ICHS PHARM TEST 1 MAYBE EXAM WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025

ICHS PHARM TEST 1 MAYBE EXAM
WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025

Which body system triggers an allergic reaction to a medication - CORRECT-


ANSWERS>>>>>>>>>>>>Immune




Which term is an alternate for biotransformation of a drug - CORRECT-


ANSWERS>>>>>>>>>>>>Metabolism




Which term is attributed to a condition in which drugs are increasingly ineffective - CORRECT-


ANSWERS>>>>>>>>>>>>Tolerance




Which animal is the other main source of natural insulin besides human? - CORRECT-


ANSWERS>>>>>>>>>>>>Pig




Which percentage would be the bioavailability of atropine administration intravenously to a


patient with cardiac dysrhythmia? - CORRECT-ANSWERS>>>>>>>>>>>>100%

,Which route of administration will cause a drug to be altered by the first pass effect? -


CORRECT-ANSWERS>>>>>>>>>>>>Oral




Drug half life is defined as the amount of time required for 50% of a drug to do which


response? - CORRECT-ANSWERS>>>>>>>>>>>>Be eliminated by the body




A nurse is educating a patient who is prescribed warfarin to avoid taking aspirin and explains


that taking both drugs together may cause excessive bleeding. Which phenomenon is the


nurse teaching about? - CORRECT-ANSWERS>>>>>>>>>>>>Additive




Which route of drug administration decreases the likelihood of systemic drug effects? -


CORRECT-ANSWERS>>>>>>>>>>>>Topical




Which type of pharmacotherapeutics is needed to sustain life and treat disease? - CORRECT-


ANSWERS>>>>>>>>>>>>Acute




Pharmacokinetics involves the study of which factor? - CORRECT-


ANSWERS>>>>>>>>>>>>Distribution rates among various body compartments.

,Which type of therapy has been prescribed when a patient is prescribed an oral antidiabetic


drug? - CORRECT-ANSWERS>>>>>>>>>>>>Maintenance




Which phenomenon is characteristic of highly protein bound drugs? - CORRECT-


ANSWERS>>>>>>>>>>>>The risk of drug-drug interactions is increased.




Which enhanced therapeutic effects describes combination therapy of HCTZ and lisinopril? -


CORRECT-ANSWERS>>>>>>>>>>>>Synergistic




Which condition interferes with the optimum therapeutic effect of a drug given by the oral


route? - CORRECT-ANSWERS>>>>>>>>>>>>Resection of the small intestine




Which route of administration would be ideal for a patient with acute angina like chest pain


who is to receive nitroglycerin? - CORRECT-ANSWERS>>>>>>>>>>>>Sublingual




Drugs exert their actions on the body by performing which action? - CORRECT-


ANSWERS>>>>>>>>>>>>Interacting with receptors


Altering metabolic chemical process

, Inhibiting the action of a specific enzyme


A patient diagnosed with thyroid cancer undergoes a thyroidectomy and is prescribed 75mcg


of levothyroxine sodium. Which type of therapy has the patient been prescribed? - CORRECT-


ANSWERS>>>>>>>>>>>>Supplemental




Which types of cells are destroyed as a result of an idiosyncratic reaction in a patient with


glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency with certain medications? -


CORRECT-ANSWERS>>>>>>>>>>>>Red Blood Cells




If a drug has a high first pass effect, which statement about the drug is appropriate? -


CORRECT-ANSWERS>>>>>>>>>>>>Formation of inactive metabolites is high in the liver.




Which drug formulation will have the fastest onset of action for oral drug available in various


formulations? - CORRECT-ANSWERS>>>>>>>>>>>>Oral soluble wafer




Which mechanism of action is being described when an antibiotic drug causes the destruction


of bacterial cell walls? - CORRECT-ANSWERS>>>>>>>>>>>>Nonselective interaction