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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: pharmacology practice questions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is a high-yield area on the PEBC, NAPLEX, OPRA and FPGEE exams. Phartoonz has 25 exam-style Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease questions, each written to test the clinical decisions these licensing exams actually reward — mechanism of action, dosing, monitoring parameters, adverse effects, contraindications and patient counseling.

Try the sample questions below to see the style and difficulty, then practice the full set with instant feedback and progress tracking.

Sample questions

Sample 1

A 52-year-old female with COPD drops off a new prescription for roflumilast at the pharmacy. Which of the following side effects should the pharmacist counsel her on?

  • 1Constipation
  • 2Flushing
  • 3Pruritus
  • 4Sedation
  • 5Weight loss
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Sample 2

Which of the following medications contains a long-acting beta-2 agonist? (Select ALL that apply.)

  • 1Spiriva Respimat
  • 2Advair Diskus
  • 3Symbicort
  • 4Combivent Respimat
  • 5Breo Ellipta
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Sample 3
What is the most likely side effect from the use of Spiriva?
  • 1Urinary retention
  • 2Depression
  • 3Dry mouth
  • 4Constipation
  • 5Blurry vision
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