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1
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Toxicology is the study of

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adverse effects of chemical, physical or biological agents

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2
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Which key factor(s) can, among others, determine a toxic effect?

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Compound, concentration and duration

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3
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Can toxicodynamics be divided into local and systemic effects?

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Yes

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4
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Toxicokinetics describes

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How the body handles a chemical as a function of dose and time

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5
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The difference in doses between NOAEL in animals and the expected clinical dose in humans is called

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The margin of safety

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6
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What sub-types of toxicities cannot be directly investigated in vitro?

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Embryotoxicity

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7
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What can be the advantages with in vitro toxicology studies?

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Cheap, simple and high throughput

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8
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The Ames test is used for studying

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In vitro mutagenicity

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9
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Cardiotoxicity is not a very crucial parameter in safety assessment. True or false

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False

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10
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Higher tier assays DON’T lead to…

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Decreased resources

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11
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Which method is a part of “New approach Methodologies” (NAMs)

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In silico methods

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12
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What is a part of exploratory toxicology?

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Dose range-finding

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13
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Non-clinical safety studies are…

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Able to assess potential unwanted effects of drug candidates

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14
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Phase 1 of clinical trials indludes patients?

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True

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15
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Size of compound of interest affects testing strategy?

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True

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16
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Off target toxicities are common in..

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Toxicity studies of NCEs

17
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Immunogenicity to a human product in animals is predictive for immunogenicity in humans?

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False

18
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Which species are relevant to be used for toxicity studies?

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One in which the test materials is pharmacologically active

19
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For setting the dose in FHD studies, clinical safety data is evaluated for each step.

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True

20
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Principles for determining the clinical dose do NOT include

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Company’s end goal for the dose

21
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Which of these is NOT a strategy to enter FHD trials

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TEM

22
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What tests can be carried out to evaluate immunotoxicology endpoints?

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Cytokine measurements in vivo

23
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Why are rabbits the preferred selected species for reprotoxicity studies?

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higher numbers of dams and offspring