Quiz- Intersystem Conversion With Dimensional Analysis
15 Questions
| Total Attempts: 231
Questions and Answers
- 1.How many drops would be prescribed in each dose of a liquid medicine if 20 mL contained 60 doses? The dispensing dropper calibrates 35 gtts per mL.
- A.
12 gtt
- B.
15 gtt
- C.
8 gtt
- D.
23 gtt
- 2.If a pint of a certain liquid weighs 9200 grains, what is the specific gravity of the liquid?
- A.
1.0
- B.
1.32
- C.
1.276
- D.
1.26
- 3.Nitrostat Sublingual tablets are available as 1/200-gr tablets. What is the approximate equivalent in milligrams?
- A.
0.325
- B.
0.077
- C.
0.005
- D.
0.65
- 4.Four thousand (4000) nanograms equals 4
- A.
Miligram
- B.
Centigram
- C.
Nanogram
- D.
Microgram
- 5.If a physician prescribed 4 grams of aspirin to be taken by a patient daily, about how many 5-grain tablets should the patient take each day?
- A.
10 tablets
- B.
12 tablets
- C.
15 tablets
- D.
8 tablets
- 6.Pico denotes _____ of the basic unit
- A.
10 raised to -12
- B.
10 raised to -15
- C.
10 raised to -18
- D.
10 raised to -10
- 7.Sudafed cough syrup contains 0.09 g of dextromethorphan hydrobromide in each fluidounce. How many milligrams of this agent would be present in each teaspoonful dose?
- A.
10 mg
- B.
12 mg
- C.
15 mg
- D.
20 mg
- 8.How many 1-fluidounce bottles of lagundi syrup can e prepared form 5 gallons of the syrup?
- A.
740
- B.
640
- C.
680
- D.
540
- 9.A formula for a cough syrup contains 1/8 grain f codeine phosphate per teaspoonful. How many grams of codeine phosphate should be used to prepare a quart of the cough syrup?
- A.
1.75 g
- B.
1.54 g
- C.
1.84 g
- D.
2.54 g
- 10.The inhalant dose of amyl nitrite is 0.18 mL. Express the dose in minims.
- A.
4 mL
- B.
2 mL
- C.
3 mL
- D.
5 mL
- 11.Tetracycline has been shown to form a calcium complex in bone-forming tissue in infants given oral tetracycline in doses of 0.011 g/lb body weight every 6 hours. Express the dose in terms of milligrams per kilogram of body weight.
- A.
5 mg/Kg
- B.
24.2 mg/Kg
- C.
25 mg/Kg
- D.
11 mg/Kg
- 12.
- A.
2.5
- B.
2500
- C.
250
- D.
25
- 13.A pharmacist purchased 5 gallons of alcohol. At different times, 2pints, 2 gallons, 8 fluidounces, and ½ gallon were used by the pharmacist. What volume, in fluidounces, remained?
- A.
256
- B.
264
- C.
280
- D.
296
- 14.Reduce 25 mcg to g
- A.
2.5 x 10 –6
- B.
2.5 x 10 –5
- C.
2.5 x 10 –7
- D.
2.5 x 10 –8
- 15.Five pints of HCl weigh 2.79 kg. Calculate its specific gravity. a. 0.810 b. 1.180 c. 2.180 d. 3.180
- A.
0.810
- B.
1.180
- C.
2.18
- D.
0.0018
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