Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The first physician known by name was
a. | Prometheus. | b. | Hippocrates. | c. | Imhotep. | d. | Aesculapius. |
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Hippocrates approach to medicine was based on
a. | superstition. | b. | careful observation. | c. | astrology. | d. | animal
behavior. |
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The ancient Greek goddess of Medicinal Herbs was
a. | Pandora. | b. | Panacea. | c. | Hippocrates. | d. | Euphrates. |
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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 |
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Aspirin is made from salicylic acid from the bark of the _______________________
tree.
a. | willow | b. | cinchona | c. | tea | d. | fig |
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_______________________ was the first effective local anesthetic.
a. | Quinine | b. | Cocaine | c. | Heroin | d. | Morphine |
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Around 3,000 B.C. ______________________ established, by trial and error, about
365 herbs that could be used as health treatments.
a. | Imhotep | b. | Hippocrates | c. | Aesculapius | d. | the Chinese Emperor Shen
Nung |
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The _______________ from _____________ is an 1100 page scroll document
containing 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
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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. | 500 A.D. | c. | 100
A.D. | d. | 1,000 A.D. |
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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. | a god. |
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____________________ was a(n) _______ physician who wrote a five volume
encyclopedia in __________, one of which was devoted to natural medicines and another
compounding drugs from individual medications.
a. | Li Shi Zen, Chinese, 1580 A.D. | b. | Zabdeil Boylston, colonial, 1721
A.D. | c. | William Withering, British, 1785 A.D. | d. | Avicenna, Islamic, 1000
A.D. |
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An authoritative listing of drugs and issues related to their use is a(n)
a. | pharmaceutical. | b. | pharmacology | c. | pharmacopeia. | d. | panacea. |
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____________________________ 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 |
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______________________ discovered penicillin could kill some bacteria.
a. | Banting and Best | b. | Watson and Crick | c. | Fleming | d. | Marker |
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____________________________ are substances produced by the body to regulate
body functions and processes.
a. | Hormones | b. | Antitoxins | c. | Antibiotics | d. | Genomes |
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__________________________ identified the structure of DNA.
a. | Watson and Crick | b. | Banting and Best | c. | Serturnier | d. | Koller |
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The pharmaceutical manufacturing industry devotes about _________________ of its
income to research and development.
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______________________ protect(s) against illegal copying of new
discoveries.
a. | Generics | b. | Brand names | c. | Patenting | d. | The FDA |
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The FDA is required to
a. | ensure that a drug is and effective for its intended use. | b. | to monitor a drug
after it is marketed to ensure it works as intended. | c. | to monitor a drug for any adverse
effects. | d. | all of the above. |
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The length of time from the beginning of development of anew drug to FDA
approval is often more than __________ years.
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In most cases the individual who dispenses the prescribed medication to the
patient is the
a. | prescribing physician. | b. | nurse. | c. | medical
assistant. | d. | pharmacist. |
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The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) requires that pharmacists
provide
a. | counseling services to all patients. | b. | mail order medication to Medicaid
patients. | c. | counseling services to Medicaid patients. | d. | HMO coverage to all
patients. |
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To become a pharmacist in the United States:
a. | an individual must graduate form an accredited college of
pharmacy, pass a state licensing exam, and perform experiential training working under a licensed
pharmacist. | b. | an individual must
graduate from a non-accredited college of pharmacy and pass a state licensing
exam. | c. | no internship experience is required unless the
pharmacist intends to practice in community pharmacy. | d. | an individual must graduate from an accredited college of pharmacy, and perform
an internship working under a licensed pharmacist, however, no examination is
required. |
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The area of greatest employment for pharmacists is
a. | hospitals. | b. | mail order operations. | c. | community
pharmacies. | d. | managed care. |
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The pharmacy technician may find the greatest employment opportunities in
a. | the hospital setting. | b. | the community setting. | c. | home health
care. | d. | mail order operations. |
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In managed care, care is managed by a(an)
a. | patient. | b. | physician. | c. | pharmacist. | d. | insurer. |
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Lists of drugs approved for use by managed care organizations are called
a. | OBRA. | b. | mail order operations. | c. | HMO’s. | d. | formularies. |
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Information that is entered and stored into a computer, such as a
patient’s name, is called
a. | product. | b. | inventory. | c. | data. | d. | billing. |
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Matching
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Match the terms. a. | antibiotic | b. | antitoxin | c. | data | d. | hormones | e. | human genome | f. | materia
medica | g. | panacea | h. | pharmaceutical | i. | pharmacognosy | j. | pharmacology | k. | pharmacopeia | l. | synthetic |
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combining simpler chemicals into more complex ones, creating a new chemical not
found in nature
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an authoritative listing of drugs and issues related to their use.
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of or about drugs; also a drug product.
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a cure-all.
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the study of drug properties, uses, application, and effects.
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generally pharmacology, but also refers to the drugs in use.
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a substance that acts against a toxin in the body.
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a substance which harms or kills microorganisms like bacteria and
fungi.
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chemicals produced by the body that regulate body functions and
processes.
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the complete set of genetic material contained in a human cell.
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the study of physical, chemical, biochemical and biological properties of drugs
as well as the search for new drugs from natural sources.
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information that is entered into and stored in a computer system.
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