MN553 FINAL EXAM | ADVANCED
PHARMACOLOGY AND
PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FINAL EXAM |
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+ |
LATEST 2025/2026 | PURDUE
Howard is a 72-year-old male who occasionally takes diphenhydramine
for his seasonal allergies. Monitoring for this patient taking
diphenhydramine would include assessing for: Question options:
A. Urinary retention
B. Cardiac output
C. Peripheral edema
D. Skin rash
- Correct Answer - A. Urinary retention
Harold, a 42-year-old African American, has moderate persistent
asthma. Which of the following asthma medications should be used
cautiously, if at all? Question options:
A. Betamethasone, an inhaled corticosteroid
B. Salmeterol, an inhaled long-acting beta-agonist
C. Albuterol, a short-acting beta-agonist
D. Montelukast, a leukotriene modifier
- Correct Answer - B. Salmeterol, an inhaled long-acting beta-agonist
,Jim is being treated for hypertension. Because he has a history of heart
attack, the drug chosen is atenolol. Beta blockers treat hypertension by:
Question options:
A. Increasing heart rate to improve cardiac output
B. Reducing vascular smooth muscle tone
C. Increasing aldosterone-mediated volume activity
D. Reducing aqueous humor production
- Correct Answer - B. Reducing vascular smooth muscle tone
The drug of choice for type 2 diabetics is metformin. Metformin: Question
options:
A. Decreases glycogenolysis by the liver
B. Increases the release of insulin from beta cells
C. Increases intestinal uptake of glucose
D. Prevents weight gain associated with hyperglycemia
- Correct Answer - A. Decreases glycogenolysis by the liver
Laboratory values are actually different for TSH when screening for
thyroid issues and when used for medication management. Which of the
follow holds true? Question options:
A. Screening TSH has a wider range of normal values 0.02-5.0;
therapeutic levels need to remain above 5.0.
,B. Screening values are much narrower than the acceptable range used
to keep a person stable on hormone replacement.
C. Therapeutic values are kept between 0.05 and 3.0 ideally.
D. Screening values are considered acceptable up to 10.
E. Screening values are between 5 and 10, and therapeutic values are
greater than 10.
- Correct Answer - C. Therapeutic values are kept between 0.05 and 3.0
ideally.
According to the U.S. Office of Minority Health, poor health outcomes
among African Americans are attributed to: Question options:
A. The belief among African Americans that prayer is more powerful than
drugs
B. Poor compliance on the part of the African American patient
C. The genetic predisposition for illness found among African Americans
D. Discrimination, cultural barriers, and lack of access to health care
- Correct Answer - D. Discrimination, cultural barriers, and lack of access
to health care
Gender differences between men and women in pharmacokinetics
include:
Question options:
A. More rapid gastric emptying so that drugs absorbed in the stomach
have less exposure to absorption sites
, B. Higher proportion of body fat so that lipophilic drugs have relatively
greater volumes of distribution
C. Increased levels of bile acids so that drugs metabolized in the
intestine have higher concentrations
D. Slower organ blood flow rates so drugs tend to take longer to be
excreted
- Correct Answer - B. Higher proportion of body fat so that lipophilic
drugs have relatively greater volumes of distribution
Conjunctivitis in a child that is accompanied by acute otitis media is
treated with: Question options:
A. Sulfacetamide 10% ophthalmic solution (Bleph-10)
B. Bacitracin/polymyxin B (Polysporin) ophthalmic drops
C. Ciprofloxacin (Ciloxan) ophthalmic drops
D. High-dose oral amoxicillin
- Correct Answer - D. High-dose oral amoxicillin
The Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act, which is part of the 2006
U.S. Patriot Act: Question options:
A. Requires all providers to screen their patients for methamphetamine
use
B. Restricts the prescribing of amphetamines to U.S. citizens
C. Requires a prescription be written for all methamphetamine
precursors in all states
PHARMACOLOGY AND
PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FINAL EXAM |
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+ |
LATEST 2025/2026 | PURDUE
Howard is a 72-year-old male who occasionally takes diphenhydramine
for his seasonal allergies. Monitoring for this patient taking
diphenhydramine would include assessing for: Question options:
A. Urinary retention
B. Cardiac output
C. Peripheral edema
D. Skin rash
- Correct Answer - A. Urinary retention
Harold, a 42-year-old African American, has moderate persistent
asthma. Which of the following asthma medications should be used
cautiously, if at all? Question options:
A. Betamethasone, an inhaled corticosteroid
B. Salmeterol, an inhaled long-acting beta-agonist
C. Albuterol, a short-acting beta-agonist
D. Montelukast, a leukotriene modifier
- Correct Answer - B. Salmeterol, an inhaled long-acting beta-agonist
,Jim is being treated for hypertension. Because he has a history of heart
attack, the drug chosen is atenolol. Beta blockers treat hypertension by:
Question options:
A. Increasing heart rate to improve cardiac output
B. Reducing vascular smooth muscle tone
C. Increasing aldosterone-mediated volume activity
D. Reducing aqueous humor production
- Correct Answer - B. Reducing vascular smooth muscle tone
The drug of choice for type 2 diabetics is metformin. Metformin: Question
options:
A. Decreases glycogenolysis by the liver
B. Increases the release of insulin from beta cells
C. Increases intestinal uptake of glucose
D. Prevents weight gain associated with hyperglycemia
- Correct Answer - A. Decreases glycogenolysis by the liver
Laboratory values are actually different for TSH when screening for
thyroid issues and when used for medication management. Which of the
follow holds true? Question options:
A. Screening TSH has a wider range of normal values 0.02-5.0;
therapeutic levels need to remain above 5.0.
,B. Screening values are much narrower than the acceptable range used
to keep a person stable on hormone replacement.
C. Therapeutic values are kept between 0.05 and 3.0 ideally.
D. Screening values are considered acceptable up to 10.
E. Screening values are between 5 and 10, and therapeutic values are
greater than 10.
- Correct Answer - C. Therapeutic values are kept between 0.05 and 3.0
ideally.
According to the U.S. Office of Minority Health, poor health outcomes
among African Americans are attributed to: Question options:
A. The belief among African Americans that prayer is more powerful than
drugs
B. Poor compliance on the part of the African American patient
C. The genetic predisposition for illness found among African Americans
D. Discrimination, cultural barriers, and lack of access to health care
- Correct Answer - D. Discrimination, cultural barriers, and lack of access
to health care
Gender differences between men and women in pharmacokinetics
include:
Question options:
A. More rapid gastric emptying so that drugs absorbed in the stomach
have less exposure to absorption sites
, B. Higher proportion of body fat so that lipophilic drugs have relatively
greater volumes of distribution
C. Increased levels of bile acids so that drugs metabolized in the
intestine have higher concentrations
D. Slower organ blood flow rates so drugs tend to take longer to be
excreted
- Correct Answer - B. Higher proportion of body fat so that lipophilic
drugs have relatively greater volumes of distribution
Conjunctivitis in a child that is accompanied by acute otitis media is
treated with: Question options:
A. Sulfacetamide 10% ophthalmic solution (Bleph-10)
B. Bacitracin/polymyxin B (Polysporin) ophthalmic drops
C. Ciprofloxacin (Ciloxan) ophthalmic drops
D. High-dose oral amoxicillin
- Correct Answer - D. High-dose oral amoxicillin
The Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act, which is part of the 2006
U.S. Patriot Act: Question options:
A. Requires all providers to screen their patients for methamphetamine
use
B. Restricts the prescribing of amphetamines to U.S. citizens
C. Requires a prescription be written for all methamphetamine
precursors in all states
