Pharmacy Tech - CW101: Unit 1 Review

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Who discovered penicillin?

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Alexander Fleming

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How many scored questions are in the PTCB exam and how much time is allotted for the exam?

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90 questions; 1 hour and 50 minutes

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What was the first synthetic antibiotic discovered?

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Sulfonamide

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The first pharmacy operated by a registered pharmacist opened in what city in 1823?

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New Orleans

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The ancient treatment process of cutting a hole in the skull to allow evil spirits that were thought to cause disease a way to exit the body was called:

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Trephining

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Today, licensure for pharmacists includes:

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Passing the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) examination and an examination covering the individual pharmacist’s state pharmacy law and earning a PharmD degree

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Which early physician and alchemist realized the benefit of treating a disorder with one medication at a time to determine the effectiveness and dose of each medication, rather than the customary multiple dosing?

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Paracelsus

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Which of the following old-time remedies are still being used today? Maggots, Trephining, Leeches, Maggots and Leeches

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Maggots and Leeches

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What is the name of the first pharmacy school in the United States, which opened in 1821?

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College of Pharmacy and Sciences in Philadelphia

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In what year was the PTCB (responsible for creating the PTCB examination) formed?

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1995