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Guide to Medication Classifications and Dosage
Calculations 5th Edition Cynthia J. Watkins
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,Chapter 1
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The Greek word pharmakon means which of the following?
a. Medicine
b. Poison
c. Remedy
d. Medicine, poison, and remedy
ANS: d
Rationale: The word pharmakon refers to the curing of illness, thus meaning medicine and remedy,
as well as poison because early medicines were toxic enough to kill a patient or enemy.
PTS: 1
KEY: History
DIF: Easy
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
2. The Dutch word droog means which of the following?
a. Drop
b. Drug
c. Dry
d. Dirge
ANS: c
Rationale: Droog, which means “dry,” is the origin of the word drug, such as in the use of dry herbs
as medications.
PTS: 1
KEY: History
DIF: Intermediate
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
3. Most ancient societies treated illness based on which of the following?
a. Visions received by medicine men
b. Trial and error
c. Religion
d. Animal sacrifice
ANS: b
Rationale: Ancient societies had little knowledge of how the human body worked; therefore, treating
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,illness was often based on trial and error.
PTS: 1
KEY: History
DIF: Intermediate
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
4. Early records show that pharmacological treatments consisted of which of the following?
a. Plants
b. Minerals
c. Animal products
d. Plants, minerals, and animal products
ANS: d
Rationale: Early records show that plants, minerals, and animal products were the only sources
available; therefore, they were the only things used.
PTS: 1
KEY: History
DIF: Easy
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
5. What did the Chinese document The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic discuss for the first
time?
a. Yin and yang
b. Acupuncture
c. Meditation
d. Yin and yang and acupuncture
ANS: d
Rationale: This was a very early document discussing yin and yang and acupuncture.
PTS: 1
KEY: History
DIF: Intermediate
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
6. The first Chinese manual on pharmacology included 365 medicines and was written in which
of the following centuries?
a. 1st century CE
b. 2nd century CE
c. 3rd century CE
d. 4th century CE
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,ANS: a
Rationale: The first Chinese manual on pharmacology was written in the 1st century CE and
included 365 medicines, 252 of which were herbs.
PTS: 1
KEY: History
DIF: Easy
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
7. The Ebers Papyrus is which of the following?
a. An Iranian medical text written approximately 400 BCE
b. An Egyptian medical document written approximately 1550 BCE
c. An Eskimo medical paper written approximately 750 BCE
d. A Roman medical document written approximately 600 BCE
ANS: b
Rationale: The Ebers Papyrus is an Egyptian medical document that was written circa 1550 BCE and
lists about 700 “recipes” for a host of illnesses, from crocodile bites to psychiatric illnesses.
PTS: 1
KEY: Ebers Papyrus | History
DIF: Easy
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
8. The Ebers Papyrus contains which of the following?
a. Recipes for treating a variety of illnesses
b. The first detailed drawing of the human anatomy
c. Journal entries of early healers
d. Death records
ANS: a
Rationale: The Ebers Papyrus is an Egyptian medical document that was written circa 1550 BCE and
lists about 700 “recipes” for a host of illnesses, from crocodile bites to psychiatric illnesses.
PTS: 1
KEY: Ebers Papyrus | History
DIF: Intermediate
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
9. An antibiotic being administered before a procedure or surgery is an example of what
category of desired effect?
a. curative
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,b. prophylactic
c. diagnostic
d. palliative
e. replacement
ANS: b
Rationale: An antibiotic being administered before a procedure or surgery is an example of a
prophylactic category of desired effect.
PTS: 1
KEY: Categorizing Medications
DIF: Easy
TOP: Unit 1 Introduction to Pharmacology
10. Examples of healers include all of the following except:
a. Wise men
b. Shamans
c. Medicine men and women
d. Tiki men
e. Witch doctors
ANS: d
Rationale: Healers were known as wise men, shamans, witch doctors, and medicine men and
women.
PTS: 1
KEY: History
DIF: Easy
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
11. What event marked the beginning of modern pharmacology?
a. Chemists isolating pure chemicals from plants
b. The discovery of microorganisms
c. The ability to create medication in a laboratory setting
d. Mass production of medication
ANS: a
Rationale: During the 1800s, chemists were finally able to isolate the pure chemicals needed to make
medicine from plants, marking the beginning of modern pharmacology.
PTS: 1
KEY: History
DIF: Intermediate
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
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,12. The main cause of death of U.S. soldiers during World War I was which of the following?
a. Infection
b. Accidents
c. Combat injuries
d. Infection and accidents
ANS: d
Rationale: More U.S. soldiers died in World War I of infection and accidents than of actual combat
injuries.
PTS: 1
KEY: History
DIF: Intermediate
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
13. What obstacle needed to be overcome to provide penicillin to soldiers during World War II?
a. The high cost of the medication
b. Transportation of the medication
c. Production of penicillin in large enough quantities
d. Education of doctors about penicillin
ANS: c
Rationale: During World War II, mass production of penicillin began and was able to provide the
antibiotic to the war effort, thus minimizing deaths caused by infection.
PTS: 1
KEY: History | Penicillin
DIF: Intermediate
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
14. The science of altering the source of medications, allowing more to be produced or creating
different variations of the source, is known as which of the following?
a. Genetic engineering
b. Pharmacological engineering
c. Medication manipulation
d. Pharmacological harvesting
ANS: a
Rationale: Genetic engineering can alter the source of medications, allowing more to be produced or
creating different variations of the source.
PTS: 1
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,KEY: History | Genetic Engineering
DIF: Intermediate
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
15. Pharmacological advances in the 21st century include which of the following?
a. Gene splicing
b. Pharmacogenetics
c. Plant hybrid development
d. Gene splicing, pharmacogenetics, and plant hybrid development
ANS: b
Rationale: In the 21st century, pharmacogenetics studies individual candidate genes to specifically
match medications to the patient through their genetic makeup.
PTS: 1
KEY: History | Pharmacogenetics
DIF: Easy
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
16. What plant is the source of most estrogen hormone replacements?
a. Yams
b. Carrots
c. Acorn squash
d. Broccoli
ANS: a
Rationale: Most estrogen hormone replacements come from yams.
PTS: 1
KEY: History | Drug Sources
DIF: Easy
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
17. What animals are a source of insulin?
a. Cows
b. Horses
c. Pigs
d. Sheep
e. Both cows and pigs
ANS: e
Rationale: Insulin is collected from the pancreases of cows and pigs.
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,PTS: 1
KEY: History | Drug Sources
DIF: Easy
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
18. Sources of medications include all of the following except:
a. Plants and animals
b. Synthetic materials
c. Minerals
d. Toxins
e. Air
ANS: e
Rationale: Drug sources include synthetic materials (manufactured in a sterile clinical laboratory),
plants, animals, minerals, and toxins.
PTS: 1
KEY: History | Drug Sources
DIF: Easy
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
19. All of the following medications are derived from plants except:
a. Aspirin
b. Novocain
c. Ibuprofen
d. Digoxin
e. Vitamin C
ANS: c
Rationale: Ibuprofen is an example of a medication that is produced synthetically in a laboratory.
Aspirin comes from the bark of the white willow tree, rose hips are a rich source of vitamin C,
digoxin comes from the foxglove plant, and Novocain comes from the coca plant.
PTS: 1
KEY: History | Drug Sources
DIF: Intermediate
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
20. Animal sources of medications include which of the following?
a. Horses
b. Cows
c. Pigs
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, d. Horses, cows, and pigs
ANS: d
Rationale: Domesticated animals are used for some medications. Premarin is produced from a
pregnant mare’s urine, cows and pigs provide hormone replacement medications such as insulin, and
lanolin is made from separating oil from other chemicals and waste products from sheep’s wool.
PTS: 1
KEY: History | Drug Sources
DIF: Easy
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
21. The term that refers to the effect a medication has on the body is which of the following?
a. Pharmacodynamics
b. Pharmacokinetics
c. Pharmacocites
d. Pharmacyclics
ANS: a
Rationale: Pharmacodynamics refers to the effect a drug has on the body or, scientifically, the
negative and positive biochemical and physiological changes it creates.
PTS: 1
KEY: History | Pharmacology
DIF: Intermediate
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
22. Which of the following medications is prophylactic?
a. Estrogen
b. Diuretic
c. Flu vaccine
d. Radiopaque dye
e. Fever reducer
ANS: c
Rationale: The flu vaccine is administered to prevent the patient from contracting influenza.
PTS: 1
KEY: Pharmacology
DIF: Intermediate
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
23. Which of the following is a replacement medication?
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Guide to Medication Classifications and Dosage
Calculations 5th Edition Cynthia J. Watkins
Notes
1- The file is chapter after chapter.
2- We have shown you few pages sample.
3- The file contains all Appendix and Excel sheet
if it exists.
4- We have all what you need, we make update
at every time. There are many new editions
waiting you.
5- If you think you purchased the wrong file You
can contact us at every time, we can replace it
with true one.
Our email:
,Chapter 1
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The Greek word pharmakon means which of the following?
a. Medicine
b. Poison
c. Remedy
d. Medicine, poison, and remedy
ANS: d
Rationale: The word pharmakon refers to the curing of illness, thus meaning medicine and remedy,
as well as poison because early medicines were toxic enough to kill a patient or enemy.
PTS: 1
KEY: History
DIF: Easy
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
2. The Dutch word droog means which of the following?
a. Drop
b. Drug
c. Dry
d. Dirge
ANS: c
Rationale: Droog, which means “dry,” is the origin of the word drug, such as in the use of dry herbs
as medications.
PTS: 1
KEY: History
DIF: Intermediate
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
3. Most ancient societies treated illness based on which of the following?
a. Visions received by medicine men
b. Trial and error
c. Religion
d. Animal sacrifice
ANS: b
Rationale: Ancient societies had little knowledge of how the human body worked; therefore, treating
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system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or
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,illness was often based on trial and error.
PTS: 1
KEY: History
DIF: Intermediate
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
4. Early records show that pharmacological treatments consisted of which of the following?
a. Plants
b. Minerals
c. Animal products
d. Plants, minerals, and animal products
ANS: d
Rationale: Early records show that plants, minerals, and animal products were the only sources
available; therefore, they were the only things used.
PTS: 1
KEY: History
DIF: Easy
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
5. What did the Chinese document The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic discuss for the first
time?
a. Yin and yang
b. Acupuncture
c. Meditation
d. Yin and yang and acupuncture
ANS: d
Rationale: This was a very early document discussing yin and yang and acupuncture.
PTS: 1
KEY: History
DIF: Intermediate
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
6. The first Chinese manual on pharmacology included 365 medicines and was written in which
of the following centuries?
a. 1st century CE
b. 2nd century CE
c. 3rd century CE
d. 4th century CE
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,ANS: a
Rationale: The first Chinese manual on pharmacology was written in the 1st century CE and
included 365 medicines, 252 of which were herbs.
PTS: 1
KEY: History
DIF: Easy
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
7. The Ebers Papyrus is which of the following?
a. An Iranian medical text written approximately 400 BCE
b. An Egyptian medical document written approximately 1550 BCE
c. An Eskimo medical paper written approximately 750 BCE
d. A Roman medical document written approximately 600 BCE
ANS: b
Rationale: The Ebers Papyrus is an Egyptian medical document that was written circa 1550 BCE and
lists about 700 “recipes” for a host of illnesses, from crocodile bites to psychiatric illnesses.
PTS: 1
KEY: Ebers Papyrus | History
DIF: Easy
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
8. The Ebers Papyrus contains which of the following?
a. Recipes for treating a variety of illnesses
b. The first detailed drawing of the human anatomy
c. Journal entries of early healers
d. Death records
ANS: a
Rationale: The Ebers Papyrus is an Egyptian medical document that was written circa 1550 BCE and
lists about 700 “recipes” for a host of illnesses, from crocodile bites to psychiatric illnesses.
PTS: 1
KEY: Ebers Papyrus | History
DIF: Intermediate
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
9. An antibiotic being administered before a procedure or surgery is an example of what
category of desired effect?
a. curative
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,b. prophylactic
c. diagnostic
d. palliative
e. replacement
ANS: b
Rationale: An antibiotic being administered before a procedure or surgery is an example of a
prophylactic category of desired effect.
PTS: 1
KEY: Categorizing Medications
DIF: Easy
TOP: Unit 1 Introduction to Pharmacology
10. Examples of healers include all of the following except:
a. Wise men
b. Shamans
c. Medicine men and women
d. Tiki men
e. Witch doctors
ANS: d
Rationale: Healers were known as wise men, shamans, witch doctors, and medicine men and
women.
PTS: 1
KEY: History
DIF: Easy
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
11. What event marked the beginning of modern pharmacology?
a. Chemists isolating pure chemicals from plants
b. The discovery of microorganisms
c. The ability to create medication in a laboratory setting
d. Mass production of medication
ANS: a
Rationale: During the 1800s, chemists were finally able to isolate the pure chemicals needed to make
medicine from plants, marking the beginning of modern pharmacology.
PTS: 1
KEY: History
DIF: Intermediate
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
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system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or
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expressly prohibited and enforceable by law.
,12. The main cause of death of U.S. soldiers during World War I was which of the following?
a. Infection
b. Accidents
c. Combat injuries
d. Infection and accidents
ANS: d
Rationale: More U.S. soldiers died in World War I of infection and accidents than of actual combat
injuries.
PTS: 1
KEY: History
DIF: Intermediate
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
13. What obstacle needed to be overcome to provide penicillin to soldiers during World War II?
a. The high cost of the medication
b. Transportation of the medication
c. Production of penicillin in large enough quantities
d. Education of doctors about penicillin
ANS: c
Rationale: During World War II, mass production of penicillin began and was able to provide the
antibiotic to the war effort, thus minimizing deaths caused by infection.
PTS: 1
KEY: History | Penicillin
DIF: Intermediate
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
14. The science of altering the source of medications, allowing more to be produced or creating
different variations of the source, is known as which of the following?
a. Genetic engineering
b. Pharmacological engineering
c. Medication manipulation
d. Pharmacological harvesting
ANS: a
Rationale: Genetic engineering can alter the source of medications, allowing more to be produced or
creating different variations of the source.
PTS: 1
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system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or
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expressly prohibited and enforceable by law.
,KEY: History | Genetic Engineering
DIF: Intermediate
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
15. Pharmacological advances in the 21st century include which of the following?
a. Gene splicing
b. Pharmacogenetics
c. Plant hybrid development
d. Gene splicing, pharmacogenetics, and plant hybrid development
ANS: b
Rationale: In the 21st century, pharmacogenetics studies individual candidate genes to specifically
match medications to the patient through their genetic makeup.
PTS: 1
KEY: History | Pharmacogenetics
DIF: Easy
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
16. What plant is the source of most estrogen hormone replacements?
a. Yams
b. Carrots
c. Acorn squash
d. Broccoli
ANS: a
Rationale: Most estrogen hormone replacements come from yams.
PTS: 1
KEY: History | Drug Sources
DIF: Easy
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
17. What animals are a source of insulin?
a. Cows
b. Horses
c. Pigs
d. Sheep
e. Both cows and pigs
ANS: e
Rationale: Insulin is collected from the pancreases of cows and pigs.
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,PTS: 1
KEY: History | Drug Sources
DIF: Easy
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
18. Sources of medications include all of the following except:
a. Plants and animals
b. Synthetic materials
c. Minerals
d. Toxins
e. Air
ANS: e
Rationale: Drug sources include synthetic materials (manufactured in a sterile clinical laboratory),
plants, animals, minerals, and toxins.
PTS: 1
KEY: History | Drug Sources
DIF: Easy
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
19. All of the following medications are derived from plants except:
a. Aspirin
b. Novocain
c. Ibuprofen
d. Digoxin
e. Vitamin C
ANS: c
Rationale: Ibuprofen is an example of a medication that is produced synthetically in a laboratory.
Aspirin comes from the bark of the white willow tree, rose hips are a rich source of vitamin C,
digoxin comes from the foxglove plant, and Novocain comes from the coca plant.
PTS: 1
KEY: History | Drug Sources
DIF: Intermediate
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
20. Animal sources of medications include which of the following?
a. Horses
b. Cows
c. Pigs
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expressly prohibited and enforceable by law.
, d. Horses, cows, and pigs
ANS: d
Rationale: Domesticated animals are used for some medications. Premarin is produced from a
pregnant mare’s urine, cows and pigs provide hormone replacement medications such as insulin, and
lanolin is made from separating oil from other chemicals and waste products from sheep’s wool.
PTS: 1
KEY: History | Drug Sources
DIF: Easy
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
21. The term that refers to the effect a medication has on the body is which of the following?
a. Pharmacodynamics
b. Pharmacokinetics
c. Pharmacocites
d. Pharmacyclics
ANS: a
Rationale: Pharmacodynamics refers to the effect a drug has on the body or, scientifically, the
negative and positive biochemical and physiological changes it creates.
PTS: 1
KEY: History | Pharmacology
DIF: Intermediate
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
22. Which of the following medications is prophylactic?
a. Estrogen
b. Diuretic
c. Flu vaccine
d. Radiopaque dye
e. Fever reducer
ANS: c
Rationale: The flu vaccine is administered to prevent the patient from contracting influenza.
PTS: 1
KEY: Pharmacology
DIF: Intermediate
TOP: Unit 1: Introduction to Pharmacology
23. Which of the following is a replacement medication?
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