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1. Which animal population had the first outbreak of disease creating the field of veterinary
pharmacology?
a. Elephants
b. Cattle
c. Dogs
d. Birds
ANSWER: b
2. Before it was veterinary pharmacology what was it called?
a. Pharmakeutikos
b. Epizootics
c. Genomia
d. Materia medica
ANSWER: d
3. What term is used for the physiological movement of drugs?
a. Pharmacokinetics
b. Pharmacotherapeutics
,c. Pharmacodynamics
d. Pharmacotherapy
ANSWER: a
4. What term is used for investigating how a sick animal responds to drugs?
a. Pharmacogenetics
b. Pharmacotherapeutics
c. Pharmacogenomics
d. Pharmacotherapy
ANSWER: b
5. _______ is the term used for the study of the impact of genetic variation on drug effects.
a. Pharmacogenetics
b. Pharmacotherapeutics
c. Pharmacodynamics
d. Pharmacogenomics
ANSWER: d
6. Which of the following is not covered under FDA regulations?
a. Biologics
b. Food additives
c. Pesticides
d. Cosmetics
ANSWER: a
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7. Which of the following statements is true?
a. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) became a government agency to enforce
the federal Pure Food
and Drugs Act of 1938.
b. The FDA’s CVM prohibits the sale and use of a drug that would cause animals to suffer
serious health
problems, unless it will relieve a different more serious condition.
c. FDA approval of a particular drug is based on the drug’s therapeutic effects and adverse
effects in many test
animals.
d. It is important to note that FDA regulations do cover certain medically significant
compounds known as
therapeutic agents derived from living organisms, such as vaccines, antibodies, and toxoids.
ANSWER: c
8. Which drugs may be purchased by a client without a prescription?
a. Extra-label
b. Over-the-counter
c. Controlled substance
d. Biologics
, ANSWER: b
9. Which OTC should not be given to cats because it contains aspirin?
a. Subsalisylate
b. Chondroitin
c. Glucososamine
d. Zeniquin
ANSWER: a
10. Which guidelines give the authority for extra-label drug use?
a. DEA
b. USDA
c. FDA
d. AMDUCA
ANSWER: d
11. When is it allowable to use an extra-label drug?
a. If it will improve an animal’s productivity
b. If it is less expensive than an approved drug
c. If there is no FDA-approved drug to treat the animal
d. If there is not yet an established VCPR
ANSWER: c
12. Which type of drug is considered dangerous because of its potential for human abuse of
misuse?
a. Extra-label