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3 Principles of Pharmacology
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3 Principles of Pharmacology
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Chapter 03: Principles of PharmacologyMULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which is always true regarding the generic name for a drug?
a. The generic name is capitalized when written.
b. The generic name is similar to the chemical name.
c. The generic name is the same in any country.
d. The generic name is assigned by a specific manufacturer.
ANS: C
The generic name is the common drug name used. This name is the same in all countries. The
generic drug name is written in lower-case letters, whereas the trade name or brand name of a
drug is capitalized.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 26
2. What is the difference between the generic and the trade names of drugs?
a. The generic name is approved and owned by the Federal Drug Standards Committee.
b. The generic name represents the proprietary name given by a drug company.
c. The trade name is one that is registered to a specific drug manufacturer.
d. The trade name, or chemical name, represents the chemicals in the drug.
ANS: C
The trade name is the proprietary or brand name for the drug and is registered to a specific drug
company.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 26
3. You are teaching a new nursing student about the way drugs attach to its receptor sites. Which
, statement made indicates the students understanding about the way drugs and receptor sites
work?
a. “The drug attaches to a receptor site and activates it.”
b. “The drug prevents activation of the receptor site.”
c. “The receptor site is activated, allowing DNA replication to occur”.
d. “The receptor sites are activated once the drug leaves the receptor site.” ANS: A
Drug and receptor sites work by having the drug attached to the receptor site and activating the
receptor.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding REF: p. 27
4. You are giving the drug antagonist naloxone (Narcan) to a patient who has experienced an
opioid overdose. What response would you expect in this patient from a drug antagonist?
a. An opioid antagonist would result in negative activation of cell receptors.
b. An opioid antagonist would result in positive activation of cell receptors.
c. An opioid antagonist would result in partial activation of cell receptors.
d. An opioid antagonist would result in no activation of cell receptors.
ANS: D
When a drug attaches at a drug receptor site but does not activate or unlock it, there is no
increase in cell activity and the drug is an antagonist.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 27
5. You have just given a patient a drug that is a known agonist. The patient asks how this drug
is expected to work. What is your best response?
a. “This drug works by deactivation of all cellular receptor sites.”
b. “This drug works to partially block receptor sites.”
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