PHARMACOLOGY PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
● List the 6 "Rights" of medication Administration? (Hint: My Dad Picks Real Tomatoes
Daily). Answer: Right: medication, dose, patient, route, time, and documentation
● When and how many times do you check the medication before administration?.
Answer: 1) When taking it from storage container (match to MAR) 2) When being prepared 3)
Before closing the storage container or just before admin. to the patient
● List the 3 guidelines for Verbal orders.. Answer: 1) Write it 2) Read it 3) Confirm it
● What is the nursing process? (hint: ADPIE). Answer: Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning,
Implementation, Evaluation
● The study of medicine is called?. Answer: pharmacology
● The practice of taking too many meds at one time?. Answer: polypharmacy
● The study of what happens to a drug once it enters the body, absorption,
distribution, metabolism, and elimination?. Answer: pharmacokinetics
● What is Enteral?. Answer: the oral route (absorbed through the GI tract)
● The stomach is _________ where the small intestine is __________.. Answer: acidic;
alkaline
● If something is long-term it is considered _____________. If something is short-term
it is considered _________.. Answer: Chronic; acute
● Medications for the end of life are called?. Answer: palliative
● Preventative immunizations are referred to as ______________.. Answer: prophylactic
● Name the drug level of extremely, high abused medications that must be approved
protocol only?. Answer: Schedule 1
● Name the drug level that has high potential for abuse, need a written script?. Answer:
Schedule 2
, ● Name the drug level that intermediate potential for abuse, these drugs can be called
out to the pharmacy?. Answer: schedule 3
● Less abuse potential?. Answer: schedule 4
● Written scripts or OTC?. Answer: schedule 5
● What are the guidelines for safe narcotic administration?. Answer: Drugs should be
locked and secure, frequent counts, report discrepancies, special inventory, document
administration and waste appropriately.
● Define trade name and give an example?. Answer: AKA: Brand name. The manufactured
name is trademarked for the name of medication. These names are easy to pronounce, spell
and remember. Example: Tylenol
● Generic Name is AKA the ___________ name. Name an example.. Answer: official;
acetaminophen
● A type of med order given immediately and only once (emergent)?. Answer: STAT
● A type of order for med to be given only once @ a specified time?. Answer: Single/
one time
● Type of med order that is carried out until the prescriber cancels it by another order
or a prescribed number of days elapse?. Answer: Standing order
● Type of order used when a patient needs meds quickly but not STAT. Not emergent.
and the nurse has 90 minutes to administer the med (only once)?. Answer: Now order
● Which role is when certain individuals write med order on form, in a patient's medical
record, in an order book, or on a legal prescription pad, or will give a verbal or
telephone order?. Answer: Prescriber's role
● Responsible for filling prescriptions accurately and being sure that prescriptions are
valid. Dispense correct meds, in proper dosage and amount, with accurate label, and
provides info about medication side effects, toxicity, interactions, and
incompatibilities?. Answer: Pharmacist's role
● Requires knowledge and a set of skills to make sure correct med, education, and
evaluation?. Answer: Nurse's Role
● What is the patient's role?. Answer: To Know their rights
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
● List the 6 "Rights" of medication Administration? (Hint: My Dad Picks Real Tomatoes
Daily). Answer: Right: medication, dose, patient, route, time, and documentation
● When and how many times do you check the medication before administration?.
Answer: 1) When taking it from storage container (match to MAR) 2) When being prepared 3)
Before closing the storage container or just before admin. to the patient
● List the 3 guidelines for Verbal orders.. Answer: 1) Write it 2) Read it 3) Confirm it
● What is the nursing process? (hint: ADPIE). Answer: Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning,
Implementation, Evaluation
● The study of medicine is called?. Answer: pharmacology
● The practice of taking too many meds at one time?. Answer: polypharmacy
● The study of what happens to a drug once it enters the body, absorption,
distribution, metabolism, and elimination?. Answer: pharmacokinetics
● What is Enteral?. Answer: the oral route (absorbed through the GI tract)
● The stomach is _________ where the small intestine is __________.. Answer: acidic;
alkaline
● If something is long-term it is considered _____________. If something is short-term
it is considered _________.. Answer: Chronic; acute
● Medications for the end of life are called?. Answer: palliative
● Preventative immunizations are referred to as ______________.. Answer: prophylactic
● Name the drug level of extremely, high abused medications that must be approved
protocol only?. Answer: Schedule 1
● Name the drug level that has high potential for abuse, need a written script?. Answer:
Schedule 2
, ● Name the drug level that intermediate potential for abuse, these drugs can be called
out to the pharmacy?. Answer: schedule 3
● Less abuse potential?. Answer: schedule 4
● Written scripts or OTC?. Answer: schedule 5
● What are the guidelines for safe narcotic administration?. Answer: Drugs should be
locked and secure, frequent counts, report discrepancies, special inventory, document
administration and waste appropriately.
● Define trade name and give an example?. Answer: AKA: Brand name. The manufactured
name is trademarked for the name of medication. These names are easy to pronounce, spell
and remember. Example: Tylenol
● Generic Name is AKA the ___________ name. Name an example.. Answer: official;
acetaminophen
● A type of med order given immediately and only once (emergent)?. Answer: STAT
● A type of order for med to be given only once @ a specified time?. Answer: Single/
one time
● Type of med order that is carried out until the prescriber cancels it by another order
or a prescribed number of days elapse?. Answer: Standing order
● Type of order used when a patient needs meds quickly but not STAT. Not emergent.
and the nurse has 90 minutes to administer the med (only once)?. Answer: Now order
● Which role is when certain individuals write med order on form, in a patient's medical
record, in an order book, or on a legal prescription pad, or will give a verbal or
telephone order?. Answer: Prescriber's role
● Responsible for filling prescriptions accurately and being sure that prescriptions are
valid. Dispense correct meds, in proper dosage and amount, with accurate label, and
provides info about medication side effects, toxicity, interactions, and
incompatibilities?. Answer: Pharmacist's role
● Requires knowledge and a set of skills to make sure correct med, education, and
evaluation?. Answer: Nurse's Role
● What is the patient's role?. Answer: To Know their rights
