IPS1 PCOG 300 Practice Questions With
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The following are general steps in the preparation of the crude drug for commercial
market, except:
A. Harvesting
B. Garbling
C. Storage and drying
D. None of the choices - ANSWER D. None of the choices
The process of removing sufficient moisture to ensure good keeping qualities:
A. Harvesting
B. Drying
C. Collection
D. Garbling
E. None of the choices - ANSWER B. Drying
This refers to the evaluation by means of the organs of sense and includes macroscopic
appearance of drug:
A. Microscopic
B. Organoleptic
C. Macroscopic
D. Both A, B & C
E. None of the choices - ANSWER B. Organoleptic
Drugs classified according to the natural relationship among plants and animals:
A. Zoological arrangement
B. Chemical classification
C. Morphological classification
D. Taxonomic classification - ANSWER D. Taxonomic classification
He defined Pharmacognosy as an applied science that deals with the biologic,
biochemical and economic features of natural drugs and their constituents:
A. Seydler
B. Fluckiger
C. Tyler
,D. Scheele - ANSWER C. Tyler
Plant acid isolated in crystal form from lemon by Scheele in 1784:
A. Tartaric acid
B. Lactic acid
C. Citric acid
D. Nitric acid - ANSWER C. Citric acid
The technical term for solvent used during extraction:
A. Menstrual
B. Menstruum
C. Extract
D. Marc - ANSWER B. Menstruum
A Greek physician-pharmaco-botanist in 78 AD, the author of De Materia Medica:
A. Hippocrates
B. Theophrastus
C. Galen
D. Dioscorides - ANSWER D. Dioscorides
The study of the use of chemical agents which are more selectively toxic to the invading
organism then to host is known as:
A. Physiology
B. Chemotherapy
C. Immunology
D. Pharmacology - ANSWER B. Chemotherapy
The medicinal use of plant extracts:
A. Medical ethnobotany
B. Ethnopharmacology
C. Phytotherapy
D. Phytochemistry - ANSWER C. Phytotherapy
The step in the preparation of crude drug which consists of the removal of the
extraneous matter prior to packaging:
A. Selection
B. Drying
C. Collection
D. Garbling - ANSWER D. Garbling
The new name of the family Gramineae:
A. Poaceae
B. Asteraceae
C. Caesalpinaceae
D. Arecaceae - ANSWER A. Poaceae
,The new name of the family Palmae:
A. Poaceae
B. Asteraceae
C. Caesalpinaceae
D. Arecaceae - ANSWER D. Arecaceae
Plant part collected when vegetative processes have ceased:
A. Roots and rhizome
B. Flowers
C. Leaves
D. Seeds - ANSWER A. Roots and rhizome
The study of chemicals derived from plants:
A. Medical ethnobotany
B. Ethnopharmacology
C. Phytotherapy
D. Phytochemistry - ANSWER D. Phytochemistry
The region in which the plant or animal yielding the drug grows:
A. Habitat
B. Indigenous
C. Naturalized
D. Cultivated - ANSWER A. Habitat
Which ancient civilization wrote the Ebers Papyrus which contained medicinal uses of
plant and animals?
A. Greeks
B. Egyptians
C. Sumerian
D. Babylonians - ANSWER B. Egyptians
Which of the following evaluation is best use in the determination of adulterants in
powdered drugs?
A. Chemical
B. Physical
C. Biological
D. Microscopic - ANSWER D. Microscopic
The originator of the formula for cold cream:
A. Hippocrates
B. Theophrastus
C. Galen
D. Dioscorides - ANSWER C. Galen
Animal starch is also known as:
A. Glycogen
, B. Chitin
C. Chitosan
D. None of the choices - ANSWER A. Glycogen
These metabolites are considered waste products but possessing therapeutic effect:
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Both A & B
D. None of them - ANSWER B. Secondary (Alkaloids, Resin, Tannins)
The following are primary metabolites, except:
A. Carbohydrate
B. Protein
C. Fats
D. Saponin - ANSWER D. Saponin
Pollen, mold spores, animal dander, and poison ivy are examples of:
A. Allergen
B. Antibiotics
C. Vitamins
D. Hormones - ANSWER A. Allergen
Derivatives of Cyclopentanophenanthrene such as estrogens, androgens, adrenal
cortex, hormones, cholesterol, aglycones and ergosterol:
A. Antibiotics
B. Steroids
C. Alkaloids
D. Glycosides - ANSWER B. Steroids
A group of complex phenolic compounds capable of combining with proteins:
A. Resin
B. Alkaloids
C. Tannins
D. Glycosides - ANSWER C. Tannins
The substances are active principles secreted by the endocrine glands like glucagon,
insulin, oxytocin and vasopressin:
A. Resin
B. Protein
C. Lipids
D. Hormones - ANSWER D. Hormones
A process in which a comminuted drug is extracted of its soluble constituents by the
slow passage of suitable solvent through a column of the drug:
A. Maceration
B. Percolation
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The following are general steps in the preparation of the crude drug for commercial
market, except:
A. Harvesting
B. Garbling
C. Storage and drying
D. None of the choices - ANSWER D. None of the choices
The process of removing sufficient moisture to ensure good keeping qualities:
A. Harvesting
B. Drying
C. Collection
D. Garbling
E. None of the choices - ANSWER B. Drying
This refers to the evaluation by means of the organs of sense and includes macroscopic
appearance of drug:
A. Microscopic
B. Organoleptic
C. Macroscopic
D. Both A, B & C
E. None of the choices - ANSWER B. Organoleptic
Drugs classified according to the natural relationship among plants and animals:
A. Zoological arrangement
B. Chemical classification
C. Morphological classification
D. Taxonomic classification - ANSWER D. Taxonomic classification
He defined Pharmacognosy as an applied science that deals with the biologic,
biochemical and economic features of natural drugs and their constituents:
A. Seydler
B. Fluckiger
C. Tyler
,D. Scheele - ANSWER C. Tyler
Plant acid isolated in crystal form from lemon by Scheele in 1784:
A. Tartaric acid
B. Lactic acid
C. Citric acid
D. Nitric acid - ANSWER C. Citric acid
The technical term for solvent used during extraction:
A. Menstrual
B. Menstruum
C. Extract
D. Marc - ANSWER B. Menstruum
A Greek physician-pharmaco-botanist in 78 AD, the author of De Materia Medica:
A. Hippocrates
B. Theophrastus
C. Galen
D. Dioscorides - ANSWER D. Dioscorides
The study of the use of chemical agents which are more selectively toxic to the invading
organism then to host is known as:
A. Physiology
B. Chemotherapy
C. Immunology
D. Pharmacology - ANSWER B. Chemotherapy
The medicinal use of plant extracts:
A. Medical ethnobotany
B. Ethnopharmacology
C. Phytotherapy
D. Phytochemistry - ANSWER C. Phytotherapy
The step in the preparation of crude drug which consists of the removal of the
extraneous matter prior to packaging:
A. Selection
B. Drying
C. Collection
D. Garbling - ANSWER D. Garbling
The new name of the family Gramineae:
A. Poaceae
B. Asteraceae
C. Caesalpinaceae
D. Arecaceae - ANSWER A. Poaceae
,The new name of the family Palmae:
A. Poaceae
B. Asteraceae
C. Caesalpinaceae
D. Arecaceae - ANSWER D. Arecaceae
Plant part collected when vegetative processes have ceased:
A. Roots and rhizome
B. Flowers
C. Leaves
D. Seeds - ANSWER A. Roots and rhizome
The study of chemicals derived from plants:
A. Medical ethnobotany
B. Ethnopharmacology
C. Phytotherapy
D. Phytochemistry - ANSWER D. Phytochemistry
The region in which the plant or animal yielding the drug grows:
A. Habitat
B. Indigenous
C. Naturalized
D. Cultivated - ANSWER A. Habitat
Which ancient civilization wrote the Ebers Papyrus which contained medicinal uses of
plant and animals?
A. Greeks
B. Egyptians
C. Sumerian
D. Babylonians - ANSWER B. Egyptians
Which of the following evaluation is best use in the determination of adulterants in
powdered drugs?
A. Chemical
B. Physical
C. Biological
D. Microscopic - ANSWER D. Microscopic
The originator of the formula for cold cream:
A. Hippocrates
B. Theophrastus
C. Galen
D. Dioscorides - ANSWER C. Galen
Animal starch is also known as:
A. Glycogen
, B. Chitin
C. Chitosan
D. None of the choices - ANSWER A. Glycogen
These metabolites are considered waste products but possessing therapeutic effect:
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Both A & B
D. None of them - ANSWER B. Secondary (Alkaloids, Resin, Tannins)
The following are primary metabolites, except:
A. Carbohydrate
B. Protein
C. Fats
D. Saponin - ANSWER D. Saponin
Pollen, mold spores, animal dander, and poison ivy are examples of:
A. Allergen
B. Antibiotics
C. Vitamins
D. Hormones - ANSWER A. Allergen
Derivatives of Cyclopentanophenanthrene such as estrogens, androgens, adrenal
cortex, hormones, cholesterol, aglycones and ergosterol:
A. Antibiotics
B. Steroids
C. Alkaloids
D. Glycosides - ANSWER B. Steroids
A group of complex phenolic compounds capable of combining with proteins:
A. Resin
B. Alkaloids
C. Tannins
D. Glycosides - ANSWER C. Tannins
The substances are active principles secreted by the endocrine glands like glucagon,
insulin, oxytocin and vasopressin:
A. Resin
B. Protein
C. Lipids
D. Hormones - ANSWER D. Hormones
A process in which a comminuted drug is extracted of its soluble constituents by the
slow passage of suitable solvent through a column of the drug:
A. Maceration
B. Percolation
