Chapter 1: History of Pharmacy Practice
Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
Which of the following is a collection of 800 prescriptions, specifically mentioning
700 unique drugs, and is the most important pharmaceutical document known
from ancient Egypt? а. Terra Sigilata b. Pen T-Sao с. Papyrus Ebers d. Charaka
Samhita - --CORRECT ANSWER--Papyrus Ebers
The earliest known record of apothecary practice comes from which ancient
civilization? a. China b. Egypt с. Tenochtitlán d. Babylon - --CORRECT
ANSWER--Babylon
Which ancient emperor, still revered as the patron god of native Chinese drug
guilds, wrote the Pen T-Sao? a. Mao Zedung b. Sun Yat Sen c. Jiang Zemin d. Shen
Nung - --CORRECT ANSWER--Shen Nung
The Pen T-Sao included: a. Instructions for compounding remedies. b. Recordings
of 365 different herbs. с. A universal antidote for poisons. d. A listing of 700
unique drugs. - --CORRECT ANSWER--Recordings of 365 different herbs.
Which of the following was a physician who lived between 460 and 377 BCE,
believed that health was based on harmony between four basic bodily fluids, and is
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,known as the "father of medicine"? a. Hippocrates b. Theophrastus c. Dioscorides
d. Galen - --CORRECT ANSWER--Hippocrates
Approximately drugs are recorded in the ancient Indian manuscript known as the
Charaka Samhita. a. 365 b. 700 с. 800 d. 2,000 - --CORRECT ANSWER--2,000
Today the symbol written as "Rx" is used as an abbreviation for a medical
prescription. This symbol was originally: a. An abbreviation for the Latin word
recipere, meaning recipe. b. Written as a large X followed by a small r. с. Spelled
out as Rex, Latin for king. d. An invocation of the Roman god Jupiter asking for
his aid in effective treatment. - --CORRECT ANSWER--An invocation of the
Roman god Jupiter asking for his aid in effective treatment.
The first therapeutic agent to bear a trademark was the , which means " sealed
earth" a. Terra Sigilata b. Pen T-Sao c. Papyrus Ebers d. Charaka Samhita - --
CORRECT ANSWER--Terra Sigilata
Who was known as the "father of botany" for his extensive writings on the
medicinal qualities of herbs? a. Mithridates b. Hippocrates с. Theophrastus d.
Dioscorides - --CORRECT ANSWER--Theophrastus
Which of the following states is one of the six that do NOT regulate the practice
of pharmacy technicians? a. New Hampshire b. Alabama c. New York d.
Minnesota - --CORRECT ANSWER--New York
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, In what year was the NPTA established? a. 1999 b. 1920 с. 2002 d. 1974 - --
CORRECT ANSWER--1999
Which of the following makes it possible for pharmacists to be able to provide
medication therapy review, pharmacotherapy consultations, immunizations, and
disease-state management and health and wellness programs? a. MTM b. BLS с.
NABP d. РТСВ - --CORRECT ANSWER--MTM
Under Hippocrates's "Theory of Humors," which bodily fluid is associated with
joy and happiness? a. Blood b. Dark, black bile с. Phlegm d. Yellow bile - --
CORRECT ANSWER--Blood
According to Hippocrates, the bodily phlegm is associated with what
characteristic? a. Anger b. Irritability с. Lethargy d. Viral infection - --CORRECT
ANSWER--Lethargy
Today, the abbreviation ASHP stands for: a. American Society of Health-System
Pharmacists. b. American Society of Hospital Pharmacists. c. Apothecary Society
for Healing Practices. d. American Society of Healing Practices. - --CORRECT
ANSWER--American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
In what year did the ASHP accredit the first pharmacy technician training
program? a. 1980 b. 1982 с. 1983 d. 1985 - --CORRECT ANSWER--1983
What organization has certified more than 425,000 pharmacy technicians through
its certification exam and transfer process? a. Pharmacy Technician Certification
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Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
Which of the following is a collection of 800 prescriptions, specifically mentioning
700 unique drugs, and is the most important pharmaceutical document known
from ancient Egypt? а. Terra Sigilata b. Pen T-Sao с. Papyrus Ebers d. Charaka
Samhita - --CORRECT ANSWER--Papyrus Ebers
The earliest known record of apothecary practice comes from which ancient
civilization? a. China b. Egypt с. Tenochtitlán d. Babylon - --CORRECT
ANSWER--Babylon
Which ancient emperor, still revered as the patron god of native Chinese drug
guilds, wrote the Pen T-Sao? a. Mao Zedung b. Sun Yat Sen c. Jiang Zemin d. Shen
Nung - --CORRECT ANSWER--Shen Nung
The Pen T-Sao included: a. Instructions for compounding remedies. b. Recordings
of 365 different herbs. с. A universal antidote for poisons. d. A listing of 700
unique drugs. - --CORRECT ANSWER--Recordings of 365 different herbs.
Which of the following was a physician who lived between 460 and 377 BCE,
believed that health was based on harmony between four basic bodily fluids, and is
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,known as the "father of medicine"? a. Hippocrates b. Theophrastus c. Dioscorides
d. Galen - --CORRECT ANSWER--Hippocrates
Approximately drugs are recorded in the ancient Indian manuscript known as the
Charaka Samhita. a. 365 b. 700 с. 800 d. 2,000 - --CORRECT ANSWER--2,000
Today the symbol written as "Rx" is used as an abbreviation for a medical
prescription. This symbol was originally: a. An abbreviation for the Latin word
recipere, meaning recipe. b. Written as a large X followed by a small r. с. Spelled
out as Rex, Latin for king. d. An invocation of the Roman god Jupiter asking for
his aid in effective treatment. - --CORRECT ANSWER--An invocation of the
Roman god Jupiter asking for his aid in effective treatment.
The first therapeutic agent to bear a trademark was the , which means " sealed
earth" a. Terra Sigilata b. Pen T-Sao c. Papyrus Ebers d. Charaka Samhita - --
CORRECT ANSWER--Terra Sigilata
Who was known as the "father of botany" for his extensive writings on the
medicinal qualities of herbs? a. Mithridates b. Hippocrates с. Theophrastus d.
Dioscorides - --CORRECT ANSWER--Theophrastus
Which of the following states is one of the six that do NOT regulate the practice
of pharmacy technicians? a. New Hampshire b. Alabama c. New York d.
Minnesota - --CORRECT ANSWER--New York
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, In what year was the NPTA established? a. 1999 b. 1920 с. 2002 d. 1974 - --
CORRECT ANSWER--1999
Which of the following makes it possible for pharmacists to be able to provide
medication therapy review, pharmacotherapy consultations, immunizations, and
disease-state management and health and wellness programs? a. MTM b. BLS с.
NABP d. РТСВ - --CORRECT ANSWER--MTM
Under Hippocrates's "Theory of Humors," which bodily fluid is associated with
joy and happiness? a. Blood b. Dark, black bile с. Phlegm d. Yellow bile - --
CORRECT ANSWER--Blood
According to Hippocrates, the bodily phlegm is associated with what
characteristic? a. Anger b. Irritability с. Lethargy d. Viral infection - --CORRECT
ANSWER--Lethargy
Today, the abbreviation ASHP stands for: a. American Society of Health-System
Pharmacists. b. American Society of Hospital Pharmacists. c. Apothecary Society
for Healing Practices. d. American Society of Healing Practices. - --CORRECT
ANSWER--American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
In what year did the ASHP accredit the first pharmacy technician training
program? a. 1980 b. 1982 с. 1983 d. 1985 - --CORRECT ANSWER--1983
What organization has certified more than 425,000 pharmacy technicians through
its certification exam and transfer process? a. Pharmacy Technician Certification
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