PTCB Study Guide Version 2

PTCB Study Guide Version 2
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PTCB Study Guide Version 2
1. Which of the following is the best definition for a brand name?
Answer: Assigned bythe drug manufacturer and is protected through a patent
2. A patient has anxiety.Which medication would likely be prescribed for thiscondition?
Answer: Alprazolam
3. A Patient is being changed from a quinolone antibiotic to a macrolideantibiotic.What will
the suffix of this medication likely be?
Answer: -mycin
4. Which of the following is not a class of HIV medication therapy?
Answer: Antiprotozoals
5. A patient is cautioned that the medication she was prescribed might cause nephrotoxicity,
ototoxicity, tinnitus, and even permanent deafness. What class of antibiotic was this patient
prescribed?
Answer: Aminoglycosides
6. Which of the following medications is not a SSRI antidepressant?
Answer: alprazolam
7. Which of the following mechanisms of action is correctly matched to itsantibiotic class?
Answer: Penicillins prevent bacteria from forming a cell wall
8. All of the following have to do with isotretinoin except
Answer: indicated for multiplemyeloma
9. Which of the following drugs would be classified as a Schedule I under DEAguidelines?
Answer: Psilocybin
10. Places ephedrine, pseudo ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine in the Controlled
Substances Act category schedules listed chemical products de-scribes a provision of which
law or amendment?
Answer: Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005
11. All of the following describe provisions of the durham-humphrey act except
Answer: regulated the use of patient information
12. The poison prevention packaging act of 1970 requires most OTC and legend drugs be
packaged in a child resistant container, which cannot beopened by % of children but by
% of adults
Answer: 80,90