The Pharmacy Technician - Chapter 1
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Ancient Sumerians - CORRECT ANSWER - Studied the stars and animal intestines to
determine mans fate and physical condition
Shen Nung - CORRECT ANSWER - Chinese Emperor; one of the first known practitioners of
trial and error drug testing and credited with establishing hundreds of herbal medicines
Imhotep - CORRECT ANSWER - Priest and advisor to Pharaohs, first physician known by
name and the Egyptian god of medicine
Papyrus Ebers - CORRECT ANSWER - The most complete record of ancient Egyptian
medicine and pharmacology; 800 prescriptions using 700 drugs
Aesculapius - CORRECT ANSWER - Greek god of medicine; established centers where
medicine was practiced
Hippocrates - CORRECT ANSWER - Hippocratic oath; scientific and close observations
rather than supernatural or religious approach to medicine
Dioscorides - CORRECT ANSWER - Greek physician and botanist; wrote De Materia
Medica
De Materia Medica - CORRECT ANSWER - Five volumes with 600 plants that was used
until 1600 AD.
Sarsaparilla - CORRECT ANSWER - Used to treat kidney and bladder ailments
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Ancient Sumerians - CORRECT ANSWER - Studied the stars and animal intestines to
determine mans fate and physical condition
Shen Nung - CORRECT ANSWER - Chinese Emperor; one of the first known practitioners of
trial and error drug testing and credited with establishing hundreds of herbal medicines
Imhotep - CORRECT ANSWER - Priest and advisor to Pharaohs, first physician known by
name and the Egyptian god of medicine
Papyrus Ebers - CORRECT ANSWER - The most complete record of ancient Egyptian
medicine and pharmacology; 800 prescriptions using 700 drugs
Aesculapius - CORRECT ANSWER - Greek god of medicine; established centers where
medicine was practiced
Hippocrates - CORRECT ANSWER - Hippocratic oath; scientific and close observations
rather than supernatural or religious approach to medicine
Dioscorides - CORRECT ANSWER - Greek physician and botanist; wrote De Materia
Medica
De Materia Medica - CORRECT ANSWER - Five volumes with 600 plants that was used
until 1600 AD.
Sarsaparilla - CORRECT ANSWER - Used to treat kidney and bladder ailments
