Pharmacy Science and Calculations Sessions 1-6 Practice Test

These questions are part of the practice quiz. Start practicing

• Where are intramuscular injections delivered?
• The root enteron means intestine.
• A bottle contains 0.5 g of drug. The solution is 1 mg/mL. How many mL are required?
• IND stands for?
• A bag contains 100 mg in 1000 mL. It is infused at 50 mL/h. What is the rate in mg/h?
• Phase I trials typically involve how many healthy volunteers?
• In the given order, which is the first step in drug development?
• A tablet is best described as which type of dosage form?
• Where are intradermal injections delivered?
• Intra-articular injections are administered into which anatomical space?
• Epidural injections are delivered into which space?
• Which statement about active ingredients is true?
• Which statement correctly differentiates 'Injection' from 'for Injection' in labeling?
• Which route involves injection into the intrathecal space around the spinal cord?
• A nurse needs to administer 60 units of insulin in a syringe labeled U-100 (100 units/mL). How many milliliters should be drawn?
• A patient needs a 60 mg dose. If the medication is supplied as 15 mg/mL, how many milliliters are required?
• A solution is labeled 5% w/v. How many mg per mL does it contain?
• Which sequence correctly lists the steps in the drug development order?
• Epidural injections are injections into which space?
• Intra-articular injections are injections into what location?
• The Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984 enabled what?
• What is the primary purpose of the USP-NF?
• Which statement best describes the advantages of the oral route of administration?
• A drug is prescribed at 0.5 mg/kg as a single dose. A patient weighs 52 kg. What is the dose in mg?
• A bag contains 10 mEq/L potassium chloride. If infusion rate is 50 mL/h, how many mEq/hour?
• What is compounding?
• A solution is 0.25 mg/mL. If you need 0.75 mg, how many mL are required?
• Which two books were merged into a single book?
• Using the Holliday-Segar method, the daily maintenance fluid requirement for a 12 kg child is 1100 mL/day. What is the hourly maintenance rate in mL/h?
• A patient must receive 60 mL/hour of a solution with a concentration of 4 mg/mL. What is the dosage in milligrams per hour?
• How is the buccal route performed?
• A bottle contains 100 mL and 60 mg of drug. What is the concentration in mg/mL?
• What is manufacturing?
• A patient is to receive 1 L over 12 hours. What is the infusion rate in mL/h?
• A vial has 25 mg in 2 mL; the concentration is 12.5 mg/mL. If the dose is 25 mg, how many milliliters are required?
• A neonate requires a dose of 12 mg/kg/day divided q12h. If the weight is 2.5 kg, what is the per-dose amount?
• Which term describes drugs presented in a mixture of water and oil?
• A patient weighs 18 kg and requires a medication at 4 mg/kg/day divided every 8 hours. What is the total daily dose?
• Which dosage form is made to be inserted into the rectum and often melts at body temperature?
• Which term describes a generic drug manufactured by a company other than the original brand-name drug company?
• A patient needs 27 mg. The saline solution provides 9 mg/mL. How many milliliters are required?
• An intrathecal injection is delivered into which anatomical site?
• A medication is supplied as 0.25 mg/mL. If you need 2.5 mg, how many mL?
• Which term describes a generic product with the same ingredients, strength, and dosage as the brand-name drug?
• A 300 mL bag of 0.9% saline contains how many grams of NaCl?
• Prodrug is an inactive compound that becomes active in the body by enzymatic or biochemical transformation.
• Which statement is true regarding active ingredients?
• A dilution will produce 200 mL of a solution at 3 mg/mL using a stock solution of 10 mg/mL. How many milliliters of stock solution are needed?
• How is the sublingual route performed?
• Which statement best describes the relationship between Brand and Generic products?
• Generic Drug Products are defined as?
• The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) is described as which of the following?
• Which parenteral route is administered deep into skeletal muscle?
• What is pharmaceutics?
• Which term refers to large molecules produced using recombinant DNA technology?
• Which sequence shows the steps in the correct order of product development and approval?
• For a 16 kg child, the prescribed dose is 20 mg/kg/day, divided every 12 hours. What is the per-dose amount?
• A microdrip set delivers 60 gtt/mL. If the infusion rate is 30 mL/h, what is the drip rate in gtt/min?
• Which dosage form is administered by mouth?
• The organ primarily involved in First Pass metabolism after oral administration?
• Using a microdrip set of 60 gtt/mL, with an infusion rate of 45 mL/h, what is the drip rate in gtt/min?
• A patient weighs 15 kg and the dose is 0.5 mg/kg every 8 hours. What is the milligrams per dose?
• If a patient weighs 20 kg and the dose is 0.5 mg/kg per dose, how many milligrams per dose?
• What is true about intravenous injections?
• A solution contains 250 mg/5 mL. If 2 mL are administered, what is the mg dose?
• The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 recognizes the USP/NF as what?
• Which term describes drugs dissolved in a vehicle (homogeneous mixture)?
• A 70 kg patient receives a prescribed dose of 40 mg/kg/day, divided q12h. What is the per-dose mg?
• A patient weighs 18 kg and requires a medication at 4 mg/kg/day divided every 8 hours. What is the per-dose amount?
• Phase I trials primarily involve which population?
• A bottle contains 40 mg of drug in 5 mL. What is mg/mL?
• Which dosage form is homogeneous and does not require shaking?
• A patient needs 1.5 g of a drug. The stock solution is 750 mg/2 mL. How many mL are required?
• A solution contains 10% w/v; how many mg per mL does this concentration correspond to?
• Intrathecal injections are injections into what location?
• A 250 mL IV bag contains 0.9% saline. How many grams of NaCl are in the bag?
• Parenteral dosage forms are defined as dosage forms given at sites outside the alimentary tract.
• Which specialized parenteral route involves injection into the epidural space?
• A suspension contains 125 mg/5 mL. How many mL are needed for a 350 mg dose?
• Which of the following is a reason for renewed interest in pharmaceutical compounding?
• What do all parenteral administrations require?
• To deliver 0.25 g using a solution at 10 mg/mL, how many milliliters are needed?
• A patient has a 2% lidocaine solution. How many mg/mL is this?
• What is the parenteral route defined as?
• Convert 4000 mg to g.
• Which term best describes the USP/NF in the context of drug standards?
• If a medication is supplied as 1 mg/mL, how many milliliters are needed for a 2.4 mg dose?
• What is the primary aim of Phase I clinical trials?
• A TPN calculation: Dextrose provides 3.4 kcal/g. If 150 g dextrose per day are required, how many kcal from dextrose?
• An IV bag labeled 50 mg in 250 mL is to be infused at 25 mL/h. What is the rate in mg/h?
• Which dosage form is suitable for rectal administration?
• IND stands for ...
• How many common parenteral routes are listed, and what are they?
• A 100 mL bottle contains 60 mg of drug. What is the concentration in mg/mL?
• Which statement describes a disadvantage of the parenteral route of administration?
• A solution is diluted from 1:40. If you use 2 mL of stock to make 80 mL final, how much diluent is needed?
• A 50 mg tablet is available, but the dose ordered is 25 mg. How many tablets should be given?
• A medication comes as 0.8 mg/mL. How many mL are required for a 2.4 mg dose?
• Which prefix means 'outside'?
• A bottle contains 50 mg/mL of a drug. The prescribed dose is 0.25 g. How many milliliters should be administered?
• A drug is supplied as 5 mg/mL. The prescribed dose is 15 mg. How many mL should be given?
• Capsule description: which statement is true?
• NDA stands for?
• What is the correct order of the drug approval process?
• Which term describes a solid drug product dispersed in a suitable vehicle and must be shaken well before each use to distribute the drug evenly in each dose?
• Intra-arterial injections are typically used for what purpose?
• A dose is 0.5 g to be given every 8 hours. How many milligrams per dose?
• Which statement best describes Authorized Generic Product compared to Ordinary Generic Product?
• A patient is to receive 0.25 g every 6 hours. How many milligrams per dose?
• A patient weighs 22 kg. The dose is 1.5 mg/kg, given every 8 hours. Per-dose mg?
• Which description best matches the characteristics of suspensions?
• Phase II trials involve administering to which group?
• Drug Formulation/Formula refers to?
• The prefix para- means outside.
• An infusion is ordered at 75 mL/h. The IV solution contains 250 mg per 100 mL. What is the infusion rate in mg per hour?
• If 1 liter of a TPN solution provides 1800 kcal, how many kcal are provided by 500 mL?
• If a dosage is 40 mg/m^2 and the BSA is 0.6 m^2, what is the mg dose?
• Using Mosteller's formula, height 120 cm and weight 30 kg. What is the body surface area in m^2?
• Which statement best describes the current role of USP and NF?
• What is required to approve and market a pharmaceutical product?
• A medication is supplied as 10 mg/mL. To deliver 0.75 mL, what is the mg dose?
• A medication is supplied as 1 mg/mL. If you need 0.25 mg, how many mL are required?
• The order is 0.05 g of drug. The solution is 2 mg/mL. How many mL are required?
• Which describes solids already suspended in a suitable liquid medium?
• Phase IV investigations are typically described as?
• Which statement describes a sublingual tablet?
• Phase III trials involve approximately how many participants?
• A patient weighing 8 kg is prescribed 0.2 mg/kg. What is the dose in mg?
• Which route of administration is injectable?
• Preclinical studies are done where?
• In parenteral terminology, which term is used for a liquid preparation vial?
• Brand Drug Products differ from Generics primarily in what aspect?
• When are studies performed pre-NDA?
• Which statement describes an advantage of sublingual and buccal route administration?
• Why do we care about Phase IV of the Clinical Trials?
• Intra-arterial injections are injections into what location?
• Which route is commonly used for TB skin testing?
• Which is NOT a goal of dosage forms?
• What does the label 'for Injectable Suspension' indicate?
• Inactive ingredients are best described as:
• A capsule is best described as which dosage form?
• Which statement describes an advantage of the parenteral route of administration?
• What does NDA stand for?
• Which describes a drug substance that is pre-dissolved or dispersed in a suitable medium and is usually cloudy looking (example: propofol)?
• What must be submitted before a drug can be tested in humans for the first time?
• A 5% w/v solution contains how many grams per 100 mL?
• What molecular weight threshold distinguishes small molecules from biologics?
• A patient is prescribed 3 mL of a solution that contains 250 mg/5 mL. What is the mg dose?
• Inactive ingredients are best described as:
• A patient needs 2 L of fluid to be infused over 24 hours. What is the infusion rate in mL/h?
• A dose is ordered as 50 mg/m^2. For a child with BSA 0.8 m^2, what is the mg dose?
• Phase III trials are characterized by what scale?
• A patient needs 600 mL over 24 hours. What is the hourly rate in mL/h?
• Which statement is a disadvantage of the oral route of administration?
• What describes the oral route of drug administration?
• Which act is associated with recognizing USP/NF as official drug standards?
• Which parenteral route would you use to deliver medicine into the joint space?
• Where are subcutaneous injections given?
• A bottle contains 15 mg of drug in 3 mL. What is mg/mL?
• Which method administers medication to the stomach via a tube through the nose?
• Phase II trials are designed to determine which of the following?
• A bag has 1000 mL of a solution. If a patient requires 150 mL/hour, how many hours will the bag last?
• Drug is defined as a substance intended for use in the diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, cure, or prevention of disease in humans or animals.
• Biologics are large molecules with 900 Daltons and up, made in bacteria, plant, or animal cells using recombinant DNA technology.
• A stock solution has a concentration of 200 mg/mL. To prepare a final solution of 50 mg/mL in a final volume of 500 mL, how many milliliters of stock are required?
• When the National Formulary existed as a single book, what did it include as extras compared with the USP?
• Which statement describes a disadvantage of sublingual and buccal route administration?
• A patient weighs 50 kg and requires 1 mg/kg/day, given in two equal doses. Daily dose mg?
• Which term best describes a compound that becomes active after transformation in the body?
• Drug Formulation/Formula describes which aspect of a drug product?
• A patient is prescribed 0.9 mg/kg/day, weight 14 kg. Daily dose mg?
• A 1 L bag is to be infused over 8 hours. What is the hourly rate in mL/h?
• If you have 24 mL of a solution with a concentration of 2.5 mg/mL, how many milligrams are present?
• First Pass Effect is defined as?
• Using the Mosteller formula, BSA = sqrt((height cm × weight kg)/3600). What is the BSA for height 110 cm and weight 22 kg?
• A drug is prepared as a 3% w/v solution. How many grams are in 150 mL?
• Which statement is NOT an advantage of parenteral administration?
• Which route avoids first-pass metabolism and can be used in unconscious patients?
• Which of the following lists the four major routes of drug administration?
• A vial contains 100 mg of drug in 2 mL solvent. What is the concentration in mg/mL?
• What are the three specialized parenteral routes?
• Which activity is typical of compounding?
• Which term describes a low molecular weight of less than 900 Daltons, usually most drugs are this?
• A 1 L bag of 0.9% saline. How many grams of NaCl are in the bag?
• A preparation requires 2.5 mg per mL. If you need 60 mg, how many milliliters should you measure?
• Phase IV of Clinical Trials refers to which activity?
• Authorized Generic Product is made by original brand-name drug company but does not use the brand name, usually used so it can be sold before the patent expiry.
• Emulsions are best described as drugs presented in a mixture of water and oil. Which choice reflects this definition?
• If 200 mL of a 3 mg/mL solution is prepared, how many milligrams are in the container?
• Parenteral products must be sterile. Which statement supports this requirement?