HOSA PHARMACOLOGY ACTUAL EXAM 2026 | 200+
HIGH-YIELD QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | GUARANTEED PASS!!
Why is a drug scheduled drug?
- answer-the drug can cause dependency
Why is it important to know and understand the medications a patient is taking?
A. For testing purposes
B. For safe medication administration
C. For documentation purposes
D. For billing purposes
- answer-B. For safe medication administration
__________ and _________ are examples of rectal administration methods
- answer-Suppositories; enemas
_________, _________, and _______ type drug delivery methods are useful in
treating respiratory and reproductive ailments.
- answer-Inhalation's; intimations; irrigations
`FOUR CLASSES OF ANTIARYTHMIC AGENTS:(Class I, II, III, & IV)
- answer-Drugs that affect myocardial conduction (Class I, II, III, & IV)·
The etiology and type of arrythmia will dictate the choice of drug.·
Mechanisms of action of antiarrhythmic drugs vary widely, and a few drugs
exhibit properties common to more than one class
3 Phases of Liberation
- answer-Disintegration
Disaggregation
Dissolution
3 Principle of Pharmacology
- answer-1.Pharmacokinetics 2.Pharmacodynamics 3.Pharmacotherapeutics
,A ________ drug is the original, well-understood drug model from which other
drugs in a particular class have been deployed.
- answer-Prototype
A 65-year-old male patient is prescribed an ACE inhibitor for the treatment of
hypertension. Which medication below is an ACE inhibitor?
A. Metoprolol
B. Benazepril
C. Losartan
D. Amlodipine
- answer-B. Benazepril
A drug of low molecular weight would most likely follow what distribution
pattern.
A. Drug distributes throughout body water
B. Drug concentrates in specific tissues
C. Drug distributes throughout body and tissue
D. Drug stays in vascular system
E. None of the above
- answer-A. Drug distributes throughout body water
A drug with a large molecular weight that tightly binds to plasma proteins would
most likely follow what pattern of distribution.
A. Drug distributes throughout body water
B. Drug concentrates in specific tissues
C. Drug distributes throughout body and tissue
D. Drug stays in vascular system
E. None of the above
- answer-D. Drug stays in vascular system
A drug's trade name is assigned by whom?
- answer-developing pharmaceutical company
A patient has an order for metoprolol. Prior to medication administration, what
does the nurse need to assess?
A. Respirations
B. Temperature
C. Heart rate
D. Oxygen saturation
- answer-B. Temperature
,A patient in the clinic reports difficulty tolerating the current ACE inhibitor
medication, and questions if another medication could be used. The nurse correctly
suspects the prescriber will choose which medication, which affects the renin-
angiotensin-aldosterone system?
A. atenolol
B. losartan
C. spironolactone
D. adenosine
- answer-C. spironolactone
A patient is admitted with right-sided heart failure. The patient is prescribed
Lisinopril, Metoprolol, and Furosemide. You prepare the medications as ordered
using the medication administration rights to ensure patient safety. When assessing
the "Right Reason" for Furosemide you determine?*
A. This medication is a loop diuretic that will help increase urination and remove
extra fluid from the blood.
B. This medication is a nitrate that will help dilate the coronary arteries and
increase oxygen delivery to the myocardium.
C. This medication is a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor and will help decrease lipid
levels in the blood.
D. This medication is an ACE inhibitor and will help decrease cardiac output.
- answer-A. This medication is a loop diuretic that will help increase urination and
remove extra fluid from the blood
A patient is scheduled to take three medications at 1000. The nurse confirms the
following about each medication: right medication, right dose, right time, and right
route. When thinking of the first 8 Rights of Medication Administration what
"right" is the nurse missing?*
A. Right Site
B. Right Assessment
C. Right Documentation
D. Right Patient
- answer-D. Right Patient
A physician writes a new medication order for a patient who has cardiovascular
disease. The medication is an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB). What new
medication on the patient's scheduled medication list is an ARB?
A. Metoprolol
B. Losartan
, C. Lisinopril
D. Nicardipine
- answer-B. Losartan
Absorption
- answer-movement of drug particles form GI tract to the body fluid
Absorption Process
- answer-passive diffusion, active transport, filtration
Active
- answer-it requires carrier such as enzymes or protein to move against
concentration gradient
Adrenergic Agonist (Sympathomimetics agents)
- answer-drug that mimics/ stimulate the function of sympathetic nervous system
that increases HR, blood pressure, breathing, pupillary response.
Adverse effect
- answer-an undesirable effect other than the intended therapeutic effect
Adverse reactions to class IB antiarrhythmics include:
- answer-• drowsiness
• light-headedness
• paresthesia
• sensory disturbances
• hypotension
• bradycardia
After how many doses of a medication is the therapeutic effect concentration
commonly reached?
- answer-5 doses
All class I
- answer-suppress arrhythmias by blocking the sodium channels in the cell
membrane during an action potential, thereby interfering with the conduction of
impulses along adjacent cardiac cells and producing a more membrane-stabilizing
effect
HIGH-YIELD QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | GUARANTEED PASS!!
Why is a drug scheduled drug?
- answer-the drug can cause dependency
Why is it important to know and understand the medications a patient is taking?
A. For testing purposes
B. For safe medication administration
C. For documentation purposes
D. For billing purposes
- answer-B. For safe medication administration
__________ and _________ are examples of rectal administration methods
- answer-Suppositories; enemas
_________, _________, and _______ type drug delivery methods are useful in
treating respiratory and reproductive ailments.
- answer-Inhalation's; intimations; irrigations
`FOUR CLASSES OF ANTIARYTHMIC AGENTS:(Class I, II, III, & IV)
- answer-Drugs that affect myocardial conduction (Class I, II, III, & IV)·
The etiology and type of arrythmia will dictate the choice of drug.·
Mechanisms of action of antiarrhythmic drugs vary widely, and a few drugs
exhibit properties common to more than one class
3 Phases of Liberation
- answer-Disintegration
Disaggregation
Dissolution
3 Principle of Pharmacology
- answer-1.Pharmacokinetics 2.Pharmacodynamics 3.Pharmacotherapeutics
,A ________ drug is the original, well-understood drug model from which other
drugs in a particular class have been deployed.
- answer-Prototype
A 65-year-old male patient is prescribed an ACE inhibitor for the treatment of
hypertension. Which medication below is an ACE inhibitor?
A. Metoprolol
B. Benazepril
C. Losartan
D. Amlodipine
- answer-B. Benazepril
A drug of low molecular weight would most likely follow what distribution
pattern.
A. Drug distributes throughout body water
B. Drug concentrates in specific tissues
C. Drug distributes throughout body and tissue
D. Drug stays in vascular system
E. None of the above
- answer-A. Drug distributes throughout body water
A drug with a large molecular weight that tightly binds to plasma proteins would
most likely follow what pattern of distribution.
A. Drug distributes throughout body water
B. Drug concentrates in specific tissues
C. Drug distributes throughout body and tissue
D. Drug stays in vascular system
E. None of the above
- answer-D. Drug stays in vascular system
A drug's trade name is assigned by whom?
- answer-developing pharmaceutical company
A patient has an order for metoprolol. Prior to medication administration, what
does the nurse need to assess?
A. Respirations
B. Temperature
C. Heart rate
D. Oxygen saturation
- answer-B. Temperature
,A patient in the clinic reports difficulty tolerating the current ACE inhibitor
medication, and questions if another medication could be used. The nurse correctly
suspects the prescriber will choose which medication, which affects the renin-
angiotensin-aldosterone system?
A. atenolol
B. losartan
C. spironolactone
D. adenosine
- answer-C. spironolactone
A patient is admitted with right-sided heart failure. The patient is prescribed
Lisinopril, Metoprolol, and Furosemide. You prepare the medications as ordered
using the medication administration rights to ensure patient safety. When assessing
the "Right Reason" for Furosemide you determine?*
A. This medication is a loop diuretic that will help increase urination and remove
extra fluid from the blood.
B. This medication is a nitrate that will help dilate the coronary arteries and
increase oxygen delivery to the myocardium.
C. This medication is a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor and will help decrease lipid
levels in the blood.
D. This medication is an ACE inhibitor and will help decrease cardiac output.
- answer-A. This medication is a loop diuretic that will help increase urination and
remove extra fluid from the blood
A patient is scheduled to take three medications at 1000. The nurse confirms the
following about each medication: right medication, right dose, right time, and right
route. When thinking of the first 8 Rights of Medication Administration what
"right" is the nurse missing?*
A. Right Site
B. Right Assessment
C. Right Documentation
D. Right Patient
- answer-D. Right Patient
A physician writes a new medication order for a patient who has cardiovascular
disease. The medication is an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB). What new
medication on the patient's scheduled medication list is an ARB?
A. Metoprolol
B. Losartan
, C. Lisinopril
D. Nicardipine
- answer-B. Losartan
Absorption
- answer-movement of drug particles form GI tract to the body fluid
Absorption Process
- answer-passive diffusion, active transport, filtration
Active
- answer-it requires carrier such as enzymes or protein to move against
concentration gradient
Adrenergic Agonist (Sympathomimetics agents)
- answer-drug that mimics/ stimulate the function of sympathetic nervous system
that increases HR, blood pressure, breathing, pupillary response.
Adverse effect
- answer-an undesirable effect other than the intended therapeutic effect
Adverse reactions to class IB antiarrhythmics include:
- answer-• drowsiness
• light-headedness
• paresthesia
• sensory disturbances
• hypotension
• bradycardia
After how many doses of a medication is the therapeutic effect concentration
commonly reached?
- answer-5 doses
All class I
- answer-suppress arrhythmias by blocking the sodium channels in the cell
membrane during an action potential, thereby interfering with the conduction of
impulses along adjacent cardiac cells and producing a more membrane-stabilizing
effect
