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1. Whichw s healthw s carew s professionalw s hasw s thew s majorw s responsibilitywsforwsdi
spensingwsprescribedw s drugsw s underw s thew s directionw s ofw s aw s pharmacist?
a. Physician
b Nursew s practitioner
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c. Licensedw s nurse
d Pharmacyptechnician
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ANS: D
Thew s physicianw s andw s nursew s practitionerw s havew s thew s majorw s responsibilityw s forw s prescrib
ingw s drugs,wsnotw s dispensingw s them.w s Thew s licensedw s nursew s hasw s thew s primaryw s res
ponsibilityw s forwsadministeringw s drugs,w s althoughw s underw s somew s circumstancesw s aw s licen
sedw s nursew s maywsdispensewsprescribedw s drugsw s butw s thisw s isw s notw s hisw s orw s herw s majorw s r
esponsibilityw s inw s drugw s therapy.w s Thewspharmacyw s technicianw s hasw s thew s majorw s responsi
bilityw s ofw s dispensingw s prescribedw s drugsw s underw s thew s directionw s ofw s aw s licensedw s phar
macist.
DIF: Cognitivew s Level:w s Remembering REF: p.w s 3
2. Whichw s termw s describesw s thew s effectw s ofw s aw s drugw s thatw s improvesw s bodyw s function?
a. Sidew s effect
b Intendedpaction
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c. Adversew s reaction
d Idiosyncraticw s respons
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ANS: B
Thew s purposew s ofw s drugw s therapyw s isw s tow s takew s aw s drugw s tow s prevent,w s reduce,w s orw s corr
ectw s aw s healthwsproblem.w s Thisw s responsew s isw s anyw s drug’sw s intendedw s actionw s alsow s kno
wnw s asw s aw s therapeuticw s response.
DIF: Cognitivew s Level:w s Remembering REF: p.w s 3
3. Whichw s typew s ofw s drugw s namew s isw s ―owned‖w s byw s thew s companyw s thatw s manufactures
w s it?
, a. Genericw s name
b Chemicalw s nam
e
.
c. Categoryw s nam
e
d Tradepname
.
ANS: D
Thew s chemicalw s namew s isw s aw s drug’sw s exactw s chemicalw s composition.w s Thew s genericw s na
mew s isw s thew s namew s assignedw s tow s thew s drugw s byw s thew s U.S.w s Adoptedw s Namesw s Counci
lw s andw s isw s notw s ownedw s byw s anyone.w s Thew s categoryw s namew s refersw s tow s thew s typew s of
w s drugw s (whatw s itw s doesw s orw s whatw s itw s isw s usedwsfor)w s andw s isw s notw s anw s actualw s drugw s
name.w s Thew s tradew s namew s (brandw s name)w s isw s thew s namewsprovidedw s andw s ownedw s by
w s aw s specificw s drug’sw s manufacturer.
DIF: Cognitivew s Level:w s Remembering REF: p.w s 4
4. Whichwspdrugwsporwspdrugwspclasswspiswspawsp―highwspalert‖wspdrug?
a. Penicillin
b Insulin
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c. NSAIDs
d Calcium
.
ANS: B
Aw s highw s alertw s drugw s isw s onew s inw s whichw s harmw s isw s likelyw s tow s resultw s ifw s givenw s at
w s thew s wrongw s dose,w s towsthew s wrongw s patient,w s orw s notw s givenw s tow s thew s correctw s patient.w
s Drugsw s classifiedw s asw s highw s alertw s drugswsincludew s potassium,w s narcoticsw s (opioids),w s insuli
n,w s cancerw s chemotherapyw s drugs,w s andw s heparinw s (orwsanyw s drugw s thatw s stronglyw s affectsw s b
loodw s clotting).w s Penicillin,w s NSAIDs,w s andw s calciumw s arew s notw s consideredw s highw s alertw s dr
ugs.
DIF: Cognitivew s Level:w s Remembering REF: p.w s 4
5. Whatw s isw s thew s termw s forw s aw s drugw s thatw s hasw s thew s samew s actionw s a
sw s aw s naturallywsoccurringw s bodyw s hormonew s orw s enzyme?
a. Agonist
b Blocking
. wsagent
c. Chemical
d Duplicator
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ANS: A
Aw s drugw s agonistw s isw s anw s extrinsicw s drugw s thatw s activatesw s thew s receptorw s sitesw s ofw s aw s c
ellw s andw s mimicswsthew s actionsw s ofw s naturallyw s occurringw s bodyw s substancesw s (intrinsicw s
drugs).w s Aw s blockingw s agentw s is
, aw s drug