Quiz 1

Question 1

A thiazide is which of the following:

Answer 1

A diuretic preferred in hypertension

Question 2

Sodium channel blockers belong to which class under Vaughan-Williams classification

Answer 2

Class I

Question 3

A reduction is heart rate, contractility, conduction, and automaticity is caused by:

Answer 3

Beta-1 Receptor blockade

Question 4

Beta-1 receptors are primarily found in the kidneys, parts of the eye, and?

Answer 4

Heart

Question 5

Asthma, severe peripheral vascular disease, and heart rate less than 50 beats per minute would be a contraindication for which drug class?

Answer 5

Beta-blockers

Question 6

Beta-2 receptors are primarily found in the vascular smooth muscle, GI tract, insulin secreting tissue of the pancreas and ?

Answer 6

Lungs

Question 7

Which drugs can treat symptoms of pulmonary and peripheral congestion in heart failure ?

Answer 7

Diuretics

Question 8

Which diuretic is preferred in heart failure for relief of edema?

Answer 8

Loop diuretics

Question 9

Furosemide belongs with which class of diuretics?

Answer 9

Loop diuretics

Question 10

Lidocaines (class 1B):

Answer 10

1. Acts on ischemic myocardium, used for suppression of serious ventricular arrhythmias

Question 11

Which drug delays myocyte depolarization without any significant effects on the repolarization phase

Answer 11

Propafenone

Question 12

Which drug class primarily block beta-1 receptors

Answer 12

Cardio-selective beta blockers

Question 13

Peripheral artery vasodilation and a negative chronotropic effect may be cause by which drug class?

Answer 13

Non-DHP calcium channel blockers

Question 14

Which beta blocker is both class II and class III

Answer 14

Sotalol

Question 15

Diuretics in hypertension must:

Answer 15

Provide enough Na+ loss to shrink fluid volume to some extent

Question 16

Drug class indicated for the treatment of acute MI, hypertension and heart failure

Answer 16

Beta-blockers

Question 17

A drug that acts on its receptor to inhibit calcium currents, especially in the AV node, to interrupt re entry rhythms

Answer 17

Adenosine

Question 18

Sodium channel blockers effect:

Answer 18

Both the myocyte action potential and pacemaker action potential

Question 19

An adverse effect on class III anti arrhythmias

Answer 19

Torsades de pointes

Question 20

Bronchoconstriction in the lungs and vasoconstriction of arterioles in skeletal muscles is caused by:

Answer 20

Beta-2 receptor blockade

Question 21

Amiodarone works by lengthening the effect refractory period and:

Answer 21

By blocking slow calcium channels

Question 22

Class III potassium channel blockers do what to the action potential?

Answer 22

They widen the action potential

Question 23

When exercise stress testing a patient who is adequately beta-blocker you would expect:

Answer 23

The patient will not be able to reach their maximum HR

Question 24

Beta blockers impact the heart rate by acting on

Answer 24

Pace maker cells

Question 25

Which class of calcium channel blockers works primarily for treating SVT

Answer 25

Non-DHP CCB

Question 26

Amiodarone:

Answer 26

Prolongs the effective refractory period

Question 27

Sodium channel blocker used to manage serious ventricular arrhythmias in patients with ischemic myocardium

Answer 27

Lidocaine

Question 28

The Vaughan Williams classification:

Answer 28

Classifies by drug actions, not by drug class