ELITE COMPREHENSIVE
DOCTOR OF PHARMACY (PHARMD)
CLINICAL PHARMACY EXAMINATION
Applied Clinical Pharmacy Practice
Examination
Spring Examination May 2026
The driving force for passive absorption of a drug is the:
a. specific carrier proteins and shows saturation kinetics
b. concentration gradient across a membrane separating body compartment
c. both
d. none
✓ b. concentration gradient across a membrane separating body
compartment
Physical factors influencing absorption:
1
a. total surface area available for absorption
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b. contact time at the absorption surface
, c. blood flow to the absorption site
d. all
e. none
✓ d. all
Clinical effectiveness often depends on:
a. minimum serum drug concentration
b. minimum serum concentration
c. time after concentration required to reach onset of concentration
d. all
e. none
✓ minimum serum drug concentration
Process by which drugs find their way into the urine, EXCEPT:
a. active glomerular filtration d. passive glomerular filtration
b. active tubular secretion e. none
c. passive tubular secretion
d. passive glomerular filtration
e. none
✓ active glomerular filtration d. passive glomerular filtration
A drug which has no effect enhances the effect of a second drug:
2
a. antagonism
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b. potentiation
, c. synergism
d. summative
e. additive
✓ b. potentiation
Parameters used to evaluate time-response relationship, EXCEPT:
a. duration of action
b. latency
c. peak time
d. onset of action
e. none
✓ e. none
Clinical effectiveness often depends on:
a. maximum serum drug concentration
b. minimum serum drug concentration
c. time after the administration to reach the onset of concentration
d. all
e. none
✓ b. minimum serum drug concentration
When the dose of the drug is gradually increased and the first noticeable effect is
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observed, the dose that
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produces this effect is called:
, a. quantal dose
b. threshold dose
c. lethal dose
d. a and b
e. b and c
✓ b. threshold dose
Regulates and directs sensory impulses traveling to the cortex:
a. thalamus
b. pons
c. medulla
d. hypothalamus
✓ thalamus
10.Inhaled anesthetics are relatively insoluble in blood and brain are eliminated at faster
rate than the more
soluble anesthetics:
a. True
b. False
✓ True
Coordinate body movement and posture to help maintain body equilibrium:
4
a. cerebrum of the peptide bond
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b. main stem of H-bond
DOCTOR OF PHARMACY (PHARMD)
CLINICAL PHARMACY EXAMINATION
Applied Clinical Pharmacy Practice
Examination
Spring Examination May 2026
The driving force for passive absorption of a drug is the:
a. specific carrier proteins and shows saturation kinetics
b. concentration gradient across a membrane separating body compartment
c. both
d. none
✓ b. concentration gradient across a membrane separating body
compartment
Physical factors influencing absorption:
1
a. total surface area available for absorption
Page
b. contact time at the absorption surface
, c. blood flow to the absorption site
d. all
e. none
✓ d. all
Clinical effectiveness often depends on:
a. minimum serum drug concentration
b. minimum serum concentration
c. time after concentration required to reach onset of concentration
d. all
e. none
✓ minimum serum drug concentration
Process by which drugs find their way into the urine, EXCEPT:
a. active glomerular filtration d. passive glomerular filtration
b. active tubular secretion e. none
c. passive tubular secretion
d. passive glomerular filtration
e. none
✓ active glomerular filtration d. passive glomerular filtration
A drug which has no effect enhances the effect of a second drug:
2
a. antagonism
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b. potentiation
, c. synergism
d. summative
e. additive
✓ b. potentiation
Parameters used to evaluate time-response relationship, EXCEPT:
a. duration of action
b. latency
c. peak time
d. onset of action
e. none
✓ e. none
Clinical effectiveness often depends on:
a. maximum serum drug concentration
b. minimum serum drug concentration
c. time after the administration to reach the onset of concentration
d. all
e. none
✓ b. minimum serum drug concentration
When the dose of the drug is gradually increased and the first noticeable effect is
3
observed, the dose that
Page
produces this effect is called:
, a. quantal dose
b. threshold dose
c. lethal dose
d. a and b
e. b and c
✓ b. threshold dose
Regulates and directs sensory impulses traveling to the cortex:
a. thalamus
b. pons
c. medulla
d. hypothalamus
✓ thalamus
10.Inhaled anesthetics are relatively insoluble in blood and brain are eliminated at faster
rate than the more
soluble anesthetics:
a. True
b. False
✓ True
Coordinate body movement and posture to help maintain body equilibrium:
4
a. cerebrum of the peptide bond
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b. main stem of H-bond
