CHP 2 RCP140 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What are the 3 main phases of drug action? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug administration,
pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics.
What is the drug administration phase? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The phase where the drug is made
available to the body.
What is pharmacokinetics? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What the body does to the drug.
What is pharmacodynamics? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What the drug does to the body.
What are the 2 key topics in the drug administration phase? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug dosage forms
and routes of administration.
What does drug dosage form mean? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The physical state or form of the drug.
Examples of drug dosage forms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Tablets, capsules, and solutions.
What is the active drug ingredient? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The ingredient that produces the drug
effect.
What are inactive ingredients? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ingredients that help control how the active
drug is released.
Examples of inactive ingredients - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Capsule material, preservatives, propellants,
dispersants, and carrier agents.
What does route of administration mean? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The drug's portal of entry into the
body.
, What is enteral administration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug absorption along the GI tract.
Examples of enteral drugs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Tablets, capsules, suppositories, elixirs, and
suspensions.
What is parenteral administration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug administration besides the intestine,
meaning anything other than enteral.
Examples of parenteral routes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅IV, IM, SC, IT, and IO.
What is transdermal administration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug administration through the skin.
Examples of transdermal drugs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Patches and pastes.
What is inhalation administration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug administration by gas or aerosol for
systemic or local lung effect.
What is topical administration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug administration to the skin or mucous
membrane.
Examples of topical drugs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Powders, lotions, and ointments.
What are the 4 main pharmacokinetic phases? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Absorption, distribution,
metabolism, and elimination.
What is absorption? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The movement of active drug ingredients across barriers
into the body.
What are the main mechanisms of drug movement across membranes? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Aqueous diffusion, lipid diffusion, carrier-mediated transport, and pinocytosis.
What are the 3 main phases of drug action? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug administration,
pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics.
What is the drug administration phase? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The phase where the drug is made
available to the body.
What is pharmacokinetics? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What the body does to the drug.
What is pharmacodynamics? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What the drug does to the body.
What are the 2 key topics in the drug administration phase? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug dosage forms
and routes of administration.
What does drug dosage form mean? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The physical state or form of the drug.
Examples of drug dosage forms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Tablets, capsules, and solutions.
What is the active drug ingredient? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The ingredient that produces the drug
effect.
What are inactive ingredients? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ingredients that help control how the active
drug is released.
Examples of inactive ingredients - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Capsule material, preservatives, propellants,
dispersants, and carrier agents.
What does route of administration mean? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The drug's portal of entry into the
body.
, What is enteral administration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug absorption along the GI tract.
Examples of enteral drugs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Tablets, capsules, suppositories, elixirs, and
suspensions.
What is parenteral administration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug administration besides the intestine,
meaning anything other than enteral.
Examples of parenteral routes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅IV, IM, SC, IT, and IO.
What is transdermal administration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug administration through the skin.
Examples of transdermal drugs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Patches and pastes.
What is inhalation administration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug administration by gas or aerosol for
systemic or local lung effect.
What is topical administration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Drug administration to the skin or mucous
membrane.
Examples of topical drugs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Powders, lotions, and ointments.
What are the 4 main pharmacokinetic phases? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Absorption, distribution,
metabolism, and elimination.
What is absorption? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The movement of active drug ingredients across barriers
into the body.
What are the main mechanisms of drug movement across membranes? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Aqueous diffusion, lipid diffusion, carrier-mediated transport, and pinocytosis.
