Pharmacy Technician - Exam 1 Review Questions and
Answers Latest Update
Sir Alexander Fleming - Correct Answer __ discovered the world's first antibiotic,
penicillin in 1928.
Gerhard Domagk - Correct Answer __ discovered sulfonamide, the first synthetic
antibiotic in 1932. (Used to cure Urinary Tract Infections)
Laudanum - Correct Answer A mixture of alcohol and opium (narcotic, heroin) used
to deaden pain and treat many illnesses through the 1800s was known as __.
Hippocrates - Correct Answer The Greek scientist and philosopher known, as the
father of medicine was __.
Louis Pasteur - Correct Answer The French scientist who discovered several
vaccines and invented pasteurization was __.
Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) - Correct Answer The __ was
formed by the following entities ASHP, MPA, CPhA, and PTEC.
Trephining - Correct Answer __ was the technique used in early times - making an
incision into the skull to release persons and evil spirits.
The placebo effect in medicine - Correct Answer __ - many people were cured
because of their strong belief in the treatment or doctor.
Analgesics - Correct Answer __ to decrease pain (Motrin, ibuprofen, Aleve)
Antipyretics (fever) - Correct Answer __ to decrease fever
Tissue infection. Reconstructive surgery, skin grafts (skin transplant) - Correct
Answer Leeches were used for all of the following - __, __, __.
Maggots - Correct Answer __: eat only dead tissue during surgery
Filling prescriptions, compounding medications (change the dosage of medication),
occupying clinical positions - Correct Answer Pharmacy technicians perform all the
following (either in a hospital or outpatient) - __, __, __.
, Galen - Correct Answer The scientist responsible for studies in anatomy (structure
of the body), physiology (functions of the body) and pharmacology (study of drugs
and how it acts on the body) was __.
Bloodletting - Correct Answer The process of removing excess body fluids that
were believed to cause illnesses, through sharp instruments was called __.
Durham Humphrey Amendment - Correct Answer The amendment that required
the labeling: caution, federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription - __.
The Poison Prevention Act of 1970 - Correct Answer __ - Required all
manufacturers and pharmacies to place all medications in containers with child proof
caps or packaging.
The 1983 Orphan Drug Act - Correct Answer __ was introduced so that Drug
companies could bypass lengthy time periods of mandatory testing to treat rare
diseases.
The 1914 Harrison's Narcotics Act - Correct Answer __ was introduced to address
the excessive number of opium (narcotics) addicts in the United States and to make
sure that people could not obtain opium without a prescription.
The 1906 Federal Food and Drug Act - Correct Answer __ was enacted to stop the
sale of inaccurately labeled drugs and to make manufacturers prove the
effectiveness of their drugs.
Indication - Correct Answer __: what a drug should be used for/of drug usage
refers to conditions the drug is approved to treat
Contraindication - Correct Answer __: what a drug should absolutely not be used
for or with/to a drug refers to conditions in which the drug should absolutely not be
used.
The 1983 Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act - Correct Answer __ was introduced so
that all narcotics were labeled with the warning habit forming and because the earlier
food and drug act wasn't worded strongly enough and didn't include the word
cosmetics.
The 1962 Kefauver-Harris Amendment Act - Correct Answer __ was introduced to
ensure the safety and effectiveness of all new medications and to prevent the sale of
the toxic drug thalidomide, which cause birth defects.
The 2005 Combat Meth Act - Correct Answer __ was introduced to monitor the
manufacturing and sale of pseudoephedrine (works as a decongestant) used in the
manufacture of methamphetamine.
Answers Latest Update
Sir Alexander Fleming - Correct Answer __ discovered the world's first antibiotic,
penicillin in 1928.
Gerhard Domagk - Correct Answer __ discovered sulfonamide, the first synthetic
antibiotic in 1932. (Used to cure Urinary Tract Infections)
Laudanum - Correct Answer A mixture of alcohol and opium (narcotic, heroin) used
to deaden pain and treat many illnesses through the 1800s was known as __.
Hippocrates - Correct Answer The Greek scientist and philosopher known, as the
father of medicine was __.
Louis Pasteur - Correct Answer The French scientist who discovered several
vaccines and invented pasteurization was __.
Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) - Correct Answer The __ was
formed by the following entities ASHP, MPA, CPhA, and PTEC.
Trephining - Correct Answer __ was the technique used in early times - making an
incision into the skull to release persons and evil spirits.
The placebo effect in medicine - Correct Answer __ - many people were cured
because of their strong belief in the treatment or doctor.
Analgesics - Correct Answer __ to decrease pain (Motrin, ibuprofen, Aleve)
Antipyretics (fever) - Correct Answer __ to decrease fever
Tissue infection. Reconstructive surgery, skin grafts (skin transplant) - Correct
Answer Leeches were used for all of the following - __, __, __.
Maggots - Correct Answer __: eat only dead tissue during surgery
Filling prescriptions, compounding medications (change the dosage of medication),
occupying clinical positions - Correct Answer Pharmacy technicians perform all the
following (either in a hospital or outpatient) - __, __, __.
, Galen - Correct Answer The scientist responsible for studies in anatomy (structure
of the body), physiology (functions of the body) and pharmacology (study of drugs
and how it acts on the body) was __.
Bloodletting - Correct Answer The process of removing excess body fluids that
were believed to cause illnesses, through sharp instruments was called __.
Durham Humphrey Amendment - Correct Answer The amendment that required
the labeling: caution, federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription - __.
The Poison Prevention Act of 1970 - Correct Answer __ - Required all
manufacturers and pharmacies to place all medications in containers with child proof
caps or packaging.
The 1983 Orphan Drug Act - Correct Answer __ was introduced so that Drug
companies could bypass lengthy time periods of mandatory testing to treat rare
diseases.
The 1914 Harrison's Narcotics Act - Correct Answer __ was introduced to address
the excessive number of opium (narcotics) addicts in the United States and to make
sure that people could not obtain opium without a prescription.
The 1906 Federal Food and Drug Act - Correct Answer __ was enacted to stop the
sale of inaccurately labeled drugs and to make manufacturers prove the
effectiveness of their drugs.
Indication - Correct Answer __: what a drug should be used for/of drug usage
refers to conditions the drug is approved to treat
Contraindication - Correct Answer __: what a drug should absolutely not be used
for or with/to a drug refers to conditions in which the drug should absolutely not be
used.
The 1983 Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act - Correct Answer __ was introduced so
that all narcotics were labeled with the warning habit forming and because the earlier
food and drug act wasn't worded strongly enough and didn't include the word
cosmetics.
The 1962 Kefauver-Harris Amendment Act - Correct Answer __ was introduced to
ensure the safety and effectiveness of all new medications and to prevent the sale of
the toxic drug thalidomide, which cause birth defects.
The 2005 Combat Meth Act - Correct Answer __ was introduced to monitor the
manufacturing and sale of pseudoephedrine (works as a decongestant) used in the
manufacture of methamphetamine.
