ENGLISH FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES – CREDITS 7 & 8

VIETNAM UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINE

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES – ENGLISH GROUP
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SAMPLE TEST 3

I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences.

1. In phase II trials, testing determines the safety and …………… of the drug in treating the condition and
…………… the minimum and maximum effective dose.
A. efficient/ establish B. effect/ established
C. efficacy/ establishes D. efficacious/ establish
2. An adverse event is any …………… medical occurrence in a patient or clinical trial subject…………… a
medicinal product has been administered.
A. normal / before B. abnormal/ after
C. abnormally / during D. normally / when
3. Many people don’t realize that animal trials ……………… by law, before testing in humans can
……………
A. is required / take part B. are required/ take place
C. were required/ take place D. was required/ take part
4. In a controlled study, one group of test subjects is exposed to the substance, while the …………… is not.
A. treatment group B. uncontrol group
C. experimental group D. control group
5. In truth, clinical trials are mainly aimed at answering ……………… questions.
A. statistical B. scientific C. clinical D. preclinical
6. In general, their goal is to gather statistics to determine whether an ……………… drug is safe and effective.
A. experimental B. investigational
C. formulated D. Both A and B are correct
7. …………… is an adverse event that threatens life, requires or prolongs hospitalization, or results in
………
A. Serious adverse reaction /dead B. Serious adverse reaction/ death
C. Serious adverse event/ dead D. Serious adverse event/ death
8. Adverse reaction refers to all …………… responses to an investigational medicinal product related to any
dose administered.
A. normal and intended B. abnormal and intended
C. normal and unintended D. abnormal and unintended
9. There are many rules that people who work in pharmaceutical companies have to follow and they are
regularly checked by the …………….
A. regulatory authorities B. QA department
C. administrative department D. R&D
10. Lab technicians perform tests on the ……………. using in drugs to make sure they ……………. the high-
quality specifications.
A. abnormal substances/ see B. placebo/ watch
C. raw materials/ meet D. active ingredients/ have
11. During production, samples are taken at critical stages and ……………. to make sure, for example, that no
……………. has occurred.
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A. tested/ contamination B. taken/ uncleanning

C. held/ side effect D. had/ effervescent
12. A few years ago, a mother was convicted of ……………. leading to her son’s death. It was claimed that he
had died from a pain ……………. overdose.
A. carefulness/ medical B. ignorance/ drug
C. forgetting/ medicine D. negligence/ medication
13. Fake drugs may contain a ……………. placebo; a lower concentration of the same active ingredient; a
similar but different substance or a totally different, potentially dangerous …………….
A. worthless / substance B. active/ tablet
C. worth/ excipient D. normal/ ingredients
14. With the advent of online pharmacies, open borders and ……………. chemical laboratories all over the
world, the number of counterfeit drugs is on …………….
A. out of controlled/ the raise B. controlled/ the rise
C. under-controlled/ the raise D. uncontrolled/ the rise
15. Because of increasing the number of counterfeit drugs, some countries are passing ……………. regulations
and ……………. tagging systems to help trace the sources.
A. strictly/ applying B. strictlier/ adding
C. stricter /implementing D. stricter/ implicating

II. Read the sentence and decide if it is True (T) or False (F) by choosing the answer A
or B.

1. The results of clinical testing which used by experts in pharmaceutical method to determine how to best
formulate the drug for its intended clinical use are called Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC).
A. T B. F preclinical
2. Pharmacovigilance is defined as the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding
and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related problem. Side effects
A. T B. F
3. In a controlled study, test subjects in the treatment group receive the medication under study, whereas the
control group receives either a standard medication or a placebo.
A. T B. F
4. A sticky label is a piece of paper attached with adhesive to the secondary packaging to identify it and give
details concerning its ownership, nature and/or use. primary
A. T B. F
5. The rules of GMP provide a medium standard, which people have to follow during the manufacturing of
pharmaceutical products.
A. T B. F high

III. Read the text and choose the answer A, B, C or D to fill in the blanks with missing
information.

Packaging material use for pharmaceutical products is not only for preventing them but also to indicate
complete detail about the product. Unlike other products, there are certain norms and regulations for packaging
and packing material use in pharmaceutical preparations. Three types of packaging (primary, secondary and

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tertiary packaging) are used to pack medicines and pharmaceutical products. “These” prevent products from
destruction and prevent potency loss or degradation etc.

Primary packaging is most important part of pharmaceutical material packaging. Packaging used should be
neutral and doesn’t show any reaction or interaction with active ingredients or other ingredients of dosage form.
Primary packaging should have many qualities to prevent dosage form during its self-life. “It” should be air
locked and should prevent dosage form from any type of contamination.

1. Packaging material use for pharmaceutical products is for ……………. purposes.

A. two B. three C. four D. five
2. The word “These” in paragraph 1 refers to …………….
A. Pharmaceutical products B. Three types of packaging
C. Medicines D. Pharmaceutical preparations
3. ……………. is most important part of pharmaceutical material packaging.
A. Primary packaging B. Secondary packaging
C. Tertiary packaging D. All are correct
4. Packaging used …………….
A. should be neutral
B. doesn’t show any reaction or interaction with active ingredients or other ingredients of dosage form
C. Both A and B are correct D. Either A or B is correct
5. The word “it” in the last sentence refers to …………….
A. important part B. reaction
C. interaction D. Primary packaging

IV. Read the text below and choose ONE suitable word from the given ones to fill in
each numbered blank.

healthcare Experienced process marketed benefits

during pharmacovigilance numbers which rare

Drug safety, also known as (1) …pharmacovigilance……………, is the science of detection, assessment,
understanding and prevention of side effects (2) ……which………… allows us to understand more about the
risks and (3) ……benefits………… of a medicine.
Drug safety scientists collect and evaluate information from patients and (4) ……healthcare…………
professionals to try and identify new information about the use of medicines and any side effects (5) ……
experienced………… by patients.
Safety monitoring of medicines is a continuous (6) ………process………, it is performed (7) ……
during………… clinical trials when medicines are developed, once medicines are launched and throughout the
entire period where a medicine is available for patients to use. Medicines are often taken by large (8) ………

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numbers……… of people and side effects that are (9) …rare…………… can sometimes only be detected
once a medicine has been (10) ……marketed………….