PHT Drug Classification Systems Final Exam Questions
and Answers.
When was the law passed that established two classes of drugs - Correct Answer 1951
What is the apothecary - Correct Answer forerunner of today's pharmacists in England
During what time frame of American history did the boundaries between physician and
pharmacist become clearly delineated? - Correct Answer 1861-1865 (Civil War)
What function may not be carried out by pharmacy technicians, regardless of their state of
practice? - Correct Answer providing patient counseling
Which of the following organizations are governing members of the Pharmacy Technician
Certification Board (PTCB) - Correct Answer (APhA), (ICHP), (ASHP), (MPA)
What did the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938 require of new drugs before they could
be marketed in the United States? - Correct Answer safety
How are legend drugs sold in the United States? - Correct Answer with the label "Caution:
Federal law prohibits dispensing without prescription"
What phase of clinical trials is carried out after the drug has been approved for marketing? -
Correct Answer phase IV
What the term is to describe the type of clinical trial in which neither the participant nor the
investigator knows whether the patient is receiving the active ingredient or placebo? -
Correct Answer double-blind
What action did the FDA take to speed up the approval of urgently needed drugs? - Correct
Answer It instituted the Prescription Drug User Fee Act
When is a drug studied in patients who have the condition that the drug is intended to treat?
- Correct Answer phase II
In ancient times, who did not control medical treatment? - Correct Answer medival doctors
, Early herbal remedies were most commonly used to treat - Correct Answer constipation
Who advocated that disease was caused by an imbalance of blood, phlegm, black bile,
and yellow bile? - Correct Answer Galen
Which of the following was major pharmacological advance during the Middle Ages? -
Correct Answer using individual drugs rather than mixtures or potions
The first London pharmacopoeia, compiled in 1618 - Correct Answer introduced some
drug misures still in use today, such as tincture of opium and ipeac.
Who developed the first effective treatment for diabetes? - Correct Answer Sir Frederick
Banting and Charles Best
The first chemical agent used to treat a disease was - Correct Answer arsphenamine
Pharmacy technicians would be wise to supplement their training with coursework in -
Correct Answer computer programming
Alternative medicine, including herbs, supplements, and homeopathic remedies - Correct
Answer can interac adversely with prescription drugs
The federal government has involved in regulating drugs since - Correct Answer 1906
What is one way of lowering healthcare costs without compromising the health of the
patient? - Correct Answer increased use of generic drugs
A rating system devised by the FDA to establish the therapeutic equivalent of generic
drugs is the - Correct Answer A/B system
What term is used to describe the strength by which a particular messenger binds to its
receptor site? - Correct Answer affinity
What does the abbreviation ADME stand for? - Correct Answer absorption, distribution,
metabolism, elimination
and Answers.
When was the law passed that established two classes of drugs - Correct Answer 1951
What is the apothecary - Correct Answer forerunner of today's pharmacists in England
During what time frame of American history did the boundaries between physician and
pharmacist become clearly delineated? - Correct Answer 1861-1865 (Civil War)
What function may not be carried out by pharmacy technicians, regardless of their state of
practice? - Correct Answer providing patient counseling
Which of the following organizations are governing members of the Pharmacy Technician
Certification Board (PTCB) - Correct Answer (APhA), (ICHP), (ASHP), (MPA)
What did the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938 require of new drugs before they could
be marketed in the United States? - Correct Answer safety
How are legend drugs sold in the United States? - Correct Answer with the label "Caution:
Federal law prohibits dispensing without prescription"
What phase of clinical trials is carried out after the drug has been approved for marketing? -
Correct Answer phase IV
What the term is to describe the type of clinical trial in which neither the participant nor the
investigator knows whether the patient is receiving the active ingredient or placebo? -
Correct Answer double-blind
What action did the FDA take to speed up the approval of urgently needed drugs? - Correct
Answer It instituted the Prescription Drug User Fee Act
When is a drug studied in patients who have the condition that the drug is intended to treat?
- Correct Answer phase II
In ancient times, who did not control medical treatment? - Correct Answer medival doctors
, Early herbal remedies were most commonly used to treat - Correct Answer constipation
Who advocated that disease was caused by an imbalance of blood, phlegm, black bile,
and yellow bile? - Correct Answer Galen
Which of the following was major pharmacological advance during the Middle Ages? -
Correct Answer using individual drugs rather than mixtures or potions
The first London pharmacopoeia, compiled in 1618 - Correct Answer introduced some
drug misures still in use today, such as tincture of opium and ipeac.
Who developed the first effective treatment for diabetes? - Correct Answer Sir Frederick
Banting and Charles Best
The first chemical agent used to treat a disease was - Correct Answer arsphenamine
Pharmacy technicians would be wise to supplement their training with coursework in -
Correct Answer computer programming
Alternative medicine, including herbs, supplements, and homeopathic remedies - Correct
Answer can interac adversely with prescription drugs
The federal government has involved in regulating drugs since - Correct Answer 1906
What is one way of lowering healthcare costs without compromising the health of the
patient? - Correct Answer increased use of generic drugs
A rating system devised by the FDA to establish the therapeutic equivalent of generic
drugs is the - Correct Answer A/B system
What term is used to describe the strength by which a particular messenger binds to its
receptor site? - Correct Answer affinity
What does the abbreviation ADME stand for? - Correct Answer absorption, distribution,
metabolism, elimination
