PHARM 2 EXAM 1 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS FULL SCORE A+
●● Determine whether the body's defense is part of the INNATE
immune system.
Answer: - Skin
- Interleukins
- Phagocytes
- Histamine
- Inflammation
●● Determine whether the body's defense is part of the ADAPTIVE
immune system.
Answer: - B cell
- Immunoglobulins
- Cytotoxic T cells
- Plasma cells
●● Which of the following is considered a process barrier?.
Answer: Complement
,●● Phagocytes can move through the body to distant sites to help fight
infection. This process is called ___________..
Answer: Chemotaxis
●● Which of the following is NOT an aspect of an adaptive immune
response?.
Answer: Pathogenicity
●● Which of the following is a KEY inflammatory mediator?.
Answer: Histamine
●● Which statements indicate that your patient needs additional
teaching?.
Answer: - While taking Efavirenz (Sustiva), I do not need to worry
about adjusting my anti-seizure medications.
- Once we find a medication regimen that works for me, I will not need
to worry about adjusting medications.
- One or two different antiretroviral medications will be enough to keep
my viral load undetectable.
●● What is NOT a KEY sign of inflammation?.
Answer: Prostaglandins
●● T cells belong to ______ and B cells belong to __________.
,Answer: Cell-mediated immunity; humoral immunity
●● What is the importance of memory cells?.
Answer: Memory cells allow for a faster and stronger immune response.
●● HIV CAN'T be spread through the following body fluids....
Answer: Sweat, feces, urine
●● Antibodies are secreted by which type of cells?.
Answer: Plasma cells
●● Why do viruses often infect only a single species of plant, animal,
bacteria, etc?.
Answer: Attachment receptors on cells are very specific, limiting the
viral proteins that can attach to a cell.
●● Which of the following viruses do not benefit from pharmacotherapy
(treatment with medication)?.
Answer: Common cold
●● Which of the following answers lists the stages of viral attachment in
the correct order?.
Answer: Attachment, Penetration, Synthesis, Assembly, Release
, ●● Which pharmacologic drug class is used as first-line antiretroviral
treatment?.
Answer: Integrase inhibitors
●● Nucleoside and Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs
and NtRTIs).
Answer: Keeps functional viral DNA from forming by causing fake
DNA building blocks to be inserted into the viral DNA strand
●● Nonnucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NNRTIs).
Answer: Keeps functional viral DNA from forming by changing the
shape of the enzyme responsible for building DNA
●● Protease Inhibitors (PI).
Answer: Prevents the last step in HIV virion formation from occurring,
resulting in noninfectious viral particles
●● Integrase Inhibitors.
Answer: Prevents HIV proviral DNA from becoming part of the host cell
DNA
●● Which of the following is NOT a reason why antiviral
pharmacotherapy is difficult to develop?.
EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS FULL SCORE A+
●● Determine whether the body's defense is part of the INNATE
immune system.
Answer: - Skin
- Interleukins
- Phagocytes
- Histamine
- Inflammation
●● Determine whether the body's defense is part of the ADAPTIVE
immune system.
Answer: - B cell
- Immunoglobulins
- Cytotoxic T cells
- Plasma cells
●● Which of the following is considered a process barrier?.
Answer: Complement
,●● Phagocytes can move through the body to distant sites to help fight
infection. This process is called ___________..
Answer: Chemotaxis
●● Which of the following is NOT an aspect of an adaptive immune
response?.
Answer: Pathogenicity
●● Which of the following is a KEY inflammatory mediator?.
Answer: Histamine
●● Which statements indicate that your patient needs additional
teaching?.
Answer: - While taking Efavirenz (Sustiva), I do not need to worry
about adjusting my anti-seizure medications.
- Once we find a medication regimen that works for me, I will not need
to worry about adjusting medications.
- One or two different antiretroviral medications will be enough to keep
my viral load undetectable.
●● What is NOT a KEY sign of inflammation?.
Answer: Prostaglandins
●● T cells belong to ______ and B cells belong to __________.
,Answer: Cell-mediated immunity; humoral immunity
●● What is the importance of memory cells?.
Answer: Memory cells allow for a faster and stronger immune response.
●● HIV CAN'T be spread through the following body fluids....
Answer: Sweat, feces, urine
●● Antibodies are secreted by which type of cells?.
Answer: Plasma cells
●● Why do viruses often infect only a single species of plant, animal,
bacteria, etc?.
Answer: Attachment receptors on cells are very specific, limiting the
viral proteins that can attach to a cell.
●● Which of the following viruses do not benefit from pharmacotherapy
(treatment with medication)?.
Answer: Common cold
●● Which of the following answers lists the stages of viral attachment in
the correct order?.
Answer: Attachment, Penetration, Synthesis, Assembly, Release
, ●● Which pharmacologic drug class is used as first-line antiretroviral
treatment?.
Answer: Integrase inhibitors
●● Nucleoside and Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs
and NtRTIs).
Answer: Keeps functional viral DNA from forming by causing fake
DNA building blocks to be inserted into the viral DNA strand
●● Nonnucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NNRTIs).
Answer: Keeps functional viral DNA from forming by changing the
shape of the enzyme responsible for building DNA
●● Protease Inhibitors (PI).
Answer: Prevents the last step in HIV virion formation from occurring,
resulting in noninfectious viral particles
●● Integrase Inhibitors.
Answer: Prevents HIV proviral DNA from becoming part of the host cell
DNA
●● Which of the following is NOT a reason why antiviral
pharmacotherapy is difficult to develop?.
