Q. Which kind of absorption mechanism is showing in the picture?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Passive transport
Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetic MCQs and Notes
Q. A drug can be absorbed by more than one mechanism.
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
True
Q. Transfer of an endocytic vesicle from one extracellular compartment to another is known as
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Transcytosis
Q. Which is the other name of “cell eating”?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Phagocytosis
Q. Which of these absorption methods involves engulfing of the extracellular drug?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Endocytosis
Q. Which types of drugs get absorbed by ion-pair transport?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Drugs that ionize at all pH conditions
Q. Which drugs are absorbed through pore transport?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Water-soluble drugs of molecular weight less than 100 Dalton
Q. Which kind of drugs are absorbed through endocytosis?
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
Macromolecular drugs or drugs as oily droplets
Q. What influences the permeation of drugs in an Ionic or Electrochemical diffusion?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Charge on the membrane
Q. What is the major difference between Facilitated diffusion and Passive diffusion?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Carrier-mediated transport