Chapter 13: Medication Management and Administration

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

Answer: A

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

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

Answer: B

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

Answer: B

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

Answer: A

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

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: B

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

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: A

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

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: B

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

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: A

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

Answer: B

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

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

Answer: A

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

Answer: A & D

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

Answer: A