Deck 1: A Brief History of Veterinary Pharmacology

Question 1

Which drugs may be purchased by a client without a prescription?

A)Extra-label
B)Over-the-counter
C)Controlled substance
D)Biologics

Answer 1

Over-the-counter

Question 2

When can medical advice be given outside of a VCPR using telehealth?

A)Telemedicine
B)Teletriage
C)Teleconsulting
D)Telemonitoring

Answer 2

Telemedicine

Question 3

Which of the following is not covered under FDA regulations?

A)Biologics
B)Food additives
C)Pesticides
D)Cosmetics

Answer 3

Biologics

Question 4

Which of the following statements is true?

A)The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)became a government agency to enforce the federal Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1938.
B)The FDA's CVM prohibits the sale and use of a drug that would cause animals to suffer serious health problems, unless it will relieve a different more serious condition.
C)FDA approval of a particular drug is based on the drug's therapeutic effects and adverse effects in many test animals.
D)It is important to note that FDA regulations do cover certain medically significant compounds known as therapeutic agents derived from living organisms, such as vaccines, antibodies, and toxoids.

Question 5

What happens when a controlled substance is combined with another drug?

A)It is illegal to combine higher-level and lower-level controlled substances.
B)It must be classified as both a lower-level and a higher-level substance.
C)It is classified as the higher-level controlled substance.
D)It is classified as the lower-level controlled substance.

Question 6

Where can you find a list of all withdrawal times and drugs approved for use in food-producing animals?

A)VFD
B)FARAD
C)DEA
D)FDA-CVM

Question 7

The risk of residues is increased by improper drug use and failure to follow the _____.

A)dosing schedule
B)withdrawal time
C)disposal protocol
D)inventory controls

Question 8

Which level of controlled substance has no currently acceptable medical use?

A)Schedule I
B)Schedule II
C)Schedule III
D)Schedule IV

Question 9

When is it allowable to use an extra-label drug?

A)If it will improve an animal's productivity
B)If it is less expensive than an approved drug
C)If there is no FDA-approved drug to treat the animal
D)If there is not yet an established VCPR

Question 10

Before it was veterinary pharmacology what was it called?

A)Pharmakeutikos
B)Epizootics
C)Genomia
D)Materia medica

Question 11

Which animal population had the first outbreak of disease creating the field of veterinary pharmacology?

A)Elephants
B)Cattle
C)Dogs
D)Birds

Question 12

What term is used for the physiological movement of drugs?

A)Pharmacokinetics
B)Pharmacotherapeutics
C)Pharmacodynamics
D)Pharmacotherapy

Question 13

What term is used for investigating how a sick animal responds to drugs?

A)Pharmacogenetics
B)Pharmacotherapeutics
C)Pharmacogenomics
D)Pharmacotherapy

Question 14

Which OTC should not be given to cats because it contains aspirin?

A)Subsalisylate
B)Chondroitin
C)Glucososamine
D)Zeniquin

Question 15

Which agency controls the use of controlled substances?

A)USDA
B)FDA
C)DEA
D)AVMA

Question 16

Which guidelines give the authority for extra-label drug use?

A)DEA
B)USDA
C)FDA
D)AMDUCA

Question 17

During which type of telehealth is a diagnosis not given?

A)Telemedicine
B)Teletriage
C)Teleconsulting
D)Telemonitoring

Question 18

Which type of drug is considered dangerous because of its potential for human abuse of misuse?

A)Extra-label
B)Prescription
C)Over-the-counter
D)Controlled substance

Question 19

_______ is the term used for the study of the impact of genetic variation on drug effects.

A)Pharmacogenetics
B)Pharmacotherapeutics
C)Pharmacodynamics
D)Pharmacogenomics

Question 20

When is a VCPR considered valid or established?

A)If the client pays the veterinarian's bill
B)If a referral is made to a veterinarian based on the owner's assessment
C)If follow-up visits are required
D)If the veterinarian has assumed the responsibility for making clinical judgments

Question 21

Which of the following drugs is a schedule II (C-II)?

A)Marijuana
B)Phenobarbital
C)Morphine
D)Testosterone

Question 22

Which level of controlled substance has a low potential for abuse?

A)C-I
B)C-II
C)C-IV
D)C-V

Question 23

How often do veterinarians have to register with the DEA, if they wish to prescribe controlled substances?

A)Annually
B)Bi-annually
C)Triennially
D)Every five years

Question 24

The veterinarian has prescribed an acetaminophen/codeine combination for pain for your dog. What level substance is that drug?

A)Schedule I
B)Schedule II
C)Schedule III
D)Schedule IV

Question 25

What is the difference between a schedule I and schedule II drug?

A)Schedule I drugs have no accepted medical use and schedule II drugs do.
B)Schedule I drugs have accepted medical use and schedule II drugs do not.
C)Schedule I drugs have a high potential for abuse and schedule II drugs have a low potential for abuse.
D)Schedule II drugs have a high potential for abuse and schedule I drugs have a low potential for abuse.