WGU D398 Introduction to Pharmacology
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1. What is the source of lanolin? - Correct Answer: Animal
2. What is the source of potassium chloride? - Correct Answer: minerals
3. Which of the following is the source of digoxin (Lanoxin)? - Correct Answer: plant
4. Which of the following is the source of barbiturates? - Correct Answer: synthetically
5. Which of the following is the source of leukocytes? - Correct Answer: Humans
6. During which war did mass production of penicillin begin? - Correct Answer: WW II
7. T/F Cumulation means a drug causes Disease - Correct Answer: False Cumulation
refers to the medication building up or accumulating in the body
8. T/F An antagonist blocks a drug from being effective. - Correct Answer: True an
antagonist counteracts the action of a drug
,9. T/F A drug's half-life is the time needed to decrease the drug's plasma concentration by
50% - Correct Answer: True half-life is the length of time required for the
concentration of a drug to decrease by one-half in plasma
10. T/F Psychotropic drugs can cross the blood-brain barrier. - Correct Answer: True
psychotropic drugs cross the blood-brain barrier to affect the mind, emotion, or
behavior of an individual.
11. T/F Anticancer drugs do not cross the blood-placenta barrier - Correct Answer: False
anticancer drugs are teratogenic (cause birth defects), because they can cross the blood-
placenta barrier.
12. T/F Ototoxicity can damage the eyes. - Correct Answer: alse ototoxity refers to the
ability of a drug to damage the ears/hearing.
13. T/F Idiosyncratic means safe for children. - Correct Answer: False idiosyncratic means
unique reaction
14. T/F The primary organ of metabolism is the kidneys - Correct Answer: False the
primary organ of metabolism is the liver
15. T/F A package insert is a valuable source of information about medications - Correct
Answer: True package inserts the PDR medication handbooks and pharmacists are all
valuablesources of information about medications.
16. T/F BUN is a blood test looking at the function of the kidneys - Correct Answer: True
blood urea nitrogen is a blood test thatrelates to kidney function
, 17. Which means leaving the body? A. Absorption B. Biotransformation C. Distribution D.
Excretion E. Metabolism - Correct Answer: *Excretion* is when the body gets rid of
excess medication and waste products.
18. Which means moving through membranes? A. Absorption B. Biotransformation C.
Distribution D. Excretion E. Metabolism - Correct Answer: *Absorption* is the
passage of a substance through some surface of the body into body fluids and tissues.
19. Which means chemical alteration to another substance in the body? A. Absorption B.
Biotransformation C. Distribution D. Excretion - Correct Answer: *Biotransformation
*(metabolism) is the chemi- cal alteration that a substance undergoes in the body.
20. Which means moving of the medication from site of administration to the target organ?
A. Absorption B. Biotransformation C. Distribution D. Excretion - Correct Answer:
*Distribution* is the dividing and spreading of a medication to a target organ.
21. Ototoxicity occurs in the?A. Eyes B. Ears C. Liver D. Kidneys E. Brain - Correct Answer:
Ototoxicity is damage to the *ears* caused by medication
22. Nephrotoxicity occurs in the ?A. Eyes B. Ears C. Liver D. Kidneys E. Brain - Correct
Answer: Nephrotoxicity is damage to the *kidneys* caused by medication.
23. Which of the following are sources of information about medications? A. PDR
(Physicians' Desk Reference) B. USP/DI C. USP/NF D. Package insert E. All of the above -
Correct Answer: .*all the above* The PDR..USP/DI, USP/NF, and the package inserts
are all medication resources, as are medication handbooks and pharmacists.
24. freebie - Correct Answer: freebie
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Current Update!!
1. What is the source of lanolin? - Correct Answer: Animal
2. What is the source of potassium chloride? - Correct Answer: minerals
3. Which of the following is the source of digoxin (Lanoxin)? - Correct Answer: plant
4. Which of the following is the source of barbiturates? - Correct Answer: synthetically
5. Which of the following is the source of leukocytes? - Correct Answer: Humans
6. During which war did mass production of penicillin begin? - Correct Answer: WW II
7. T/F Cumulation means a drug causes Disease - Correct Answer: False Cumulation
refers to the medication building up or accumulating in the body
8. T/F An antagonist blocks a drug from being effective. - Correct Answer: True an
antagonist counteracts the action of a drug
,9. T/F A drug's half-life is the time needed to decrease the drug's plasma concentration by
50% - Correct Answer: True half-life is the length of time required for the
concentration of a drug to decrease by one-half in plasma
10. T/F Psychotropic drugs can cross the blood-brain barrier. - Correct Answer: True
psychotropic drugs cross the blood-brain barrier to affect the mind, emotion, or
behavior of an individual.
11. T/F Anticancer drugs do not cross the blood-placenta barrier - Correct Answer: False
anticancer drugs are teratogenic (cause birth defects), because they can cross the blood-
placenta barrier.
12. T/F Ototoxicity can damage the eyes. - Correct Answer: alse ototoxity refers to the
ability of a drug to damage the ears/hearing.
13. T/F Idiosyncratic means safe for children. - Correct Answer: False idiosyncratic means
unique reaction
14. T/F The primary organ of metabolism is the kidneys - Correct Answer: False the
primary organ of metabolism is the liver
15. T/F A package insert is a valuable source of information about medications - Correct
Answer: True package inserts the PDR medication handbooks and pharmacists are all
valuablesources of information about medications.
16. T/F BUN is a blood test looking at the function of the kidneys - Correct Answer: True
blood urea nitrogen is a blood test thatrelates to kidney function
, 17. Which means leaving the body? A. Absorption B. Biotransformation C. Distribution D.
Excretion E. Metabolism - Correct Answer: *Excretion* is when the body gets rid of
excess medication and waste products.
18. Which means moving through membranes? A. Absorption B. Biotransformation C.
Distribution D. Excretion E. Metabolism - Correct Answer: *Absorption* is the
passage of a substance through some surface of the body into body fluids and tissues.
19. Which means chemical alteration to another substance in the body? A. Absorption B.
Biotransformation C. Distribution D. Excretion - Correct Answer: *Biotransformation
*(metabolism) is the chemi- cal alteration that a substance undergoes in the body.
20. Which means moving of the medication from site of administration to the target organ?
A. Absorption B. Biotransformation C. Distribution D. Excretion - Correct Answer:
*Distribution* is the dividing and spreading of a medication to a target organ.
21. Ototoxicity occurs in the?A. Eyes B. Ears C. Liver D. Kidneys E. Brain - Correct Answer:
Ototoxicity is damage to the *ears* caused by medication
22. Nephrotoxicity occurs in the ?A. Eyes B. Ears C. Liver D. Kidneys E. Brain - Correct
Answer: Nephrotoxicity is damage to the *kidneys* caused by medication.
23. Which of the following are sources of information about medications? A. PDR
(Physicians' Desk Reference) B. USP/DI C. USP/NF D. Package insert E. All of the above -
Correct Answer: .*all the above* The PDR..USP/DI, USP/NF, and the package inserts
are all medication resources, as are medication handbooks and pharmacists.
24. freebie - Correct Answer: freebie
