Rang & Dale's Pharmacology by Humphrey P. Rang - Test Bank

Rang: Rang & Dale’s Pharmacology, 7^th Edition

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Chapter 1: What is pharmacology?

MULTIPLE CHOICE

• 1. The modern era of antimicrobial chemotherapy originated with the discovery of

• a. penicillin
• b. arsenical compounds
• c. quinine
• d. sulfonamides
• e. calomel

      Answer b: arsenical compounds

• 2. Morphine was isolated from opium by

• a. Paul Ehrlich
• b. Gerhard Domagk
• c. Friedrich Sertrner
• d. Rudolf Buchheim
• e. Henry Dale

      Answer c: Friedrich Sertrner

• 3. The use of genetic information to guide the choice of drug therapy is called

• a. pharmacoepidemiology
• b. pharmacogenetics
• c. biotechnology
• d. pharmacogenomics
• e. pharmacoeconomics

      Answer d: pharmacogenomics