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This document contains 15 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of pharmacology terms and concepts. The questions cover topics like drug mechanisms of action, drug monitoring, drug interactions, and abbreviations. Correct answers are provided for each question.

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1. Which of the following is a COMT inhibitor?

(A) selegiline
(B) carbidopa
(C) disulfiram
(D) tolcapone
(E) pramipexole
2. Which of the following can be classified as an osmotic laxative?
(A) milk of magnesia
(B) senna
(C) castor oil
(D) docusate sodium
(E) Liquid paraffin
3. Simvastatin acts by
(A) inhibiting xanthine oxidase
(B) inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase
(C) inhibiting acetylcholinesterase
(D) acting as a bile sequestrant
(E) interfering with fat absorption from the GI
4. Which one of the following equations would enable the pharmacist to estimate the
creatinine clearance a patient?
(A) Cockcroft-Gault
(B) Harris-Benedict
(C) Henderson-Hasselbalch
(D) Loo-Riegelman
(E) method of least residuals
5. A patient using ticlopidine should be monitored for the development of
(A) pseudomembranous enterocolitis
(B) renal toxicity
(C) abnormal bleeding
(D) respiratory impairment
(E) hyper-pyrexia
6. Patients experiencing toxicity as a result of methotrexate administration should be given
(A) EDTA
(B) sodium bicarbonate
(C) leucovorin calcium
(D) bioflavinoids
(E) para-aminobenzoic acid
7. Vasopressin is a hormone secreted by the
(A) anterior pituitary gland
(B) posterior pituitary gland
(C) adrenal gland
(D) pancreas
(E) kidney
8. Monitoring of INR is essential in monitoring patients using
(A) Heparin
(B) Clopidogrel
(C) Warfarin
(D) Vitamin K
(E) Aspirin
9. Sulfonamides exert their antimicrobial effect by competitively inhibiting the action of
(A) monoamine oxidase
(B) p-aminobenzoic acid
(C) Cell wall synthesis
(D) DNA gyrase
(E) DNA polymerase
10. Half-life of intravenously administered Adenosine
(A) 60 minutes
(B) 2-3 hours
(C) 2 days
(D) less than 10 seconds
(E) 1 week
11. Expand MRSA + MLSB
12. Fluoroquinolones can cause hypoglycemia. True or False.
13. Amphotericin B is incompatibility with
(A) Dextrose containing fluids
(B) 10 % Dextrose
(C) 5% Dextrose
(D) Sodium containing fluids
(E) None of the above
14. Antidote of Morphine overdose
(A) Flumazenil
(B) Naloxone
(C) N-Acetylcysteine
(D) PAM
(E) Atropine
15. Expand MIS-A
Answers
1. (D) Tolcapone
2. (A) Milk of Magnesia
3. (B) inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase
4. (A) Cockcroft-Gault
5. (C) abnormal bleeding
6. (C) leucovorin calcium
7. (B) posterior pituitary gland
8. (C) Warfarin
9. (B) p-aminobenzoic acid
10. (D) less than 10 seconds
11. Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, Macrolide Lincosamide Streptogramin B
12. True
13. (D) Sodium containing fluids
14. (A) Flumazenil
15. Multi Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults

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