Week 5 Fundamentals WCU Test
Questions and Answers 2025-2026
Edition.
What is a chemical name? - Answer Precise description of the drug's chemical composition.
The chemical name identifies the drug's atomic and molecular structure using exact chemical
language and terminology.
What is a generic name? - Answer The manufacturer who first develops the drug assigns the
name, and it is then listed in the U.S. Pharmacopeia.
What is a trade name? - Answer Also known as brand or proprietary name. This is the name
under which a manufacturer markets the medication.
Classification - Answer Effect of medication on body system
Symptoms the medication relieves
Medication's desired effect
Medication forms - Answer Solid, liquid, other oral forms; topical, parenteral; forms for
instillation into body cavities
What is pharmacology? - Answer the study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
What is acetaminophen (generic name), trade name? - Answer Tylenol
What is pharmacotherapeutics? - Answer The achievement of the desired therapeutic goal
from drug therapy.
What is pharmacokinetics? - Answer The effect of the body on the drug, once the drug enters
the body.
The study of how medications:
• Enter the body
• Are absorbed and distributed into cells, tissues, or organs
, What is absorption? - Answer The process by which a drug is transferred from its site of entry
into the body to the bloodstream.
What are the factors that influence absorption? - Answer • Route of administration
• Ability of a medication to dissolve
• Blood flow to the site of administration
Which kind of drugs normally take the longest to absorb? - Answer Drugs given orally.
Which drugs have little absorption? - Answer Eye drops, eardrops, nasal sprays, respira-
tory inhalations, and transdermal drugs. This is because the action of these drugs are mostly
local, at the site of administration.
What is distribution? - Answer It occurs after a drug has been absorbed into the bloodstream
and the drug is distributed throughout the body, becoming available to body fluids and body
tissues.
What does distribution depend on? - Answer • Physical and chemical properties of the
medication
• Physiology of the person taking it
-Circulation
What is the MedWatch program? - Answer Voluntary program encourages nurses and other
medical professionals to report when medications, products, or medical events cause serious
harm to patients. A nurse can be liable for a medication error for 18 years.
What does the FDA regulate for medications? - Answer -Drugs have to be clear of impure
products.
-All medications have to do what its supposed to do.
-All side effects must actually be side effects.
What is metabolism? - Answer The change of a drug from its original form to a new form.
• Medications are metabolized into a less-potent or an inactive form.
Questions and Answers 2025-2026
Edition.
What is a chemical name? - Answer Precise description of the drug's chemical composition.
The chemical name identifies the drug's atomic and molecular structure using exact chemical
language and terminology.
What is a generic name? - Answer The manufacturer who first develops the drug assigns the
name, and it is then listed in the U.S. Pharmacopeia.
What is a trade name? - Answer Also known as brand or proprietary name. This is the name
under which a manufacturer markets the medication.
Classification - Answer Effect of medication on body system
Symptoms the medication relieves
Medication's desired effect
Medication forms - Answer Solid, liquid, other oral forms; topical, parenteral; forms for
instillation into body cavities
What is pharmacology? - Answer the study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
What is acetaminophen (generic name), trade name? - Answer Tylenol
What is pharmacotherapeutics? - Answer The achievement of the desired therapeutic goal
from drug therapy.
What is pharmacokinetics? - Answer The effect of the body on the drug, once the drug enters
the body.
The study of how medications:
• Enter the body
• Are absorbed and distributed into cells, tissues, or organs
, What is absorption? - Answer The process by which a drug is transferred from its site of entry
into the body to the bloodstream.
What are the factors that influence absorption? - Answer • Route of administration
• Ability of a medication to dissolve
• Blood flow to the site of administration
Which kind of drugs normally take the longest to absorb? - Answer Drugs given orally.
Which drugs have little absorption? - Answer Eye drops, eardrops, nasal sprays, respira-
tory inhalations, and transdermal drugs. This is because the action of these drugs are mostly
local, at the site of administration.
What is distribution? - Answer It occurs after a drug has been absorbed into the bloodstream
and the drug is distributed throughout the body, becoming available to body fluids and body
tissues.
What does distribution depend on? - Answer • Physical and chemical properties of the
medication
• Physiology of the person taking it
-Circulation
What is the MedWatch program? - Answer Voluntary program encourages nurses and other
medical professionals to report when medications, products, or medical events cause serious
harm to patients. A nurse can be liable for a medication error for 18 years.
What does the FDA regulate for medications? - Answer -Drugs have to be clear of impure
products.
-All medications have to do what its supposed to do.
-All side effects must actually be side effects.
What is metabolism? - Answer The change of a drug from its original form to a new form.
• Medications are metabolized into a less-potent or an inactive form.
