2001 Pharmacology Mcqs
2001 Pharmacology Mcqs
2001 Pharmacology Mcqs
2 Heparin:
3 Volume of distribution:
e) AUC
dose
4 Aspirin:
5 Amiodarone:
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d) increases peripheral resistance
e) has little effect on the lung
6 Tricyclic antidepressants:
7 Regarding diazepam:
8 Atropine:
a) most penicillins only cross blood-brain barrier when the meninges are
inflamed
b) penicillins don’t require adjustment in renal failure
c) penicillins inhibit cross linkage of peptidoglycans in cell wall
d) piperacillin is a penicillin active against pseudomonas
e) only about 5-10% of people with a past history of penicillin allergy have a
reaction on re-exposure
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e) platelet derived growth factor and cytokine receptor
12 Warfarin:
a) is 90% bioavailable
b) inactivates Vit K
c) can cause venous thrombosis
d) loading should be initiated with 0.5mg / day
e) effect is ameliorated by metronidazole via a bactercidal affect
13 Most blockers:
a) carbamazepine
b) digoxin
c) streptomycin
d) methotrexate
e) propylthiouracil
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16 Regarding NSAIDS:
18 Bioavailability is:
19 Dobutamine:
a) prazosin
b) methyldopa
c) hydralazine
d) reserpine
e) iosartan
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21 Haloperidol:
25 Regarding glucocorticoids:
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e) Inhibition of leucocyte and tissue macrophages is not an action of
glucocorticoids
26 Of the secondary messengers:
27 Which of the following are antagonist and agonist pairs for the same
receptor:
a) butoxamine, terbutaline
b) phenyoxybenzamine, cyclopentolate
c) pilocarpine, bethanechol
d) oxymetazoline, dobutamine
e) bromocriptine, pranipexole
29 Cephalosporins are:
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e) atracurium is eliminated via plasma pseudocholinesterases
31 Regarding opioids:
a) drug A with a higher potency can have a lower efficacy than drug B
b) drug A with a higher affinity for its drug receptors have a higher potency
c) drug A with a lower potency must have a lower efficacy than drug B
d) drug A with a higher potency than drug B, can still have the same efficacy
e) none of the above
a) amiodarone
b) disulfiram
c) flucanazole
d) benzodiazepines
e) metronidazole
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36 With regard to oral anti-asthmatic agents:
37 Trimethoprim:
39 Clearance:
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41 The following are side effects of SSRI’s EXCEPT:
a) rash
b) weight gain
c) sexual dysfunction
d) anxiety
e) gastrointestinal symptoms
43 ACE inhibitors:
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Pharmacology MCQ Answers
PEW June 2001
1 C Page
2 E Page , Katzung 7th Edition
3 D Page
4 B Page 580-81, Katzung 7th Edition
5 B Page 233-5, Katzung 8th Edition
6 C Page 493, Katzung
7 B Page 355-363, Katzung 7th Edition
8 A Page 62, Katzung 5th Edition
9 B Page 314-317, Katzung 5th Edition
10 C Page
11 C Page 183,4, Katzung 7th Edition
12 C Page 569-572, Katzung 8th Edition
13 A Page 144-145, Katzung 8th Edition
14 A Page 1036-37, Katzung 8th Edition
15 B Page 976, 979, Katzung 7th Edition
16 D Page 581-586, Katzung 7th Edition
17 B Page 61, Katzung 8th Edition
18 E Page 38-41, Katzung 7th Edition
19 E Page 209, Katzung 8th Edition
20 B Page 156, Katzung 7th Edition
21 B Page
22 E Page 146, Katzung 8th Edition
23 B Page 398, Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 8 th Edition
24 C Page 424, 426-427, Katzung 8th Edition
25 A Page 635-639, Katzung 7th Edition
26 D Page 26, Katzung 7th Edition
27 A Page 95, 118, 131-132, 141, 148, 468, Katzung 8th Edition
28 C Page 186-191, Katzung 7th Edition
29 E Page 317, Katzung 5th Edition
30 A Page 438, Katzung 7th Edition
31 C Page 496-513, Katzung 7th Edition
32 C Page 28, Katzung 7th Edition
33 D Page 425-433, Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 7 th Edition
34 D Page 555, Katzung 7th Edition
35 A Page 42, Katzung 7th Edition
36 C Page 345-6, 666, Katzung 8th Edition
37 B Page
38 B Page 729, Katzung 7th Edition
39 B Page 36-40, Katzung 9th Edition
40 D Page
41 B Page 493, Katzung 7th Edition
42 D Page 405, Katzung 7th Edition
43 D Page 170-171, Katzung 7th Edition
44 E Page 1052, Katzung 7th Edition
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