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TEEX Paramedic Pharmacology Questions
with Detailed Verified Answers
What act prohibited altering or mislabeling medications?
⼀Answer:- The Pure Food and Drug Act
Q: What year was The Pure Food and Drug act implemented?
⼀Answer:- 1906
Q: What act classifies certain medications with the potential of
abuse into 5 categories?
⼀Answer:- The Comprehensive Drug Act of 1970
Q: What schedule drug is the most addictive?
⼀Answer:- Schedule 1
Q: What schedule drug is the least addictive?
⼀Answer:- Schedule 5
Q: What is a capsule?
⼀Answer:- Powdered or solid medication enclosed in a dissolvable
cylindrical gelatin shell
Q: What is a tablet?
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⼀Answer:- Solid medication particles bound into a shape designed
to dissolve or be swallowed
Q: What is powder?
⼀Answer:- Small particles of medication designed to be dissolved
or mixed into a solution or liquid
Q: What are drops?
⼀Answer:- Sterile solution or nonsterile liquid intended for direct
administration into nose or ear
Q: What is skin preparation?
⼀Answer:- Gel, ointment, or paste substances designed to permit
transdermal absorption
Q: What is suppository?
⼀Answer:- Medication in a waxlike material that dissolves in the
rectum or other body cavity
Q: What is liquid?
⼀Answer:- Medication dissolved or suspended in liquid intended for
oral consumption
Q: What is inhaler/spray?
⼀Answer:- Medication in gas or fine mist form intended for
inhalation and absorption through lung, airway, or oral tissues
Q: When are drugs given a chemical name?
TEEX Paramedic Pharmacology Questions
with Detailed Verified Answers
What act prohibited altering or mislabeling medications?
⼀Answer:- The Pure Food and Drug Act
Q: What year was The Pure Food and Drug act implemented?
⼀Answer:- 1906
Q: What act classifies certain medications with the potential of
abuse into 5 categories?
⼀Answer:- The Comprehensive Drug Act of 1970
Q: What schedule drug is the most addictive?
⼀Answer:- Schedule 1
Q: What schedule drug is the least addictive?
⼀Answer:- Schedule 5
Q: What is a capsule?
⼀Answer:- Powdered or solid medication enclosed in a dissolvable
cylindrical gelatin shell
Q: What is a tablet?
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⼀Answer:- Solid medication particles bound into a shape designed
to dissolve or be swallowed
Q: What is powder?
⼀Answer:- Small particles of medication designed to be dissolved
or mixed into a solution or liquid
Q: What are drops?
⼀Answer:- Sterile solution or nonsterile liquid intended for direct
administration into nose or ear
Q: What is skin preparation?
⼀Answer:- Gel, ointment, or paste substances designed to permit
transdermal absorption
Q: What is suppository?
⼀Answer:- Medication in a waxlike material that dissolves in the
rectum or other body cavity
Q: What is liquid?
⼀Answer:- Medication dissolved or suspended in liquid intended for
oral consumption
Q: What is inhaler/spray?
⼀Answer:- Medication in gas or fine mist form intended for
inhalation and absorption through lung, airway, or oral tissues
Q: When are drugs given a chemical name?
