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WorksheetsPHARMCHEM GRAND QUIZ BRAWL
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 37mins
The presence of this gas in the blood causes fatal bends in deep-sea divers
Carbon monoxide
Hydrogen
Helium
Pure Oxygen
Nitrogen
Used to seal holes in the skull and as a bone replacement for temporary braces on long bones
Plaster of Paris
Zinc-eugenol cement
Tantalum
Silver
Adamantium
Which reagent may be used to differentiate mercurous salts from mercuric salts?
Sodium hydroxide TS
Copper foil
Hydrogen sulfide
AOTA
NOTA
All alkaline earth metals reduce water with the liberation of hydrogen and the formation of an alkaline solution except:
Be
Ca
Sr
Ba
Ra
This compound is used in the treatment of chronic acidosis to restore bicarbonate reserve and also exerts a diuretic effect
Sodium bicarbonate
Sodium biphosphate
Sodium bicarbonate
Sodium citrate
NOTA
This group of elements predominantly exhibit covalent bonding, owing to the small size and high charge on the tetravalent ions
Group IA
Group IIA
Group IIIA
Group IVA
Group IVB
Each element in this group has a core with an outer shell of 18 electrons, together with a single valence electron in the outermost shell
Group IA
Group IIB
Group IB
Group IIIA
Group IIA
It is a lichen that contains leaf-like thalli which often overlap
Stipe
Mycelium
Foliose
Ascus
Early lycophytes are thought to have evolved from
Psilotum-like plants
Rhynia-like plants
Zosterophyllum-like plants
Cooksonia-like plants
What type of fruit is a strawberry?
Pome
Berry
Multiple fruit
Aggregate fruit
The veins of this particular leaf spread throughout the leaf from a single point at a base
Parallel
Netted
Reticulated
Dichotomous
This type of metabolism in plants absorbs carbon dioxide, which is then transported and is concentrated in a leaf while keeping oxygen away from RuBP carboxylase. This metabolism is prevalent in leaves having two distinct concentric layers of chlorenchyma cells
Crassulacean Acid Metabolism
Calvin/Benson Metabolism
C4 photosynthesis
Anoxygenic photosynthesis
This theory postulates that a small sporophyte came into existence when a zygote germinated mitotically instead of meiotically which then gradually evolved in complexity while the gametophyte generation remained small
Dibiontic theory
Interpolation hypothesis
Germination hypothesis
Transformation theory
Photosystem I is rich in chlorophyll-b and it helps in the synthesis of NADPH. Photosystem II participates in cyclic photophosphorylation and receives electrons from the photolytic dissociation of water.
Only statement 1 is correct
Only statement 2 is correct
Both statements are correct
Both statements are incorrect
The most famous surviving memorial of early drugs with more than 800 formulas or prescriptions is
De Materia Medica
Galen’s Formula
Papyrus Ebers
Pharmacopeia
The label of OTC drugs contain
(I) Pharmacologic category
(II) Rx symbol
(III) Dosage form
I, II, and III
II and III
I and III
I only
Type II glass container is
(I) Highly resistant borosilicate
(II) Can be used as a container for parenterals
(III) Treated soda-lime glass
I and III
I and II
II and III
I, II, and III
These are solid dosage forms that are designed to be inserted under the skin by surgical incision
Pellets
Pills
Inserts
Troches
Plasters
Efflorescent powders when triturated or stored in low humidity release
Carbon dioxide
Water
Dust
Bad smells
Which of the following preparations is NOT sterile?
Eye drop
Implant
Suppository
Solution for Injection
Dialysis Solution
Chemical decomposition prevented by the use of amber-colored containers
Oxidation
Reduction
Polymerization
Complexation
Leaching
Pharmacist Cares measured 25 mL of a liquid using a graduated cylinder. He decided to re-examine the liquid using a narrow-gauge burette and it was determined that the liquid actually measured 28 mL. What was the % error of the original measurement?
10.71%
89.29%
12.00%
6.51%
The rate of drug delivered to the skin by fentanyl transdermal patches is directly proportional to the dimension of the patch. If the patch size of 7.25 sq. cm delivers 15 mcg/h of fentanyl, calculate the delivery rate expected from a 33.5 sq. cm patch.
16.19 mcg/h
69.31 mcg/h
393.26 mcg/h
320.27 mcg/h
Calcitonin is available as an injection containing 200 international units per milliliter. Adult doses of up to 32 units per kg have produced no adverse effects. On this basis, if a 138-lb patient were administered 1.25 mL of injection, would adverse effects be anticipated?
No
Yes
Cannot be determined
Ammonium chloride injection contains 267.5 mg of NH4Cl (m.w. 53.5) per milliliter. How many mEq of ammonium chloride is present in a 35-mL vial?
175 mEq.
145 mEq.
125 mEq
100 mEq
What is the cost of 2 quarts of chloroform which has a specific gravity of 1.475, bought at $30 per pound?
$95.50
$92.20
$90.35
$98.77
If a 600g of dextrose is dissolved in 700 mL of water with a resultant final volume of 1.2 L, what is the percentage strength of dextrose in the solution on a w/w basis?
85.71%
76.92%
46.15%
70.00%
A solution of sodium chloride contains 77 mEq/L. Calculate its osmolar strength in terms of milliosmoles per liter. Assume complete dissociation.
156.45 mOsmol/L
145.00 mOsmol/L
154.00 mOsmol/L
153.50 mOsmol/L
Which of the following parenteral solutions is thought to be the most similar to the extracellular fluid found in the human body?
Dextrose 2.5 and sodium chloride 0.45% Injection
Lactated Ringer’s Injection
Ringer’s Injection
Sodium Chloride Injection
Sodium Lactate Injection
Mixing hypertonic solution with red blood cells will cause _______ of the red blood cells
Bursting
Chelating
Crenation
Hemolysis
Hydrolysis
A specific drug has a first-order biological half-life of 4 hours. This half-life value will
Be independent of the initial drug concentration
Increase when the concentration of the drug increase
Decrease when the concentration of the drug increase
Decrease if the patient has renal impairment
Be the same whether the drug level is determined in the blood or by observing the pharmacological action
pH is mathematically
the log of the hydroxyl ion concentration
the negative log of the hydroxyl ion concentration
the log of the hydronium ion concentration
the negative log of the hydronium ion concentration
NOTA
A constituted drug solution assays at 15mg/mL after 24 hours. What is the first-order reaction rate if the original solution concentration was 2.0 mg/mL?
0.2/day
0.25/day
0.3/day
0.33/day
0.5/day
An equation that calculates the pH of the buffer solution and the change in the pH upon the addition of an acid or a base
Buffer constant
Buffer capacity
Maximum buffer capacity
A and C are correct
AOTA
It is defined as a system in which the dispersed phase is distributed uniformly as particles throughout the dispersion medium or continuous phase
Colloidal dispersion
Coarse dispersion
Dispersed system
Both A and B
None of the above
Which of the vitamins may cause extensive vasoconstriction, elevated blood pressure, and calcinosis of soft tissues when taken in excess?
Vitamin A
Vitamin B3
Vitamin B6
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Which of the following statement/s is/are correct?
(I) The C-N bond in the peptide linkage has a partial double bond characteristic
(II) Neither C-O nor N-H in the peptide bond can dissociate
(III) Each amino acid in the peptide bond is called a residue.
I only
I & II
III only
II & III
I, II & III
The enzymes for glycolysis are located at the:
Cytoplasm
Nucleolus
Nucleus
Mitochondrion
Which of the ff. statements regarding DNA denaturation are not true?
(I) The DNA double helix unwinds because H- bonds between base pairs and base kicking interactions are interrupted
(II) A-T base pairs are more resistant to denaturation
(III) The nitrogenous bases remain bound to the sugar-phosphate backbone but the sugar backbone is hydrolyzed owing to the hydrolysis of the phosphodiester bonds.
I,II,III
I,II
II,III
I,III
I only
Which of the following statement/s is/are true?
(I) Cysteine residues are reduced to form disulfide bonds
(II) Disulfide bonds can stabilize the tertiary structure of proteins.
(III) Cysteine is a polar, sulfur-containing amino acid
I, II & III
II & III
I & III
I only
III only
In 780 A.D., he described about 600 plants with medicinal properties in his book “De Materia Medica”
Galen
Dioscorides
Seydler
Fluckige
Which of the following pairs are correct?
Reserpine-hypotensive
Sambong-stomachic
Bayabas-Diuretic
Lagundi- Analgesic
Autoclaved milk that has been partly evaporated in a vacuum and then sterilized in hermetically sealed containers.
Malted milk
Buttermilk
Evaporated milk
Skimmed milk
Condensed milk
What do you call the tacky proteins removed from corn and wheat in the preparation of starch?
Glutens
Hetastarch
Embryo
Germ
Which source has a gained reputation among prison inmates for being a hallucinogenic drug?
Nutmeg
Juniper
Cinnamon
Turpentine
A glass rod with a piece of soft rubber tubing attached to the end. It's used to dislodge particles stuck to the walls of the contained vessel that won't come loose with a stream of water from the wash bottle:
Erlenmeyer flask
Stirring rod
Policeman
Watchglass
Spatula
Pharmaceutical stability for shelf life projections are frequently based on the equation:
Arrhenius equation
Clausius-Clapeyron equation
Dieterici equation
Henderson-Hasselbalch equation
Van Deemter equation
Masking agent that permits the determination of Mg+2 in the presence of Al+3 ions:
Absolute alcohol
Ammonium Fluoride
Triethanolamine
Potassium Sodium Tartrate
Nitric acid
In ash content determination, incomplete combustion leads to the formation of:
Carbon dioxide
Carbonyl
Carbon
Carbide
Carbonate ion
Purpose of potassium iodide in preparation of Iodine VS
To protect iodine from microbial degradation
To permit dissolution of iodine in water
As an Antioxidant
A and B
A, B, and C
