Chapter 01
1. The first organization founded to support the education and practice of pharmacists was the [Multiple Choice]
a. American Pharmacists Association (APhA). ✔
b. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).
c. Association of Surgical Technologists.
d. Accreditation Review Committee on Education in Surgical Technology.
ANS: A
The APhA was the first organization founded to support the education and practice of pharmacists. The
association was formed in 1852.
2. The year when the first pharmacy technician certification exam was established is [Multiple Choice]
a. 2001.
b. 1976.
c. 1995. ✔
d. 2008.
ANS: C
The first pharmacy technician certification exam was established in 1995.
3. The name of the physician who confirmed that diseases are caused by microorganisms is [Multiple Choice]
a. Robert Koch.
b. Julius Petri.
c. Alexander Fleming.
d. Louis Pasteur. ✔
ANS: D
Louis Pasteur, who developed the germ theory, confirmed that diseases are caused by microorganisms.
4. ________ is known as the study of the nature, effects, detection, and treatment of poison. [Multiple Choice]
a. Taxonomy
b. Antitoxic
,c. Toxicology ✔
d. Bacteriology
ANS: C
Toxicology is the study of nature, effects, detection, and treatment of poison.
5. The practice of medicine included the emergence of druggist or apothecary derived from Western drug
practices. [Multiple Choice]
a. True
b. False ✔
ANS: B
The practice of medicine included the emergence of druggist or apothecary derived from the practice of Arab
drug makers.
6. The pharmacy technician practice made great strides in the early 1990s. [Multiple Choice]
a. True ✔
b. False
ANS: A
As opposed to thousands of years of evolution of the role of the pharmacist, the pharmacy technician role did not
evolve until the 1990s. In 1995, certification examination for pharmacy technicians was established.
7. Which of the following was the first law to require manufacturing plants to be licensed and inspected at will?
[Multiple Choice]
a. Microbiologics Controls Amendment of 1902
b. Biologics Controls Amendment of 1902
c. Biologics Controls Act of 1902 ✔
d. Microbiologics Controls Act of 1912
ANS: C
The Biologics Controls Act of 1902 requires manufacturing plants to be licensed and inspected at will.
8. Distinctions between physicians and apothecaries were made around the 20th century. [Multiple Choice]
a. True
b. False ✔
,ANS: B
Distinctions between physicians and apothecaries were made around the 16th century.
9. What year was the first United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) published? [Multiple Choice]
a. 1820 ✔
b. 1925
c. 1590
d. 1675
ANS: A
The first USP was published in 1820.
10. Which of the following laws regulated the over-the-counter use of cocaine and opiates? [Multiple Choice]
a. The Durham Humphrey Amendment of 1951
b. The Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914 ✔
c. The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
d. The Kefauver-Harris Amendment of 1962
ANS: B
The Harrison narcotics Tax Act of 1914 regulated the broad use of cocaine and opiates.
11. ________ discovered the anthrax and rabies vaccines. [Multiple Choice]
a. Robert Koch
b. Julius Petri
c. Alexander Fleming
d. Louis Pasteur ✔
ANS: D
Louis Pasteur is credited with the discovery of the anthrax and rabies vaccines.
12. In 1804, the first state to pass a law requiring licensing examination for pharmacists wishing to practice their
profession was [Multiple Choice]
a. Louisiana. ✔
, b. New Orleans.
c. Massachusetts.
d. New York.
ANS: A
Louisiana was the first state to require licensing examination for pharmacists.
13. The first pharmacy technicians were family members of pharmacists. [Multiple Choice]
a. True
b. False ✔
ANS: B
The first pharmacy technicians were enlisted in the United States Navy.
14. The enactment of the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act curbed the use of stimulants. [Multiple Choice]
a. True ✔
b. False
ANS: A
The use of stimulants was widely accepted until the later enactment of the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914.
15. The average human life span from prehistoric times through the 1800s was [Multiple Choice]
a. about 100 years of age.
b. 90 to 100 years of age.
c. around 45 years of age. ✔
d. around 70 years of age.
ANS: C
Because of the advancement in medicine the average human life span has increased since the 1800s.
16. What year was the microscope invented? [Multiple Choice]
a. 1590 ✔
b. 1625
c. 1611
1. The first organization founded to support the education and practice of pharmacists was the [Multiple Choice]
a. American Pharmacists Association (APhA). ✔
b. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).
c. Association of Surgical Technologists.
d. Accreditation Review Committee on Education in Surgical Technology.
ANS: A
The APhA was the first organization founded to support the education and practice of pharmacists. The
association was formed in 1852.
2. The year when the first pharmacy technician certification exam was established is [Multiple Choice]
a. 2001.
b. 1976.
c. 1995. ✔
d. 2008.
ANS: C
The first pharmacy technician certification exam was established in 1995.
3. The name of the physician who confirmed that diseases are caused by microorganisms is [Multiple Choice]
a. Robert Koch.
b. Julius Petri.
c. Alexander Fleming.
d. Louis Pasteur. ✔
ANS: D
Louis Pasteur, who developed the germ theory, confirmed that diseases are caused by microorganisms.
4. ________ is known as the study of the nature, effects, detection, and treatment of poison. [Multiple Choice]
a. Taxonomy
b. Antitoxic
,c. Toxicology ✔
d. Bacteriology
ANS: C
Toxicology is the study of nature, effects, detection, and treatment of poison.
5. The practice of medicine included the emergence of druggist or apothecary derived from Western drug
practices. [Multiple Choice]
a. True
b. False ✔
ANS: B
The practice of medicine included the emergence of druggist or apothecary derived from the practice of Arab
drug makers.
6. The pharmacy technician practice made great strides in the early 1990s. [Multiple Choice]
a. True ✔
b. False
ANS: A
As opposed to thousands of years of evolution of the role of the pharmacist, the pharmacy technician role did not
evolve until the 1990s. In 1995, certification examination for pharmacy technicians was established.
7. Which of the following was the first law to require manufacturing plants to be licensed and inspected at will?
[Multiple Choice]
a. Microbiologics Controls Amendment of 1902
b. Biologics Controls Amendment of 1902
c. Biologics Controls Act of 1902 ✔
d. Microbiologics Controls Act of 1912
ANS: C
The Biologics Controls Act of 1902 requires manufacturing plants to be licensed and inspected at will.
8. Distinctions between physicians and apothecaries were made around the 20th century. [Multiple Choice]
a. True
b. False ✔
,ANS: B
Distinctions between physicians and apothecaries were made around the 16th century.
9. What year was the first United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) published? [Multiple Choice]
a. 1820 ✔
b. 1925
c. 1590
d. 1675
ANS: A
The first USP was published in 1820.
10. Which of the following laws regulated the over-the-counter use of cocaine and opiates? [Multiple Choice]
a. The Durham Humphrey Amendment of 1951
b. The Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914 ✔
c. The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
d. The Kefauver-Harris Amendment of 1962
ANS: B
The Harrison narcotics Tax Act of 1914 regulated the broad use of cocaine and opiates.
11. ________ discovered the anthrax and rabies vaccines. [Multiple Choice]
a. Robert Koch
b. Julius Petri
c. Alexander Fleming
d. Louis Pasteur ✔
ANS: D
Louis Pasteur is credited with the discovery of the anthrax and rabies vaccines.
12. In 1804, the first state to pass a law requiring licensing examination for pharmacists wishing to practice their
profession was [Multiple Choice]
a. Louisiana. ✔
, b. New Orleans.
c. Massachusetts.
d. New York.
ANS: A
Louisiana was the first state to require licensing examination for pharmacists.
13. The first pharmacy technicians were family members of pharmacists. [Multiple Choice]
a. True
b. False ✔
ANS: B
The first pharmacy technicians were enlisted in the United States Navy.
14. The enactment of the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act curbed the use of stimulants. [Multiple Choice]
a. True ✔
b. False
ANS: A
The use of stimulants was widely accepted until the later enactment of the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914.
15. The average human life span from prehistoric times through the 1800s was [Multiple Choice]
a. about 100 years of age.
b. 90 to 100 years of age.
c. around 45 years of age. ✔
d. around 70 years of age.
ANS: C
Because of the advancement in medicine the average human life span has increased since the 1800s.
16. What year was the microscope invented? [Multiple Choice]
a. 1590 ✔
b. 1625
c. 1611
