Vet Tech Pharmacology Final With Correct Responses

Vet Tech Pharmacology Final With
Correct Responses



Prescription drugs are limited to use under supervision of a veterinarian of physician.
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True or FalseCORRECT ANSWERS✔✔True
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The majority of veterinary drugs in use during the early 1900's were found naturally in plants
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True or FalseCORRECT ANSWERS✔✔True
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The major requirement established by the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 is the requirement for
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food safety.
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True or FalseCORRECT ANSWERS✔✔True
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Diazepam is an example of a schedule I drug.
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True or FalseCORRECT ANSWERS✔✔False (schedule IV)
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Over the counter drugs are only approved for human use by the FDA
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True or FalseCORRECT ANSWERS✔✔True
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,All drugs are utilized for sick animals.
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True or FalseCORRECT ANSWERS✔✔False
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The FDA is responsible for approval of all chemicals dispensed by veterinarians
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True or FalseCORRECT ANSWERS✔✔False (EPA approves pesticides and USDA approves biologics like
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vaccines)
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Satisfactory clinical trial results allows the scientists to file a NADA with the FDA
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True or FalseCORRECT ANSWERS✔✔True
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A drug with a narrow margin of safety means less of the drug is needed to produce the lethal dose in
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comparison to a drug with a wide margin of safety.CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔True
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Once the FDA approves a drug, it is no longer monitored for safety and effectiveness because it has already
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undergone extensive testing prior to approval.
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True or Falseterm-56CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔False (the drug company must continue to summit periodic
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reports)
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The loading dose of a drug is the initial dose of the drug given to get the drug concentration up to the
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therapeutic range in a very short period of time.
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True or FalseCORRECT ANSWERS✔✔True
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The dosage of a drug is the total amount of drug delivered in 24 hours and is based on the animal's weight
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True or FalseCORRECT ANSWERS✔✔False (total daily dose)
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100mg/kg bid is and example ofa dosage regimen. JJ JJ JJ JJ JJ JJ JJ




True or FalseCORRECT ANSWERS✔✔False (dosage interval)
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,Bid is the Latin abbreviation for twice daily
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True or FalseCORRECT ANSWERS✔✔True
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The FDA became a government agency after the passage of the:CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Federal Food and
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Drug Act of 1906
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A person studying how the body absorbs, uses, and gets rid of codeine is engaged in the pharmacological
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specialty called:CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Pharmacokinetics
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Controlled substances must...CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔-be kept in a locked cabinet or safe
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-have orders, receipts, uses, and thefts recorded
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-be ordered by veterinarians who register with the DEA
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The higher the schedule number of a controlled substance drug,CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔The lower the
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human abuse potential.
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Which therapeutic index is from the safest drug of those listed below?
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2, 10, 20, 30CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔30
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The margin of safety is often referred to as:CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Therapeutic index
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The LD50/ED50 is the mathmatical expression of what value?CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔The margin of safety
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(therapeutic index)
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A drug with a margin of safety of 75 isCORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Safer than a drug with a margin of safety of 5
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, How long a drug remains stable and effective for use is known as it'sCORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Shelf-life
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The term used to describe the capacity to cause birth defects isCORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Teratogenicity
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The dose or dosage of a drug that produces the desired effect in the animal with minimal or no signs of
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toxicity.CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Therapeutic range
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An example of a parenteral drug route of administration is:CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔IV
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In general, which route of drug administration has a longer duration of action than IV, yet a shorter
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duration of action than oral?CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔IM
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Which route of drug administration do gastric fluids affect?CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Po (orally)
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An injectable drug placed into a substance that delays the absorbtion is called aCORRECT ANSWERS✔✔
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Drugs administered via nebulazation areCORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Turned into a fine mist for inhalation
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Which drug has the greater percent that actually enters the systemic circulation?
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Bioavailability of 0.8 or 0.2?CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔A drug with a bioavailability of 0.8
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type of cellular movement in which molecules move against their concentration gradientCORRECT
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ANSWERS✔✔Passive diffusion
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