Deck 1: History of Medicine and Pharmacy

Question 1

Today, licensure for pharmacists includes:

A)Passing the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) examination and an examination covering the individual pharmacist's state pharmacy law
B)Earning a PharmD degree
C)Taking the PTCB examination
D)A and B

Answer 1

D
Pharmacist licensure requires examination through the NABP and an examination according to the individual pharmacist's state pharmacy laws. The current degree required for new pharmacists is a PharmD or Doctor of Pharmacy.

Question 2

Which soft drink originally contained cocaine and caffeine?

A)Dr.Pepper
B)Pepsi-Cola
C)Coca-Cola
D)Hires Root Beer

Answer 2

C
Coca-Cola was invented in 1886 by Doctor John Pemberton, a pharmacist, and was marketed as a tonic containing extracts of cocaine and caffeine.

Question 3

In what language were medicinal recipes (prescriptions) written until the 1900s?

A)English
B)Greek
C)Latin
D)Italian

Answer 3

C
Medicinal recipes were written in Latin until the 1900s. Many Latin abbreviations are still in use when writing prescriptions.

Question 4

The first vaccine, developed in 1796, was for the prevention of which condition?

A)Rabies
B)Smallpox
C)Chickenpox
D)Poliomyelitis (polio)

Question 5

Which ancient physician was known as a proponent of diet, exercise, rest, and lifestyle changes to improve health?

A)Hippocrates
B)Galen
C)Asclepius
D)Salk

Question 6

The benefits of certification for pharmacy technicians include:

A)Increased standard of education
B)Increased salary
C)Increased trust by pharmacists
D)All of the above

Question 7

During the Civil War, many soldiers died from ______________.

A)Common diseases
B)Battle wounds
C)Postsurgical infections
D)All of the above

Question 8

What term refers to a set of standards or guidelines within which a facility functions?

A)Laws
B)Ethics
C)Dogma
D)Protocol

Question 9

Who is considered the "Father of Medicine?"

A)Hercules
B)Hippocrates
C)Asclepius
D)Aristotle

Question 10

Why are the roles of pharmacy technicians expanding to include duties that used to be limited only to pharmacists?

A)Pharmacists are moving into more clinical roles by counseling patients and working with medical staff.
B)Pharmacists have become bored with filling prescriptions.
C)Technicians are better trained in computer order entry.
D)Technicians are replacing pharmacists in the workplace.

Question 11

The effects associated with opioid receptors include all of the following except:

A)Analgesia
B)Respiratory depression
C)Increased gastrointestinal motility
D)Euphoria

Question 12

The first pharmacy technicians:

A)Worked in hospitals
B)Worked in drug stores
C)Were enlisted military personnel
D)Were pharmacists' wives

Question 13

Which of the following old time remedies are still being used today?

A)Maggots
B)Trephining
C)Leeches
D)A and C

Question 14

Which early physician and alchemist realized the benefit of treating a disorder with one medication at a time to determine the effectiveness and dose of each medication, rather than the customary multiple dosing?

A)Aristotle
B)Paracelsus
C)Galen
D)Bacon

Question 15

Which of the following scientists made major contributions to the field of genetics?

A)Watson and Crick
B)Gregor Mendel
C)Louis Pasteur
D)A and B

Question 16

Who discovered penicillin?

A)Alexander Flemming
B)Louis Pasteur
C)Gerhard Domagk
D)James Watson

Question 17

What is the name of the first pharmacy school in the United States, which opened in 1821?

A)College of Pharmacy and Sciences in Philadelphia
B)Medical College of Virginia in Richmond
C)Ohio State College of Pharmacy in Columbus
D)Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Boston

Question 18

Which of the following choices best describes sources of materials for remedies in ancient times?

A)Chemicals, minerals, and vitamins
B)Minerals, animals, and plant parts
C)Bodies of water, plant parts, and dirt
D)Prayer, bones, and plant parts

Question 19

Which medication(s) come(s) from plants?

A)Opium
B)Penicillin
C)Quinine
D)A and C

Question 20

Laudanum, which is a combination of opium and alcohol that was used during the Civil War for multiple conditions, was problematic for what reason?

A)Laudanum was difficult to make.
B)It was very expensive.
C)Opium could no longer be imported.
D)Laudanum was highly addictive and resulted in many deaths and miscarriages.

Question 21

Federal patient consultation laws mandated by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA 90) are directed at:

A)All insured patients
B)All patients
C)Medicaid patients
D)Medicare patients

Question 22

The first pharmacy operated by a registered pharmacist opened in what city in 1823?

A)New Orleans
B)New York
C)Williamsburg
D)Philadelphia

Question 23

Which of the following is not a specialty certification offered through the National Pharmacy Technician Association (NPTA) for pharmacy technicians?

A)Sterile products (intravenous [IV] products)
B)Chemotherapy
C)Counseling
D)Compounding

Question 24

In what year was the PTCB, responsible for creating the PTCB examination, formed?

A)1955
B)1975
C)1995
D)2005

Question 25

What was the first synthetic antibiotic discovered?

A)Penicillin
B)Sulfonamide
C)Tetracycline
D)Cephalosporin

Question 26

In early American history, many people died of mercury poisoning, since mercury was used to treat:

A)Diphtheria
B)Dysentery
C)Malaria
D)Syphilis

Question 27

What is the purpose of using maggots in medicine?

A)To reduce blood volume
B)To clean wounds by removing dead tissue
C)No longer have any purpose to the practice of medicine
D)To reduce pain and swelling

Question 28

The ancient treatment process of cutting a hole in the skull to allow evil spirits that were thought to cause disease a way to exit the body was called:

A)Blood letting
B)Trephining
C)Leaching
D)Venesection

Question 29

In the 1700s in early North America, who prepared remedies to cure the new immigrant patients?

A)Apothecary
B)Medicine man
C)Physician
D)Pharmacist

Question 30

Apothecary can mean a(n):

A)Pharmacist
B)Pharmacy technician
C)Drug store
D)A and C