Learning Basic Science Concepts: pharmacology practice questions
Learning Basic Science Concepts is a high-yield area on the PEBC, NAPLEX, OPRA and FPGEE exams. Phartoonz has 19 exam-style Learning Basic Science Concepts 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.
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Sample questions
Sample 1
Which of the following statement/s describe the expected effect of a drug that is a selective beta-2 agonist?
- 1Decreased heart rate
- 2Neuromuscular blockade
- 3Relaxation of bronchial smooth muscle
- 4Increased salivation, lacrimation and urination
- 5Inhibition of monoamine oxidase
Sample 2
Phenylephrine is an alpha-1 agonist. Which statement describes how phenylephrine interacts with the alpha-1 receptor?
- 1It prevents adrenergic neurotransmitters from binding to alpha-1 receptors
- 2It blocks endogenous substrates from binding to alpha-1 receptors
- 3It demonstrates competitive inhibition at alpha-1 receptors
- 4It demonstrates non-competitive inhibition at alpha-1 receptors
- 5It behaves similarly to an endogenous substrate at alpha-1 receptors
Sample 3
The somatic nervous system controls voluntary muscle movement by releasing which neurotransmitter?
- 1Acetylcholine
- 2Norepinephrine
- 3Dopamine
- 4Epinephrine
- 5Vasopressin
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