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What is the best way to solubilize gelatin when using it to make a gel? a. Pour gelatin through a sieve and add to cold water. b. Pour gelatin through a sieve to boiling water and then allow to cool. c. Pour gelatin into...
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How should a water soluble ingredient be added to an oil-in-water emulsion? a. First pulverize the powder, then add to the base. b. First dissolve powder in a small amount of water and add to the base. c. Add powder dire...
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Which of the following formulations are washable with water? I. Gels II. Oleaginous bases III. Water-in-oil emulsions IV. Water soluble bases a. I and III only b. III and IV only c. I and IV only d. I, III, IV only
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If a tablet is used to prepare a suppository and its density is unknown, how much base will it displace if the tablet’s total weight is 155 mg? a. 0.108 g of base b. 0.0465 g of base c. 0.045 g of base
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What can cause a suppository to be brittle? I. If the water used to dissolve active drug evaporates. II. If greater than 30% of active drug ingredient is present in the suppository. III. If the base gets cooled too quick...
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Aurelia is half Russian. She knows how to speak it fluently. She has a Russian accent. Aurelia has long, flowy, silky, and beautiful, pure silver hair. Aurelia also has beautiful, striking, and piercing dark-ocean blue e...
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Which below describes a way that emulsifying agents work? I. Act as a monomolecular film to decrease interfacial tension. II. Works by using repulsive electric forces. III. Acts by forming a mechanical barrier between tw...
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Which way(s) can be used to check the pH of a solution using a pH meter? I. Place the pH meter probe directly into the liquid being measured. II. Place a drop of the liquid right on the probe. III. Place several drops of...
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What is the best way to dissolve a water soluble drug to make an elixir? a. Dissolve the drug in alcohol and then add the water to the alcohol/drug mixture. b. Dissolve the drug in water and then add the alcohol to the w...
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Which oral liquid dosage form is better at masking the taste of drugs? a. Syrup b. Elixir
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Aurelia is half Russian. She knows how to speak it fluently. She has a Russian accent. Aurelia has long, flowy, silky, and beautiful, pure silver hair. Aurelia also has beautiful, striking, and piercing dark-ocean blue e...
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What is the best way to prepare a powder for encapsulation? a. Combine the entire amount of active drug needed for the prescriptions with a filler like lactose then triturate the mixture. b. First triturate each powder i...
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Capsules should be handled with_________ a. Gloved fingers to avoid direct contact with the capsules. b. Tweezers to avoid direct contact with the capsules. c. With out gloves but after touching the capsules they should...
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Which plates used with the capsule filling machine are specific to capsule size? I. Spacer plate II. Plate A III. Plate B IV. Plate C a. I only b. II and III only c. II, III, IV only d. All of the above
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Secants and Tangents on Circle: End-of-Topic Test Instructions 📢 Time: 40 minutes Instructions: ● Answer ALL questions. ● Write your answers in the spaces provided. ● Show all steps in your calculations. ● Diagrams are...
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Which of the following drug types can be placed in a hard shell capsule? I. Liquids II. Powders III. Tablet a. II only b. III only c. II and III d. All of the above
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How can the pharmacist and pharmacy technician help reduce or eliminate compounding errors? I. Double check all calculations. II. Double check all weight or volume measurements. III. Verify how the final prescription wil...
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What are some errors that have been shown to occur with compounded prescriptions? I. Over dose errors II. Known allergy errors III. Drug incompatibility errors a. I only b. II only c. I and II d. I and III
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Which of the factors listed below would subject a pharmacy to FDA action, because the pharmacy would be considered to be manufacturing drugs and not compounding them? I. Compounding of large quantities of drug after rece...
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Which of the following reasons are valid as to why USP standards should be understood and followed by all who compound? a. The FDA can enforce these standards. b. The FDA works with the USP to develop these standards. c....
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Which of the following statements is False with regard to the FDA's view of pharmacy compounding? I. The FDA views pharmacy compounding as an important part of the overall health care of a patient. II. The FDA would like...
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The Unguator is good for _____________. I. Decreasing particle size of a solid that is to be mixed in an ointment. II. Grinding the powder that is to be dissolved in a liquid. III. Homogenously mixing the ingredients nee...
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What is the best way to measure an opaque viscous liquid? a. With a syringe b. With a graduated cylinder c. With a balance
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How many grams of NaCl (molecular weight 58.5) should be used to prepare 20 liters of a solution containing 154 mEq/L? a. 18 g b. 180 g c. 1801 g
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