HCA201A - FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
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Implementing a patient education program should include educating patients to
take their drug products properly. Patients should be instructed to take enteric-
coated products:
All of these are correct.
Compare the processes of drug absorption, drug distribution, drug metabolism,
and drug excretion. These are all components of the study known as:
Pharmacokinetics
When differentiating between enzyme induction and enzyme inhibition, enzyme
induction can be interpreted as resulting in a(an):
Increase in the rate of drug metabolism in the liver, leading to a decreased duration of
action
Match the correct metric conversion value with the corresponding household
measure.
5 milliliters equal 1 teaspoon
Match the set of examples to the definition of a numerator.
The 1 in 1/4, 4 in 4/11, 5 in 5/25
Which unit of measure in the metric system is used to determine liquid volume?
Liter
The therapeutic index of a drug is determined by comparing the _____ to the
_____ in order to predict drug safety.
LD50; ED50
The phenomenon that occurs upon taking additional doses of acetaminophen for
pain when a 100 percent response has been attained is called
Ceiling effect
Toxic effects that are most often fatal occur from:
High doses
Use onset of action to determine which of the following routes of administration
will lead to the slowest therapeutic response.
Transdermal
Three medications have the following therapeutic index values: 2, 4, and 0.5.
Which medication is the safest?
4
Examples of common adverse effects would include all of these except:
Confusion
Use a half-life of 8 hours to determine how much drug is left in the body at 4 p.m.
after a 500-mg dose was taken at 8 am.
250 mg
In summarizing the factors that affect IV solutions, you conclude that:
All of these are correct.
Which of the following would not be considered a dose-dependent adverse
effect?
Idiosyncrasy
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Implementing a patient education program should include educating patients to
take their drug products properly. Patients should be instructed to take enteric-
coated products:
All of these are correct.
Compare the processes of drug absorption, drug distribution, drug metabolism,
and drug excretion. These are all components of the study known as:
Pharmacokinetics
When differentiating between enzyme induction and enzyme inhibition, enzyme
induction can be interpreted as resulting in a(an):
Increase in the rate of drug metabolism in the liver, leading to a decreased duration of
action
Match the correct metric conversion value with the corresponding household
measure.
5 milliliters equal 1 teaspoon
Match the set of examples to the definition of a numerator.
The 1 in 1/4, 4 in 4/11, 5 in 5/25
Which unit of measure in the metric system is used to determine liquid volume?
Liter
The therapeutic index of a drug is determined by comparing the _____ to the
_____ in order to predict drug safety.
LD50; ED50
The phenomenon that occurs upon taking additional doses of acetaminophen for
pain when a 100 percent response has been attained is called
Ceiling effect
Toxic effects that are most often fatal occur from:
High doses
Use onset of action to determine which of the following routes of administration
will lead to the slowest therapeutic response.
Transdermal
Three medications have the following therapeutic index values: 2, 4, and 0.5.
Which medication is the safest?
4
Examples of common adverse effects would include all of these except:
Confusion
Use a half-life of 8 hours to determine how much drug is left in the body at 4 p.m.
after a 500-mg dose was taken at 8 am.
250 mg
In summarizing the factors that affect IV solutions, you conclude that:
All of these are correct.
Which of the following would not be considered a dose-dependent adverse
effect?
Idiosyncrasy
