NABP NABP Certifications FPGEE Questions & Answers

• Question 141:

  All of the following statements concerning the Iyophilization of a parenteral product are correct, EXCEPT:

  A. There is minimal loss of activity in heat labile materials.

  B. The liquid must be frozen to below the eutectic temperature.

  C. The solute usually forms an amorphous glass.

  D. The eutectic temperature is the freezing point of the drug solution.

  E. Water is removed from the frozen mixture by sublimation.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 142:

  Which of the following vitamin is the precursor of collagen synthesis?

  A. Vitamin A

  B. Vitamin B

  C. Vitamin C

  D. Vitamin D

  E. Vitamin E

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 143:

  Correct statements concerning vitamin E include:

  I- It is a lipid soluble vitamin stored in adipose tissues II- It is absorbed from the small intestine III- Widely used in pharmaceutical formulations as antioxidant agent

  A. I only

  B. III only

  C. I and II only

  D. II and III only

  E. All are correct

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 144:

  Which of the following compounds are considered the building blocks of nucleic acids?

  A. Nucleotides

  B. Nucleosides

  C. Monosaccharides

  D. Purines

  E. Amino acids

  Correct Answer: E

• Question 145:

  Proteins are formed from:

  A. Purines

  B. Carbohydrates

  C. Amino acids

  D. Monosaccharides

  E. Nucleosides

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 146:

  Folic acid has tetrahydrofolate coenzyme activity which is based on the:

  A. pyrimidine ring

  B. purine ring

  C. pyrazine ring

  D. pteridine ring

  E. pyridine ring

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 147:

  Enkephalins are peptides that:

  A. Have narcotic antagonist activity.

  B. Exert actions resembling those of opiates.

  C. Are found only in the central nervous system.

  D. Cause blood vessel wall relaxation.

  E. Transmit pain impulses.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 148:

  Carotene is the precursor of:

  A. retinol

  B. thiamine

  C. calciferol

  D. riboflavin

  E. retinoic acid

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 149:

  An enzyme is:

  A. an oligopeptide

  B. a nucleic acid

  C. unable to hydrolyse polysaccharides

  D. a catalyst

  E. changed chemically in a reaction

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 150:

  Diphtheria is caused by: A. Plasmodium.

  B. Vibrio.

  C. Shigella.

  D. Neisseria.

  E. Corynebacterium.

  Correct Answer: E