TEEX PARAMEDIC PHARMACOLOGY FULLY SOLVED
SAMPLE EXAM
/. The Pure Food and Drug Act - Answer-What act prohibited altering or mislabeling
medications?
/.1906 - Answer-What year was The Pure Food and Drug act implemented?
/.The Comprehensive Drug Act of 1970 - Answer-What act classifies certain
medications with the potential of abuse into 5 categories?
/.Schedule 1 - Answer-What schedule drug is the most addictive?
/.Schedule 5 - Answer-What schedule drug is the least addictive?
/.Powdered or solid medication enclosed in a dissolvable cylindrical gelatin shell -
Answer-What is a capsule?
/.Solid medication particles bound into a shape designed to dissolve or be swallowed -
Answer-What is a tablet?
/.Small particles of medication designed to be dissolved or mixed into a solution or liquid
- Answer-What is powder?
/.Sterile solution or nonsterile liquid intended for direct administration into nose or ear -
Answer-What are drops?
/.Gel, ointment, or paste substances designed to permit transdermal absorption -
Answer-What is skin preparation?
/.Medication in a waxlike material that dissolves in the rectum or other body cavity -
Answer-What is suppository?
/.Medication dissolved or suspended in liquid intended for oral consumption - Answer-
What is liquid?
/.Medication in gas or fine mist form intended for inhalation and absorption through lung,
airway, or oral tissues - Answer-What is inhaler/spray?
/.During the development phase - Answer-When are drugs given a chemical name?
/.The name proposed by the manufacturer - Answer-What is the generic name of a
drug?
, /.Pharmacodynamics - Answer-When a medication is being administered and it begins
to alter a function or process within the body, that process is known as what?
/.Absorption - Answer-The process by which the molecules of a substance are moved
from the site of entry or administration into systemic circulation, is known as what?
/.Distribution - Answer-The movement and transportation of a medication throughout the
bloodstream to tissues and cells and to its target receptor, is known as what?
/.Biotransformation - Answer-A process with four possible effects on a medication
absorbed into the body, is known as what?
/.Elimination - Answer-In a pharmacologic context, the removal of a medication or it by
products from the body, is known as what?
/.Pharmacokinetics - Answer-The fate of medications in the body, such as distribution
and elimination, is known as what?
/.Receptor - Answer-A specialized area in tissues that initiated certain actions after
specific stimulation, is called what?
/.Ions - Answer-Charged Particles are called what?
/.To initiate or alter a cellular activity by attaching to receptor sites, prompting a cell
response - Answer-What is the function of agonist medications?
/.To prevent endogenous or exogenous agonist chemicals from reaching cell receptor
sites and initiating or altering a particular cellular activity - Answer-What is the function
of antagonist medications?
/.Affinity - Answer-The ability of a medication to bind with a particular receptor site, is
known as what?
/.Potency - Answer-The concentration of the medication required to initiate a cellular
response, is known as what?
/.Efficacy - Answer-The ability to initiate or alter cell activity in a therapeutic or desired
manner, is referred to as what?
/.Vasoconstriction of arteries and veins - Answer-What is the agonist effect of an Alpha
1 receptor?
/.Insulin restriction, glucagon secretion, and inhibition of norepinephrine release -
Answer-What is the agonist effect of an Alpha 2 receptor?
SAMPLE EXAM
/. The Pure Food and Drug Act - Answer-What act prohibited altering or mislabeling
medications?
/.1906 - Answer-What year was The Pure Food and Drug act implemented?
/.The Comprehensive Drug Act of 1970 - Answer-What act classifies certain
medications with the potential of abuse into 5 categories?
/.Schedule 1 - Answer-What schedule drug is the most addictive?
/.Schedule 5 - Answer-What schedule drug is the least addictive?
/.Powdered or solid medication enclosed in a dissolvable cylindrical gelatin shell -
Answer-What is a capsule?
/.Solid medication particles bound into a shape designed to dissolve or be swallowed -
Answer-What is a tablet?
/.Small particles of medication designed to be dissolved or mixed into a solution or liquid
- Answer-What is powder?
/.Sterile solution or nonsterile liquid intended for direct administration into nose or ear -
Answer-What are drops?
/.Gel, ointment, or paste substances designed to permit transdermal absorption -
Answer-What is skin preparation?
/.Medication in a waxlike material that dissolves in the rectum or other body cavity -
Answer-What is suppository?
/.Medication dissolved or suspended in liquid intended for oral consumption - Answer-
What is liquid?
/.Medication in gas or fine mist form intended for inhalation and absorption through lung,
airway, or oral tissues - Answer-What is inhaler/spray?
/.During the development phase - Answer-When are drugs given a chemical name?
/.The name proposed by the manufacturer - Answer-What is the generic name of a
drug?
, /.Pharmacodynamics - Answer-When a medication is being administered and it begins
to alter a function or process within the body, that process is known as what?
/.Absorption - Answer-The process by which the molecules of a substance are moved
from the site of entry or administration into systemic circulation, is known as what?
/.Distribution - Answer-The movement and transportation of a medication throughout the
bloodstream to tissues and cells and to its target receptor, is known as what?
/.Biotransformation - Answer-A process with four possible effects on a medication
absorbed into the body, is known as what?
/.Elimination - Answer-In a pharmacologic context, the removal of a medication or it by
products from the body, is known as what?
/.Pharmacokinetics - Answer-The fate of medications in the body, such as distribution
and elimination, is known as what?
/.Receptor - Answer-A specialized area in tissues that initiated certain actions after
specific stimulation, is called what?
/.Ions - Answer-Charged Particles are called what?
/.To initiate or alter a cellular activity by attaching to receptor sites, prompting a cell
response - Answer-What is the function of agonist medications?
/.To prevent endogenous or exogenous agonist chemicals from reaching cell receptor
sites and initiating or altering a particular cellular activity - Answer-What is the function
of antagonist medications?
/.Affinity - Answer-The ability of a medication to bind with a particular receptor site, is
known as what?
/.Potency - Answer-The concentration of the medication required to initiate a cellular
response, is known as what?
/.Efficacy - Answer-The ability to initiate or alter cell activity in a therapeutic or desired
manner, is referred to as what?
/.Vasoconstriction of arteries and veins - Answer-What is the agonist effect of an Alpha
1 receptor?
/.Insulin restriction, glucagon secretion, and inhibition of norepinephrine release -
Answer-What is the agonist effect of an Alpha 2 receptor?
