TEST BANK FOR INTEGRATED CARDIOPULMONARY PHARMACOLOGY, 3RD EDITION : COLBERT

Test B Chapter 1 MULTIPLE CHOICE Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. Which term best describes the study of drugs and their action on the body? a. Therapeutics b. Pharmacology c. Pharmacotherapy d. Disease management 2. The most common source of drugs today is: a. Plants. b. Animals. c. Chemical synthesis. d. Genetic bioengineering. 3. The agency that regulates drug testing and approves new drugs is the: a. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). b. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). c. National Institutes of Health (NIH). d. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 4. The phase of drug testing that is performed to look for rare or serious adverse effects after the drug is marketed is: a. Phase I. b. Phase II. c. Phase III. d. Phase IV. 5. What organization is officially responsible for establishing public standards that approved drugs must continue to meet? a. The Physicians’ Desk Reference (PDR) b. The American Hospital Formulary Service (AHFS) c. The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) d. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 6. The name given to a drug that is considered the nonproprietary name and is not owned by any particular pharmaceutical company is the: Page 2 of 7