PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY I SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Pharmaceutical Chemistry I
Sample Questions for final grading period

TRUE OR FALSE
1. AN ELEMENT THAT IS USED TO TREAT SCABIES IS SULFUR.
2. SODIUM METAL IS A COMPONENT OF HEMOGLOBIN
3. BECAUSE OF ITS LIGHTNESS, NEON IS USED TOGETHER WITH OXYGEN AS ARITIFICIAL AIR
4. % CONCENTRATION OF NSS IS 9 %
5. CHLORIDE IS THE SALT OF HCL
6. ISOTONIC IS A SOLUTION IN W/C OSMOTIC PRESSURE IS THE SAME AS THE BLOOD
7. AQUA FORTIS IS SULFURIC ACID
8. ATOMS & MOLECULES ARE THE BUILDING UNITS OF MATTER
9. CUPRIC ION IN SOLUTION IS COLORED BLUE
10. OXYGEN IS THE MOST ABUNDANT ELEMENT
11. HYDROGEN SULFIDE TS MUST BE FRESHLY PREPARED
12. ZnSO4 IS THE TITRANT USED IN DIRECT COMPLEXITY ANALYSIS
13. ZnS IS THE ONLY WHITE SULFIDE
14. Mg++ IS THE ANION THAT PRODUCES A SALMON COLORED PPT W/ FeCl3 TS
15. SNOWFALL IS A VISIBLE MASS OF FOG SUSPENDED AT THE HEIGHT OF AIR
16. WHEN WATER IS CHANGE TO HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN MOLECULE BY ELECTROLYSIS, THE CHANGE IS DESCRIBED AS CHEMICAL CHANGE
17. SALITRE OR SALT PETER WHICH IS AMEAT PRESERVBATIVE IS THE SYNONYM FOR KNO3.
18. THE SECOND RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT DISCOVERED BY MDM MARIE CURIE AND USED MEDICINALLY AS A SOURCE FOR RADIATION IN CANCER THERAPY IS RADIUM
19. THE ONLY SYNTHETIC AND RADIOACTIVE HALOGEN IS ASTATINE.
20. BORDEAUX MIXTURE, AN ALGACIDE-FUNGICIDE USED IN SWIMMING POOLS CONTAINS COPPER
21. LUNAR CAUSTIC OR LAPIZ ENFERNALIS IS CHEMICALLY KNOWN AS SILVER NITRATE
22. TAWAS IS POTASSIUM ALUM
23. QUICKSILVER IS MERCURY
24. GREEN VITRIOL IS FESO4
25. BLUE VITRIOL IS COPPER SULFATE
26. WHITE VITRIOL IS ZnSO4
27. OIL OF VITRIOL IS SULFURIC ACID
28. MURIATIC ACID IS HYDROCHLORIC ACID
29. PURIFIED SILICEOUS IS SILICON DIOXIDE
30. DRY ICE IS SOLID CARBON DIOXIDE
31. BAKING SODA IS SODIUM BICARBONATE
32. ST. ELMO’S FIRE IS PHOSPHORUS
33. KING OF ALL METALS IS GOLD
34. LIGHTEST OF ALL METALS IS LITHIUM
35. SEA SALT PRODUCERS ARE HALOGENS
36. MOST ABUNDANT EXTRACELLULAR CATION IS SODIUM
37. ALKALI METALS W/C IS VERY REACTIVE BELONG TO GROUP 1A
38. TOXICITY WITH SILVER IS CALLED ARGYRIA
39. MOST MALLEABLE & BEST CONDUCTOR OF ELECTRICITY IS GOLD
40. BRONZE IS A MIXTURE OF COPPER & TIN
41. BRASS IS A MIXTURE OF COPPER & ZINC
42. KNOWN AS THE COINAGE METAL IS THE GROUP 1B
43. TOXICITY OF METAL CAN CAUSE WILSON’S DISEASE BY COPPER
44. THE ONLY METAL USED IN WATER PURIFICATION
45. AGNO3 IS USED IN INDELIBLE INK
46. USED IN BACTERIAL FIXING OF ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN IS CHROMIUM
47. THE SOLUBLE SILVER SALTS ARE TOXIC
48. OSMIC ACID IS USED IN STAINING OF MICROSCOPIC SPECIMENS
49. BEST ANTIDOTE FOR ALKALOIDAL POISONING
50. MOLYBDENUM IS USED AS GLUCOSE TOILERANCE FACTOR
51. IST ELEMENT PRODUCED ARTIFICIALLY IS TECHNETIUM
52. KNOWN AS THE MESSENGE OF GOD IS MERCURY
53. TH ONLY ELEMENT IN GROUP V-B W/ IS EMPLOYED THERAPEUTICALLY IN SURGICAL REPAIR OF BONES IS TANTALUM
54. GOLD CAN BE DISSOLVE BY A SOLUTION OF ROYAL WATER( AGUA REGIA)
55. RHENIUM IS A VERY RARE ELEMENT W/C FINDS FEW TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS

Multiple Choice/ Identification

___1. the property of chemicals to destroy one form of life without harming another
a. selective toxicity b. stereoisomerism c. bioselectivity
___2. an agent that prevents infection by the destruction of pathogenic microorganisms when applied to inanimate object.
a. antiseptic b. disinfectant c. antibiotic
___3. ethanol that has been rendered unfit for use in intoxicating beverages by the addition
of other substances.
a. denatured alcohol b. woodalcohol c. isopropyl alcohol
___4. a 2% solution of iodine in 50% alcohol with sodium iodide.
a. iodine solution b. iodine tincture c. lugol’s solution
___5. a preparation of 5% iodine in water with potassium iodide.
a. iodine solution b. lugols solution c. iodine tincture
___6. generally accepted other names of alcohol USP.
a. ethanol b. wood alcohol c. wine spirit d. AOTA
___7. a preparation of 2% iodine in water with sodium iodide
a. iodine solution b. iodine tincture c. lugol’s solution
___8. a propylamine derivative:
a. diphenhydramine b. brompheniramine c. doxylamine
___9. the major source of histamine in the body results from the decarboxylation of this amino acids.
a. tryptophan b. histidine c. tyrosine
___10.nitrates in the presence of nitron reagent gives
a. white ppt b. blue ppt c. NVR
___11.this ion when warmed w/ conc. H2SO4 and metallic Cu, evolced brown gas; (+) result
with brown ring test, and no visible reaction w/ diluted H2SO4
a. nitrite b. nitrate c. acetate
___12. magnesium ion is detected using this dye stuff in alkaline sol forming a blue lake
a. aluminon reagent b. amaranth c. p-NBAR
___13. zinc white is :
a. zinc oxide b. zinc sulfide c. zinc chloride
___14. flame tests are observed under:
a. non-luminous flame b. luminous c, both d. none
___15. form precipitates w/ dilute HCl
a. insoluble chloride group b. soluble group c. acid insoluble group
16. Produces choc. Brown ppt. soluble in HNO3 acid when mixed with AgNO3 TS.
17. produces an olive green solution with NaOH.
18. produces red lake with aluminon reagent
19. produces a white ppt turning yellow when added with HCl.
20. produces a yellow ppt with potassium nitrite and acetic acid
21. produces a scarlet soluble ion excess with KI
22. produces a white curdy ppt soluble inNH3, insol in nitric acid.
23. uses silver mirror test for identification
24. uses also silver mirror test for identification
25. produces violet color with ferric chloride.
26. Most abundant of all elements in the earth’s crust.
27. 2nd most abundant element.
28. a measure of the acidity of a solution.
29. generic term referring to vitreous materials.
30. weight of a solute in a given quantity of water.

MBTM 09