Deck 7: Pharmacy

Question 1

A printed explanation of a drug's approved indications, contraindications, adverse effects, dosage and administration is known as a:

A) partial pack
B) package insert
C) half pack
D) packer

Answer 1

package insert

Question 2

On a standard prescription, which of the following elements is an accepted abbreviation for the signature of the health care provider?

A) sig
B) Rx
C) Disp
D) Auth

Answer 2

sig

Question 3

Drugs such as epinephrine, dopamine and Norepinephrine all raise blood pressure. They belong to the class of agents known as:

A) Depressants
B) Analgesics
C) Muscarinics
D) Pressors

Answer 3

Pressors

Question 4

According to the Parkland formula, a patient who has suffered a burn injury is treated with intravenous fluids in proportion to:

A) The percentage of body surface area that has been burned.
B) The ratio of the patient's body temperature to normal body temperature
C) The patient's age
D) The patient's kidney function

Question 5

A pharmaceutical manufacturer promotes one of its drugs for a disease that it cannot cure. This false, deceptive practice is known as:

A) Misanthropy
B) Misattribution
C) Misbranding
D) Miscegenation

Question 6

Some contraceptives contain estrogens; others: progesterones; and still others, both estrogens and progesterones. A minipill contains:

A) Small amounts of both hormones
B) Progesterone only
C) Estrogen only
D) A placebo. It has no active ingredient

Question 7

A patient tells you she is concerned because her previously prescribed antihypertensive drug, verapamil, was dosed at 240 mg daily, but after her prescription was changed to amlodipine, she is receiving only 10mg daily. What should you tell her?

A) Contact her physician right away. Amlodipine is not an antihypertensive drug
B) Contact her physician right away. Amlodipine is a generic name for verapamil
C) The number of milligrams of different drugs in the same class is not necessarily an indicator of their relative potency.
D) She should take both drugs until she clarifies her physician's orders.

Question 8

Macrolides, lincosamides and streptogramins are all:

A) Classes of antibiotics
B) Common causes of pneumonia
C) Antiviral agents
D) Anticonvulsant agents

Question 9

Antimicrobial drugs that are used to fight anaerobic infections include:

A) Metronidazole
B) Penicillins
C) Clindamycin
D) Cefoxitin and cefotetan
E) All of the above

Question 10

A vaccine vial monitor:

A) Changes color to indicate when a vaccine may have been exposed to excessively high or low temperatures.
B) Indicates when a sufficient proportion of students in a school have been vaccinated. The rest are protected by herd immunity.
C) Notifies public health authorities when an excessive number of people in a community refuse to take mandated vaccination therapy.

Question 11

Which of the following drugs frequently causes myelosuppression?

A) Thiazide diuretics
B) Chemotherapeutic agents
C) Insulin
D) Prednisone

Question 12

Post-exposure prophylaxis is the treatment given to an individual:

A) Prior to infection, to prevent the disease
B) Too long after a potential exposure to a pathogen. It cannot effectively prevent a disease
C) After a potential exposure to a pathogen, to prevent the disease
D) After a potential exposure to a pathogen, to boost the immune system by stimulating the release of memory cells.

Question 13

Medications that need to be inhaled, rather than swallowed or injected, should be given by:

A) Infusion
B) Perfusion
C) Nebulization
D) Enema

Question 14

Antibiotics that may be toxic to the kidneys include:

A) Gentamicin
B) Tobramycin
C) Vancomycin
D) Neomycin
E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 15

Neuromuscular blocking agents used in anesthesia and critical care:

A) Cause an increase in mental clarity
B) Are used to reverse the effects of drug overdoses,
C) Cause muscle paralysis, and may make patients stop breathing
D) Are used to lower blood pressure,
E) e.g. in patients with hypertensive crises e. e.g. with opiates

Question 16

The vitamin, niacin is sometime used:

A) To treat high cholesterol levels
B) To treat seizures
C) To treat anemia
D) To ensure healthy pregnancy

Question 17

"I will not take, nor knowingly administer any harmful drug," is a promise made by:"

A) Participants in Narcotics Anonymous
B) Doctors. in the Hypocratic Oath
C) Nurses, in the Nightingale Pledge

Question 18

Which of the following diseases or conditions is least likely to respond to treatment with nitroglycerin?

A) Congestive heart failure
B) Angina pectoris
C) Acute pulmonary edema
D) Chronic kidney disease

Question 19

A substance that makes a person feel ill, even though it has no measurable physiologic effects, is known as a:

A) Nocebo
B) Placebo
C) Nostrum
D) Patent medication

Question 20

A proprietary drug

A) May be freely sold by a variety of manufacturers
B) Is unlikely to be as effective as a generic drug
C) Can be sold and marketed only by the company that owns or controls its use

Question 21

Most vaccines:

A) Work by stimulating a nonspecific immune response
B) Cause or contribute to autism in young children
C) Prevent a single disease

Question 22

A physician prescribes a drug, intending to use it for an indication that is NOT approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Of the following answers, which is the best description of this prescriptive practice?

A) It represents compassionate use of the drug
B) It represents off-label use of the drug
C) It represents an illegal use of the drug
D) It represents alternative medicine

Question 23

A written order that specifies the date when a particular drug should be discontinued is known as a (an) ____ order:

A) Stop
B) Invalid
C) Orthodromic
D) Technical

Question 24

Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) is most likely to:

A) Increase urinary output
B) Decrease serum osmolality
C) Increase fecal output
D) Decrease survival from cardiac arrest

Question 25

Which of the following drugs is least likely to contribute to peptic ulceration of the stomach or gastroesophageal reflux?

A) acetaminophen
B) acetylsalicylic acid
C) ibuprofen
D) naproxen sodium

Question 26

Which of the following agents can be used by a patient who has had a myocardial infarction to prevent a second MI?

A) acetaminophen
B) acetylsalicylic acid
C) ibuprofen
D) naproxen sodium

Question 27

Which of the following agents is the least potent anti-inflammatory drug?

A) acetaminophen
B) acetylsalicylic acid
C) ibuprofen
D) naproxen sodium

Question 28

Which is the most likely to cause liver failure if taken in overdose?

A) acetaminophen
B) acetylsalicylic acid
C) ibuprofen
D) naproxen sodium

Question 29

An NSAID is: A steroid drug, used to treat inflammatory diseases or conditions.