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SURGICAL PHARMACOLOGY MID-TERM
EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS 2025
How is an order for a drug to be taken every 4 hours indicated on a prescription? - q4h
When a drug travels from the site of administration into the blood stream, it is called:
1. absorption
2. excretion
3. distribution
4. metabolism - absorption
When you tell your friends and family that you are taking a pharmacology class, they ask
"What is pharmacology?" You reply that it includes the study of:
A. interactions between chemicals and biological systems.
B. toxicology.
C. food sciences.
D. agriculture.
E. chemicals used to treat diseases. - all of the above
Demerol is an example of a
1. hormone
2. synthetic drug
3. semisynthetic
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4. natural drug - synthetic drug
Prescriptions must include all of the following information except
1. name of drug
2. drug dosage
3. route of administration
4. patients social security number - patients social security number
Drugs are chemically altered via a process called metabolism in the
1.colon
2. lungs
3. liver
4. kidney - liver
An order for a drug to be given as needed is called a _______________ order.
1. STAT
2. standing
3. PRN
4. oral - PRN
The time between administration of a drug and maximum effect is:
1. time to peak affect
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2. duration
3. synergist
4. onset - time to peak affect
The combined effect of two drugs which are greater than the sum of their individual
effects is:
1. synergism
2. pharmacodynamics
3. antagonism
4. summation
5. additivity - synergism
Intramuscular injections must be inserted into the skin at what angle?
1. 90
2. 15
3. 30
4. 45 - 90
Intravenous injections must be inserted into the skin at what angle?
1. 15
2. 30
3. 45
4. 90 - 45
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bid represents what? - twice a day
Which group of drugs is known as receptor blockers?
1. antagonist
2. analgesics
3. agonists
4. antipyretics - antagonists
Which one of the following terms is the study of the four basic processes of absorption,
distribution, metabolism, and excretion in response to drugs?
1. pharmacodynamics
2. pharmacokinetics
3. biotransformation
4. simpathomimetics - pharmacokinetics
The buccal route is:
A. swallowed.
B. held in the cheek.
C. allowed to dissolve.
D. prevented from dissolving until it reaches the stomach. - b and c
Surgical Pharmacology
SURGICAL PHARMACOLOGY MID-TERM
EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS 2025
How is an order for a drug to be taken every 4 hours indicated on a prescription? - q4h
When a drug travels from the site of administration into the blood stream, it is called:
1. absorption
2. excretion
3. distribution
4. metabolism - absorption
When you tell your friends and family that you are taking a pharmacology class, they ask
"What is pharmacology?" You reply that it includes the study of:
A. interactions between chemicals and biological systems.
B. toxicology.
C. food sciences.
D. agriculture.
E. chemicals used to treat diseases. - all of the above
Demerol is an example of a
1. hormone
2. synthetic drug
3. semisynthetic
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4. natural drug - synthetic drug
Prescriptions must include all of the following information except
1. name of drug
2. drug dosage
3. route of administration
4. patients social security number - patients social security number
Drugs are chemically altered via a process called metabolism in the
1.colon
2. lungs
3. liver
4. kidney - liver
An order for a drug to be given as needed is called a _______________ order.
1. STAT
2. standing
3. PRN
4. oral - PRN
The time between administration of a drug and maximum effect is:
1. time to peak affect
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2. duration
3. synergist
4. onset - time to peak affect
The combined effect of two drugs which are greater than the sum of their individual
effects is:
1. synergism
2. pharmacodynamics
3. antagonism
4. summation
5. additivity - synergism
Intramuscular injections must be inserted into the skin at what angle?
1. 90
2. 15
3. 30
4. 45 - 90
Intravenous injections must be inserted into the skin at what angle?
1. 15
2. 30
3. 45
4. 90 - 45
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bid represents what? - twice a day
Which group of drugs is known as receptor blockers?
1. antagonist
2. analgesics
3. agonists
4. antipyretics - antagonists
Which one of the following terms is the study of the four basic processes of absorption,
distribution, metabolism, and excretion in response to drugs?
1. pharmacodynamics
2. pharmacokinetics
3. biotransformation
4. simpathomimetics - pharmacokinetics
The buccal route is:
A. swallowed.
B. held in the cheek.
C. allowed to dissolve.
D. prevented from dissolving until it reaches the stomach. - b and c
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