1. The Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) was most recently renewed in
A. 1997
B. 2002
C. 2007
D. 2015
2. Scientific Visualization is the process of using supercomputers to visualize, rotate, and manipulate models which can be viewed from any angle.
A. True
B. False
3. The National Institute of Health and Department of Energy in the United States began the Human Genome Project in.
A. 1940
B. 1960
C. 1990
D. 2010
4. Uncertified Medicines
A. Pose a risk to consumers (patients)
B. Are sold without FDA approval
C. A only is correct
D. Both A and B are correct
5. One way of developing drugs with the help of computers is called
A. RNA
B. Rational drug design
C. DNA
D. Physiome project
6. The agency in the United States that is charged to oversee the safety and efficacy of all new medications is the
A. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
B. TRICARE
C. WHONET
D. Medwand
7. The application of information technology to biology is called Bioinformatics.
A. True
B. False
8. ________ sees the human body as a collection of molecules and seeks to understand and treat disease in terms of these molecules.
A. Telepharmacy
B. Mass spectrometry
C. Human genome project
D. Biotechnology
9. The automating of the hospital pharmacy includes utilizing which of the following.
A. Robots
B. Barcodes
C. Computers
D. A, B, and C are correct
10. More than 25 million Americans suffer from rare and genetic diseases according to information gathered from the Human Genome Project (HGP).
A. True
B. False
11. The computerized physician ordering (CPOE) system is able to completely eliminate all prescribing orders.
A. True
B. False
12. In 2006, the FDA approved ___ for the treatment of wet macular degeneration.
A. Byetta
B. Arranon
C. Eraxis
D. Lucentis
13. Today it is possible to administer some drugs and medications via chips implanted under the skin of a patient.
A. True
B. False
14. ______ are cells that can develop into different types of body cells: theoretically, they can repair the body.
A. Stem Cells
B. RNA cells
C. CRISPR cells
D. Point of use cells
15. Telepharmacy allows patients to obtain drugs outside the traditional pharmacy, e.g., doctors and clinic offices.
A. True
B. False
16. The actions of The Human Genome Project (HGP) are not possible without computers and the Internet.
A. True
B. False
17. Rational Drug Design requires mapping structures using 2D (two-dimensional) graphical models of the target molecule.
A. True
B. False
18. Which of the following is an international project seeking to create mathematical models of human organs - "digital models of every system and anatomical feature of the human body."
A. The physiome project
B. The human genome project
C. The nanotechnology project
D. The rational drug design project
19. Theoretically, the Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat (CRISPR) is a molecular system that protects bacterial cells from viruses and can be used to make genetic changes in any species, including humans.
A. True
B. False
20. Computers were introduced to pharmacies more than 100 years ago.
A. True
B. False