HOSA PHARMACOLOGY EXAM LATEST 2025

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HOSA PHARMACOLOGY EXAM LATEST 2025

ACTUAL EXAM| COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS

AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS

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HOSA PHARMACOLOGY EXAM REVIEW 2025

(BRAND NEW!!)

How are the solid forms of drugs most frequently administered?

• Parenteral
• Intravenous
• Enteral
• Inhalation - Correct Answer - C. Enteral

Which of the following methods of medication administration is described as readily available, painless, and noninvasive but has limited value in an emergent situation because of slow or erratic absorption?

• Sublingual
• Oral
• Topical
• Rectal - Correct Answer - B. Oral

What method of medication administration is best described as painless and has a rapid onset of action but requires a responsive, cooperative patient with an intact gag reflex?

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• Oral
• IV
• Buccal - Correct Answer - D. Buccal

Which of the following methods of medication administration is easily accessible during an active seizure if an IV is unobtainable?

• IO
• SL
• Rectal
• Tracheal - Correct Answer - C. Rectal

Which of the following medication administration methods has an immediate onset and is easily accessible, but is painful and time- consuming and has a significant potential for causing adverse reactions?

• IM
• SL
• Rectal
• IV - Correct Answer - D. IV

Valium is an example of which type of drug name?

• Generic name
• Chemical name
• Official name
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pg. 3 Which of the following best describes the absorption of topical nitroglycerin in a patient with poor peripheral circulation?

• Absorption is enhanced, and the results may be stronger than

expected.

• Absorption decreases, and the results may be stronger than expected.
• Absorption is unchanged, and the results can be typical.
• Absorption decreases, and the results may be less than desired. -

Correct Answer - D. Absorption decreases, and the results may be less than desired.

Which of the following terms is best defined as the passive transport of solutes?

• Absorption
• Diffusion
• Osmosis
• Concentration - Correct Answer - B. Diffusion

The method of administration of a drug will have the greatest impact on which of the following actions?

• Absorption
• Excretion
• Metabolism
• Elimination - Correct Answer - A. Absorption
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pg. 4 Which of the following terms is used to describe a drug that produces a physiologic response when bonded with a receptor?

• Affinity
• Partial agonist
• Antagonist
• Agonist - Correct Answer - D. Agonist

Which of the following terms describes the amount of a drug that is required to provide a beneficial effect in 50% of the drug-tested population?

• Therapeutic dose
• Plasma-level profile
• Therapy state
• Lethal dose - Correct Answer - A. Therapeutic dose

Which of the following routes of administration provides the fastest rate of absorption?

• IM
• PO
• IV
• Sub-Q - Correct Answer - C. IV

Which of the following actions is most likely to occur when a patient with chronic renal failure receives a medication?

• Liver failure along with renal failure
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