HCB 102 A PHARMACOLOGY AND
TOXICOLOGY EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Chemical Name - ....ANSWER ...-Chemical and molecular structure.
Meaningful to chemist but rarely used because of its complexity.
Contraindication - ....ANSWER ...-Any condition which makes a particular
treatment or procedure inadvisable.
Drug - ....ANSWER ...-Therapeutic agent; any substance, other than food,
used in prevention, diagnosis, alleviation, treatment, or cure of disease.
Generic Name - ....ANSWER ...-Often derived from the chemical name.
All medication has only one generic name regardless of the manufacturer.
The generic name is the common name of the medication.
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,Hypersensitivity (allergy) - ....ANSWER ...-Abnormal sensitivity, a condition
in which there is an exaggerated response by the body to the stimulus of a foreign
agents.
Indication - ....ANSWER ...-The basis for initiation of a treatment for a
disease or of a diagnostic test.
Maximum dose - ....ANSWER ...-The largest amount of medication that can
be given without reaching the toxic effect.
MTF - ....ANSWER ...-Military Treatment Facility
Opiate - ....ANSWER ...-A drug that contains opium, derivatives of opium,
or any several semisynthetic drugs with opium-like activity.
Opioid - ....ANSWER ...-Pertaining to natural and synthetic chemicals that
have opium-like effects similar to morphine although they are not derived from
opium.
Note #1 - ....ANSWER ...-Opiate contains opium
Note #2 - ....ANSWER ...-Opioid does not contain opium
Patency - ....ANSWER ...-The state of being freely open or exposed.
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, Pharmacology - ....ANSWER ...-The science concerned with drugs, their
sources, appearance, chemistry, actions, and uses.
Pharmacy - ....ANSWER ...-The brunch of pharmacology dealing with the
preparation, dispensing, and proper use of medications.
Physician's Desk Reference (PDR) - ....ANSWER ...-A comprehensive book
listing of drug products for medical professionals
Therapeutics - ....ANSWER ...-The science of treating disease by any
method that will relieve pain, treat or cure diseases and infections, or prolong life.
Toxicology - ....ANSWER ...-Study of poisons, their actions, their detection,
and the treatment of the conditions produced by them.
Trade/Brand name - ....ANSWER ...-Proprietary name given by
manufacturer.
Usual/Therapeutic dose - ....ANSWER ...-Is referred to as the normal adult
dose, usual dose, or average dose. It is the amount needed to produce the desired
therapeutic effect.
Information sources - ....ANSWER ...-A # of sources containing info on
drug actions, uses, and specific indications, contraindications, adverse reactions
and dosages are available in the MTFs.
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TOXICOLOGY EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Chemical Name - ....ANSWER ...-Chemical and molecular structure.
Meaningful to chemist but rarely used because of its complexity.
Contraindication - ....ANSWER ...-Any condition which makes a particular
treatment or procedure inadvisable.
Drug - ....ANSWER ...-Therapeutic agent; any substance, other than food,
used in prevention, diagnosis, alleviation, treatment, or cure of disease.
Generic Name - ....ANSWER ...-Often derived from the chemical name.
All medication has only one generic name regardless of the manufacturer.
The generic name is the common name of the medication.
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,Hypersensitivity (allergy) - ....ANSWER ...-Abnormal sensitivity, a condition
in which there is an exaggerated response by the body to the stimulus of a foreign
agents.
Indication - ....ANSWER ...-The basis for initiation of a treatment for a
disease or of a diagnostic test.
Maximum dose - ....ANSWER ...-The largest amount of medication that can
be given without reaching the toxic effect.
MTF - ....ANSWER ...-Military Treatment Facility
Opiate - ....ANSWER ...-A drug that contains opium, derivatives of opium,
or any several semisynthetic drugs with opium-like activity.
Opioid - ....ANSWER ...-Pertaining to natural and synthetic chemicals that
have opium-like effects similar to morphine although they are not derived from
opium.
Note #1 - ....ANSWER ...-Opiate contains opium
Note #2 - ....ANSWER ...-Opioid does not contain opium
Patency - ....ANSWER ...-The state of being freely open or exposed.
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, Pharmacology - ....ANSWER ...-The science concerned with drugs, their
sources, appearance, chemistry, actions, and uses.
Pharmacy - ....ANSWER ...-The brunch of pharmacology dealing with the
preparation, dispensing, and proper use of medications.
Physician's Desk Reference (PDR) - ....ANSWER ...-A comprehensive book
listing of drug products for medical professionals
Therapeutics - ....ANSWER ...-The science of treating disease by any
method that will relieve pain, treat or cure diseases and infections, or prolong life.
Toxicology - ....ANSWER ...-Study of poisons, their actions, their detection,
and the treatment of the conditions produced by them.
Trade/Brand name - ....ANSWER ...-Proprietary name given by
manufacturer.
Usual/Therapeutic dose - ....ANSWER ...-Is referred to as the normal adult
dose, usual dose, or average dose. It is the amount needed to produce the desired
therapeutic effect.
Information sources - ....ANSWER ...-A # of sources containing info on
drug actions, uses, and specific indications, contraindications, adverse reactions
and dosages are available in the MTFs.
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