PART 2A Flashcards
Historically termed as “inflammable air”
A) H2 gas
B) O2 gas
C) N2 gas
D) He gas
A) H2 gas
Element common to all official acids
A) C
B) H
C) N
D) O
B) H
Methods used in the production of hydrogen gas, EXCEPT
A) Haber’s process
B) Electrolysis of water
C) Hydrolysis of metal hydrides
D) Interaction of superheated steam with red hot iron
A) Haber’s process
A synthetic radioactive isotope of H
A) Protium
B) Deuterium
C) Tritium
D) Hydride
C) Tritium
Heavy water
A) calcium hydroxide
B) deuterium oxide
C) dihydrogen monoxide
D) barium hydroxide
B) deuterium oxide
Type of naturally occurring water that contains iron and has ferruginous taste
A) alkaline
B) saline
C) mineral
D) chalybeate
D) chalybeate
Type of water hardness caused by the presence of dissolved bicarbonate minerals
A) Temporary
B) Permanent
C) Soft
D) Rough
A) Temporary
Water of choice for extemporaneous compounding
A) Water for injection
B) Sterile water for inj.
C) Bacteriostatic water for Inj.
D) Purified water
D) Purified water
The strength depends on the volume of active oxygen it yields
A) hydrogen peroxide
B) calcium hydroxide
C) dihydrogen monoxide
D) barium hydroxide
A) hydrogen peroxide
3 percent hydrogen peroxide has a volume strength of ___ volume.
A) 5
B) 10
C) 20
D) 30
B) 10
a.k.a. Alkali Earth Metals
A) Group lA
B) Group lIA
C) Group IB
D) Group IIB
B) Group lIA
General properties of alkali metals
I. salts are freely soluble in water
ll. reacts violently with water
Ill. oxides and hydroxides are strongly basic
A) I and Il
B) II and III
C) I and Ill
D) I, II, and III
D) I, II, and III
The metal with the lowest density
A) Potassium
B) Lithium
C) Hydrogen
D) Osmium
B) Lithium
Used in the treatment of manic-depressive disorder (bipolar disorder)
A) Calcium carbonate
B) Lithium carbonate
C) Potassium carbonate
D) Sodium carbonate
B) Lithium carbonate
The predominant cation in the extracellular fluid
A) Na+
B) Mg+2
C) Ca+2
D) K+
A) Na+
Treatment for cyanide poisoning
A) Sodium thiosulfate
B) Sodium thiocyanate
C) Sodium phosphate
D) Sodium acetate
A) Sodium thiosulfate
Mineral chameleon
A) potassium permanganate
B) potassium nitrate
C) hydrated potassium aluminum sulfate
D) potassium hydroxide
A) potassium permanganate
The most important sodium mineral
A) sodium bicarbonate
B) sodium hydroxide
C) sodium chloride
D) sodium nitrate
C) sodium chloride
Primary standard for Karl Fischer reagent
A) potassium bitartrate
B) potassium sodium tartrate
C) potassium carbonate
D) sodium tartrate
D) sodium tartrate
Contains 4-6% w/w NaOCl
A) Dakin’s solution
B) Modified Dakin’s solution
C) Labarraque’s solution
D) Clorox
A) Dakin’s solution
A hypothetical metal ion
A) NH4+
B) NH3+
C) NH4+2
D) NH3
A) NH4+
Salt of hartshorn
A) ammonium hydroxide
B) ammonium carbonate
C) ammonium chloride
D) ammoniated mercury
B) ammonium carbonate
Spirit of Mindererus
A) Ammonium acetate solution
B) Ammonium bromide
C) Aromatic Ammonia Spirit
D) Expectorant Mixture
A) Ammonium acetate solution
Universal symbol of highest purity and value
A) Au
B) Ag
C) Cu
D) Pt
A) Au
Gold and sodium thiosulfate Complex
A) antirheumatic agent
B) antibacterial agent
C) antineoplastic agent
D) radiocontrast agent
A) antirheumatic agent
Aqua regia
A) 1 part HCl, 3 parts HNO3
B) 3 parts HCI, 1 part HNO3
C) 1 part HCl, 3 parts H2SO4
D) 3parts HCI, 1 part H2SO4
B) 3 parts HCI, 1 part HNO3
An 18K gold contains
A) 100% pure gold
B) 91.7% pure gold
C) 75% pure gold
D) 50% pure gold
C) 75% pure gold
Best conductor of electricity
A) Au
B) Ag
C) Cu
D) Fe
B) Ag
Formerly used in dilute solutions in newborn babies’ eyes at birth to prevent contraction of gonorrhea from the mother, which could cause blindness
A) silver nitrate
B) silver chloride
C) silver sulfadiazine
D) silver sulfide
A) silver nitrate
Colloidal silver preparation containing 19-23% Ag
A) Mild silver protein
B) Strong protein silver
C) Colloidal silver chloride
D) Silver picrate
A) Mild silver protein
A reddish colored metal and produced a blue to emerald green color in non-luminous flame
A) Ag
B) Au
C) Cu
D) Sn
C) Cu
Acts as a catalyst for the storage and release of iron
A) Ag
B) Au
C) Cu
D) Sn
C) Cu
An alloy of Cu and Zn
A) Brass
B) Bronze
C) Steel
D) Sterling silver
A) Brass
Component of Fehling’s solutions and Benedict’s solution
A) Basic cupric acetate
B) Cupric citrate
C) Cupric hydrogen arsenite
D) Cupric sulfate
D) Cupric sulfate
A mixture of copper (II) sulfate and calcium oxide in water
A) Bordeaux mixture
B) Scheele’s green
C) Parrot green
D) Paris green
A) Bordeaux mixture
Burns with a blinding white light —- used in photography and pyrotechnics
A) Ca
B) Mg
C) Ba
D) Sr
B) Mg
Magnesium sulfate
A) Epsom salt
B) Glauber’s salt
C) Rochelle salt
D) Rock salt
A) Epsom salt
Magnesium hydroxide
A) magnesia
B) milk of magnesia
C) magnesia alba
D) magnesia negra
B) milk of magnesia
Common side effect of magnesium-containing
compounds
A) diarrhea
B) constipation
C) black stool
D) flatulence
A) diarrhea
Antacid with adsorbent and protective property
A) Magnesium carbonate
B) Magnesium citrate
C) Magnesium phosphate
D) Magnesium trisilicate
D) Magnesium trisilicate
Essential factor in blood coagulation or blood clotting
A) Ca
B) Fe
C) Zn
D) Cu
A) Ca
Vitamin that enhances the utilization of calcium in the body
A) VitaminA
B) Vitamin K
C) Vitamin C
D) Vitamin D
D) Vitamin D
Most important constituent of bones and teeth
A) calcium phosphate
B) calcium carbonate
C) calcium hydroxide
D) calcium oxide
A) calcium phosphate
Used as cast, preparing bandages and building material
A) Plaster of Paris
B) gypsum
C) lime
D) bone ash
A) Plaster of Paris
Most abundant and widely distributed calcium salt
A) Calcium gluconate
B) Calcium carbonate
C) Dibasic calcium phosphate
D) Tribasic calcium phosphate
B) Calcium carbonate
Use of barium sulfate
A) laxative
B) antacid
C) radiocontrast agent
D) antidote
C) radiocontrast agent
Used in the treatment of Stokes-Adams disease “heart-block”
A) Barium chloride
B) Barium hydroxide
C) Barium oxide
D) Barium sulfide
A) Barium chloride
Also known as “glucinum”, meaning sweet
A) Beryllium
B) Barium
C) Strontium
D) Calcium
A) Beryllium
Formerly used in self-luminous paints for watches, nuclear panels, aircraft switches, clocks, and instrument dials
A) Beryllium
B) Strontium
C) Calcium
D) Radium
D) Radium
Used in galvanization for protective coating in steel or iron to prevent rusting
A) Zn
B) Al
C) Cd
D) Hg
A) Zn
Adjuvant in insulin preparations to enhance stability
A) Zn
B) Cu
C) Co
D) Mn
A) Zn
Zinc chloride
A) antiseptic mouthwash
B) emetic
C) manufacture of adhesive tape
D) treatment of eczema, psoriasis, pruritis
A) antiseptic mouthwash
Calamine is a mixture of zinc oxide and ___.
A) calcium oxide
B) ferric oxide
C) mercuric oxide
D) carbon dioxide
B) ferric oxide
Zinc sulfate
A) blue vitriol
B) green vitriol
C) white vitriol
D) red vitriol
C) white vitriol
Quicksilver
A) Silver
B) Mercury
C) Gold
D) Platinum
B) Mercury
Minamata poisoning is due to__ toxicity
A) Hg
B) Cu
C) Al
D) Cd
A) Hg
Mercurial preparation known as “Blue Pill”
A) Mercury Mass
B) Mild mercurial ointment
C) Strong mercurial ointment
D) Mercury with Chalk
A) Mercury Mass
“White Precipitate”
A) Ammoniated mercury
B) Mercuric iodide
C) Mercuric nitrate
D) Mercuric cyanide
A) Ammoniated mercury
“Calomel’”
A) Mercurous chloride
B) Mercuric chloride
C) Mercurous oxide
D) Mercurie oxide
A) Mercurous chloride
Mercuric oxide preparation used as antiseptic ophthalmic ointment
A) Red MgO
B) Yellow HgO
C) Black MgO
D) White MgO
B) Yellow HgO
Potassium mercuric iodide is an ingredient of
A) Fehling’s reagent
B) Benedict’s reagent
C) Tollen’s reagent
D) Mayer’s reagent
D) Mayer’s reagent
Borax
A) sodium borate
B) sodium tetraborate
C) tincal
D) all of the choices
D) all of the choices
Used in preparation of Lister’s solution (antiseptic mouthwash)
A) Boric acid
B) Boron
C) Sodium borate
D) Sodium perborate
A) Boric acid
Most abundant metal in the earth’s crust
A) O
B) Si
C) Al
D) Fe
C) Al
Burow’s solution
A) aluminum acetate
B) hydrated aluminum silicate
C) hydrated potassium aluminum sulfate
D) hydrated magnesium silicate
A) aluminum acetate
Used as catalyst in organic synthesis (Friedel-Craft’s Reaction)
A) Aluminum chloride
B) Aluminum hydroxide
C) Aluminum phosphate
D) Aluminum sulfate
A) Aluminum chloride
All of the following are aluminum silicates, EXCEPT
A) Bentonite
B) Kaolin
C) Pumice
D) Purified siliceous earth
D) Purified siliceous earth
By mass, it is the 2nd most abundant element in the human body and 4th in the universe
A) H
B) He
C) O
D) C
D) C
Crystalline form of carbon
A) charcoal
B) coke
C) lampblack
D) graphite
D) graphite
From destructive distillation of plant substances
A) Activated Charcoal
B) Purified animal charcoal
C) Carbon disulfide
D) Carbon tetrachloride
A) Activated Charcoal
Oxygen gas mixed with 5% ____ can be used in the treatment of poisoning by CO, alcohol, methanol, and morphine
A) CCl4
B) CO2
C) He
D) N2
B) CO2
Dry ice
A) Activated Charcoal
B) Carbon dioxide
C) Carbon disulfide
D) Carbon tetrachloride
B) Carbon dioxide
Which of the following is NOT an alloy of tin?
A) Pewter
B) Solder
C) Babbit
D) Brass
D) Brass
Hard glass
A) potassium silicate + Mg/Al oxides
B) lead silicate + sodium silicate
C) low refraction, high dispersion; used in making lenses for optical instruments
D) high refraction, low dispersion
A) potassium silicate + Mg/Al oxides
Official form of titanium compound
A) TiO
B) TiO2
C) TiO3
D) TiO4
B) TiO2
Cerium oxalate was formerly used as
A) antiemetic during early stages of pregnancy
B) creams for depilatory effect
C) solvent in rubber industry
D) stimulates formation of RBC and for treatment of anemia
A) antiemetic during early stages of pregnancy
Fuming spirit of Libavius
A) Stannic chloride
B) Stannous chloride
C) Stannic oxide
D) Stannic sulfide
A) Stannic chloride
Goulard’s Extract
A) Lead subacetate solution
B) Diluted lead subacetate solution
C) Lead oxide
D) Lead chromate
A) Lead subacetate solution
Nitrogen gas
A) Alkaline gas
B) Laughing gas
C) Mephitic air
D) Dephlogisticated air
C) Mephitic air
Aqua fortis
A) nitric acid
B) hydrochloric acid
C) sulfuric acid
D) selenic acid
A) nitric acid
The least reactive form of phosphorus
A) White
B) Red
C) Scarlet
D) Black
D) Black
A colorless, flammable, toxic gas with the formula PH3
A) phosphane
B) hypophosphorous acid
C) phosphoric acid
D) phosphor
A) phosphane
a.k.a. PROTOPLASMIC POISON
A) Hg
B) Ag
C) As
D) Pb
C) As
Element present in Salvarsan
A) Mercury
B) Arsenic
C) Silver
D) Lead
B) Arsenic
Brimstone
A) Fe
B) Ca
C) C
D) S
D) S
Used as antidote in iodine and cyanide poisoning
A) sodium sulfate
B) sodium thiosulfate
C) sulfuric acid
D) selenium sulfide
B) sodium thiosulfate
“Salt-producing”
A) Halogen
B) Oxygen
C) Nitrogen
D) Hydrogen
A) Halogen
Best oxidizing agents among halogens
A) Fluorine
B) Chlorine
C) Bromine
D) lodine
A) Fluorine
A fuming red-brown liquid at room temp
A) Fluorine
B) Chlorine
C) Bromine
D) lodine
C) Bromine
0.1 N bromine
A) Koppeschaar’s Solution
B) Vleminck’s solution
C) Fowler’s solution
D) Howe’s solution
A) Koppeschaar’s Solution
A aqueous solution containing 5% iodine
A) Strong iodine solution
B) lodine solution
C) lodine tincture
D) KISS
A) Strong iodine solution
Phenolated iodine solution
A) Mandel’s solution
B) Boulton’s solution
C) Lugol’s solution
D) Howe’s solution
B) Boulton’s solution
Group VIIIB Elements
A) Inert Elements
B) Transition elements
C) Halogens
D) Noble gases
B) Transition elements
Reduced form of iron
A) Ferrous
B) Ferric
C) Fe
D) Both B & C
A) Ferrous
Contains the greatest amount of Fe
A) Ferrous sulfate
B) Ferrous fumarate
C) Ferrous gluconate
D) Ferrous chloride
B) Ferrous fumarate
a.k.a. Turnbull’s blue
A) Ferric ferricyanide
B) Ferrous ferrocyanide
C) Ferric ferrocyanide
D) Ferrous ferricyanide
D) Ferrous ferricyanide
Component of Vitamin B12
A) Copper
B) Cobalt
C) Calcium
D) Cadmium
B) Cobalt
Decreases coefficient of expansion in pyrex glass
A) Potassium
B) Boron
C) Chromium
D) Manganese
B) Boron
Artificial air contains
A) 20% O2, 80% He
B) 80% O2, 20% He
C) 80% O2, 20% CO2
D) 80% O2, 20% N2
A) 20% O2, 80% He
In combination with Glucose Tolerance Factor (GTF) which was found to exert beneficial insulin-mimetic effects
A) lodine
B) Molybdenum
C) Chromium
D) Zinc
C
