Pharmacology Trivia Quiz On Drugs Usage
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Are you taking up the pharmacology course in college? If you said yes then the quiz below is exactly what you need to ensure that you pass the Psalter COLLEGE-PHARMACOLOGY 1-TEST 1. Do give it a shot and be sure to come back for more tests like this that will help in revising for your upcoming exams. All the best!
- 1.Ddrug development is a short and easy process, taking anywhere from 7-12 months and sometimeseven shorter.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.The food and drug administration has special programs such as the orphan drug program, accelerated programs for urgent needs, and compassionate use programs to meet certain needs
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.The orphan drug act of 1983 was passed to encourage the development and marketing of products used to treat common diseases
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.The compassionate access program allows patients to receive drugs that have been approved by the FDA.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Drug manufacturers provide drugs free of charge to patients who are taking experimental drugs under the compassionate access program
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.Prescription drugs are drugs that the federal government has designated to be potentially harmful unless a licensed healthcare provider supervises their use.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Non prescription drugs are also called legend drugs
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Non prescription drugs are also referred to as over the counter drugs
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.The most closely monitored drugs are controlled substances
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Psychological dependence is a compulsive need to use a substance time after time to avoid mild to severe withdrawal symptoms
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.After approving a drug which is NOT a category assigned by the food and drug administration
- A.
Prescription
- B.
Non prescription
- C.
Controlled substance
- D.
Noncontrolled substance
- 12.Which is the largest category of drugs?
- A.
Prescription
- B.
Non prescription
- C.
Controlled substance
- D.
Noncontrolled substance
- 13.A compulsion to use a substance to obtain a pleaurable experience is called::
- A.
Physical dependence
- B.
Psychological dependence
- C.
Appetite
- D.
Physiological dependence
- 14.Before the passage of this act, any narcotic could be purchased without a prescription::
- A.
Pure food and drug act
- B.
Pure food drug and cosmetic act
- C.
Harrison narcotic act
- D.
Comprehensive drug abuse prevention and control act
- 15.The chief federal agency responsible for enforcing the controlled substances act is the ::
- A.
Food and drug administration
- B.
Drug enforcement agency
- C.
Internal revenue service
- D.
Congress
- 16.The dissolution of a drug is also known as::
- A.
Pharmaceutic phase
- B.
Pharmacokinetic phase
- C.
Pharmacodynamic phase
- D.
Absorption phase
- 17.Activities involving the drug within the body after it is administered are also known as the::
- A.
Pharmaceutic phase
- B.
Pharmacokinetic phase
- C.
Pharmacodynamic phase
- D.
Distribution phase
- 18.Activities including absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion belong to the phase of::
- A.
Pharmaceutics
- B.
Pharmacokinetics
- C.
Pharmacodynamics
- D.
Pharmacology
- 19.The phase involved with the drugs actions and effects within the body is called the::
- A.
Pharaceutic phase
- B.
Pharmacokinetic phase
- C.
Pharmacodynamic phase
- D.
Metabolism phase
- 20.Drugs that bind with a receptor to produce a therapeutic response are called::
- A.
Antagonists
- B.
Receptor -mediated
- C.
Partial antagonists
- D.
Agonists
- 21.What is a drug that binds with a receptor to prevent the action of an agonist?
- 22.What is another name for an allergic reaction?
- 23.When the patients immune system views the drug as a foreign substance what does it form?
- 24.Are bronchodilators given to relax or contrract the smooth muscles of the bronchial tubes to improve breathing?
- 25.Are antihistamines give to increase or decrease the effects of histamine?
- 26.What is the term that refers to any unusual or abnormal reaction to a drug?
- 27.Sometimes drug toxicity can be revesed by the administration of another drug that acts as a(n) what?
- 28.When the combined effect of two drugs equal to the sum of each drug given alone, it is known as what type of drug reaction?
- 29.What term describes the situation in which drugs interact with each other and produce an effect that is greater that the sum of their seperate actions?
- 30.What term describes the situation in which one drug interferes with the action of another, causing neutralization of a decrease in the effect of one drug?
- 31.Side effects are also known as________ reactions or undesirable drug effects
- 32.Drug tolerance is a ________________ response to a drug, requiring an increase in dosage to achieve the desired effect.
- 33.A drug effect that occurs when the boddy does not metabolize and excrete one dose of a drug before the next dose is given is known as_____________drug effect.
- 34.A __________disorder is a genetically caused abnormal response to normal doses of a drug
- 35.Non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) and salicylates are give____food to decrease epigastric distress.
- 36.The taking of multiple drugs is called ___________
- 37.Herbal therapy is also called_____________ medicine
- 38.SCHEDULES:high abuse potentialno medical use-heroin, lsd, peyote
- A.
Schedule c1
- B.
Schedule c2
- C.
Schedule c3
- D.
Schhedule c4
- 39.SCHEDULES:potential for abusesome medical use-meth, morphine, oxycodone
- A.
Schedule c1
- B.
Schedule c2
- C.
Schedule c3
- D.
Schedule c4
- 40.SCHEDULES:less potential for toxicitymedically usefulpotential for dependence-some cns stimulants, limited narcotics
- A.
Schedule c1
- B.
Schedule c2
- C.
Schedule c3
- D.
Schedule c4
- 41.Any substances that cause abnormal development of the fetus, which may lead to a severly deformed fetus
- 42.PHASES::oral medicine dissolved into a liquid
- A.
Pharmacodynamic phase
- B.
Pharmacokinetic phase
- C.
Pharmaceutic phase
- 43.PHASES::refers to movements involving the drug w/in the body after its administered.
- A.
Pharmacodynamic phase
- B.
Pharmacokinetic phase
- C.
Pharaceutic phase
- 44.PHASES::drugs actions and effects w/in the body
- A.
Pharmacodynamic phase
- B.
Pharmacokinetic phase
- C.
Pharmaceutic phase
- 45.5 factors that influence drug response
- 46.3 categories of drugs?
- 47.What drug category cannot be given to pregnant women?
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