Pharmacy Technician Practice Test: Quiz

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Prescribed drugs can be abused if not regulated, and this is why the pharmacy technician needs to be careful when confirming and filling prescriptions brought in by patients. To hold this position, you also need to have adequate knowledge of drugs and their effect on a patient. Do take up the quiz below and get to polish up on what you should know about drugs.

Questions and Answers

1.

A combination of chemicals into more complex ones, creating a new chemical not found in nature?
- A.
  
  Synthetic
- B.
  
  Pharmaceutical
- C.
  
  Herbal
- D.
  
  Chemistry
2.

An authoritative listing of drugs and issues related to their use.
- A.
  
  Pharmacognosy
- B.
  
  Data
- C.
  
  Panacea
- D.
  
  Pharmacopeia
3.

Of or about drugs: also, a drug product.
- A.
  
  Meterial medica
- B.
  
  Pharmaceutical
- C.
  
  Pharmacology
- D.
  
  Sythetic
4.

A cure-all
- A.
  
  Panacea
- B.
  
  Antibiotic
- C.
  
  Hormones
- D.
  
  Vaccine
5.

The study of drug properties uses applications and effects.
- A.
  
  Pharmacology
- B.
  
  Pharmacopeia
- C.
  
  Materia medica
- D.
  
  Medical dictionary
6.

Generally pharmacology, but also refers to the drugs in use.
- A.
  
  Pharmacopeia
- B.
  
  Materia medica
- C.
  
  Pharmacognosy
- D.
  
  Trial studies
7.

A substance that acts against a toxin in the body.
- A.
  
  Antibiotic
- B.
  
  Antiviral
- C.
  
  Antitoxin
- D.
  
  Chemotherapy
8.

A substance that harms or kills microorganisms like bacteria and fungi.
- A.
  
  Antibiotic
- B.
  
  Antiviral
- C.
  
  Antichrist
- D.
  
  Antitoxin
9.

Chemicals produced by the body that regulate body functions and processes.
- A.
  
  Sweat
- B.
  
  Hormones
- C.
  
  Adrenalin
- D.
  
  Sperm
10.

The complete set of genetic material contained in a human cell.
- A.
  
  Data
- B.
  
  Human nature
- C.
  
  Human genome
- D.
  
  Blood
11.

The study of physical, chemical, biochemical, and biological properties of drugs as well as the search for new drugs from natural sources.
- A.
  
  Pharmacology
- B.
  
  Data
- C.
  
  Pharmacognosy
- D.
  
  Materia medica
12.

Information that is entered into and stored in a computer system.
- A.
  
  Tweets
- B.
  
  Facebook user name and login
- C.
  
  Personal emails
- D.
  
  Data
13.

The first physician known by name was
- A.
  
  Prometheus
- B.
  
  Hippocrates
- C.
  
  Imhotep
- D.
  
  Aesculapius
14.

Hippocrates approach to medicine was based on
- A.
  
  Superstition
- B.
  
  Careful observation
- C.
  
  Astrology
- D.
  
  Animal behavior
15.

The ancient Greek goddess of Medicinal Herbs was
- A.
  
  Pandora
- B.
  
  Panacea
- C.
  
  Hippocrates
- D.
  
  Euphrates
16.

Derived from the bark of the Peruvian tree "JESUIT'S powder" used along with preventive measures, helps keep this disease under control.
- A.
  
  Smallpox
- B.
  
  Malaria
- C.
  
  Polio
- D.
  
  Tuberculosis
17.

Aspirin is made from salicylic acid from the bark of the _____________ tree?
- A.
  
  Willow
- B.
  
  Cinchona
- C.
  
  Tea
- D.
  
  Fig
18.

What was the first effective local anesthetic?
- A.
  
  Quinine
- B.
  
  Cocaine
- C.
  
  Heroin
- D.
  
  Morphine
19.

Around 3,000 BC who established about 365 herbs that could be used as health treatments by trial and error?
- A.
  
  Imhotep
- B.
  
  Hippocrates
- C.
  
  Aesculapius
- D.
  
  Chinese Emperor Shen Nung
20.

The __________ from __________ is an 1100 page scroll document containg about 800 prescriptions using 700 drugs mostly derived from plants.
- A.
  
  Pharmacopeia, 2005
- B.
  
  Herbal, 200 B.C.
- C.
  
  Papyrus Ebers, 1500 B.C.
- D.
  
  De Materia Medica, 77 B. C.
21.

The first great book of Indian Medicine describing over 500 herbal drugs that had been used for centuries was written in
- A.
  
  500 B.C.
- B.
  
  5000 A.D
- C.
  
  100 A.D
- D.
  
  1000 A.D.
22.

The Persian Rhazes who wrote one of the most popular textbooks of medicine in the middle ages was a man of science and?
- A.
  
  An alchemist
- B.
  
  A sorcerer
- C.
  
  A politician
- D.
  
  Of god
23.

________ was a(n) ________ physician who wrote a five volume encyclopedia in ______, one of which was devoted to natural medicines and another compunding drugs from individual medications.
- A.
  
  Li Shi Zen, Chinese, 1580 AD
- B.
  
  Zabdiel Boylston, colonial, 1721 AD
- C.
  
  William Withering, British, 1785 AD
- D.
  
  Avicenna, Islamic, 1000 AD
24.

An authoritative listing of drugs and issues related to their use is a(an) ____________.
- A.
  
  Pharmaceutical
- B.
  
  Pharmacology
- C.
  
  Pharmacopeia
- D.
  
  Panacea
25.

_______________ showed that heat can be used to kill microorganisms associated with food spoilage.
- A.
  
  Pasteur
- B.
  
  Banting and Best
- C.
  
  Watson and Crick
- D.
  
  Fleming