PHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAM REVIEW 336
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026
- The name that describes the chemical composition and the molecular structure
of the drug - CORRECT ANSWER What is the Chemical name?
- The name given to a drug approved by Health Canada; also called the non-
proprietary name or the official name. The generic name is much shorter and
simpler than the chemical name it is not protected by trademark. - CORRECT
ANSWER What is the Generic name?
- The commercial name given to a drug product by its manufacturer; also called
the proprietary name.
Registered trademark - CORRECT ANSWER What is the Trade name?
- The science of preparing and dispensing drugs, including dosage form design.
(e.g., Tablets, capsules, injections, patches etc.) - CORRECT ANSWER What is
Pharmaceutics?
- The study of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of the
ADME of drugs.
- What happens to a drug when it enters the body, and how the body uses it
- Clinical use of drugs
- Prevent and treat diseases
- Desired therapeutic outcomes
,- Really about outcome goals (must be realistic) - CORRECT ANSWER What is
Pharmacokinetics?
- The study of the biochemical and physiological interactions of drugs at their sites
of activity. it examines the properties of drugs and their pharmacological
interactions with Body Protein receptors. - CORRECT ANSWER What is
Pharmacodynamics?
- The treatment of pathological conditions through the use of drugs, also called
Therapeutics.
- Patient condition makes use of a drug dangerous (patient hypotensive; taking an
anti-hypertensive drug) - CORRECT ANSWER What is Pharmacotherapeutics?
- The study of poisons, including toxic drug effects and applicable treatments. -
CORRECT ANSWER What is Toxicology?
- The drug is absorbed into the systemic circulation through the mucosa of the
stomach or small or large intestine. - CORRECT ANSWER What is the Enteral
Route?
- Is the fastest route by which a drug can be absorbed.
- Parenteral is a general term meaning any route of administration other than the
gastrointestinal tract.
- Most commonly refers to injection - CORRECT ANSWER What is the Parenteral
Route?
,- Delivers medication directly to the affected areas; decreases likelihood of
systemic drug effects (e.g., eye drops) - CORRECT ANSWER What is the Topical
Route?
- In pharmacokinetics, the time it takes for the blood level of a drug to be reduced
by 50%, is also called elimination half-life. - CORRECT ANSWER What is Half-life of
a drug?
- Point in time when a drug is at its highest level in the body - CORRECT ANSWER
What is the Peak Level of a drug?
- The lowest concentration of a drug reached in the body after it falls from its peak
level, usually measured in a blood sample for therapeutic drug monitoring. -
CORRECT ANSWER What is the Trough Level of a drug?
- The condition of producing adverse bodily effects due to poisonous qualities. -
CORRECT ANSWER What is Toxicity?
- Any condition, especially one that is a result of a disease state or patient
characteristic, including current or recent drug therapy, that renders a form of
treatment and proper or undesirable. - CORRECT ANSWER What are
Contraindications?
- Reduced response to a drug after prolonged use. - CORRECT ANSWER What is
Tolerance?
, - A state in which there is a compulsive or chronic need for a drug. - CORRECT
ANSWER What is Dependence?
- Physical dependence is a physiological or psychological need for a drug to avoid
physical withdrawal symptoms. - CORRECT ANSWER What is Physical
Dependence?
- Psychological dependence also known as addiction, is the obsessive desire for
the effects of a drug. - CORRECT ANSWER What is Psychological Dependence?
- alteration of the pharmacological or pharmacokinetic activity of a given drug
caused by the presence of one or more additional drugs, it is usually a result of
effects on the enzymes required for metabolism of the involved drugs. - CORRECT
ANSWER What are Drug Interactions?
- Drug interactions in which the effect of a combination of two or more drugs with
similar actions, administered at the same time, is the action of one plus the action
of the other, with the total effect of both drugs being given. - CORRECT ANSWER
What are Additive Effects?
- Drug interactions in which the effect of a combination of two or more drugs with
similar actions is greater than the sum of the individual effects of the same drugs
given alone. - CORRECT ANSWER What are Synergistic Effects?
- Drug interactions in which the effect of a combination of two or more drugs is
less than the sum of the individual effects of the same drugs given alone usually
caused by an antagonizing effect of one drug or another. - CORRECT ANSWER
What are Antagonistic Effects?
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026
- The name that describes the chemical composition and the molecular structure
of the drug - CORRECT ANSWER What is the Chemical name?
- The name given to a drug approved by Health Canada; also called the non-
proprietary name or the official name. The generic name is much shorter and
simpler than the chemical name it is not protected by trademark. - CORRECT
ANSWER What is the Generic name?
- The commercial name given to a drug product by its manufacturer; also called
the proprietary name.
Registered trademark - CORRECT ANSWER What is the Trade name?
- The science of preparing and dispensing drugs, including dosage form design.
(e.g., Tablets, capsules, injections, patches etc.) - CORRECT ANSWER What is
Pharmaceutics?
- The study of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of the
ADME of drugs.
- What happens to a drug when it enters the body, and how the body uses it
- Clinical use of drugs
- Prevent and treat diseases
- Desired therapeutic outcomes
,- Really about outcome goals (must be realistic) - CORRECT ANSWER What is
Pharmacokinetics?
- The study of the biochemical and physiological interactions of drugs at their sites
of activity. it examines the properties of drugs and their pharmacological
interactions with Body Protein receptors. - CORRECT ANSWER What is
Pharmacodynamics?
- The treatment of pathological conditions through the use of drugs, also called
Therapeutics.
- Patient condition makes use of a drug dangerous (patient hypotensive; taking an
anti-hypertensive drug) - CORRECT ANSWER What is Pharmacotherapeutics?
- The study of poisons, including toxic drug effects and applicable treatments. -
CORRECT ANSWER What is Toxicology?
- The drug is absorbed into the systemic circulation through the mucosa of the
stomach or small or large intestine. - CORRECT ANSWER What is the Enteral
Route?
- Is the fastest route by which a drug can be absorbed.
- Parenteral is a general term meaning any route of administration other than the
gastrointestinal tract.
- Most commonly refers to injection - CORRECT ANSWER What is the Parenteral
Route?
,- Delivers medication directly to the affected areas; decreases likelihood of
systemic drug effects (e.g., eye drops) - CORRECT ANSWER What is the Topical
Route?
- In pharmacokinetics, the time it takes for the blood level of a drug to be reduced
by 50%, is also called elimination half-life. - CORRECT ANSWER What is Half-life of
a drug?
- Point in time when a drug is at its highest level in the body - CORRECT ANSWER
What is the Peak Level of a drug?
- The lowest concentration of a drug reached in the body after it falls from its peak
level, usually measured in a blood sample for therapeutic drug monitoring. -
CORRECT ANSWER What is the Trough Level of a drug?
- The condition of producing adverse bodily effects due to poisonous qualities. -
CORRECT ANSWER What is Toxicity?
- Any condition, especially one that is a result of a disease state or patient
characteristic, including current or recent drug therapy, that renders a form of
treatment and proper or undesirable. - CORRECT ANSWER What are
Contraindications?
- Reduced response to a drug after prolonged use. - CORRECT ANSWER What is
Tolerance?
, - A state in which there is a compulsive or chronic need for a drug. - CORRECT
ANSWER What is Dependence?
- Physical dependence is a physiological or psychological need for a drug to avoid
physical withdrawal symptoms. - CORRECT ANSWER What is Physical
Dependence?
- Psychological dependence also known as addiction, is the obsessive desire for
the effects of a drug. - CORRECT ANSWER What is Psychological Dependence?
- alteration of the pharmacological or pharmacokinetic activity of a given drug
caused by the presence of one or more additional drugs, it is usually a result of
effects on the enzymes required for metabolism of the involved drugs. - CORRECT
ANSWER What are Drug Interactions?
- Drug interactions in which the effect of a combination of two or more drugs with
similar actions, administered at the same time, is the action of one plus the action
of the other, with the total effect of both drugs being given. - CORRECT ANSWER
What are Additive Effects?
- Drug interactions in which the effect of a combination of two or more drugs with
similar actions is greater than the sum of the individual effects of the same drugs
given alone. - CORRECT ANSWER What are Synergistic Effects?
- Drug interactions in which the effect of a combination of two or more drugs is
less than the sum of the individual effects of the same drugs given alone usually
caused by an antagonizing effect of one drug or another. - CORRECT ANSWER
What are Antagonistic Effects?
