Antivirals (NCLEX) Quiz: Drug-to-Virus Matching

Submit

2. Which statement about antivirals is true? Select all that apply.

Antivirals cure viral infections completely

Antivirals reduce viral replication and symptom severity

Some antivirals require therapeutic drug monitoring

Antivirals have no drug interactions

Submit

4. Foscarnet is used to treat CMV in immunocompromised patients. Which serious adverse effect requires monitoring?

Hypokalemia

Nephrotoxicity

Seizures from electrolyte imbalance

All of the above

5. A patient taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV reports dizziness and vivid dreams. Which drug class is most likely responsible?

Protease inhibitors

NNRTIs like efavirenz

NRTIs

Integrase inhibitors

6. Valganciclovir is the oral prodrug of which IV antiviral?

Acyclovir

Ganciclovir

Foscarnet

Cidofovir

7. Which antiviral drug class works by inhibiting integrase enzyme in HIV replication?

Protease inhibitors

Integrase inhibitors

Entry inhibitors

Fusion inhibitors

Submit

9. Ribavirin is an antiviral that can cause which serious teratogenic effect?

Cardiac defects

Neural tube defects

Multiple organ birth defects

Cleft palate only

10. Which antiviral is commonly used for varicella-zoster virus (chickenpox and shingles)?

Famciclovir

Penciclovir

Valacyclovir

All of the above

11. Which antiviral is the first-line treatment for herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections?

Acyclovir

Oseltamivir

Ribavirin

Ganciclovir

12. Interferon-alpha is an antiviral used to treat which chronic viral infections? Select all that apply.

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis C

Influenza

Varicella

Submit

13. A nurse administers IV acyclovir. Which adverse effect should be monitored most closely?

Hyperkalemia

Nephrotoxicity and crystalluria

Hepatotoxicity

Thrombocytopenia

14. Protease inhibitors like ritonavir and atazanavir are used primarily in the treatment of which virus?

Herpes zoster

HIV

Measles

Mumps

Submit

16. Which antiviral medication requires dose adjustment in patients with renal impairment?

Acyclovir

Ritonavir

Efavirenz

Fosamprenavir

17. Ganciclovir is used to treat which viral infection, especially in immunocompromised patients?

Influenza A

Hepatitis B

Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

Varicella-zoster virus

18. What is the mechanism of action for nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs)?

Blocks viral protease enzyme

Inhibits reverse transcriptase, preventing viral DNA synthesis

Prevents viral entry into host cells

Destroys viral envelope

19. Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) is primarily used to treat which viral infection?

Hepatitis C

Influenza

Cytomegalovirus

Respiratory syncytial virus

Antiviral Quiz: Can You Match Drug to Virus?

1. Rimantadine is an adamantane used to prevent and treat ____.

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Which statement about antivirals is true? Select all that apply.

3. Acyclovir, valacyclovir, and famciclovir all target the same viral enzyme called ____ kinase.

4. Foscarnet is used to treat CMV in immunocompromised patients. Which serious adverse effect requires monitoring?

5. A patient taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV reports dizziness and vivid dreams. Which drug class is most likely responsible?

6. Valganciclovir is the oral prodrug of which IV antiviral?

7. Which antiviral drug class works by inhibiting integrase enzyme in HIV replication?

8. Efavirenz is a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) used for ____ treatment.

9. Ribavirin is an antiviral that can cause which serious teratogenic effect?

10. Which antiviral is commonly used for varicella-zoster virus (chickenpox and shingles)?

11. Which antiviral is the first-line treatment for herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections?

12. Interferon-alpha is an antiviral used to treat which chronic viral infections? Select all that apply.

13. A nurse administers IV acyclovir. Which adverse effect should be monitored most closely?

14. Protease inhibitors like ritonavir and atazanavir are used primarily in the treatment of which virus?

15. Zanamivir (Relenza) and oseltamivir are both neuraminidase inhibitors used for ____.

16. Which antiviral medication requires dose adjustment in patients with renal impairment?

17. Ganciclovir is used to treat which viral infection, especially in immunocompromised patients?

18. What is the mechanism of action for nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs)?

19. Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) is primarily used to treat which viral infection?