Exercises 2

Question 1

Cephalosporins are examples of which group of drugs?

Answer 1

antibiotics

Question 2

Drugs that prevent a response from occurring by the target receptor are

Answer 2

antagonist drugs

Question 3

Personality disorder where the person has tantrums and is attention seeking is called

Answer 3

histrionic personality disorder

Question 4

Treatment aimed to modify specific symptoms or behaviour is known as

Answer 4

cognitive behaviour therapy

Question 5

Two drugs given together where one enhances the effect of the other is

Answer 5

synergism

Question 6

A reference tool for looking up the names of drugs is

Answer 6

MIMS

Question 7

Personality disorder in which the person has a grandiose sense of self-importance is

Answer 7

narcissistic personality disorder

Question 8

Disorder in which two or more distinct personalities prevail in the same person is

Answer 8

dissociative identity disorder

Question 9

Which of the following is not studied in pharmacokinetics? Absorption, metabolism, potency, elimination

Answer 9

potency

Question 10

A person with a paranoid personality disorder would fit which following description?

Answer 10

pervasive, unwarranted suspiciousness and mistrust of people

Question 11

T or F: The generic name of a drug belongs to the manufacturer

Answer 11

F

Question 12

T or F: A side effect of tetracycline is permanent discolouration of teeth if taken in late pregnancy

Answer 12

T

Question 13

T or F: Delirium (DT’s)tremens is seen in neuroses

Answer 13

F

Question 14

T or F: Repeated hand-washing for no reason is seen in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Answer 14

T

Question 15

T or F: Schizophrenia characterised predominantly by delusions of persecution and megalomania is paranoid schizophrenia

Answer 15

T

Question 16

T or F: A side effect is a hypersenisitivy caused by exposure to a particular antigen to which the person has developed antibodies

Answer 16

F

Question 17

T or F: An intradermal injection is given under the skin

Answer 17

F. It is a shallow injection made into the upper layers of the skin

Question 18

T or F: Somatoform disorders are characterised by symptoms suggesting physical disorders but are of psychogenic origin

Answer 18

T

Question 19

T or F: A morbid concern about one’s health is body dysmorphic disorder

Answer 19

F

Question 20

T or F: A transdermal patch is an example of topical treatment

Answer 20

T. Used to delivery drugs continuously thru the skin e.g oestrogen & nicotine