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Pharm Antibiotics Mcqs
Pharm Antibiotics Mcqs
a. Most penicillins only cross the blood brain barrier when the meninges are
inflamed.
b. Penicillins don’t require dosage adjustment in renal failure
c. Penicillins inhibit cross linkage of peptidoglycans in the cell wall
d. Piperacillin is a penicillin active against pseudomonas
e. Only about 5 to 10% of people with a past history of penicillin allergy
have a reaction on re exposure
2. Ciprofloxacin
3. Resistance to B lactams
4. Macrolides
5. Flucloxacillin
a. Norfloxacillin
b. Chloramphenicol
c. Trimethoprim
d. Rifampicin
e. Sulfasalazine
a. Cefaclor
b. Ceftazidime
c. Cephalexin
d. Cefotaxime
e. Cephalothin
a. Hepatitis
b. Peripheral neuropathy
c. Retrobulbar neuritis
d. Decreased phenytoin metabolism – increased phenytoin blood levels /
toxicity
e. CNS toxicity
10. Vancomycin
a. 90% of vancomycin is excreted by glomerular filtration
b. Inhibits proteinsynthesis in bacteria
c. Is bactericidal against gram negative bacilli
d. Is well absorbed from the GIT
e. One adverse reaction to infusions of vancomycin is the “blue man”
syndrome
13. Chloramphenicol
14. Spironolactone
1. B
2. E
3. A
4. C
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. A
9. C
10. A
11. E
12. C
13. D
14. A
15. E
Physiology MCQS – Revision Chapter one
27/01/04
8. In regard to pH
11. Regarding basic physiological measures – all of the following are true EXCEPT
13. Regarding the comparison of ECF with CSF – all of the following are true
EXCEPT
14. Which of the following does NOT act via an intracellular receptor?
a. Cortisol
b. Thyroxine
c. ANP
d. Aldosterone
e. Retinoic acid
1. A
2. E
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. B
8. E
9. E
10. A
11. D
12. A
13. B
14. C
15. B
1. All of the following antibiotics bind to the 50S subunit of the ribosome thereby inhibiting
proteinsynthesis EXCEPT
a. Chloramphenicol
b. Erythromycin
c. Linezolid
d. Doxycycline
e. Clindamycin
2. Pharmacokinetics of doxycycline
a. Penicillin
b. Trimethoprim
c. Chloramphenicol
d. Ciprofloxacin
e. Gentamicin
a. Hepatitis
b. Peripheral neuropathy
c. Retrobulbar neuritis
d. ↓ Phenytoin metabolism → ↑ Phenytoin blood levels and toxicity
e. CNS toxicity
6. Regarding fluoroquinolones
7. Vancomycin
9. The fluoroquinolones
10. Clindamycin
a. Ceftazidime
b. Cephalothin
c. Cefotaxime
d. Cefaclor
e. Cephalexin
12. The cephalosporin with the highest activity against gram positive cocci is
a. Cefaclor
b. Cephalothin
c. Cefuroxime
d. Cefepime
e. Cefotaxime
a. Penicillin ix excreted into breast milk to levels 3-15% of those present in the serum
b. Absorption of amoxyl is impaired by food
c. Benzathine penicillin is given PO
d. Penicillins are 90% excreted by glomerular filtration
e. Dosage of nafcillin should be adjusted in the presence of renal failure
14. Rifampicin
a. Penicillin
b. Chloramphenicol
c. Ciprofloxacin
d. Cefoxitin
e. Tobramycin
18. Half life of amphotericin B is
a. 2 seconds
b. 20 minutes
c. 2 hours
d. 2 weeks
e. 2 months
19. Regarding antiseptic agents – all of the following are true EXCEPT
20. Ciprofloxacin
21. Flucloxacillin
22. Aminoglycosides
a. Sulphonamides
b. Penicillin
c. Fluoroquinolones
d. Macrolides
e. Trimethoprim
24. Regarding antivirals
1. d
2. c
3. d
4. e
5. c
6. e
7. e
8. e
9. a
10. b
11. d
12. b
13. a
14. c
15. c
16. d
17. b
18. d
19. a
20. d
21. c
22. b
23. d
24. e
25. c