Exam
Name___________________________________
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) Which of the following is a collection of 800 prescriptions, specifically mentioning 700 unique 1)
drugs, and is the most important pharmaceutical document known from ancient Egypt?
A) Pen T-Sao B) Terra Sigilata C) Papyrus Ebers D) Charaka Samhita
2) The earliest known record of apothecary practice comes from which ancient civilization? 2)
A) Tenochtitlán B) Babylon C) Egypt D) China
3) Which ancient emperor, still revered as the patron god of native Chinese drug guilds, wrote the 3)
Pen T-Sao?
A) Mao Zedung B) Jiang Zemin C) Shen Nung D) Sun Yat Sen
4) The Pen T-Sao included: 4)
A) Instructions for compounding remedies. B) Recordings of 365 different herbs.
C) A listing of 700 unique drugs. D) A universal antidote for poisons.
5) Which of the following translates as "compendium of wandering physicians"? 5)
A) Charaka Samhita B) Corpus Hippocraticum
C) Pen T-Sao D) Papyrus Ebers
6) Which of the following was a physician who lived between 460 and 377 BCE, believed that health 6)
was based on harmony between four basic bodily fluids, and is known as the "father of medicine"?
A) Galen B) Theophrastus C) Hippocrates D) Dioscorides
7) Approximately ________ drugs are recorded in the ancient Indian manuscript known as the 7)
Charaka Samhita.
A) 700 B) 800 C) 2,000 D) 365
8) Today the symbol written as "Rx" is used as an abbreviation for a medical prescription. This 8)
symbol was originally:
A) An invocation of the Roman god Jupiter asking for his aid in effective treatment.
B) Written as a large X followed by a small r.
C) Spelled out as Rex, Latin for king.
D) An abbreviation for the Latin word recipere, meaning recipe.
9) The first therapeutic agent to bear a trademark was the ________, which means "sealed earth." 9)
A) Papyrus Ebers B) Terra Sigilata C) Pen T-Sao D) Charaka Samhita
10) Who was known as the "father of botany" for his extensive writings on the medicinal qualities of 10)
herbs?
A) Dioscorides B) Theophrastus C) Hippocrates D) Mithridates
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, 11) Which of the following states is one of the six that do NOT regulate the practice of pharmacy 11)
technicians?
A) Minnesota B) New York
C) Alabama D) New Hampshire
12) In what year was the NPTA established? 12)
A) 2002 B) 1999 C) 1920 D) 1974
13) Which of the following makes it possible for pharmacists to be able to provide medication therapy 13)
review, pharmacotherapy consultations, immunizations, and disease -state management and
health and wellness programs?
A) PTCB B) BLS C) NABP D) MTM
14) Under Hippocrates's "Theory of Humors," which bodily fluid is associated with joy and 14)
happiness?
A) Yellow bile B) Phlegm C) Dark, black bile D) Blood
15) According to Hippocrates, the bodily phlegm is associated with what characteristic? 15)
A) Irritability B) Lethargy C) Viral infection D) Anger
16) Today, the abbreviation ASHP stands for: 16)
A) American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
B) American Society of Healing Practices.
C) American Society of Hospital Pharmacists.
D) Apothecary Society for Healing Practices.
17) In what year did the ASHP accredit the first pharmacy technician training program? 17)
A) 1983 B) 1980 C) 1985 D) 1982
18) What organization has certified more than 425,000 pharmacy technicians through its certification 18)
exam and transfer process?
A) American College of Apothecaries
B) Pharmacy Technician Certification Board
C) U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
D) National Pharmacy Technician Association
19) Since ancient times, physicians have taken a pledge called the ________, which includes the 19)
promise to "do no harm."
A) Hippocratic Oath B) Papyrus Ebers
C) Charaka Samhita D) Corpus Hippocraticum
20) Which of the following is known for developing poisons by testing them on himself in small 20)
doses?
A) Mithridates B) Dioscorides C) Hippocrates D) Theophrastus
21) The five-volume book De Materia Medica contained information on more than 600 plants and 21)
minerals. It was written by:
A) Hippocrates. B) Mithridates. C) Dioscorides. D) Galen.
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Name___________________________________
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) Which of the following is a collection of 800 prescriptions, specifically mentioning 700 unique 1)
drugs, and is the most important pharmaceutical document known from ancient Egypt?
A) Pen T-Sao B) Terra Sigilata C) Papyrus Ebers D) Charaka Samhita
2) The earliest known record of apothecary practice comes from which ancient civilization? 2)
A) Tenochtitlán B) Babylon C) Egypt D) China
3) Which ancient emperor, still revered as the patron god of native Chinese drug guilds, wrote the 3)
Pen T-Sao?
A) Mao Zedung B) Jiang Zemin C) Shen Nung D) Sun Yat Sen
4) The Pen T-Sao included: 4)
A) Instructions for compounding remedies. B) Recordings of 365 different herbs.
C) A listing of 700 unique drugs. D) A universal antidote for poisons.
5) Which of the following translates as "compendium of wandering physicians"? 5)
A) Charaka Samhita B) Corpus Hippocraticum
C) Pen T-Sao D) Papyrus Ebers
6) Which of the following was a physician who lived between 460 and 377 BCE, believed that health 6)
was based on harmony between four basic bodily fluids, and is known as the "father of medicine"?
A) Galen B) Theophrastus C) Hippocrates D) Dioscorides
7) Approximately ________ drugs are recorded in the ancient Indian manuscript known as the 7)
Charaka Samhita.
A) 700 B) 800 C) 2,000 D) 365
8) Today the symbol written as "Rx" is used as an abbreviation for a medical prescription. This 8)
symbol was originally:
A) An invocation of the Roman god Jupiter asking for his aid in effective treatment.
B) Written as a large X followed by a small r.
C) Spelled out as Rex, Latin for king.
D) An abbreviation for the Latin word recipere, meaning recipe.
9) The first therapeutic agent to bear a trademark was the ________, which means "sealed earth." 9)
A) Papyrus Ebers B) Terra Sigilata C) Pen T-Sao D) Charaka Samhita
10) Who was known as the "father of botany" for his extensive writings on the medicinal qualities of 10)
herbs?
A) Dioscorides B) Theophrastus C) Hippocrates D) Mithridates
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, 11) Which of the following states is one of the six that do NOT regulate the practice of pharmacy 11)
technicians?
A) Minnesota B) New York
C) Alabama D) New Hampshire
12) In what year was the NPTA established? 12)
A) 2002 B) 1999 C) 1920 D) 1974
13) Which of the following makes it possible for pharmacists to be able to provide medication therapy 13)
review, pharmacotherapy consultations, immunizations, and disease -state management and
health and wellness programs?
A) PTCB B) BLS C) NABP D) MTM
14) Under Hippocrates's "Theory of Humors," which bodily fluid is associated with joy and 14)
happiness?
A) Yellow bile B) Phlegm C) Dark, black bile D) Blood
15) According to Hippocrates, the bodily phlegm is associated with what characteristic? 15)
A) Irritability B) Lethargy C) Viral infection D) Anger
16) Today, the abbreviation ASHP stands for: 16)
A) American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
B) American Society of Healing Practices.
C) American Society of Hospital Pharmacists.
D) Apothecary Society for Healing Practices.
17) In what year did the ASHP accredit the first pharmacy technician training program? 17)
A) 1983 B) 1980 C) 1985 D) 1982
18) What organization has certified more than 425,000 pharmacy technicians through its certification 18)
exam and transfer process?
A) American College of Apothecaries
B) Pharmacy Technician Certification Board
C) U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
D) National Pharmacy Technician Association
19) Since ancient times, physicians have taken a pledge called the ________, which includes the 19)
promise to "do no harm."
A) Hippocratic Oath B) Papyrus Ebers
C) Charaka Samhita D) Corpus Hippocraticum
20) Which of the following is known for developing poisons by testing them on himself in small 20)
doses?
A) Mithridates B) Dioscorides C) Hippocrates D) Theophrastus
21) The five-volume book De Materia Medica contained information on more than 600 plants and 21)
minerals. It was written by:
A) Hippocrates. B) Mithridates. C) Dioscorides. D) Galen.
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