HOSA PHARMACY SCIENCE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
100% VERIFIED ANSWES LATEST 2025/2026
QUESTION: German Emperor Frederick II Correct Ans- First person to separate medical
profession from pharmaceutical
QUESTION: 16th century swiss physician Paracelsus Correct Ans- Stressed the need for
treatment that would be specific for a particular disease and advocated that alchemists should
prepare medicine and not gold or silver
QUESTION: In the 1600s-1700s, what was the educational process for pharmacists Correct
Ans- Apprenticeships
Pass rigid examinations
QUESTION: Edward Jenner Correct Ans- Made the small pox vaccines
QUESTION: Paul Ehrich Correct Ans- Started chemical treatment of disease
QUESTION: Robert Koch Correct Ans- Started the understanding of infectious diseases
QUESTION: First United States Pharmacopoeia was in what year? Who wrote it? Correct Ans-
Not pharmacists
QUESTION: What was the first pharmacy school to open and when did it open Correct Ans-
The Philadelphia College of Apothecaries;
1821
QUESTION: Who was the first to have state regulation of pharmacy? When? Correct Ans-
Territory of Orleans (Louisiana);
1808
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,QUESTION: In what year was the pharmacy school conformed to have a certain criteria to be
achieved while in school to graduate Correct Ans- 1932
QUESTION: Pharmacy practice in 1950s was about what? Correct Ans- Safety of the drug
product
Very drug centered model
QUESTION: At the _________ pharmacists to see themselves as practitioners of a clinical profession
Correct Ans- 1985 Hilton Head Conference
QUESTION: Pharmaceutical Care in 1990-1995 Correct Ans- professional relationship must be
established and maintained
Present Model
QUESTION: Apothecary Correct Ans- Latin term for pharmacist, also used as a general term
to refer to the early practice of pharmacy
QUESTION: Compounding Correct Ans- producing, mixing, or preparing a drug by combining
two or more ingredients
QUESTION: Pharmacy Correct Ans- the art and science of preparing and dispensing
medication
QUESTION: The Age of Antiquity Correct Ans- time of ancient human and the great ancient
empires. 5000 BCE (BC) up through CE (AD) 499
QUESTION: Ancient Humans Correct Ans- Studied birds and animals - to use water, leaves
dirt, mud, etc for first soothing remedies. Learned by trial and error
QUESTION: Ancient Mesopotamia Correct Ans- Babylon, cradle of civilization, earliest known
record of apothecary practice
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, QUESTION: Healers Correct Ans- Priest, pharmacists, and physicians all in one (around 2600
BCE)
QUESTION: Pen T-Sao Correct Ans- native herbal recording of 365 drugs, written by Emperor
Shen Nung
QUESTION: Shen Nung Correct Ans- Father of chinese medicine who tasted herbs to
determine their toxic effects and died of an overdose. Write Pen T-Sao
QUESTION: Echelons Correct Ans- Gathers and preparers of drugs, similar to the modern-day
pharmacy technician
QUESTION: Chiefs of Fabrication Correct Ans- Head pharmacist
QUESTION: Papyrus Ebers Correct Ans- ancient and important pharmaceutical record in
ancient Egypt, a collection of 800 prescriptions mentioning 700 drugs. written in 1500 BCE
QUESTION: Charaka Samhita Correct Ans- recorded approximately 2,000 drugs, is the most
important pharmaceutical record for ancient India, means compendium of wandering physicians
QUESTION: Terra Sigilata Correct Ans- first therapeutic agent to bear a trademark meaning
"sealed earth", small clay tablet about the size of a aspirin
QUESTION: Theophrastus Correct Ans- One of the greatest early Greek philosophers and
natural scientist. Known as the father of botany
QUESTION: Hippocrates Correct Ans- "Founder of Medicine" Greek scientist that believed all
diseases came from natural causes. Developed the theory of humors, wrote Corpus Hippocraticum
QUESTION: Corpus Hippocraticum Correct Ans- written by hippocrates, this text was among
the first to reject the idea that illnesses were mystical or caused by demonic forces and proposed a
more scientific view of medicine
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100% VERIFIED ANSWES LATEST 2025/2026
QUESTION: German Emperor Frederick II Correct Ans- First person to separate medical
profession from pharmaceutical
QUESTION: 16th century swiss physician Paracelsus Correct Ans- Stressed the need for
treatment that would be specific for a particular disease and advocated that alchemists should
prepare medicine and not gold or silver
QUESTION: In the 1600s-1700s, what was the educational process for pharmacists Correct
Ans- Apprenticeships
Pass rigid examinations
QUESTION: Edward Jenner Correct Ans- Made the small pox vaccines
QUESTION: Paul Ehrich Correct Ans- Started chemical treatment of disease
QUESTION: Robert Koch Correct Ans- Started the understanding of infectious diseases
QUESTION: First United States Pharmacopoeia was in what year? Who wrote it? Correct Ans-
Not pharmacists
QUESTION: What was the first pharmacy school to open and when did it open Correct Ans-
The Philadelphia College of Apothecaries;
1821
QUESTION: Who was the first to have state regulation of pharmacy? When? Correct Ans-
Territory of Orleans (Louisiana);
1808
1|Page
,QUESTION: In what year was the pharmacy school conformed to have a certain criteria to be
achieved while in school to graduate Correct Ans- 1932
QUESTION: Pharmacy practice in 1950s was about what? Correct Ans- Safety of the drug
product
Very drug centered model
QUESTION: At the _________ pharmacists to see themselves as practitioners of a clinical profession
Correct Ans- 1985 Hilton Head Conference
QUESTION: Pharmaceutical Care in 1990-1995 Correct Ans- professional relationship must be
established and maintained
Present Model
QUESTION: Apothecary Correct Ans- Latin term for pharmacist, also used as a general term
to refer to the early practice of pharmacy
QUESTION: Compounding Correct Ans- producing, mixing, or preparing a drug by combining
two or more ingredients
QUESTION: Pharmacy Correct Ans- the art and science of preparing and dispensing
medication
QUESTION: The Age of Antiquity Correct Ans- time of ancient human and the great ancient
empires. 5000 BCE (BC) up through CE (AD) 499
QUESTION: Ancient Humans Correct Ans- Studied birds and animals - to use water, leaves
dirt, mud, etc for first soothing remedies. Learned by trial and error
QUESTION: Ancient Mesopotamia Correct Ans- Babylon, cradle of civilization, earliest known
record of apothecary practice
2|Page
, QUESTION: Healers Correct Ans- Priest, pharmacists, and physicians all in one (around 2600
BCE)
QUESTION: Pen T-Sao Correct Ans- native herbal recording of 365 drugs, written by Emperor
Shen Nung
QUESTION: Shen Nung Correct Ans- Father of chinese medicine who tasted herbs to
determine their toxic effects and died of an overdose. Write Pen T-Sao
QUESTION: Echelons Correct Ans- Gathers and preparers of drugs, similar to the modern-day
pharmacy technician
QUESTION: Chiefs of Fabrication Correct Ans- Head pharmacist
QUESTION: Papyrus Ebers Correct Ans- ancient and important pharmaceutical record in
ancient Egypt, a collection of 800 prescriptions mentioning 700 drugs. written in 1500 BCE
QUESTION: Charaka Samhita Correct Ans- recorded approximately 2,000 drugs, is the most
important pharmaceutical record for ancient India, means compendium of wandering physicians
QUESTION: Terra Sigilata Correct Ans- first therapeutic agent to bear a trademark meaning
"sealed earth", small clay tablet about the size of a aspirin
QUESTION: Theophrastus Correct Ans- One of the greatest early Greek philosophers and
natural scientist. Known as the father of botany
QUESTION: Hippocrates Correct Ans- "Founder of Medicine" Greek scientist that believed all
diseases came from natural causes. Developed the theory of humors, wrote Corpus Hippocraticum
QUESTION: Corpus Hippocraticum Correct Ans- written by hippocrates, this text was among
the first to reject the idea that illnesses were mystical or caused by demonic forces and proposed a
more scientific view of medicine
3|Page
