HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND
PHARMACY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITY VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100%
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1. Who were the first pharmacy technicians?
Answer: Enlisted military personnel.
2. Where did the first pharmacy operated by a registered pharmacist open in
1823?
Answer: New Orleans.
3. Which of the following is not a specialty certification offered through the
National Pharmacy Technician Association (NPTA) for pharmacy
technicians?
Answer: Counseling.
4. In what language were medicinal recipes (prescriptions) written until the
1900s?
Answer: Latin.
5. Which of the following best describes sources of materials for remedies in
ancient times?
Answer: Minerals, animals, and plant parts.
6. What was the ancient treatment process of cutting a hole in the skull to
allow evil spirits to exit the body called?
Answer: Trephining.
, 7. What does licensure for pharmacists include?
Answer: Passing the NABP examination and an examination on state
pharmacy law, and earning a PharmD degree.
8. What are the benefits of certification for pharmacy technicians?
Answer: All of the above (increased standard of education, salary, and trust
by pharmacists).
9. What term refers to a set of standards or guidelines within which a facility
functions?
Answer: Protocol.
10. In the 1700s in early North America, who prepared remedies to cure new
immigrant patients?
Answer: Physician.
11. What can "Apothecary" mean?
Answer: Pharmacist or drug store.
12. Which soft drink originally contained cocaine and caffeine?
Answer: Coca Cola.
13. What was the name of the first pharmacy school in the United States,
which opened in 1821?
Answer: College of Pharmacy and Sciences in Philadelphia.
PHARMACY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITY VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+
1. Who were the first pharmacy technicians?
Answer: Enlisted military personnel.
2. Where did the first pharmacy operated by a registered pharmacist open in
1823?
Answer: New Orleans.
3. Which of the following is not a specialty certification offered through the
National Pharmacy Technician Association (NPTA) for pharmacy
technicians?
Answer: Counseling.
4. In what language were medicinal recipes (prescriptions) written until the
1900s?
Answer: Latin.
5. Which of the following best describes sources of materials for remedies in
ancient times?
Answer: Minerals, animals, and plant parts.
6. What was the ancient treatment process of cutting a hole in the skull to
allow evil spirits to exit the body called?
Answer: Trephining.
, 7. What does licensure for pharmacists include?
Answer: Passing the NABP examination and an examination on state
pharmacy law, and earning a PharmD degree.
8. What are the benefits of certification for pharmacy technicians?
Answer: All of the above (increased standard of education, salary, and trust
by pharmacists).
9. What term refers to a set of standards or guidelines within which a facility
functions?
Answer: Protocol.
10. In the 1700s in early North America, who prepared remedies to cure new
immigrant patients?
Answer: Physician.
11. What can "Apothecary" mean?
Answer: Pharmacist or drug store.
12. Which soft drink originally contained cocaine and caffeine?
Answer: Coca Cola.
13. What was the name of the first pharmacy school in the United States,
which opened in 1821?
Answer: College of Pharmacy and Sciences in Philadelphia.
