1. What do you call a drug product that is A.

Sifting
designed to contain a specified quantity of B. Trituration
medication and a number of nontherapeutic C. Tumbling
ingredients? D. Geometric Dilution

A. Drug 7. These are locally applied, nontoxic powders that

B. Dosage Form have no systemic action.
C. Drug Delivery System
D. Excipient A. Douche powders
B. Dusting powders
2. Which of the following cosmetics is regulated as C. Dentifrices
a drug product? D. Insufflations

A. Hair colors 8. The type of powder paper that is most suitable

B. Lipsticks for hygroscopic or deliquescent materials:
C. Mouthwashes
D. Wet wipes A. Vegetable parchment paper
B. Waxed paper
3. Which of the following drug products provide C. Bond paper
systemic effects? D. Glassine paper

A. Kamillosan spray ® 9. The following are the advantages of granules

B. Betadine solution ® over powders, EXCEPT:
C. Vaseline petroleum jelly ®
D. Lanoxin elixir ® A. Better flow property
B. More easily wetted by liquids
4. How is a powder composed of particles that all C. More stable to humidity
pass through a No. 8 sieve classified? D. More tendency to cake or harden - less

A. Coarse powder 10. Too much of this excipient in the formulation

B. Fine powder causes effervescent granules to easily crumble:
C. Very fine powder
D. Very coarse powder A. Sodium carbonate
B. Sodium bicarbonate
5. A method of preparing powders which may be C. Citric acid
employed both to comminute and mix the D. Tartaric acid
ingredients; for comminution purposes, a
porcelain or Wedgewood mortar with a rough 11. These are tablets designed to pass unchanged
inner surface is preferred. through the stomach to the intestines, where the
tablets disintegrate:
A. Trituration
B. Levigation A. Enteric-coated tablets
C. Pulverization by Intervention B. Sugar Coated tablets
D. Geometric Dilution C. Layered tablets
D. Compression-coated tablets
6. A method of preparing powders that consists of
enclosing the powder in a large container, which 12. The following are the types of tablets that can
rotates and mixes the powder ingredients. avoid first-pass effect, EXCEPT:
 A. Buccal tablets
B. Sublingual tablets 18. Which suppository base is most frequently
C. Rapidly disintegrating tablets used in the preparation of rectal suppositories?
D. None of the above
A. Cocoa butter
13. These are small, usually cylindrical molded or B. Wecobee
compressed tablets, containing small amounts of a C. Polyethylene glycol
potent drug: D. Glycerinated gelatin

A. Dispensing tablets 19. Which statement/s about vaginal tablets and

B. Hypodermic tablets implants is/are NOT correct?
C. Compounding tablets
D. Tablet triturates A. Vaginal tablets are inserted using an
applicator while the patient lies on her back.
B. Implants are short-acting drug delivery
14. Type A gelatin is mainly made from _____ via systems that provide rapid release of the
_____ hydrolysis. API - long acting
C. Both A and B
A. bovine bones; acid D. NOTA
B. pork skin; acid
C. bovine bones; alkaline 20. Which type of ointment base is anhydrous and
D. pork skin; alkaline forms an occlusive film on the skin?

15. The following statements BEST describe hard A. Oleaginous

gelatin capsules, EXCEPT: B. Absorption
C. Water-removable
A. Also known as two-piece capsules D. Water-soluble
B. May contain SO2, to prevent photolysis -
oxidation
C. Become brittle in an environment of extreme 21. Classify the following ointment base:
dryness Hydrophilic Ointment, USP
D. No. 000 is the largest size that can be
swallowed by humans A. Oleaginous
B. Absorption
16. This drug delivery system achieves slow C. Water-removable
release of drug over an extended period of time: D. Water-soluble

A. Delayed release 22. Classify vanishing cream as semi solid base.

B. Immediate release
C. Sustained release A. W/O emulsifiable base
D. Repeat action B. W/O emulsified base
C. O/W emulsifiable base
17. TRUE about Pessaries: D. O/W emulsified base

A. Also known as urethral suppositories - 23. It is the contraction or shrinkage of gels as a

bougies result of squeezing out of dispersion medium from
B. Usually 32 mm long - Rectal the gel matrix.
C. May be globular, ovoid, or cone-shaped
D. Weigh about 2 g each - 5g A. Syneresis
 B. Imbibition A. Androderm ®
C. Swelling B. Transderm Scop ®
D. Thixotropy C. ClimaraⓇ
D. DuragesicⓇ
24. A solid or semisolid mass supplied on a
backing material and intended to provide 30. The following are the advantages of
prolonged contact with the skin. pharmaceutical solutions over solid dosage forms,
EXCEPT:
A. Plaster
B. Poultice A. Easier to swallow
C. Pledget B. More quickly effective
D. Paste C. Less prone to microbial growth
D. Easier to adjust dose
25. How many percent of gelatin is present in
glycerogelatin? 31. Which of the following terms is used to
describe the solubility of methylparaben if 1 part
A. 40% of it dissolves in 500 parts of water?
B. 35%
C. 15% A. Freely soluble
D. 10% B. Sparingly soluble
C. Soluble
26. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of D. Slightly soluble
transdermal drug delivery systems?
32. The following methods are used to obtain
A. Useful for drugs with narrow therapeutic Purified Water USP, EXCEPT:
indices
B. Non-invasive A. ion-exchange treatment
C. Avoids the gastrointestinal tract B. Distillation
D. Larger doses can be administered C. Reverse osmosis
D. None of the above
27. This type of transdermal system is designed to
contain a drug reservoir or pouch and a rate- 33. For OTC oral products intended for children
controlling membrane. under 6 years of age, the recommended alcohol
content limit is:
A. Membrane-controlled
B. Monolithic A. 0.5%
C. Adhesive-type B. 1%
D. Plaster C. 5%
D. 10%
28. TDDSS may be constructed of a number of
layers, EXCEPT: 34. Glycerin is used in a wide variety of
pharmaceutical formulations as a/an:
A. a release liner
B. a seal coating A. solvent
C. an adhesive layer B. humectant
D. a drug reservoir C. antimicrobial preservative
D. viscosity-increasing agent
29. The first TDDS developed: E. all of the above
35. The following solutions are classified as C. Spirit
aqueous solutions, EXCEPT: D. Fluid Extract

A. White Flower ® embrocation

B. Diluted hydrochloric acid 40. The following are example of tinctures,
C. Listerine ® mouthwash EXCEPT:
D. Fleet enema
A. Green soap
36. The following solutions are used as topical B. Povidone iodine
anti-infective agent, EXCEPT: C. Compound benzoin
D. Paregoric
A. Limewater - Ca(OH)₂ : astringent
B. Agua oxinada 41. The following statements best describe the
C. Thimerosal differences between elixirs and spirits, EXCEPT:
D. Betadine
A. The percentage of alcohol is lower in elixirs
37. Select the statement that BEST describes than in spirits
syrups as diluting agents.
B. Elixirs typically contain sweetening agents
A. Syrups are useful as diluting agents for while spirits do not
water-insoluble drugs - water soluble C. Elixirs are less viscous than spirits - more
B. To make 1 L of simple syrup, you need to D. Elixirs are used internally only while spirits
dissolve 650 g sucrose in a sufficient can be used internally or externally
quantity of water - 850 g
C. Glycyrrhiza Syrup is an excellent vehicle 42. The following statements correctly describe
for saline substances. fluidextracts, EXCEPT:
D. Eriodictyon Syrup is the diluting agent of
choice for masking the taste of urea - A. Contain alcohol as solvent, preservative, or
alkaloids both
B. Prepared by decoction - percolation
38. A viscous oral liquid that contains one or more C. Each mL contains 1 g of the standard drug
active ingredients dissolved in a suitable base that D. Their use per se is almost nonexistent in
generally contains a higher concentration of sugar medical practice
or other sugars.
43. These preparations were once called
A. Jelly "embrocations" which may be alcoholic or oil
B. Honey based solutions that are rubbed onto the affected
C. Syrup area.
D. Mucilage
E. Linctus A. Liniments
B. Pyroxylin
39. Select the oral dosage form which is a clear, C. Oleovitamins
flavored oral liquid containing one or more active D. Collodions
ingredients dissolved in a suitable base that
contains a high proportion of sucrose and may 44. A method of drug extraction where the
also contain ethanol (95%) or a diluted ethanol. properly comminuted drug is permitted to soak in
the menstruum, and repeatedly agitated for 3 days
A. Elixir or until the soluble matter is dissolved.
B. Tincture
 A. Decoction
B. Digestion
C. Infusion
D. Maceration
E. Percolation

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