BPS 4102 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | BPS 4102 STUDY GUIDE
& PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
What occurred in 1854? - Correct answer ✔✔ Cholera Outbreak
What did the Cholera outbreak lead to? - Correct answer ✔✔ - ad hoc patchwork health boards
in New Brunswick and Upper Canada
What is an Act? - Correct answer ✔✔ A law that must be signed in by the royal assent
What is regulation? - Correct answer ✔✔ Subordinate legislation, enforces the act
What 2 acts were implemented following the confederation of Canada? - Correct answer ✔✔ 1.
Quarantine Act
2. Sick Mariners Act
What is the Quarantine act? - Correct answer ✔✔ Allowed federal officials to inspect arriving
ships for sick passengers
What is the sick mariners act? - Correct answer ✔✔ Provided special medical services for
seaman that fell ill on canadian waters
What occured in 1919? - Correct answer ✔✔ The establishment of the Department of Health in
Canada
What occured in 1928? - Correct answer ✔✔ Department of Health Mandate expanded,
renamed pensions and national health
,What was created in 1944? - Correct answer ✔✔ Department of Veterans Affairs and
Department of National Health and Welfare
What was the department of National Health and Welfare responsible for ? (1944-1993) -
Correct answer ✔✔ - Research public health issues
- promotion of health and social security
What was the Department of National Health and Welfare renamed to in 1993? - Correct
answer ✔✔ Department of Health
TPD - Correct answer ✔✔ Therapeutic products directorate
BGTD - Correct answer ✔✔ Biologics and genetic therapies directorate
MDD - Correct answer ✔✔ Medical Devices Directorate
NNHPD - Correct answer ✔✔ Non-prescription and natural health products directorate
VDD - Correct answer ✔✔ Veterinary drugs directorate
What was amended in 1875? - Correct answer ✔✔ Inland Revenue Act
What is the inland revenue act? - Correct answer ✔✔ to Impose License Duties on
Compounders of Spirits and to amend the Act Respecting Inland Revenue to Prevent the
Adulteration of Food, Drink and Drugs
,What were the four amendments made to the Inland Revenue Act (1875) - Correct answer ✔✔
1) Workable terminology: Drugs were defined as "all articles used for curative or medicinal
purposes"
2) Established standards through licensing
3) Proper labelling and advertisements by manufacturers
4) Sanctions to allow government to train inspectors
AA - 1884 - Correct answer ✔✔ Adulteration Act
What is the adulteration act and its amendments? - Correct answer ✔✔ Canada's response to
ban adulteration of food and drugs.
1. Adhere to the Inland Revenue Act
2. Improved manufacturing standards to better align with USA and Britian
3. Updated definitions
4. Separate regulations for food, drugs, and liquor
What happened in 1920? - Correct answer ✔✔ The Adulteration Act was replaced with the
Food and Drugs act
How many amendments were made to the food and drugs act after 1950? - Correct answer ✔✔
3
What were the 2 amendments made to the Food and Drugs act? - Correct answer ✔✔ 1. 1927 -
Revised the definition of drugs to better encompass everything
2. 1936 - Expanded the definition of drug to include cosmetics and articles used in the
diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of disease in man or animal
, What occured in 1963? - Correct answer ✔✔ Amendments were made to the Food and Drug
Regulations act following the thalidomide incident
What were the 6 changes made to the FDA / FDR? - Correct answer ✔✔ 1. Added section "H" :
restricted drugs
2. Government power increase to restrict sale of drugs
3. Greater oversight of clinical trials
4. Clinical data needed to be stronger
5. Post-market drug surveillance
6. Changes to NDS
When was Division 8 created? - Correct answer ✔✔ 1963
NDS - Correct answer ✔✔ New Drug Submission
- Changed review date from 90 to 120
1965 - 1968 - Correct answer ✔✔ More changes were made to the Food and Drugs Directorate
1990 - Correct answer ✔✔ New Drug Licensing Framework
1992 - Correct answer ✔✔ Every drug receives a DIN, drug identification number
DIN - Correct answer ✔✔ drug identification number
2014 - Correct answer ✔✔ Amendments made to the Food and Drugs act
- Vanessa's law (Bill C-17)
& PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
What occurred in 1854? - Correct answer ✔✔ Cholera Outbreak
What did the Cholera outbreak lead to? - Correct answer ✔✔ - ad hoc patchwork health boards
in New Brunswick and Upper Canada
What is an Act? - Correct answer ✔✔ A law that must be signed in by the royal assent
What is regulation? - Correct answer ✔✔ Subordinate legislation, enforces the act
What 2 acts were implemented following the confederation of Canada? - Correct answer ✔✔ 1.
Quarantine Act
2. Sick Mariners Act
What is the Quarantine act? - Correct answer ✔✔ Allowed federal officials to inspect arriving
ships for sick passengers
What is the sick mariners act? - Correct answer ✔✔ Provided special medical services for
seaman that fell ill on canadian waters
What occured in 1919? - Correct answer ✔✔ The establishment of the Department of Health in
Canada
What occured in 1928? - Correct answer ✔✔ Department of Health Mandate expanded,
renamed pensions and national health
,What was created in 1944? - Correct answer ✔✔ Department of Veterans Affairs and
Department of National Health and Welfare
What was the department of National Health and Welfare responsible for ? (1944-1993) -
Correct answer ✔✔ - Research public health issues
- promotion of health and social security
What was the Department of National Health and Welfare renamed to in 1993? - Correct
answer ✔✔ Department of Health
TPD - Correct answer ✔✔ Therapeutic products directorate
BGTD - Correct answer ✔✔ Biologics and genetic therapies directorate
MDD - Correct answer ✔✔ Medical Devices Directorate
NNHPD - Correct answer ✔✔ Non-prescription and natural health products directorate
VDD - Correct answer ✔✔ Veterinary drugs directorate
What was amended in 1875? - Correct answer ✔✔ Inland Revenue Act
What is the inland revenue act? - Correct answer ✔✔ to Impose License Duties on
Compounders of Spirits and to amend the Act Respecting Inland Revenue to Prevent the
Adulteration of Food, Drink and Drugs
,What were the four amendments made to the Inland Revenue Act (1875) - Correct answer ✔✔
1) Workable terminology: Drugs were defined as "all articles used for curative or medicinal
purposes"
2) Established standards through licensing
3) Proper labelling and advertisements by manufacturers
4) Sanctions to allow government to train inspectors
AA - 1884 - Correct answer ✔✔ Adulteration Act
What is the adulteration act and its amendments? - Correct answer ✔✔ Canada's response to
ban adulteration of food and drugs.
1. Adhere to the Inland Revenue Act
2. Improved manufacturing standards to better align with USA and Britian
3. Updated definitions
4. Separate regulations for food, drugs, and liquor
What happened in 1920? - Correct answer ✔✔ The Adulteration Act was replaced with the
Food and Drugs act
How many amendments were made to the food and drugs act after 1950? - Correct answer ✔✔
3
What were the 2 amendments made to the Food and Drugs act? - Correct answer ✔✔ 1. 1927 -
Revised the definition of drugs to better encompass everything
2. 1936 - Expanded the definition of drug to include cosmetics and articles used in the
diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of disease in man or animal
, What occured in 1963? - Correct answer ✔✔ Amendments were made to the Food and Drug
Regulations act following the thalidomide incident
What were the 6 changes made to the FDA / FDR? - Correct answer ✔✔ 1. Added section "H" :
restricted drugs
2. Government power increase to restrict sale of drugs
3. Greater oversight of clinical trials
4. Clinical data needed to be stronger
5. Post-market drug surveillance
6. Changes to NDS
When was Division 8 created? - Correct answer ✔✔ 1963
NDS - Correct answer ✔✔ New Drug Submission
- Changed review date from 90 to 120
1965 - 1968 - Correct answer ✔✔ More changes were made to the Food and Drugs Directorate
1990 - Correct answer ✔✔ New Drug Licensing Framework
1992 - Correct answer ✔✔ Every drug receives a DIN, drug identification number
DIN - Correct answer ✔✔ drug identification number
2014 - Correct answer ✔✔ Amendments made to the Food and Drugs act
- Vanessa's law (Bill C-17)
