Pharmacy Quiz 1

Question 1

What is the type of medication injected just below the skin’s cutaneous layers?

Answer 1

Subcutaneous

Question 2

A therapeutic dose is calculated on an average adult male of 24 years who weighs approximately how many pounds?

Answer 2

150

Question 3

What is the most common method of administering medications?

Answer 3

Oral

Question 4

What is the study of the dosages of medicines and medications? (PG 18-1)

Answer 4

Posology

Question 5

What provides tests for medication identity, quality, strength, and purity? (PG 18-1)

Answer 5

USP-NF

Question 6

What is the science dealing with the origin, nature, chemistry, effects, and uses of medications? (PG 18-1)

Answer 6

Pharmacology

Question 7

What type of medications are administered by placing the medication under the tongue?

Answer 7

Sublingual

Question 8

What is the study of poisons, their actions, their detection, and the treatment of the conditions produced by then called?

Answer 8

Toxicology

Question 9

What is the study of the action or effects of medications on living organisms?

Answer 9

Pharmacodynamics

Question 10

What type of medication is injected within the dermis layer of the skin?

Answer 10

Intradermal

Question 11

What is the branch of pharmacology that deals with biological, biochemical, and economic features of natural medications and their constituents?

Answer 11

Pharmacognosy

Question 12

What is the study of the uses of medications in the treatment of disease?

Answer 12

Pharmacotherapeutics

Question 13

What is the most common factor that influences the amount of medication to be given?(PG 18-2)

Answer 13

Age/weight

Question 14

What is the branch of pharmacology that deals with biological, biochemical, and economic features of natural medications and their constituents? (PG 18-1)

Answer 14

Pharmacognosy

Question 15

What is the most widely used text/reference in American pharmacies? (PG 18-2)

Answer 15

Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy

Question 16

What is the science of treating disease by any method that will relieve pain, treat or cure diseases and infections, or prolong life called? (PG 18-1)

Answer 16

Therapeutics

Question 17

A therapeutic dose is calculated on an average adult male of 24 years who weighs approximately how many pounds? (PG 18-2)

Answer 17

150

Question 18

What type of medication is injected within the dermis layer of the skin? (PG 18-5)

Answer 18

Intradermal

Question 19

What is the branch of pharmacology dealing with the preparation, dispensing, and proper use of medications? (PG 18-1)

Answer 19

Pharmacy

Question 20

What is the study of poisons, their actions, their detection, and the treatment of the conditions produced by them called? (PG 18-1)

Answer 20

Toxicology

Question 21

What is the amount of medication to be administered referred to as? (PG 18-2)

Answer 21

Dose

Question 22

What type of medications are introduced by injection? (PG 18-4)

Answer 22

Parenteral

Question 23

What did the U.S. Federal Food, Medication, and Cosmetics Act designate as the official reference for medications marketed in the United States? (PG 18-1)

Answer 23

USP-NF