ELITE COMPREHENSIVE
ORGANIC MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(ORGMED) EXAMINATION
Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical
Organic Compounds Examination||
Questions and Answers
Spring Examination May 2026
1. The ratio of disinfectant to the dilution of phenol required to kill a given strain of the
bacterium Salmonella
typhi:
a. Phenol number
b. Phenol coefficient
c. Phenol value
d. None of the above
✓ B
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2. The generic name of Nizoral:
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a. Meconazole
, b. Clotrimazole
c. Ketoconazole
d. Potassium sorbate
✓ C
3. Sulfonamides used for burn therapy:
a. Mafenide
b. Silver sulfadiazine
c. both a and b
d. none of the preceeding
✓ C
4. The following are preservatives except:
a. undecylenic acid
b. Methyl paraben
c. benzoic acid
d. potassium sorbate
✓ A
5. The combination of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole is also known as:
a. clotrimazole
b. miconazole
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c. co-trimoxazole
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d. cotrimazine
, ✓ C
6. A polyene anti-fungal antibiotic:
a. Griseofulvin
b. Nystatin
c. Salicylic acid
d. Econazole
✓ B
7. Benzyl penicillin is also known as:
a. Penicillin G
b. Penicillin V
c. Oxacillin
d. Ampicillin
✓ A
8. First generation urinary tract anti-infective:
a. salicylic acid
b. Griseofulvin
c. Norfloxacin
d. Nalidixic acid
✓ D
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, 9. A fluoroquinolone:
a. Norfloxacin
b. Pipemedic acid
c. Methenamine
d. none of the above
✓ A
10. Combination therapy in the treatment of tuberculosis contain the following drugs,
except:
a. Ethambutol
b. Rifampin
c. Isoniazid
d. Streptomycin
✓ D
11. These drugs are used in treatment of amoebic dysentery, except:
a. Tinidazole
b. Chloroquine
c. Etofamide
d. Metronidazole
✓ B
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12. A fourth generation cephalosphorins:
ORGANIC MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(ORGMED) EXAMINATION
Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical
Organic Compounds Examination||
Questions and Answers
Spring Examination May 2026
1. The ratio of disinfectant to the dilution of phenol required to kill a given strain of the
bacterium Salmonella
typhi:
a. Phenol number
b. Phenol coefficient
c. Phenol value
d. None of the above
✓ B
1
2. The generic name of Nizoral:
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a. Meconazole
, b. Clotrimazole
c. Ketoconazole
d. Potassium sorbate
✓ C
3. Sulfonamides used for burn therapy:
a. Mafenide
b. Silver sulfadiazine
c. both a and b
d. none of the preceeding
✓ C
4. The following are preservatives except:
a. undecylenic acid
b. Methyl paraben
c. benzoic acid
d. potassium sorbate
✓ A
5. The combination of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole is also known as:
a. clotrimazole
b. miconazole
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c. co-trimoxazole
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d. cotrimazine
, ✓ C
6. A polyene anti-fungal antibiotic:
a. Griseofulvin
b. Nystatin
c. Salicylic acid
d. Econazole
✓ B
7. Benzyl penicillin is also known as:
a. Penicillin G
b. Penicillin V
c. Oxacillin
d. Ampicillin
✓ A
8. First generation urinary tract anti-infective:
a. salicylic acid
b. Griseofulvin
c. Norfloxacin
d. Nalidixic acid
✓ D
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, 9. A fluoroquinolone:
a. Norfloxacin
b. Pipemedic acid
c. Methenamine
d. none of the above
✓ A
10. Combination therapy in the treatment of tuberculosis contain the following drugs,
except:
a. Ethambutol
b. Rifampin
c. Isoniazid
d. Streptomycin
✓ D
11. These drugs are used in treatment of amoebic dysentery, except:
a. Tinidazole
b. Chloroquine
c. Etofamide
d. Metronidazole
✓ B
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12. A fourth generation cephalosphorins:
