NABP NABP Certifications FPGEE Questions & Answers

• Question 41:

  Intra-articular means:

  A. In the joint space

  B. In the tissues space

  C. In the spinal fluid

  D. In the spinal column

  E. In the dermis

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 42:

  Colchicines, a widely drug used in gout treatment, can give false results of:

  A. Glucose

  B. Uric acids

  C. Urates

  D. Ketones

  E. RBCs

  Correct Answer: E

• Question 43:

  Colchicine is used as anti-inflammatory agent in the acute treatment of:

  A. Osteoporosis

  B. Rheumatoid arthritis

  C. Osteomyelites

  D. Gout

  E. Pressure atrophy

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 44:

  The use of indomethacin in gout treatment:

  A. Inhibit the acute gout arthritis inflammation by inhibition of prostaglandin formation

  B. Inhibits tubulin synthesis

  C. Accelerate renal excretion of uric acid

  D. Inhibit uric acid synthesis

  E. Inhibit the reabsorption of uric acid by the kidney

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 45:

  Uricosuric agents are used in gout treatment by inhibiting the uric acid re-absorption in the proximal tubules, the best example of a uricosuric agent is:

  A. Allopurinol

  B. sulphinpyrazone

  C. Indomethacin

  D. Penicillamine

  E. Methotrexate

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 46:

  An oral chelating agent used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is:

  A. Allopurinol

  B. Sulphinpyrazone

  C. Indomethacin

  D. Penicillamine

  E. Methotrexate

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 47:

  In the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis the salicylates:

  A. Stop and often reverse the progressive joint involvement

  B. Specifically reverse the cause of the disease

  C. Provide only analgesic effect

  D. Are effective because they are uricosuric agents

  E. Are more effective when given with allopurinol

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 48:

  Importance of Vitamin D in osteoporosis:

  I- Increase the absorption of calcium from the small intestine II- The best vitamin D analog to treat osteoporosis is calcitriol III- Antacids containing aluminum and magnesium may interfere with proper activity of vitamin D.

  A. I only

  B. III only

  C. I and II only

  D. II and III only

  E. All are correct

  Correct Answer: E

• Question 49:

  Drug that inhibits xanthine oxidase and affect the metabolism of 6-mercaptopurine:

  A. Sulfinpyrazone

  B. Allopurinol

  C. Penicillamine

  D. Purinethol

  E. Celecoxib

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 50:

  Pannus is an inflammatory exudates characterized by:

  I- Synovial cell proliferation inside of a joint II- Normally occurs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis III- An immunologic complication

  A. I only

  B. III only

  C. I and II only

  D. II and III only

  E. All are correct

  Correct Answer: C