PHARMACOLOGY SEMESTER
EXAM (CHAPTER 1-12)
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[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
,Certainly! Here are the questions and answers numbered:
1. Pharmacology is the study of ________.
c) drugs and their interactions with living organisms
2. Drugs have three medical uses. Which of the following is NOT one of those uses?
d) drugs can cause symptoms, signs, and disease
3. Prescription drugs are defined as those drugs that ________.
a) meet clinical trial requirements and are approved by the FDA
4. The Orphan Drug Act was passed to ________.
a) facilitate the development of new drugs to treat rare diseases
5. The government agency responsible for regulating the manufacturing and dispensing of
controlled substances is called the ________.
a) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
6. Currently, the burden of proof for showing that a drug is safe before it can be marketed is
the responsibility of the ________.
a) drug company
7. Complete this inscription that is commonly seen on prescription drug package labels:
"Caution: federal law prohibits ________."
d) dispensing without a prescription
8. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 is concerned with the
________ of patient medical and drug information.
c) security
, 9. The FDA will allow a prescription drug to be reclassified as an over-the-counter (OTC) drug
if _________.
b) a patient can easily diagnose and monitor his/her own condition
10. Designer drugs ________.
d) all of the above
11. Which name accurately describes the molecular structure of a drug and distinguishes it
from all other drugs?
b) chemical name
12. Each drug is assigned a 10-digit code, broken up into three segments. Which of the
following is NOT information that can be obtained from the 10-digit code?
a) the name of the drug company
13. Once the FDA gives final approval for drug marketing, the drug company creates a
________.
d) trade name
14. Drugs can be created or designed using all of the following techniques, EXCEPT
________.
b) observing the toxic effects
15. The patent on a new drug is in effect for ________ years.
c) 17
16. Inert ingredients in a drug ________.
d) all of the above
EXAM (CHAPTER 1-12)
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
,Certainly! Here are the questions and answers numbered:
1. Pharmacology is the study of ________.
c) drugs and their interactions with living organisms
2. Drugs have three medical uses. Which of the following is NOT one of those uses?
d) drugs can cause symptoms, signs, and disease
3. Prescription drugs are defined as those drugs that ________.
a) meet clinical trial requirements and are approved by the FDA
4. The Orphan Drug Act was passed to ________.
a) facilitate the development of new drugs to treat rare diseases
5. The government agency responsible for regulating the manufacturing and dispensing of
controlled substances is called the ________.
a) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
6. Currently, the burden of proof for showing that a drug is safe before it can be marketed is
the responsibility of the ________.
a) drug company
7. Complete this inscription that is commonly seen on prescription drug package labels:
"Caution: federal law prohibits ________."
d) dispensing without a prescription
8. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 is concerned with the
________ of patient medical and drug information.
c) security
, 9. The FDA will allow a prescription drug to be reclassified as an over-the-counter (OTC) drug
if _________.
b) a patient can easily diagnose and monitor his/her own condition
10. Designer drugs ________.
d) all of the above
11. Which name accurately describes the molecular structure of a drug and distinguishes it
from all other drugs?
b) chemical name
12. Each drug is assigned a 10-digit code, broken up into three segments. Which of the
following is NOT information that can be obtained from the 10-digit code?
a) the name of the drug company
13. Once the FDA gives final approval for drug marketing, the drug company creates a
________.
d) trade name
14. Drugs can be created or designed using all of the following techniques, EXCEPT
________.
b) observing the toxic effects
15. The patent on a new drug is in effect for ________ years.
c) 17
16. Inert ingredients in a drug ________.
d) all of the above
