Hosa Pharmacy Science Study Guide for Test
2026 UPDATE/PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS (complete
solutions) ASSURED SUCCESS/GRADED A+!!!
First United States Pharmacopoeia was in what year? Who wrote it? - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-Not
pharmacists
What was the first pharmacy school to open and when did it open - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-The
Philadelphia College of Apothecaries;
1821
Who was the first to have state regulation of pharmacy? When? - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-Territory of
Orleans (Louisiana);
1808
In what year was the pharmacy school conformed to have a certain criteria to be achieved while in
school to graduate - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-1932
,Pharmacy practice in 1950s was about what? - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-Safety of the drug product
Very drug centered model
At the _________ pharmacists to see themselves as practitioners of a clinical profession -
{✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-1985 Hilton Head Conference
Pharmaceutical Care in 1990-1995 - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-professional relationship must be
established and maintained
Present Model
Apothecary - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-Latin term for pharmacist, also used as a general term to refer to
the early practice of pharmacy
Compounding - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-producing, mixing, or preparing a drug by combining two or
more ingredients
Pharmacy - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-the art and science of preparing and dispensing medication
The Age of Antiquity - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-time of ancient human and the great ancient empires.
5000 BCE (BC) up through CE (AD) 499
Ancient Humans - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-Studied birds and animals - to use water, leaves dirt, mud, etc
for first soothing remedies. Learned by trial and error
Ancient Mesopotamia - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-Babylon, cradle of civilization, earliest known record of
apothecary practice
Healers - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-Priest, pharmacists, and physicians all in one (around 2600 BCE)
, Pen T-Sao - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-native herbal recording of 365 drugs, written by Emperor Shen
Nung
Shen Nung - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-Father of chinese medicine who tasted herbs to determine their
toxic effects and died of an overdose. Write Pen T-Sao
Echelons - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-Gathers and preparers of drugs, similar to the modern-day pharmacy
technician
Chiefs of Fabrication - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-Head pharmacist
Papyrus Ebers - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-ancient and important pharmaceutical record in ancient Egypt,
a collection of 800 prescriptions mentioning 700 drugs. written in 1500 BCE
Charaka Samhita - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-recorded approximately 2,000 drugs, is the most important
pharmaceutical record for ancient India, means compendium of wandering physicians
Terra Sigilata - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-first therapeutic agent to bear a trademark meaning "sealed
earth", small clay tablet about the size of a aspirin
Theophrastus - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-One of the greatest early Greek philosophers and natural
scientist. Known as the father of botany
Hippocrates - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-"Founder of Medicine" Greek scientist that believed all diseases
came from natural causes. Developed the theory of humors, wrote Corpus Hippocraticum
Corpus Hippocraticum - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-written by hippocrates, this text was among the first to
reject the idea that illnesses were mystical or caused by demonic forces and proposed a more scientific
view of medicine
Humors - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-Four body fluids - blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile - that,
according to an ancient theory related to a mood or personality characteristic
2026 UPDATE/PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS (complete
solutions) ASSURED SUCCESS/GRADED A+!!!
First United States Pharmacopoeia was in what year? Who wrote it? - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-Not
pharmacists
What was the first pharmacy school to open and when did it open - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-The
Philadelphia College of Apothecaries;
1821
Who was the first to have state regulation of pharmacy? When? - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-Territory of
Orleans (Louisiana);
1808
In what year was the pharmacy school conformed to have a certain criteria to be achieved while in
school to graduate - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-1932
,Pharmacy practice in 1950s was about what? - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-Safety of the drug product
Very drug centered model
At the _________ pharmacists to see themselves as practitioners of a clinical profession -
{✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-1985 Hilton Head Conference
Pharmaceutical Care in 1990-1995 - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-professional relationship must be
established and maintained
Present Model
Apothecary - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-Latin term for pharmacist, also used as a general term to refer to
the early practice of pharmacy
Compounding - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-producing, mixing, or preparing a drug by combining two or
more ingredients
Pharmacy - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-the art and science of preparing and dispensing medication
The Age of Antiquity - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-time of ancient human and the great ancient empires.
5000 BCE (BC) up through CE (AD) 499
Ancient Humans - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-Studied birds and animals - to use water, leaves dirt, mud, etc
for first soothing remedies. Learned by trial and error
Ancient Mesopotamia - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-Babylon, cradle of civilization, earliest known record of
apothecary practice
Healers - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-Priest, pharmacists, and physicians all in one (around 2600 BCE)
, Pen T-Sao - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-native herbal recording of 365 drugs, written by Emperor Shen
Nung
Shen Nung - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-Father of chinese medicine who tasted herbs to determine their
toxic effects and died of an overdose. Write Pen T-Sao
Echelons - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-Gathers and preparers of drugs, similar to the modern-day pharmacy
technician
Chiefs of Fabrication - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-Head pharmacist
Papyrus Ebers - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-ancient and important pharmaceutical record in ancient Egypt,
a collection of 800 prescriptions mentioning 700 drugs. written in 1500 BCE
Charaka Samhita - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-recorded approximately 2,000 drugs, is the most important
pharmaceutical record for ancient India, means compendium of wandering physicians
Terra Sigilata - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-first therapeutic agent to bear a trademark meaning "sealed
earth", small clay tablet about the size of a aspirin
Theophrastus - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-One of the greatest early Greek philosophers and natural
scientist. Known as the father of botany
Hippocrates - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-"Founder of Medicine" Greek scientist that believed all diseases
came from natural causes. Developed the theory of humors, wrote Corpus Hippocraticum
Corpus Hippocraticum - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-written by hippocrates, this text was among the first to
reject the idea that illnesses were mystical or caused by demonic forces and proposed a more scientific
view of medicine
Humors - {✔✔ANSWER✔✔}-Four body fluids - blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile - that,
according to an ancient theory related to a mood or personality characteristic
