CALCULATION OF DRUG DOSAGES 12TH EDITION OGDEN TEST BANK

CALCULATION OF DRUG DOSAGES 12TH EDITION OGDEN TEST
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what are the base units of measurement used in clinical settings? - ANSWER: meter (m), gram (g), liter
(L)

what is the standard metric unit for length? - ANSWER: meter (m)

what is the standard metric unit for mass? - ANSWER: gram (g)

what is the standard metric unit for volume? - ANSWER: liter (L)

what is the symbol for meter? - ANSWER: m (lowercase)

what is the symbol for gram? - ANSWER: g (lowercase)

what is the symbol for liter? - ANSWER: L (uppercase)

the metric system is based on the ____________ system - ANSWER: decimal (number 10, power of
10)

what is a leading zero? - ANSWER: a zero placed before a decimal point when a number is less than 1,
ex: 0.1

should ALWAYS be used in clinical settings

what is a trailing zero? - ANSWER: a zero placed after an unneeded decimal point when a number is
more than 1, ex: 2.0

should NEVER be used in clinical settings

what is an example of tenths place? - ANSWER: 0.1 (1/10)

what is an example of hundredths place? - ANSWER: 0.01 (1/100)

what is an example of thousandths place? - ANSWER: 0.001 (1/1,000)

what is an example of ten-thousandths place? - ANSWER: 0.0001 (1/10,000)

what is an example of hundred-thousandths place? - ANSWER: 0.00001 (1/100,000)

what is an example of millionths place? - ANSWER: 0.000001 (1/1,000,000)

what is an example of tens place? - ANSWER: 10 (10/1)

what is an example of hundreds place? - ANSWER: 100 (100/1)

what is an example of thousands place? - ANSWER: 1,000 (1,000/1)

what is an example of ten-thousands place? - ANSWER: 10,000 (10,000/1)

what is an example of hundred-thousands place? - ANSWER: 100,000 (100,000/1)

, what is an example of millions place? - ANSWER: 1,000,000 (1,000,000/1)

each time the decimal fraction is multiplied by 10, the number becomes ____________ - ANSWER:
larger

each time the decimal fraction is divided by 10, the number becomes ____________ - ANSWER:
smaller

the closer a number is to the decimal point, the ____________ value of the number - ANSWER:
greater

the farther a number is to the right of the decimal point, the ____________ value of the number -
ANSWER: smaller

0.6 has a greater value than 0.75 - ANSWER: false

0.08 has a lesser value than 0.00097 - ANSWER: false

0.000003 has a lesser value than 0.001 - ANSWER: true

0.638 has a greater value than 0.642 - ANSWER: false

0.004 has a lesser value than 0.08 - ANSWER: true

what is the numeric value of the prefix kilo (k)? - ANSWER: 1,000

what is the numeric value of the prefix centi (c)? - ANSWER: 0.01

what is the numeric value of the prefix milli (m)? - ANSWER: 0.001

what is the numeric value of the prefix micro (mc)? - ANSWER: 0.000001

what is the numeric value of the prefix hecto (h)? - ANSWER: 100

what is the numeric value of the prefix deka (da)? - ANSWER: 10

what is the numeric value of the base unit? - ANSWER: 1

what is the numeric value of the prefix deci (d)? - ANSWER: 0.1

what is the symbol for kilo? - ANSWER: k (lowercase)

what is the symbol for hecto? - ANSWER: h (lowercase)

what is the symbol for deka? - ANSWER: da (lowercase)

what is the symbol for deci? - ANSWER: d (lowercase)

what is the symbol for centi? - ANSWER: c (lowercase)

what is the symbol for micro? - ANSWER: mc (or μ) (lowercase)

what is the symbol for milli? - ANSWER: m (lowercase)

move the decimal point ____________ from the base unit to reach centi - ANSWER: 2 places to the
right