1- Given a Rx and the signature is: Start 40mg and decrease 5mg everyday until finish.

How many days the patient will take to finish this Rx.
A) 8 days

B)7 days
C) 6 days
D) 5 days
E) 4 days
2- Pharmacy manager provides a stock solution of 1:750 and would like you to prepare
60mls ofl:l0.000,
how much you need to use oftbe stock solution?
A)2.4mls
B) 4.6m1s
C) 1.3mls
D) 46mls
E)0.46mls
3- At TIPS a clinical trials study was conducted over 2 years for a new drug, resulted 5%
of positive study samples. During this study only 3% placebo samples resulted positive
study samples. The relative risk reduction resulted with the new drug over the study
period is:
A) 100,10
B) 20%
C) 30%
D) 400.10
E) 50%
4- At TIPS a clinical trials study was conducted over 3 years for side effect of a drug A,
resulted 2.00,10of adverse effects. Patient who received a better; drug B resulted 1.8% of
same adverse effects. Based on these results, what is the minimmn number of patients
that would have to receive the drug B for 3 years to show this adverse effect in at least
one patient.
A) 250 patients
B) 500 patients
C) 750 patients
D) 1000 patients
D) 100 patients

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5- Using the Hasselbach-Handerson equation, calclllate the fraction of aspirin ionized at

given pKa is 5.6, and"pH 8.6?
a) 80% ionized
b) 9()O,/o
ionized
c) 99% ionized
d) 99.9% ionized
e) l000!ctionized
6- Dissociation factor (i) plays an important role in determining the contribution of a
substaDce towards isotonicity. If it is assumed that HCI undergoes 800,/0dissociation, what
will be its dissociation factor?
a) 2.3
b) 32

c) 6.1
d) 3.6
e) 1.6

7- How many mEq of magnesium sulfate are represented in 1.0 g of anhydroUs

Magnesium sulfate.
,
A20mEq
a. '1
B.I.OmEq
.~ L.
C.16.7 mEq
b '1
D.IOmEq
E.I.5 mEq

8- Pharmacy manager provided alcohol 95% and asked to prepare 60mI of alcohol 12%.
How much o! alcohol 95% you should used to make this new concentration of alcohol?
a) 4.32ml
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b)7.57mI
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c) 8.64mI
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d) 6.0mI
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e)6.57mI
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9-Pharmacy manager provided you ZnCI2 0.7%, phenilephrine 0.1 % and boric acid 1.1%
with E values 0.16,0.32 and 0.5 respectively. This solution will be:
a) Isotonic
b) Hypertonic
c) Hypotonic
d) Iso-osmotic
e) Isotonicity cannot be finding.

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10- A patient brought a prescription with the following signature: Start with double dose
of 5ml, than take 2.5mls BID for 7 days. How many ml ofamoxicillin suspension should
be dispensed to this patient:
a) 30m1s
b) 35mls
c) 40mls
d) 45mls
e) 50m1s
11- Rx; Prednisone 5mg
Start 40mg and decrease 5mg everyday until finish.
How many tablets should be dispensed?
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a) 30 tablets
b) 35 tablets
~) 36 tablets
d) 40 tablets
e) 12 tablets
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12- A metered dose inhaler contains 120 doses. How many days the patient will take to
finish the entire inhaler with this signature: "Use 2 inhalers in each nostril every morning
and at bedtime"
a) 7 days
b) 10 days
c) 20 days
d) 15 days
e}30days

13- What is the minimum quantity that can be weight on balance with sensitivity
requirements of 15mg of a 5% error is permissible
a)l00mg
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b) 200mg
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c)300mg
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d) 400mg
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e) 500mg
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14- What is the sensitivity of a balance that can weight 120mg of a substance and has a '
permissible error of 5%?
.
a)6mg
b) 16mg
c) 66mg
d) 26mg
e) 1.6mg

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1:750 = 0.13%
1:10.000 '= 0.01%

Cl . VI = C2 . V2
0.13 x VI = 0.01 x 60
O.13V= 0.6
.

Relative Risk Reduction = Benefit p!#ent - Placebo X 100 .

Benefit Patient
RRR = 5 - 3/.5 => 2 /5 = 0.4 x 100 = 40010
0.2%-.---1000.10
1patientX = 500 patients
% Drug

ionized

= 100

J .
99.90,4

1+10 charge(pH-pKa)

Dissociation factor ofHCI = H(l) (800.10)+

Cl(l) = 2 .
2

-----1()()Oft.

X------800ft.

7-D
8- B

CI x VI

= C2 x V2

1.8
95 x VI

:l. . :;;. 1.-:- -0/

1f1J%VOt.

l ~" fI
12 x 60 - VI

0.7 x 0.16 + 0.1 x 0.32 +. 1.1 x 0.5

100
100
100
NaCI = 0.9 = 0.009 > 0.00694 = Hypotonic
100

= 7.57m!

= 0..00112 + 0.000~2 + 0.9055

= 0.0()694
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"Two inhalers in each nostril every morning and at bedtime"

2
x
2 nostril
x 2 (moming+night) = 8 doses daily
120 doses -:-8 doses daily = 15 days supply
SR = Weight x Error -

14- A

SR = Weight x Error -

15 = weight x.....i- = 300mg

100
SR = 120mg x 5 = 6mg
100

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