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1. Nitroglycerine tablets are placed under the tongue to be absorbed quickly to treat a form of
chest pain known as angina. This method of drug administration is called:
A. sublingual
B. oral
C. subcutaneous
D. parenteral
2. The worthless medications of the 1800s were referred to as _____ medicines. One example of
such a medication was Beecham's pills.
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3. Intramuscular injections of drugs take place in the largest part (belly) of the large muscles
such as the deltoid and the vastus lateralis. This is done to:
A. prevent damage to nerves and blood vessels
B. slow the absorption time
C. allow the use of a skin patch
D. treat the patient who is vomiting
4. The following drug is a derivative of the foxglove plant and it is used to treat congestive heart
failure:
A. januvia
B. penicillin
C. digoxin
D. aricept
5. Which of the following would most likely be located on the physician's order section in the
patient's medical record and would most likely be intended for use by a hospital-based
pharmacist?
A. prescription
B. medication order
6. A drug that relieves vomiting is called a(n):
A. antihistamine
B. antiemetic
C. anticholinergic
D. analgesic
7. The release of histamine means that the patient is having a:
A. toxic effect of the drug
B. allergic reaction to the drug
C. adverse effect of the drug
D. side effect of the drug
8. The directions for using a drug will follow the abbreviation: Sig on the prescription.
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9. If a physician wants to prescribe an investigational drug for a patient who has a lifethreatening illness, all the physician needs to do is get an approval from the hospital where the
patient is being treated.
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10. In 1970, the drug Levodopa was introduced to treat:
A. Parkinson's disease
B. heart failure
C. Hodgkin's disease
D. diabetes
11. Any nonfood chemical substance that affects the body or the mind is considered to be a drug.
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12. The drug abbreviation mg stands for milligram.
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13. Binders and fillers are examples of:
A. active ingredients
B. inert ingredients
C. preservatives
D. buffers
14. If a drug has a systemic effect, it can be felt:
A. just at the site where it is administered
B. throughout the body
C. in the stomach only
D. in the brain only
15. Rx means to:
A. swallow
B. eat
C. give
D. take
16. Drug toxicity means that the level of the drug is too high in the patient and it is having a
negative effect. The physician can try to correct this problem by:
A. lengthen the time between doses
B. lowering the dose
C. all of the choices listed
D. discontinue use of the drug
17. Premature babies have underdeveloped livers. Therefore, drugs give to those babies must be
administered in:
A. oral form
B. higher doses
C. injection form
D. lower doses
18. Parkinson's Disease is a deficiency of a chemical called dopamine in the brain. Patients can
not just be given dopamine as a drug because it:
A. can not cross the blood-brain barrier
B. can not be absorbed by the stomach lining
C. cancels out the effect of levodopa
D. is difficult to determine the correct dose
19. Which of the following statements about drug testing is true?
A. human testing is always done before animal testing
B. in vivo testing takes place in humans or animals
C. a clinical trial takes place on animals
D. in vitro testing takes place in humans
20. When a pharmaceutical company develops a drug for a rare disease, it is given exclusive
marketing rights for ________. That means that no other company can make and sell a
generic version of the drug during that time.
A. twenty years.
B. two years
C. one month
D. seven years
21. Eye medications are usually administered as drop. The abbreviation for drop is:
A. drp
B. dr
C. rp
D. gtt
22. If a patient is given a 10% solution of a drug, it means that 10 parts of the solution would
contain the drug and 90 parts of the solution would be something else.
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23. At the current time, the role of the pharmacist is to:
A. make drugs
B. prescribe drugs
C. start intravenous medications
D. dispense drugs and to provide consumer information
24. Cephalosporin antibiotics were discovered:
A. when a drug already in use was chemically manipulated
B. in the environment
25. A drug administered at h.s. would be given:
A. twice a day
B. before meals
C. after meals
D. at bedtime
26. For the drug Elavil, the drug manufacturer selected the drug name to indicate the:
A. source of the drug
B. frequency (how often) the drug should be taken
C. disease process that the drug will be used to treat
D. action of the drug
27. The three medical uses of drugs include all of the following, EXCEPT:
A. preventative use
B. therapeutic use
C. diagnostic use
D. getting an illicit "high" for recreational use
28. The organ that does most of the drug excretion (removal of the drug from the body) is the:
A. kidney
B. liver
C. tear gland
D. sweat gland
29. Pharmacology is the study of _______ and their interactions with living organisms.
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30. A general anesthetic eliminates pain and voluntary muscle control by inducing _______.
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31. A physician who orders a drug to be mixed into a fluid in an intravenous (IV) bag and
administered slowly over several hours is using the following method of administration:
A. port
B. IV push
C. IV bolus
D. IV drip
32. A computer model of an erratically beating heart can allow a researcher to see the effect of a
potential new drug.
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33. Medical office personnel should carefully safeguard the prescription pads to prevent theft.
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34. Accurate labeling of medication was a requirement of the:
A. Kefauver-Harris amendment (1962)
B. Fpod, Drug and Cosmetic Act (1938)
C. Durham-Humphrey amendment (1951)
D. Food and Drugs Act (1906)
35. To avoid drug errors, the physician should write 0.5 rather than just: .5.
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36. The deaths of elderly patients taking the drug Oraflex are examples of:
A. adverse effects of drugs
B. side effects of drugs
C. therapeutic action of drugs
D. the heart being used as a target organ
37. Drugs that are injected are absorbed through the:
A. mucous membranes
B. stomach
C. skin
D. body tissues into the blood stream
38. Some drugs can not be given orally because the stomach acid makes the drug inactive.
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39. An agonist drug can:
A. activate histamine
B. not unlock a receptor on the cell membrane
C. activate acetylcholine
D. unlock a receptor on the cell membrane
40. A drug that can be purchased without a prescription is a(n):
A. schedule II substance
B. schedule III substance
C. schedule I substance
D. over-the-counter drug
41. Tylenol with Codeine falls into the following drug schedule:
A. III
B. II
C. IV
D. I
42. A hospital nurse might record a medication order in the patient's record. If the nurse writes
the abbreviation V.O. in front of the order, it means that physician phoned in a verbal order
because he/she was not at the hospital.
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43. The first-pass effect is a problem that occurs when a drug goes through the:
A. stomach
B. liver
C. kidney
D. brain
44. The generic name of HydroDiuril is _______.
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45. Patients who can not afford their prescription drugs sometimes cut back on how often they
take the drug (frequency) or they try to get free drug samples from their physicians.
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46. When a physician marks a box labeled: Dispense as written on the prescription it means that
the pharmacist must:
A. dispense the generic version of the drug
B. dispense exactly what is written on the prescription
C. phone the physician for more information
D. ask the patient if he/she wants the trade name drug or the generic version
47. ECASA is an abbreviation that stands for enteric coated acetylsalicylic acid acid (aspirin).
The enteric coating means that the aspirin will:
A. not dissolve in the stomach
B. dissolve in the stomach
C. not dissolve in the intestine
D. dissolve in the mouth
48. In the metric system of measurement, weights are based on the unit of the:
A. liter
B. kilogram
C. meter
D. micrometer
49. The apothecary system of drug measurement predates the metric system and it is not used
much anymore.
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50. When a drug dose for a pediatric patient is written as mg/kg/day it means that the dose is
dependent on the patient's ________ on that day.
A. height
B. weight
C. temperature
D. lab test values