances, have ‘how many’ different types of names?

1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 5

3. The International Nonproprietary Names (INN) are primarily used throughout the EU and the WHO to ______.

1. reduce the risk of breach of patency
2. reduce harm to patients
3. reduce unfair competition in expensive drug treatment
4. reduce the risk of pharmaceutical companies from profiting from developing countries

4. In passive transport, drugs diffuse across a cell membrane from a region of low concentration (e.g. GI fluids) to one of high concentration (e.g. blood)?

1. True
2. False

5. In order for passive transport to take place cellular energy is required.

1. True
2. False

6. In pinocytosis, fluid or particles are engulfed by a cell.

1. True
2. False

7. The Hepatic portal venous system is responsible for directing blood/medicines from parts of the lung to the liver.

1. True
2. False

8. Absorption refers to the movement of the medication from where it entered the body to the bloodstream.

1. True
2. False

9. Distribution in pharmacology is a branch of pharmacodynamics which describes the transfer of drug from one location to another within the body.

1. True
2. False

10. Which plasma protein is responsible for the majority of protein binding?

1. albumin
2. fibrinogen
3. gamma globulins
4. actin

11. Highly protein bound drugs may ______ (there are two correct answers)

1. prolong the duration of action
2. be excreted very quickly
3. be given as a depot injection
4. result in a greater proportion of unbound drug

12. t1⁄2 is the amount of time required for the amount of a medicine to ______.

1. fall to half its initial value
2. increase to twice its initial value
3. half the GFR
4. half the potency of the administered medication