Pharmacology Chapter 10 General Anesthetics UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

Pharmacology Chapter 10 General
Anesthetics UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Which of the following general anesthetic agents was introduced in the middle 1800s and led to a
dramatic reduction in surgically related mortality?


a. Nitrous oxide


b. Ether


c. Propofol


d. Isoflurane - CORRECT ANSWER - b. Ether


According to Guedel's description of the stages and planes of anesthesia, the induction period
refers to stage:


a. I.


b. II.


c. I and II.


d. I, II, and III.


e. None of the above are correct. - CORRECT ANSWER - c. I and II.

,Nitrous oxide, as used in the dental office, maintains the patient in stage _____ of Guedel's
system of stages and planes.


a. I


b. IV


c. III


d. II - CORRECT ANSWER - a. I


Which of the following intravenous general anesthetic agents can be administered
intramuscularly (IM)?


a. Methohexital (Brevital)


b. Diazepam (Valium)


c. Propofol (Diprivan)


d. Ketamine (Ketalar) - CORRECT ANSWER - d. Ketamine (Ketalar)


Nitrous oxide has _____ onset and _____ solubility in blood.


a. rapid; high


b. slow; high


c. rapid; low

, d. slow; low - CORRECT ANSWER - c. rapid; low


At the termination of a N2O/O2 sedation procedure, the patient should be placed on 100%
oxygen for at least _____ minutes.


a. 5


b. 11


c. 8


d. 2 - CORRECT ANSWER - a. 5


Nitrous oxide cylinders are _____ and oxygen cylinders are _____: (1) red, (2) green, (3) blue,
(4) orange, and (5) tan.


a. 3, 2


b. 2, 4


c. 3, 5


d. 3, 4


e. 1, 2 - CORRECT ANSWER - a. 3, 2


Which inhalational agent has a pungent smell and can cause respiratory acidosis with deeper
levels of anesthesia?