PHARMACOLOGY QUIZZES 39 | Multiple Choice Questions| Medical Exam Preparations

01. Beta-Blocker drug is following?
A. Atropine
B. Esmolol
C. Acetylcholine
D. Succinylcholine
E. Tamsulosin

Answer: B. Esmolol


02. Which one of the following drugs is an adrenergic antagonist Alpha Blocker drug?
A. Phenoxybenzamine
B. Metoprolol
C. Mecamylamine
D. Atracurium
E. Tacrine

Answer: A. Phenoxybenzamine

03. Which of the following drug belongs to lincosamide antibiotics?
A. Clindamycin
B. Linezolid
C. Ciprofloxacin
D. Oxytetracycline
E. Sulbactam

Answer: A. Clindamycin

04. Which one of the following drugs is a Proteas inhibitor?
A. Abacavir
B. Delavirdine
C. Atazanavir
D. Maraviroc
E. Indanyl carbenicillin 

Answer: C. Atazanavir

05. Which one of the following drugs is a Proteas inhibitor?
A. Abacavir
B. Delavirdine
C. Darunavir
D. Maraviroc
E. Indanyl carbenicillin 

Answer: C. Darunavir

06. Which of the following drug belongs to the Nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor?
A. Abacavir
B. Efavirenz
C. Atazanavir
D. Maraviroc
E. Indanyl carbenicillin

Answer:  B. Efavirenz

07. Immune-related problem is one of the following?
A. High Blood pressure 
B. Fever 
C. Aids
D. Headache 

Answer: C. Aids 

08. Peripheral resistance is linked with one of the following issues?
A. Blood pressure 
B. Fever 
C. Aids
D. Headache 

Answer: A. Blood pressure

09. Ethacrynic acid belongs to one of the following classes of diuretics?
A. Thiazide Diuretic
B. Loop Diuretics
C. Potassium-sparing diuretics
D. Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors

Answer: B. Loop Diuretics

11. Which of the following drugs causes Rhabdomyolysis as an adverse effect?
A. Digoxin
B. Dronedarone
C. Simvastatin
D. Warfarin
E. Amikacin

Answer: C. Simvastatin

12. Which one of the following drugs is effective only for the influenza A virus?
A. Zanamivir 
B. Rimantadine 
C. Oseltamivir
D. A & B
E. None of these 

Answer: B. Rimantadine 

13. 𝛃 receptors have a high sensitivity for which of the following drug?
A. Epinephrine 
B. Norepinephrine 
C. Isoproterenol
D. A & B
E. All of these 

Answer: C. Isoproterenol


14. A cytokine that induces proliferation of antigen-primed T cells along with enhancing the activity of NK cells?
A.  Interleukin-1 (IL-1)
B.  Interleukin-2 (IL-2)
C. Interferon-gamma 
D. Tissue necrosis factor-alpha 


Answer: B. Interleukin-2


15. The binding of a drug to plasma proteins will tend to: 
A. Decrease half-life. 
B. Decrease its rate of glomerular filtration. 
C. Increase its rate of biotransformation. 
D. Increase its concentration in the plasma. 
E. Increase its pharmacological activity


Answer: B. Decrease its rate of glomerular filtration

16. A disease that is characterized by the movement of gastric contents from the stomach into the esophagus?
A. Peptic Ulcer disease
B. GERD 
C. Dyspepsia
D. A & B  

Answer: B. GERD

17. Which one of the following drugs has a beta effect (vasodilation) at low doses but when the dose is increased it causes vasoconstriction (Alpha effect) at high doses?
A. Clonidine
B. Metaproterenol
C. Epinephrine
D. Isoproterenol
E. Methoxamine

Answer: C. Epinephrine

18. Which of the following drugs has the longest duration of bronchodilation?
A. Epinephrine
B. Isoproterenol
C. Albuterol
D. Salmeterol
E. Metaproterenol

Answer: D. Salmeterol

19. One of the OATPs (Organic anion transporting polypeptides) drugs transporters  OATP4C1 has a mainly limited distribution to the following?
A. Liver 
B. Kidney 
C. Skin 
D. Heart 
E. Stomach 

Answer: B. Kidney 

20. A patient comes with constipation, incontinence, and a fall in blood pressure. He is being treated for cardiac arrhythmias. Which drug is most likely related to these complaints?
a. Propranolol
b. Verapamil
c. Quinidine
d. Amiodarone


Answer: c. Quinidine
c. Quinidine is the right answer, these are due to extra pharmacology attached with quinidine that is alpha blockade and muscarinic blockade.

10. Purple toe syndrome is caused by using the therapy of which drug?
A. Digoxin
B. Phenytoin
C. Cyclosporine
D. Warfarin
E. Amikacin

Answer: D. Warfarin

While treating venous thromboembolism 

Unfractionated Heparin anticoagulant effect is monitored either by 

A. Partial thromboplastin time (aPPT)

B. Anti-Xa levels 

C. Institution specific goal ranges 

While Warfarin anticoagulant effect is monitored via

A. International Normalized ratio (INR)

21. A type of hypersensitivity which is a reaction to tissue or membrane antigens(not soluble). Reaction occur when antibodies to surface antigen bind and causes destruction of cell or tissue?

A. Type I 

B. Type II

C. Type III

D. Type IV

Answer: Type II hypersensitivity 

In type II hypersensitivity antigen is not soluble while in Type III antigen is soluble. 

21. Allergic rhinitis or hay fever, food allergies, eczema, asthma and anaphylaxis are following type of hypersensitivity?

A. A. Type I 

B. Type II

C. Type III

D. Type IV

Answer: Type I hypersensitivity (mediated by elevated IgE production. IgE bound to on the surface of mast cells and release histamine)

Treatment: forms of atopy are treated by hyposensitization which is repeated injection of controlled doses of allergin or by avoiding allergin.

Asthma treated by inhaled bronchodilators and corticosteroids to ease inflammation on passage 

Anaphylactic reactions: Epinephrine as a bronchodilator in emergency, diphenhydramine effective antihistamine and steroid dexamethasone anti inflammatory.

22. Transfusion related reactions caused by incompatible blood type(either the blood typing antigen A, B, or O or the Rh+ or Rh- rhesus antigen) is example of?

A. Type I hypersensitivity 

B. Type II hypersensitivity 

C. Type III hypersensitivity 

D. Type IV hypersensitivity 

Answer: Type II hypersensitivity reactions also called cytotoxic or antibody dependent hypersensitivity.