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A hormone that acts to stimulate absorption of calcium and phosphate from the intestine:
a) Calcium
b) Calcitonin
c) Sodium etidronate
d) Vitamin D
e) Fluoride
Name the drug that has the strongest action in water retention in the body:
a) aldosteron
b) progesterone
c) estradyol
d) cortocosteron
e) testosteron
What drug might be useful for triggering and obtaining labor term?
a) Ergometrine
b) Oxytocine
c) Dinoprost
d) Methylergometrine
e) Quinine
Indicate the mechanism of contraception being based on preparations, which contains estrogen and gestagen:
a) Spermatocidal action
b) Annihilation of spermatozoic activities.
c) Development inhibition of the follicle and implantation disturbances of the fertilized ovary.
d) Cervical liquefaction
e) Contribution to the proliferation of uterine mucosa
Hormones are:
a) Products of endocrine gland secretion
b) Mediators of inflammatory process
c) By-products of tissue metabolism
d) Products of exocrine gland secretion
e) Products of arachydonic acid cascade
How does oxytocin change the sensitivity of the myometrium during the period of pregnancy?
a) decreasing
b) nonessential decreasing
c) no changes
d) nonessential increasing
e) increasing
Excessive doses of thyroid hormone may cause each of the following EXCEPT:
a) angina pectoris
b) cardiac decompensation
c) adrenal insufficiency
d) psychotic behavior
e) constipation
Choose the pair of hormones that have agonistic effects on blood sugar levels:
a) Calcitonin and PTH
b) Adrenalin and Glucagon
c) Glucagon and Glucose
d) ADH and Aldosterone
e) Insulin and Glucagon
Prednisone can determine every side effect listed below but one:
a) Arterial Hypertension
b) Gastroduodenal ulcer
c) Retention of sodium and water
d) Hyperpotassemia
e) Central nervous excitation
Indicate the mechanism of contraception based on preparations, which contains estrogen and gestagen:
a) Spermicide action
b) Annihilation of spermatozoic activities
c) Development inhibition of the follicle and implantation disturbances of the fertilized ovary.
d) Cervical liquefaction
e) Contribution to the proliferation of uterine mucosa
All preparations listed below might be used for local homeostasis but one exception:
a) fibrin
b) phytomenadion
c) thrombin
d) epinephrine
e) thromboplastin
Indicate the topical drug used to stop hemorrhage from little vessels:
a) fitomenadion
b) calcium chloride
c) acetylsalycilic acid
d) trombin
e) fibrinogen
A 26-year-old woman comes to the outpatient clinic with a complain of rapid heart rate and easy fatigability.
Laboratory work up reveals low hemoglobin and microcytic red cell size. The most suitable therapy will be:
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a) ferrous sulfate
b) folic acid
c) iron
d) pyridoxine
e) cyanocobalamin
The drug acts by competitively blocking NaCl cotransporters in the distal tubule:
a) Acetazolamide
b) Furosemide
c) Hydrochlorothiazide
d) Spironolactone
e) Triamteren
The drug acts by competing with aldosterone for its cytosolic receptors:
a) Acetazolamide
b) Furosemide
c) Hydrochlorothiazide
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d) Spironolactone
e) Ethacrinic acid
The drug is a potassium-sparing diuretic that blocks Na+ channels in the collecting tubules:
a) Acetazolamide
b) Amiloride
c) Furosemide
d) Hydrochlorothiazide
e) Indapamid
The drug inhibits the enzyme carbonic anhydrase:
a) Sulthiame
b) Furosemide
c) Hydrochlorothiazide
d) Spironolactone
e) Triamteren
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The drug has a steroid-like structure which is responsible for its anti-androgenic effect:
a) Amiloride
b) Furosemide
c) Hydrochlorothiazide
d) Spironolactone
e) Indapamid
Which of the following diuretics may cause deafness (ototoxicity) in case of an overdose?
a) hydrochlorothiazide
b) furosemide
c) acetazolamide
d) spironolactone
e) triamterene
Diuretics with action in thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle (TAL):
a) chlortalidon + clopamide
b) mannitol, urea
c) spironolactone + amiloride + triamterene
d) furosemide + ethacrine acid + bumetamide
e) cyclopentazide + polythiazide
The drug is sometimes part of fixed-dose combinations used to treat essential hypertension:
a) Hydrochlorothiazide
b) Amiloride
c) Both of the above
d) Neither of the above
e) Their associated administration
Which of the following diuretic groups act above the collecting tube?
a) thiazides
b) loop diuretics
c) carbonic anhydrase inhibitor
d) antialdosteronics
e) osmotic diuretics
The drug inhibits sodium and chloride transport in the early distal tubule:
a) Acetazolamide
b) Furosemide
c) Hydrochlorothiazide
d) Amiloride
e) Manitol
The drug blocks the sodium/potassium/chloride cotransporter in the thick ascending loop of Henle:
a) Acetazolamide
b) Furosemide
c) Hydrochlorothiazide
d) Amiloride
e) Manitol
These agents must be given parenterally because they are not absorbed when given orally:
a) Osmotic diuretics
b) Loop diuretics
c) Thiazide diuretics
d) Potassium-sparing diuretics
e) Thiazide like diuretics
The drug inhibiting the cotransport of sodium, potassium, and chloride in Loop Henle:
a) Torasemid
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b) Acetazolamide
c) Triamterene
d) Manitol
e) Indapamid
The drug acts by competitively blocking NaCl cotransporters in the distal tubule:
a) Ethacrinic acid
b) Furosemide
c) Polythiazide
d) Spironolactone
e) Triamterene
The drug acts by competing with aldosterone for its cytosolic receptors:
a) Acetazolamide
b) Furosemide
c) Hydrochlorothiazide
d) Spironolactone
e) Triamterene
The drug has a steroid-like structure which is responsible for its anti-androgenic effect:
a) Amiloride
b) Furosemide
c) Hydrochlorothiazide
d) Spironolactone
e) Triamterene
The drug can promote sodium loss in patients with low (e.g., 40 ml/min) glomerular filtration rates:
a) Furosemide
b) Acetazolamide
c) Hydrochlorothiazide
d) Spironolactone
e) Amiloride
The drug inhibits sodium and chloride transport in the early distal tubule:
a) Acetazolamide
b) Furosemide
c) Hydrochlorothiazide
d) Amiloride
e) Spironolactone
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The drug blocks the sodium/potassium/chloride cotransporter in the thick ascending loop of Henle:
a) Acetazolamide
b) Furosemide
c) Hydrochlorothiazide
d) Amiloride
e) Spironolactone
The drug competitively blocks chloride channels and prevents movement of sodium, potassium, and chloride into
the renal tubular cells:
a) Furosemide
b) Acetazolamide
c) Triamterene
d) Mannitol
e) Spironolactone
Effective in the treatment of gout by inhibition of the movement of leukocytes into the inflamed joint:
a) Sodium salicylate
b) Acetylcysteine
c) Colchicine
d) Acetaminophen
e) Sulfinpyrazone
Vitamins are:
a) Inorganic nutrients needed in small quantities in the body
b) Organic substances needed in very large quantities in the body
c) An organic compound and a vital nutrient that an organism requires in limited amounts.
d) Products of endocrine gland secretion
e) Any of numerous proteins or conjugated proteins produced by living organisms and functioning as specialized
Antienzymes are:
a) a substance that inhibits or counteracts the action of an enzyme
b) substances that prevent vitamins from exerting their typical metabolic effects
c) any of numerous proteins or conjugated proteins produced by living organisms and functioning as specialized atalysts for
biochemical reactions
d) nonprotein organic substances that usually contain a vitamin or mineral
e) products of endocrine gland secretion
Which of the following vitamins is responsible for increasing intestinal absorption of calcium,:
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a) Vitamin
b) Vitamin A
c) Vitamin D
d) Vitamin E
e) Vitamin B1
Which of the following vitamins can be also synthesized from a dietary precursor?
a) Vitamin
b) Vitamin A
c) Vitamin B1
d) Vitamin B6
e) Vitamin P
Which of the following statements concerning pyridoxine (vitamin B6) functions is true:
a) Active functional form is pyridoxal phosphate, which is an essential coenzyme for transamination and decarboxylation
of amino acids
b) Active group of the coenzymes nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and nicotinamide-adenine phosphate (NADP)
c) Essential constituent of flavoproteins, flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)
d) An extremely important antioxidant, which protects cell membrane lipids from peroxidation by breaking the chain
reaction of free radical formation to which polyunsaturated fatty acids are particularly vulnerable
e) Active functional form is dihydroergocalciferol
The vitamin Folate works together with ______________to produce new red blood cells
a) Vitamin D
b) Vitamin B12
c) Vitamin A
d) Vitamin B6
e) None of the above
Scurvy is:
a) A disease caused by deficiency of vitamin C and characterized by spongy bleeding gums, bleeding under the skin, and
weakness
b) Extreme dryness of the conjunctiva resulting from a disease localized in the eye or from systemic deficiency of vitamin
A
c) A disease caused by deficiency of niacin in the diet
d) All of the answers
e) A disease caused by deficiency of vitamin K
Pellagra is:
a) A disease caused by a deficiency of niacin (vit. PP) in the diet and characterized by skin eruptions, digestive and nervous
system disturbances, and eventual mental deterioration
b) Inflammation of several nerves at one time caused by a deficiency of thiamin, marked by paralysis, pain, and muscle
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wasting.
c) A severe form of anemia most often affecting elderly adults caused by a failure of the stomach to absorb vitamin B12
d) All of the answers
e) A severe form of anemia most often affecting children
Characterize vitamins:
a) are all synthesized in the body
b) provide energy
c) are necessary for proper growth and development
d) all are hormons
e) needed in large amounts
Which of the following vitamins is given along with isoniazide in treatment of tuberculosis?
a) Nicotinic acid
b) Riboflavin
c) Pyridoxine
d) Ascorbic acid
e) Vitamin A
A 30-year-old woman who was suffering from untreatable gastric carcinoma underwent a gastrectomy. A deficiency
of which one of the following vitamins will develop as a result of this procedure and must be treated with?
a) Vitamin B6
b) Vitamin B12
c) Vitamin C
d) Vitamin D
e) Vitamin E
Name ion that helps muscles to contract and relax, thereby helping to regulate heartbeat:
a) Iron
b) Calcium
c) Cobalt
d) Iodide
e) Sulfur
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Question 711 Question 941 part 2
715) What antibiotic should be used for the treatment of fever with unknown origin?
a) *Antibiotics should not be used
b) Cephalosporins
c) Macrolides
d) Aminoglycosides
e) Penicillins
719) A(n) ____ drug will halt bacterial growth but not deplete it, while a(n) ____ drug will kill bacteria:
a) Bactericidal; Antibiotic
b) Antibiotic; Bacteriostatic
c) Bactericidal; Bacteriostatic
d) *Bacteriostatic; Bactericidal
e) Antibiotic; Bactericidal
720) When treating meningitis, one of the steps to achieve the MIC (minimum inhibitory concentration) is by
injecting antibiotic where?
a) Epidural space
b) Subdural space
c) *Subarachnoid space
d) Subpial space
e) Corneal space
722) Penicillin was first discovered when colonies of staphylococci lysed when contaminated with what?
a) Penicillium bacteria
b) Penicillium virus
c) *Penicillium fungi
d) Penicillium parasite
e) Penicillium protozoa
723) Penicillin G is ____ to penicillinase and methicillin is ____ to penicillinase. Both are considered ____ spectrum
antibiotics:
a) Resistant; Sensitive; Narrow
b) Resistant; Sensitive; Broad
c) *Sensitive; Resistant; Narrow
d) Sensitive; Resistant; Broad
e) Resistant; Resistant; Broad
725) Which antibiotic is considered extended-spectrum as it can fight pseudomonal aeroginosa, enterobacter species,
proteus, bacteroids fragilis, and many klebsiella?
a) Oxacillin
b) Ampicillin
c) Amoxicillin
d) Penicillin G
e) *Carbencillin
726) Which next antibiotic would be used to treat Neisseria gonorrhoeae if the patient was allergic to penicillins?
a) Ticarcillin
b) Carbencillin
c) *Ceftriaxone
d) Penicillin G (Benzylpenicillin)
e) Penicillin V
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727) Clavulanate is added to amoxicillin (Augmentin) to protect the drug molecule. This results in a ____
bioavailability and a change from dosage three times a day to ____ times a day. However, this produces a high incidence of
diarrhea:
a) Increase; Four
b) *Increase; Two
c) Decrease; Four
d) Decrease; Two
728) Clavulanic acid and sulbactam ____ antibiotics, and are added to give better ____ properties and effects:
a) Are; Antibacterial
b) Are; Pharmacokinetic
c) Are not; Antibacterial
d) *Are not; Pharmacokinetic
731) Several families of drugs such as penicillins and cephalosporins act to ____ the bacterial ____ and thereby
promoting lysis. The mechanism is through prevention of murein (peptidoglycan) synthesis:
a) Weaken; Cell membrane
b) *Weaken; Cell wall
c) Strengthen; Cell membrane
d) Strengthen; Cell wall
e) Inhibit protein synthesis
732) What is the most frequent side effect, which occurs after administrating of benzyl penicillin?
a) Agranulocytosis
b) Anemia
c) Renal insufficiency
d) *Allergy
e) Dysbacteriosis
733) Severe allergic reactions are more common with what family of drugs?
a) Tetracyclines
b) Macrolides
c) Cephalosporins
d) *Penicillins
e) Sulfonamides
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735) Antibiotic inhibiting bacterial RNA synthesis is:
a) Erythromycin
b) *Rifampicine
c) Chloramphenicol
d) Imipinem
e) Cycloserine
743) Which of the bacteria would not be affected by a second-generation cephalosporin, but would be affected by
ceftazidime?
a) Staphylococcus
b) Streptococcus
c) Listeria
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d) Enterococcus
e) *Pseudomonas
744) Which of cephalosporin generation should be given for gram-negative bacterial meningitis?
a) First-generation cephalosporin
b) Second-generation cephalosporin
c) *Third-generation cephalosporin
d) First-generation cephalosporin, just parenteral drug
e) Cephalosporin should not be given
751) A 2-mo-old male neonate presents with a thick eye discharge. The mother admits to having sexual partners and
complains of a vaginal discharge. Exams of both eyes of infant reveals a thick purulent discharge and conjunctival
congestion and edema. Corneal ulcerations was also noted. Conjunctival swabs on gram staining revealed presence of
gram-negative diplococci and many polymorphonuclear cells. What organism, which can be treated with penicillin G or a
third-generation cephalosporin, is the most likely cause?
a) C. trachomatis
b) T. pallidum
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c) *N. gonorrhea
d) H. ducreyi
e) H. influenza
752) Macrolids are ____ ribosomal subunit inhibitors that are ____ at low concentrations and ____ at high
concentrations:
a) 30s; Bactericidal; Bacteriostatic
b) 30s; Bacteriostatic; Bactericidal
c) 50s; Bactericidal; Bacteriostatic
d) *50s; Bacteriostatic; Bactericidal
753) Although erythromycin is not normally effective with gram-negative bacteria, cell wall deficient forms of E.
coli and Proteus mirabilis (L-forms) are exceptions. These are seen in recurrent:
a) Pneumonia
b) Upper respiratory tract infections
c) *Urinary tract infections
d) Gastroenteritis
e) Endocarditis
754) Name bactericidal antibiotic - the drug of choice for pneumonia caused by H. influenzae?
a) Erythromycin
b) Clarithromycin
c) *Azithromycin
d) Dirithromycin
e) Telithromycin
755) A patient presents with mild symptoms of fever, chills, headache, and coughing. However, they show little sign
of bacterial infection. Lab blood results show infection is present and the physician chooses to use a macrolide antibiotic.
What agent was most likely the cause of the patient's symptoms?
a) Streptococcus pyogenes
b) Streptococcus agalactiae
c) *Mycoplasma pneumoniae
d) Listeria monocytogenes
e) Streptococcus pneumoniae
756) Which of the organs is the main organ for biotransformation of macrolides such as erythromycin (90%) and
clarithromycin?
a) Spleen
b) Kidneys
c) Brain
d) GI tract
e) *Liver
757) An 8-yr-old child presents with pharyngitis and fever of 3 days duration. Microbiology lab confirms translucent
beta-hemolytic colonies. Past history includes a severe allergic reaction to amoxicillin when used for ear infection. Which
one of the ntimicrobial agents as an oral drug is most likely appropriate in terms of both effectiveness and safety?
a) Penicillin G (Benzylpenicillin)
b) Cefaclor
c) Doxycycline
d) Vancomycin
e) *Azithromycin
758) Aminoglycosides are effective only against which of the microbs and are a good choice for septicemia (a serious
toxicity)?
a) Gram-positive aerobic bacteria
b) Gram-positive anaerobic bacteria
c) *Gram-negative aerobic bacteria
d) Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria
e) Just Streptococcus pneumoniae
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759) Aminoglycosides inhibit bacterial protein synthesis through binding to ____ bacterial ribosome subunits. They
cause leakage of intracellular contents and thus are ____:
a) *30s; Bactericidal
b) 30s; Bacteriostatic
c) 50s; Bactericidal
d) 50s; Bacteriostatic
764) Which of the following drugs can be mixed with aminoglycosides, such as for use against Staphylococcus
aureus?
a) Diuretics
b) NSAIDs
c) Cisplatin
d) Amphotericin B
e) *Penicillin G (Benzylpenicillin)
765) Which of the antimicrobial drugs is combined with isoniazid to treat tuberculosis?
a) Neomycin
b) *Streptomycin
c) Amikacin
d) Kanamycin
e) Gentamicin
766) AE is a 75-yr-old man with sepsis resulting from a urinary tract infection. He has allergies to beta-lactam
antibiotics and erythromycim. The result of blood cultures are positive for P. aeroginosa; the urine culture is positive for P.
aeroginosa and E. coli. From aminoglycoside class, which one would you choose?
a) Neomycin
b) Streptomycin
c) Netilmicin
d) Kanamycin
e) *Gentamicin
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767) The most active aminoglycoside against Mycobacterium tuberculosis is:
a) Kanamycin
b) Tobramycin
c) *Streptomycin
d) Amikacin
e) Neomycin
771) Which of the antimicrobial drugs would be used to treat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)?
a) Nafcillin
b) *Vancomycin
c) Gentamycin
d) Erythromycin
e) Clindamycin
772) Penicillin is used in combination with what drug to enhance antibacterial action in the treatment of enterococcal
endocarditis?
a) Sulfonamides
b) Cephalosporins
c) Macrolides
d) *Aminoglycosides
e) Fluoroquinolones
773) Prophylactic penicillin is indicated in patients with rheumatic carditis. If the patient is allergic to penicillin,
which drug should be used?
a) *Sulfonamides
b) Cephalosporins
c) Macrolides
d) Aminoglycosides
e) Fluoroquinolones
787) Which one of the following drugs is most likely to cause loss of equilibrium and ototoxicity?
a) *Canamycin
b) Ethambutol
c) Isoniazid
d) Para-aminosalicylic acid
e) Rifabutin
788) Has the capacity to cause ototoxicity, nephrotoxicity, and neuromuscular blockade:
a) vancomycine
b) augmenthine
c) cefachlor
d) erythromycin
e) *gentamicin
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792) What are the characteristics for lincosamides?
a) broad-spectrum; bactericidal effect.
b) influence predominantly anaerobes, gram negative cocci.
c) broad-spectru; bacteriostatic effect
d) *influence predominantly anaerobes, gram positive cocci
e) gram-negative cocci, gram-positive cocci and gram-negative bacilli.
796) A bacteremic patient is being treated with an antibiotic. Following one week of therapy, this patients develops
severe bone marrow depression resulting in pancytopenia. Which antibiotic is the most likely cause of this patient's toxic
reaction?
a) Doxycycline
b) *Chloramphenicol
c) Azithromycin
d) Gentamycin
e) Ciprofloxacin
797) A one-yr-old baby who has been diagnosed with brain abscess is undergoing an antibiotic treatment. The baby
develops abdominal distention, emesis, and irregular respiration. Name antibiotic that is the most likely cause of this baby's
toxic reaction?
a) Oxytetracycline
b) Amikacin
c) Clarithromycin
d) Sparfloxacin
e) *Chloramphenicol
798) Tetracyclines, such as doxycycline, are effective against rare infections. Which of the epidemic infections that
can be treated with doxycycline is associated with voluminous rice-water diarrhea and may be seen as an epidemic in third
world countries?
a) Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)
b) Rabid fever (Francisella tularensis)
c) Black plague (Yersinia pestis)
d) Brucellosis (Brucella species)
e) *Cholera (Vibrio choler)
799) Among the side effects of tetracycline that may be seen in children taking the drug for long or short periods is:
a) *depression of bone growth
b) ototoxicity
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c) nefrotoxicity
d) gastrointestinal irritation
e) allergy
800) Which drug from tetracyclines should be used for spirochetes Borellia burgdorferi.?
a) Demeclocycline
b) *Doxycycline
c) Tetracycline
d) Oxytetracycline
e) Minocycline
802) Which of the types of drugs binds to teeth and can cause discoloration?
a) *Tetracyclines
b) Macrolides
c) Cephalosporins
d) Penicillins
e) Sulfonamides
804) Patients on tetracycline should due which of the following to prevent toxicity?
a) Brush their teeth
b) Exercise regularly
c) *Limit exposure to sunlight
d) Rest at least six hours each night
e) Eat a complete diet including meat and dairy
805) A patient presents with pain in their right side. After physical exam and testing, a fatty liver is found. History is
negative for excessive alcohol use. Name classe of antibiotics that could have caused this:
a) *Tetracyclines
b) Aminoglycosides
c) Cephalosporins
d) Fluoroquinolones
e) Sulfonamides
807) Which drug would be given to a patient with rickettsia who is allergic to doxycycline?
a) Demeclocycline
b) Tetracycline
c) *0Chloramphenicol
d) Minocycline
e) Oxytetracycline
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808) What antibiotic has strong bactericidal effect?
a) tetracycline
b) macrolide
c) *penicillins
d) chloramphenicol
e) aminoglycoside
818) Which of the antimicrobial drug would affect gram-negative aerobes (versus gram-positive cocci/bacilli)?
a) Nafcillin
b) Vancomycin
c) *Gentamycin
d) Erythromycin
e) Clindamycin
820) May be fatal to neonates owing to an inability to conjugate the drug with glucuronic acid:
a) *Chloramphenicol
b) Polymyxin B
c) Erythromycin
d) Kanamycin
e) Neomycin
821) Which of the following antibiotics penetrate the easiest in cephalorachidian liquid?
a) benzathine benzyl penicillin
b) streptomycin
c) chloramphenicol
d) *tetracycline
e) erythromycin
823) Name drug that can cause irreversible bone marrow depression, leading to aplastic anemia:
a) Oxytetracyclin
b) Minocycline
c) *Chloramphenicol
d) Tetracycline
e) Demeclocycline
826) Name following antibiotic, which is used for abdominal typhus treatment:
a) benzathine benzylpenicillin
b) benzylpenicillin potassium
c) *tetracycline
d) cloramphenicol
e) kanamycin
827) Pick out substance that inhibits the human enzyme dehydropeptidase:
a) *Cilastatin
b) Sulbactam
c) Sultiam
d) Aztreonam
e) Tazobactam
828) Cilastatin can therefore be combined intravenously with ______________ in order to protect it from renal
dehydropeptidase:
a) *imipenem
b) meropenem
c) carbepenem
d) aztreonam
e) Tazobactam
832) Which of the following drugs is used for systemic and deep mycotic infections treatment:
a) Co-trimoxazol
b) Griseofulvin
c) *Amphotericin B
d) Nitrofungin
e) Vancomicin
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833) Mechanism of Amphotericin B action is:
a) Inhibition of cell wall synthesis
b) Inhibition of fungal protein synthesis
c) Inhibition of DNA synthesis
d) *Alteration of cell membrane permeability
e) Inhibition of RNA synthesis
840) Sulfonamides and nalidixic acid can cause hemolysis in patients that are deficient in what enzyme?
a) Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
b) Fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase
c) *Glucose 6-phosphate
d) Glucokinase
e) Fructokinase
841) The enzyme that sulfonamides inhibit (para-aminobenzoic acid, PABis needed for bacterial production of which
of the substrat which is required for synthesis of DNA, RNA, and protein?
a) Murein
b) Niacin
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c) *Folic acid
d) Arachidonic acid
e) Phosphodiesterase
842) Bactrim is an effective and cheap medication containing a sulphonamide and trimethoprim. Which enzyme is
targeted by trimethoprim?
a) Monohydropteroate synthase
b) Monohydrofolate reductase
c) Dihydropteroate synthase
d) *Dihydrofolate reductase
e) Phosphodiesterase
847) Sulfonamides have been considered the agents of choice in the treatment of :
a) *pneumonia
b) allergy
c) cellulites
d) inflammation
e) acute pain
850) Co-trimazole is used in patient who develop P. carinii pneumonia. This type of pneumonia is seen in what type
of patient?
a) Neonates
b) Elderly
c) *Immune compromised
d) Patients taking warfarin
e) Patients with glucose-6-phosphate deficiency
856) Which group of drugs can cause CNS symptoms and have a tendancy to damage cartiledge, thus should never
be given to children under the age of 18?
a) Penicillins
b) Cephalosporins
c) Macrolides
d) Aminoglycosides
e) *Fluoroquinolones
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866) Fluoroquinolones are active against:
a) Gram negative microorganisms only
b) Mycoplasmas and Chlamidiae only
c) Gram positive microorganisms only
d) *Variety of Gram-negative and positive microorganisms, including Mycoplasma and Chlamidiae
e) Only protozoa and anaerobes
872) Which chemotherapies may produce reactions from the disulfiram type?
a) cloramfenicol
b) gentamicin
c) *metronidazol
d) clotrimazol
e) ofloxacin
873) Antifungal polyene macrolide that preferentially binds to fungal ergosterol which alters cellular permeability:
a) ketoconazole
b) *amphotericin B
c) flucytosine
d) grisefulvin
e) clotrimazole
877) Polyene used topically; active against most Candida species--most commonly used for suppression of local
candidal infection:
a) miconazole
b) terbinafine
c) nystatin
d) fluconazole
e) *flucytosine
878) Inhibition of fungal squalene epoxidase is this antifungal drug's mechanism of action:
a) ketoconazole
b) fluconazole
c) *terbinafine
d) nystatin
e) flucytosine
879) Given by i.v. administration, the drug of choice for nearly all life-threatening mycotic infections--usually used
as the initial induction regiment:
a) ketoconazole
b) itraconazole
c) flucytosine
d) *amphotericin B
e) nystatin
880) First available reverse transcriptase drug for treatment of HIV-1; a deoxythymidine analogue:
a) foscarnet
b) *zidovudine
c) amantidine
d) indinavir
e) remantadine
881) Saquinavir and ritonavir are what type of drugs?
a) Fusion inhibitors
b) Ion channel blockers
c) Polymerase inhibitors
d) *Protease inhibitors
e) Neuraminidase inhibitors
885) These drug is prophylactic against influenza A virus infection with 80% efficacy:
a) zidovudine
b) saquinavir
c) ribavarine
d) acyclovir
e) *amantadine
886) Effective antiviral agent, which is also approved for use in the treatment of Parkinson disease:
a) Idoxuridine
b) *Amantadine
c) Vidarabine
d) Cytarabine
e) Trifluridine
889) Protease inhibitors (PIs) block which of the following steps in the viral life cycle?
a) Binding
b) Reverse transcription
c) Integration
d) Transcription
e) *Assembly
890) AZT (Retrovir), also called zidovudine, is used in the treatment of HIV by inhibiting which step in the viral life
cycle?
a) Binding
b) *Reverse transcription
c) Integration
d) Transcription
e) Translation
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891) Acyclovir is phosphorylated by viral kinsases at which step?
a) *First (mono-phosphate)
b) Second (di-phosphate)
c) Third (tri-phosphate)
d) Transcription
e) Translation
894) Name the drug used for HIV infection treatment, a derivative of nucleosides:
a) Acyclovir
b) *Zidovudine
c) Gancyclovir
d) Trifluridine
e) Amantadine
895) Name the drug from antivirale group with wide spectrum of action:
a) Saquinavir
b) *Interferon alfa
c) Didanozine
d) Acyclovir
e) Zidovudine
896) Most likely to cause additive myelosuppresion in an HIV patient also receiving ganciclovir for CMV retinitis:
a) didanosine
b) *zidovudine
c) zalcitabine
d) saquinavir
e) amantadine
898) Monophosphorylation of this antiviral drug is catalyzed by virus-specified protein kinase phosphotransferase in
CMV-infected cells and by viral thymidine kinase in HSV-infected (herpes) cells:
a) ganciclovir
b) foscarnet
c) cidofovir
d) valacyclovir
e) amantadine
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899) Mechanism of paraaminosalicylic acid action is:
a) Inhibition of mycolic acids synthesis
b) *Inhibition of folate synthesis
c) Inhibition of DNA dependent RNA polymerase
d) Inhibition of DNA gyrase
e) Inhibition of cell wall synthesis
902) The most important drug for treatment of all types of tuberculosis is:
a) Augmentine
b) *Isoniazid
c) Aminosalicylic acid
d) Ampicylline
e) Clarithromycin
903) Which one of the following side effects is more characteristic for ethambutol:
a) proteinuria
b) *decreased visual acuity
c) nongouty polyarthralgia
d) hemolysis
e) methemoglobinemia
905) The most common reaction to isoniazid therapy, if pyridoxine is not given concurrently, is:
a) *peripheral neuritis
b) hypersensitivity
c) optic neuritis
d) dryness of mouth
e) convulsions
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907) Name drug that can cause reversible optic neuritis:
a) *Ethambutol
b) Isoniazid
c) Rifampin
d) Pyrazinamide
e) Streptomycin
908) A 34-year-old man under treatment for pulmonary TB has acute-onset right big toe pains, swelling, and low-
grade fever. His physical exam is consistent with gouty arthritis, and he is found to have high serum uric acid levels. Name
anti-TB drug that is the most likely cause of this patient's UA levels?
a) Isoniazid
b) *Pyrazinamide
c) Cycloserine
d) Rifampin
e) Ethionamide
909) Isoniazid inhibits mycolid acid synthesis, disrupting bacterial walls and is associated with hepatotoxicity,
peripheral and central neuropathy, and optic neuritis. What vitamin should be given as a supplement with isoniazid to help
prevents these effects?
a) Vitamin A
b) Vitamin K
c) *Vitamin B6
d) Vitamin B12
e) Vitamin E
911) A patient returns complaining of a reddish-orange color in their urine, saliva, sweat, and tears. Which drug from
anti TBC drugs was the patient likely taking?
a) Dapsone
b) Isoniazid
c) *Rifampicin
Pyrazinamide
d) Streptomycin
912) Name a pro-drug that is activated by tuberculosis and can cause hyperuricemia?
a) Ethambutol
b) Isoniazid
c) Rifampin
d) *Pyrazinamide
e) Streptomycin
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914) Name the antimycobacterial drug belonging to first-line (I group) agents:
a) para-aminosalicylic acid
b) *Isoniazid
c) Kanamycin
d) Pyrazinamide
e) Prothyonamide
922) Name the drug used for malaria chemoprophylaxis and treatment:
a) *Chloroquine
b) Quinidine
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c) Quinine
d) Sulfonamides
e) Metronidazole
927) Name the drug, blocking acetylcholine transmission at the myoneural junction of helminthes:
a) Levamisole
b) Mebendazole
c) *Piperazine
d) Niclosamide
e) Suramin
932) Name the drug, inhibiting oxidative phosphorylation in some species of helminthes:
a) *Niclosamide
b) Piperazine
c) Praziquantel
d) Metronidazole
e) Mebendazole
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