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Price of product was increased from 100 SA Riyals to 105 SA Riyals. This
resulted in a large decline on demand from 120 to 80
Which of the following types of demand does this product follow ?
A)Elastic
B)Latent
C)Inelastic
D)Unaffected
A)Elastic
Which of following play a role in calcium homeostasis ?
A)1,25-dihydrocycholecalciferol and calcitonin
B)1,25-dihydrocycholecalciferol and insulin
C)Parathyroid hormone and glucagon
D)Insulin and lipase
A)1,25-dihydrocycholecalciferol and calcitonin
Which of following studies are more susceptible to recall bias?
A)Retrospective cohort
B) Prospective cohort study
C)Randomized controlled trial
D)Non-randomized controlled trial
A)Retrospective cohort
Which of the following micro-organisms causes typhoid fever ?
A)Shigella
B)Flavivirus
C)Salmonella
D)Treponema pallidum
C)Salmonella
Which of the following have means that individuals have the capacity to
understand basic health information to make appropriate health decisions ?
A)Health literacy
B)Cultural competency
C)Communication skills
D)Professional communication
A)Health literacy
Which of the following is an inhibitory neurotransmitter ?
A)Aspartate
B)Sertonin
C)Glutamate
D)Gama aminobutyric acid (GABA
D)Gama aminobutyric acid (GABA
Which of the following pharmacoeconomic studies is the simplest because
the outcomes are assumed to be equivalent and only the costs of intervention
are compared ?
A) Cost-utility analysis
B)Cost-benefit analysis
C)Cost-minimization analysis
C)Cost-minimization analysis
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he effects of four anti-hypertensive drug classes (A-D) on the
Renin-angiotensin system are shown (see table)
Which class is represented by the drug -C?
A Diuretics (D)
B Direct Renin inhibitors (A)
C Angiotensin II receptor blockers (C)
D Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (B)
C Angiotensin II receptor blockers (C)
Which of the following is the main feature of celiac disease?
A)Malabsorption of proteins
B)Increased protein degradation
C)Decreased excretion of proteins
D)Decreased breakdown of protein
A)Malabsorption of proteins
Which of the following scenarios is considered a violation of the ethics ?
A) Submitting a research approval extension request to institutional review
board after failling to finish the project within the approved period
B)Distributing questionnaires to patients waiting in emergency collect
information about their health status without a consent page
C)Calling patients to collect information after telling them about the project and
getting their agreements
D)Drawing blood samples after getting the approval from institutional review
board
B)Distributing questionnaires to patients waiting in emergency collect
information about their health status without a consent page
Which of the following communication techniques is the most appropriate
at the message you want to deliver to a patient (or healthcare provider) is
received correctly ?
A)Feedback
B)Direct contact
C)High voice tone
D)Non-verbal communication
A)Feedback
Which of the following drugs found under the narcotic classification ?
A)Fentanyl
B)Midazolam
C)Loprazolam
D)Pentobarbital
A)Fentanyl
Which of the following strategies are used with low literacy patients to
Encourage them to change their behavior ?
A)Keep information focused and organized
B)Use a normal speaking tone and volume
C)Use briefer educational sessions
D)Use more visual aids
D)Use more visual aids
Which of the following is the disadventage of conducting randomized
controlled trial ?
A)Expensive
B)High possibility of bias
C)Difficult to control confounders
D)Cannot be used for hypothesis testing
A)Expensive
Which of the following is the most appropriate source for information on
compounding medications ?
A)Micromedex
B)Orange book
C)A drug information website
D)United states pharmacopeis (USP)
D)United states pharmacopeis (USP)
USP Compounding Compendium
USP 795 Non-sterille preparation
USP 797 Sterille preparation
USP 800 Hazardous Drugs -Handling in healthcare
Which of the following measurements is used to assess patient adherence ?
A)Drug Utillization reviews
B)Medication Event System
B)Medication Event System
Approximately 415 million people have been diagnosis with diabetes
Which of the following terms is referred to in the mentioned statement ?
A)Endemic
B)Epidemic
C)Incidence
D)Prevalence
D)Prevalence
Which of the following immunoglobulin (Ig) is frequently found to be
elevated in asthmatic patients ?
A)IgA
B)IgE
C)IgM
D)IgD
B)IgE
Who is responsible to promote the health in Saudi Arabia?
A)Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA)
B)Ministry of Education (MOE)
C)Ministry of Health (MOH)
D)Health Colleges
C)Ministry of Health (MOH)
Which of the following is the type of studies considers data from multiple
studies of different designs to draw conclusions ?
A)Case Series
B)Double-blind study
C)Systematic review
D)Consensus statement
C)Systematic review
A 25-years-old male is admitted due to hypersensitivity reaction to some
drug ingestion four hours ago. Patient is given a drug which causes dilation of
vessels in muscle ,constriction of cutaneous vessels ,and positive inotropic and
chronotropic effects on the heart
Which of the following is the most likely drug given?
A)Adrenaline
B)Isoproterenol
C)Acetylcholine
D)Metaproterenol
A)Adrenaline
From the following data of the highest in cm of 11 pediatric patients :
103, 107 ,110 ,124 ,129, 131 ,136 ,140 ,142 ,145 ,150
What does the value (131) represent ?
A)Mode
B)Mean
C)Median
D)Confidence interval
C)Median
Which of the following describes the transmission mode of coronavirus?
A)Respiratory route
B)Blood-borne route
C)Contaminated food and drinks
D) Direct contact with patient saliva
A)Respiratory route
What the function of small nuclear (snRNAs) in protein synthesis ?
A)Act as catalyst
B)Modifies mRNA molecules
C)Genetic blueprint for the protein
D)Translates genetic code to amino acid
B)Modifies mRNA molecules
According to the FDA categories of the drug safety during pregnancy
Amoxicillin is under category B
What does that mean ?
A)No adequate animal or human studies have been conducted
B)Controlled human studies show no fetal risks from amoxicillin
C)Evidence of human fetal risk exists ,but benefits may outweight
D)Animal studies show no risk to the fetus and no controlled human studies
D)Animal studies show no risk to the fetus and no controlled human studies
) Which of the following is the function of the pharmacy and therapeutic
committee in a hospital?
A)Responsible for poison management
B)Monitor the adverse reaction reporting
C)Monitor the medication error reporting
D)Responsible for drug formulary management
D)Responsible for drug formulary management
Which of the following best describe pharmacy health literacy assessment ?
A)Measure how well the pharmacy is serving patients with limited health
literacy skills
B)Discover gaps in the written information provided to served patients
C)Explor understanding of health care information by the illiterate
D)Assess the level of literacy in the served patients
?
A)Measure how well the pharmacy is serving patients with limited health
literacy skills
Which of the following medication error is difficult to prevent ?
A)Omission error
B)Wrong time error
C)Incorrect duration of treatment
D)Allergic reactions to an unknown patient
D)Allergic reactions to an unknown patient
Which of the following best describes the structure of the healthcare
systems in Saudi Arabia ?
A)Primary care based
B)Private based care
C)3-tier system
D)2-tier system
C)3-tier system
69-year-oId woman presented with complains of severe dry cough for a has
week ,she has been recently prescribed hydrochlorothiazide and captopril for
hypertension ,salbutamol and fexofenadine for allergic asthma
Which drug is the most likely reason of the patient’s complaint?
A)Captopril
B)Salbutamol
C)Fexofenadine
D)Hydrochlorothiazide
A)Captopril
Which one of the following medication can a gynecologist prescribe to a
patient ?
A)Tamoxifen
B)Fingolimod
C)Anastrozole
D)Misoprostol
D)Misoprostol
Which of the following is the time after which morphine empty vials are to
be discarded ?
A)3 months
B)6 months
C)9 months
D) 12 months
B)6 months
Which of the following is the validity of diazepam prescription (in
days).According to ministry of health rules and regulation?
A)3
B)7
C)10
D)14
B)7
Which of the following immunoglobulin activates complement system ?
A) IgM
B) IgE
C) IgA
D) IgG
D) IgG
Research investigators must submit all research protocols to the
institutional review board and obtain approval before performing the reasearch
What is the main purpose of this board?
A)To help in collecting the date
B)To provide the needed fund for the research
C)To safeguard the rights of human research subjects
D)To calculate the most appropriate sample size for the research
C)To safeguard the rights of human research subjects
Which of the following best describes the role of colipase in digestion of
lipids?
A)It breaks down triglycerides into absorbable free fatty acids
B)It hydrolyzes cholesteryl esters into cholesterol and free fatty acids
C)It acts as co-enzyme for the action of lipase in the presence of bile acids
D)It plays an important role in the degradation and excretion of phospholipids
C)It acts as co-enzyme for the action of lipase in the presence of bile acids
Which of the following pairs represents the purines nitrogenous bases?
A)Adenine (A) and Uracil (U)
B)Cytosine (C) and Uracil (U)
C)Adenine (A) and guanine (G)
D)Cytosine (C) and guanine (G)
C)Adenine (A) and guanine (G)
A 20year-old man encounters a serious road accident. He is brought to
The hospital with ‛deep wounds’. His vaccination history is unknown
Which of the following would be best to administer to this patient at this time?
A)Tetanus vaccine
B)Tetanus immune globulin
C)Tetanus vaccine and tetanus immune globulin
D)Tetanus vaccine and human papillomavirus vaccine
C)Tetanus vaccine and tetanus immune globulin
Which of the following strategies are used with older adult patients to
encourage them to change their behavior ?
A)Use teach-back more often throughout the session
B)Introduce new concepts more slowly
C)Use briefer educational sessions
D)Use more visual aids
A)Use teach-back more often throughout the session
Which of the following is a function of alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme ?
A)Accelerates the reduction of ethanol
B)Accelerate the addition of hydrogen to ethanol
C)Accelerates the addition of phosphate to ethanol
D)Accelerates the removal of hydrogen from ethanol
D)Accelerates the removal of hydrogen from ethanol
The authors report two isolated gastro-intestinal tuberculosis in renal
transplant recipients that illustrates the difficulty of making this diagnosis and a
brief review of the literature on its clinical presentation, diagnosis and
therapeutic approach.
What is the type of study in the above-mentioned abstract?
A)Case-series
B)Cohort studies
C)Case-control studies
D)Cross-sectional studies
A)Case-series
Which of the following is the process of breaking down of glycogen ?
A)Glycolysis
B)Glycogenesis
C)Glycogenolysis
D)Gluconeogenesis
C)Glycogenolysis
A 37-year-old mother breastfeeding her child has developed consistent high
blood preassure. The physician consults the pharmacy to recommend an
antihypertensive to control her blood pressure
Which of the following anti-hypertensive is most hazardous for the child?
A)Atenolol
B)Verapamil
C)Metoprolol
D)Propranolol
A)Atenolol
Which of the following is used as an electronic medication dispenser to
improve medication adherence ?
A)Text messaging
B)Cell phone calendar
C)E-pill MultiAlarm TimeCap
D)Med-E-Lert Automatic pill Dispenser
D)Med-E-Lert Automatic pill Dispenser
A pharmacy department needs to design a system to maximize the value of
the drug therapy to the patients, Which of the following systems should the
pharmacy department operate ?
A)Patient safety program
B)Pharmacy benefit management
C)Pharmacy networking and bar-coding system
D)Communication with the prescriber and the therapist
D)Communication with the prescriber and the therapist
A-65-year-old man asks about vaccination before he leaves for summer
vacation next month .He brings his vaccination record for the past 4 years (see
table)
Today’s Date : 05/31/2014
Date Vaccination
08/2011 Herpes Zoster
Every year Influenza
10/2011 Pneumococcal
Which vaccination should this patient receive?
A)Influenza
B)Hepatitis A
C)Measles ,Mumps ,Rubella
D)Pneumococcal polysaccharide
D)Pneumococcal polysaccharide
Which of the following is reguired to consider an advers drug event report a
valid report?
A)Drug dose
B)Patients tall
C)Event name
D)Reporter’s phone
C)Event name
Which of the following vaccines is contraindicated in a pregnant women?
A)Polio vaccine
B)Influenza (inactivated) vaccine
C)Measles ,Mumps ,Rubella (MMR)
D)Tetanus ,diphtheria ,Pertussis(T dap
C)Measles ,Mumps ,Rubella (MMR)
Which of the following is the major risk associated with the use of over-thecounter drugs?
A)Incresed cost without benefit
B)Decreased drug-drug interactions
C)Increased potential for misuse and abuse
D)Increased risk of adverse events
D)Increased risk of adverse events
Scenario: A study located a group of subjects with lymphoma and went to
identify which subjects are smokers and which are not .
Which of the following study designs is used to conduct the study in the
scenario?
A)Case-series
B)Cross-sectional study
C)Prospective cohort study
D)Retrospective cohort study
D)Retrospective cohort study
Which one of the following statements accurately explain the idea of
‟Diffusion of innovation therapy for health promotion?
A)Psychological process of creativity
B)The way how people develop new idea
C)How new ideas are controlled by a culture
D)The method of disseminating innovative ideas a through a culture
D)The method of disseminating innovative ideas a through a culture
Which of the following inhibits gluconeogenesis?
A)Insulin
B)Glucagon
C)Epinephrine
D)Glucocorticodes
A)Insulin
Which of the following is the most appropriate advice to give to asthmatic
patients as non-pharmacological management ?
A)Air purifiers will help ease the patients symptoms
B) OB Weight-loss is unlikely to affect their symptoms now
C)Patients should be trained on breathing exercise programs
D) OD.increase physical activity
C)Patients should be trained on breathing exercise programs
Which of following prescriptions may have a potential to cause medication
error ?
A) Amlodipine 5.0 mg PO OD
B)Thyroxin 25 mcg PO daily
C)Acetaminophen 500mg PO TID
D)Regular insulin 5 units subcutaneously STAT
A) Amlodipine 5.0 mg PO OD
Which of the following situations allow for accepting verbal order?
A)In a code status
B)To start chemotherapy
C)When prescriber is on vacation
D) For a non-formulary drug request
A)In a code status
A 24-year-old male presented to the hospital with a skin infection the
microbiology technician received a sample form this patient the sample in a
special media was incubated over 24 hour and showed Staphylococcus aureus.
The microbiologist used disk diffusion method to determine the susceptibility of
different antibiotics (see image)
What is the most sensitive antibiotic?
A)Ampicillin(Amp)
B)Vancomycin(Van)
C)Methicillin(Meth)
D)Penicillin(Control)
C)Methicillin(Meth)
Which Of the following studies represent cost-effectiveness analyses study ?
A)Comparing costs for 2 therapeutically equivalent products
B)Comparing costs and savings of a pharmacist serves versus
C)Comparing patients achieving control as the outcome for 2 anti
hyperglycemic drugs
D)Comparison of costs of 2 chemotherapy regime with the cost C using best
supportive care
C)Comparing patients achieving control as the outcome for 2 anti
hyperglycemic drugs
There are four principles in biomedical ethics these ethics autonomy justice,
Beneficence ,and one more principles
Which of following as the fourth principles of biomedical ethics?
A)Privacy
B) Dilemmas
C) Non-maleficence
D)Conflict of interest
C) Non-maleficence
Which of the following terms describes living microbe with reduced
virulence ,and used for vaccination ?
A)Virulent
B) Dormant
C)Attenuated
D)Encapsulated
C)Attenuated
Which of the following compounds is urea cycle a biochemical reaction that
produce urea from ?
A)Sucrose
B) Glucose
C)Glycogen
D) Ammonia(NH3
D) Ammonia(NH3
Which of the following is the best approach for your patient when his/here
objective measures of adherence are inconsistent with the subjective
measures?
A) ‟I noticed there were some missing refills of your medication and I’m
concerned that there might be a problem
B) ‟Your refill rerecords provides that you did net refilled your medication for
the few months ago ,do you want to be refilled now?”EN
C) ‟Many of my patients have some difficulties remembering to take their
medication ,What kind of problems have you experienced ”
D) ‟Sounds like you are not sure about how to take your medicine you show me
how to take it ”
D) ‟Sounds like you are not sure about how to take your medicine you show me
how to take it ”
Which of the following is a characteristic cholesterol?
A)Cholesterol has hydroxyl group at carbons
B)Cholesterol is a very hydrophilic compound
C)Cholesterol has four fused hydrocarbon rings
D)Cholesterol has three double bonds in its structure
C)Cholesterol has four fused hydrocarbon rings
Which of the following terms measures the association between the
exposure and the outcome?
A) P value
B)Risk ratio
C)Standard deviation
D)Confidence interval
B)Risk ratio
Which of the following bacteria is involved in the development of dental
carries ?
A)Streptococcus mutans
B) Listeria monocytogenes
C) Streptococcus
D) Corynebacterium diphtheria
A)Streptococcus mutans
A 3-year-old girl with symptoms of caught for the past 2 days came to the
clinic with her mother .She has no fever and not other symptoms .Which of the
following is the appropriate recommendation ?
A) Vicks
B)Honey
C)Diphenhydramine
D)Dextromethorphan
B)Honey
Which of the following hormones stimulate mammy gland development and
milk production ?
A)Prolactin
B) Oxytocin
C) Cortictropin
D)Growth hormone
A)Prolactin
A patient visits pharmacy with fever and cough but has no prescription
patients requests for acetaminophen, dextromethorphan syrup ,glycerin
suppository and amoxicillin 500 mg capsules
Which of the following needs prescription for delivery?
A)Amoxicillin capsules
B)Glycerin suppository
A)Amoxicillin capsules
What is the main method transmission of Brucella species ?
A )Airborne
B) Blood transfusion
C) Contact with infected person
D) ingestion of unpasteurized milk /milk products
D) ingestion of unpasteurized milk /milk products
A group of patents with diabetes were interviewed to determine they are
currently eating fast food or not. Which epidemiological study design is this?
A) Cohort
B. Case-control
C)Cross-sectional
D) Randomized control trial
C)Cross-sectional
Which of the following distribution systems works better for medicine
requiring a higher level of control?
A) Bulk ward stock
B) Direct procurement
C) Automated dispensing
D) Individual medication order
C) Automated dispensing
A pregnant woman is travelling to a high risk malarialcontry which
antimalarial prophylactic agent caries the most fetal risk in pregnant women?
A)Mefloquine
B)Doxycycline
C)Chloroquine
D) Atovaquone-proguanil
B)Doxycycline
Which of the following study design is the best to use to assess the
awareness on the usage of vitamin D supplements among people of Jeddah
A)Cohort study
B) Case report study
C) Case control study
D) Cross sectiona study
D) Cross sectiona study
Which of the following is the precursor for 5- hydrotryptamine (serotonin)?
A)Proline
B) Alanine
C) Glutamine
D)Tryptophan
D)Tryptophan
which of the following systems can be integrated with computerized
physician order entry to guide physician during prescribing medications ?
A) Smart plumbs
B) B. barcode systems
C) Electronic distribution cabinets
D) Clinical decision support system
D) Clinical decision support system
Which of the following documents created by the World medical Which
Association is the statement of ethical principles for medical research involving
human subjects?
A) Ethics Code
B) Belmont Report
C)Nuremberg Zode
D) Declaration of Helsinki
D) Declaration of Helsinki
Which of the following method is successful in reducing medication error and
enhance patient safety in hospitals?
A) Performing continuous education sessions on safe dispensing
B) Providing the pharmacy with the most updated drug references
C) Implementation of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system
D) Encourage medical staff to participate in conferences and scientific meetings
regular
C) Implementation of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system
Which of the following committees is dedicated to developing and
maintaining a list of approved medicine for the hospital medicines for the
hospital use ?
A) Medical records
B) Medication audit
C) Quality assurance
D) Pharmacy and therapeutics
D) Pharmacy and therapeutics
Which one of the following question’s types is used to identify a certain
piece of information?
A)Leading questions
B)Open ended questions
C)Closed ended questions
D)Process and outcome questions
C)Closed ended questions
Which of the following committees is responsible for requests of removing a
drug from the hospital formulary?
A) Hospital Patient Safety
B) Mortality and Morbidity
C)Hospital Clinical Research
D)Pharmacy and Therapeutic
D)Pharmacy and Therapeutic
The graph represents a quantal dose-response curve of a drug (see image)
What is the median lethal dose (LD50) of the drug?
A)5
B)10
C) 20
D) 50
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C) 20
