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Rad 165 Unit 2 Test Questions and
Correct Answers
Question: The area of Pharmacology that focuses on the method for
achieving effective drug administration:
Answer: Biopharmaceutics
Question: To get drugs into the body, they need to have a ________, or
something they can be made into to get into the body.
Answer: Vehicle
Question: A dosage form can be a:
Answer: Solid, liquid, gas
Question: Solid dosage forms for oral route include:
Answer: Tablets, Capsules, and Troches
Question: Name the various types of tablets:
Answer: Compressed, sugar coated, film coated, enteric coated, multiple
compressed, controlled release, effervescent, buccal or sublingual
Question: Explain sugar coated tablets.
Answer: Thin layer of sugar coating to mask bad taste, and help protect
active ingredients from chemical oxidation
Question: Explain film coated tablets:
Answer: Thin coating other than sugar, same function as sugar coating,
but less expensive to manufacture
Question: Explain enteric coated tablets:
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Answer: Designed to pass through gastric area and release the active
ingredients into the small intestine, prevents acidity of stomach from
destroying activity of drug
Question: Tablets have ______ which help the powdered mass maintain
a form when compressed.
Answer: Fillers
Question: Tablets have _________ which aid in chemical disintegration
when subjected to fluids or temperature changes.
Answer: Disintegators
Question: Consist of either a soft or hard gelatin shell:
Answer: Capsules
Question: What is a hard capsule made from?
Answer: Calcium alginate and has two pieces
Question: What is a soft gelatin capsule made from?
Answer: Similar material as hard capsule (calcium alginate), but is one
piece
Question: A capsule must _______ to release the medication.
Answer: Dissolve
Question: Name some benefits of capsules.
Answer: Mask taste of medicine, easy to swallow, and used for controlled
release of medication
Question: Troches come in what forms?
Answer: Lozenge, pastille, or paste
Question: What are troches?
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Rad 165 Unit 2 Test Questions and
Correct Answers
Question: The area of Pharmacology that focuses on the method for
achieving effective drug administration:
Answer: Biopharmaceutics
Question: To get drugs into the body, they need to have a ________, or
something they can be made into to get into the body.
Answer: Vehicle
Question: A dosage form can be a:
Answer: Solid, liquid, gas
Question: Solid dosage forms for oral route include:
Answer: Tablets, Capsules, and Troches
Question: Name the various types of tablets:
Answer: Compressed, sugar coated, film coated, enteric coated, multiple
compressed, controlled release, effervescent, buccal or sublingual
Question: Explain sugar coated tablets.
Answer: Thin layer of sugar coating to mask bad taste, and help protect
active ingredients from chemical oxidation
Question: Explain film coated tablets:
Answer: Thin coating other than sugar, same function as sugar coating,
but less expensive to manufacture
Question: Explain enteric coated tablets:
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Answer: Designed to pass through gastric area and release the active
ingredients into the small intestine, prevents acidity of stomach from
destroying activity of drug
Question: Tablets have ______ which help the powdered mass maintain
a form when compressed.
Answer: Fillers
Question: Tablets have _________ which aid in chemical disintegration
when subjected to fluids or temperature changes.
Answer: Disintegators
Question: Consist of either a soft or hard gelatin shell:
Answer: Capsules
Question: What is a hard capsule made from?
Answer: Calcium alginate and has two pieces
Question: What is a soft gelatin capsule made from?
Answer: Similar material as hard capsule (calcium alginate), but is one
piece
Question: A capsule must _______ to release the medication.
Answer: Dissolve
Question: Name some benefits of capsules.
Answer: Mask taste of medicine, easy to swallow, and used for controlled
release of medication
Question: Troches come in what forms?
Answer: Lozenge, pastille, or paste
Question: What are troches?
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