NAPSR Quiz Exam questions with
correct answers 2023
What is one way in which large molecule drugs differ from small molecule drugs?
a. Large molecule drugs are mainly protein-based drugs that develop in biological
systems such as living cells
b. Large molecule drugs are synthesized using techniques based on chemical reactions
to reactants
c. Small molecule drugs are also known as bio pharmaceuticals
d. Small molecule drugs are mainly protein based drugs that develop in biological
systems such as living cells - Answer-a. Large molecule drugs are mainly protein-based
drugs that develop in biological systems such as living cells
Which of the following statements about vaccines is incorrect?
a. After initial vaccination, booster may be needed to maximize vaccines immunological
effects
b. Vaccine development focuses on how to reduce virulence while retaining the ability to
produce immunity
c. Vaccines are types of small molecule drugs
d. Vaccines obtain antigenic components that are obtained from or derived from
pathogens - Answer-c. Vaccines are types of small molecule drugs
What is an advantage of attenuated vaccines over inactivated vaccines?
a. Attenuated vaccines are less expensive to prepare
b. Attenuated vaccines do not revert to virulence
c. Attenuated vaccines have a more stable shelf life
d. Attenuated vaccines require multiple doses - Answer-a. Attenuated vaccines are less
expensive to prepare
How are toxoids derived?
a. From a patients own MHC markers
b. From the body's naturally occurring immune globulin
c. From the body's naturally occurring neurotransmitters
d. From the toxins secreted by a pathogen - Answer-d. From the toxins secreted by a
pathogen
What is the estimated annual death toll for malaria?
a. 300 to 500 million people
b. 300,000 to 500,000 people
, c. 500,000 to 1 million people
d. 1.5 million to 3.5 million people - Answer-d. 1.5 million to 3.5 million people
There are more white blood cells than red blood cells for the same volume in the human
body.
a. True
b. False - Answer-b. False
How was insulin primary obtained from 1930s to the 1980s?
a. Artificial human growth factors
b. Non-diabetic human donors
c. Porcine and Bovine extracts
d. recombinant boipharmaceutical processes - Answer-c. Porcine and Bovine extracts
Which of the following are NOT types of cytokines?
a. Interferons
b. Interleukins
c. Monokines
d. All of these - Answer-d. All of these
Which of the following is NOT a type of hormone?
a. Amino acid derivatives
b. Blood glucose
c. Polypeptides
d. Steroids - Answer-b. Blood glucose
Which of the following is a basic gene therapy technique?
a. In situ, in which patients genetically faulted tissues are removed, loaded with normal
gene vectors and returned to the patients body
b. In situ, in which the patients tissue is removed, transplanted into animal donors where
the normal genes are produced, and then returned to the patients body
c. In vitro, in which patients genetically faulted tissue is removed, loaded with normal
gene vectors and returned to the patients bodies
d. In vitro, in which the patients tissue is removed, transplanted into animal donors
where the normal genes are produced, and then returned to the patients body - Answer-
c. In vitro, in which patients genetically faulted tissue is removed, loaded with normal
gene vectors and returned to the patients bodies
Which statements about stem cells is correct?
correct answers 2023
What is one way in which large molecule drugs differ from small molecule drugs?
a. Large molecule drugs are mainly protein-based drugs that develop in biological
systems such as living cells
b. Large molecule drugs are synthesized using techniques based on chemical reactions
to reactants
c. Small molecule drugs are also known as bio pharmaceuticals
d. Small molecule drugs are mainly protein based drugs that develop in biological
systems such as living cells - Answer-a. Large molecule drugs are mainly protein-based
drugs that develop in biological systems such as living cells
Which of the following statements about vaccines is incorrect?
a. After initial vaccination, booster may be needed to maximize vaccines immunological
effects
b. Vaccine development focuses on how to reduce virulence while retaining the ability to
produce immunity
c. Vaccines are types of small molecule drugs
d. Vaccines obtain antigenic components that are obtained from or derived from
pathogens - Answer-c. Vaccines are types of small molecule drugs
What is an advantage of attenuated vaccines over inactivated vaccines?
a. Attenuated vaccines are less expensive to prepare
b. Attenuated vaccines do not revert to virulence
c. Attenuated vaccines have a more stable shelf life
d. Attenuated vaccines require multiple doses - Answer-a. Attenuated vaccines are less
expensive to prepare
How are toxoids derived?
a. From a patients own MHC markers
b. From the body's naturally occurring immune globulin
c. From the body's naturally occurring neurotransmitters
d. From the toxins secreted by a pathogen - Answer-d. From the toxins secreted by a
pathogen
What is the estimated annual death toll for malaria?
a. 300 to 500 million people
b. 300,000 to 500,000 people
, c. 500,000 to 1 million people
d. 1.5 million to 3.5 million people - Answer-d. 1.5 million to 3.5 million people
There are more white blood cells than red blood cells for the same volume in the human
body.
a. True
b. False - Answer-b. False
How was insulin primary obtained from 1930s to the 1980s?
a. Artificial human growth factors
b. Non-diabetic human donors
c. Porcine and Bovine extracts
d. recombinant boipharmaceutical processes - Answer-c. Porcine and Bovine extracts
Which of the following are NOT types of cytokines?
a. Interferons
b. Interleukins
c. Monokines
d. All of these - Answer-d. All of these
Which of the following is NOT a type of hormone?
a. Amino acid derivatives
b. Blood glucose
c. Polypeptides
d. Steroids - Answer-b. Blood glucose
Which of the following is a basic gene therapy technique?
a. In situ, in which patients genetically faulted tissues are removed, loaded with normal
gene vectors and returned to the patients body
b. In situ, in which the patients tissue is removed, transplanted into animal donors where
the normal genes are produced, and then returned to the patients body
c. In vitro, in which patients genetically faulted tissue is removed, loaded with normal
gene vectors and returned to the patients bodies
d. In vitro, in which the patients tissue is removed, transplanted into animal donors
where the normal genes are produced, and then returned to the patients body - Answer-
c. In vitro, in which patients genetically faulted tissue is removed, loaded with normal
gene vectors and returned to the patients bodies
Which statements about stem cells is correct?
