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60+ Bioavailability and Bioequivalence Solved MCQs

in Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics

These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharma) .

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Chapter: Bioavailability and Bioequivalence
51.

How pH alteration of the drug microenvironment is done?

A. Altering the pH while the administration
B. In situ salt formation
C. Altering the pH of the tissue
D. Formulating the drug in such a way that it gets activated only when it reaches the tissue pH
Answer» B. In situ salt formation
52.

Which one of the following is used for selective adsorption on insoluble carriers of the drugs?

A. Freeze drying
B. Organic solvent
C. Inorganic clays like bentonite
D. Creating metastable polymorphs
Answer» C. Inorganic clays like bentonite
53.

Which of the following is used in solvent deposition method of enhancing bioavailability?

A. Freeze drying
B. Organic solvent
C. Inorganic clays like bentonite
D. Creating metastable polymorphs
Answer» B. Organic solvent
54.

Which of the following is used in solid solutions method of enhancing bioavailability?

A. Highly water-soluble compound
B. Organic solvent
C. Inorganic clays like bentonite
D. Creating metastable polymorphs
Answer» A. Highly water-soluble compound
55.

Which of the following is used in molecular encapsulation of drugs for enhancing bioavailability?

A. Highly water-soluble compound
B. Cyclodextrin
C. Inorganic clays like bentonite
D. Creating metastable polymorphs
Answer» B. Cyclodextrin
56.

What is bioequivalence?

A. Comparison between 3-year-old drugs to the same new drug
B. Comparison between a drugs to another drug
C. Comparison between a drug’s specific characteristics to a defined set of standards
D. Comparison between two or 3 characteristics of a drug to the same characteristics of a different drug
Answer» C. Comparison between a drug’s specific characteristics to a defined set of standards
57.

What is the chemical equivalence?

A. Two or more drug products contain the same labeled chemical substance in the same amount
B. Two or more drug products contain the same labeled chemical substance in different quantity
C. Two or more drug products contain different labeled chemical substance giving the same therapeutic effect
D. Two or more drug products contain the same labeled chemical substance giving a different therapeutic effect
Answer» A. Two or more drug products contain the same labeled chemical substance in the same amount
58.

What is pharmaceutic equivalence?

A. Two or more drug products contain the same labeled chemical substance in the same amount
B. Two or more drug products are identical in quality, purity, uniformity, disintegration, dissolution
C. Two or more drug products contain different labeled chemical substance giving the same therapeutic effect
D. Two or more drug products contain the same labeled chemical substance giving a different therapeutic effect
Answer» B. Two or more drug products are identical in quality, purity, uniformity, disintegration, dissolution
59.

What is bioequivalence?

A. Drug substance reaches the systemic circulation at the same rate in two or more identical dosage
B. Two or more drug products contain the same labeled chemical substance in different quantity
C. Two or more drug products contain different labeled chemical substance giving the same therapeutic effect
D. Two or more drug products contain the same labeled chemical substance giving a different therapeutic effect
Answer» A. Drug substance reaches the systemic circulation at the same rate in two or more identical dosage
60.

What is therapeutic equivalence?

A. Two or more drug products contain the same labeled chemical substance in the same amount
B. Two or more drug products contain the same labeled chemical substance in different quantity
C. Two or more drug products contain the same labeled chemical substance giving the same therapeutic effect
D. Two or more drug products contain the same labeled chemical substance giving a different therapeutic effect
Answer» C. Two or more drug products contain the same labeled chemical substance giving the same therapeutic effect
61.

On which individuals study of newly invented medicines are not done?

A. Pregnant and elderly
B. Fasting person
C. Healthy person
D. Adult male
Answer» A. Pregnant and elderly
62.

What should be the disadvantage of cross over study on volunteers?

A. Minimize the intersubject variability in plasma drug levels
B. Minimize the carry-over effect
C. Minimizes variations due to time effect
D. Takes a lot of time to get the result of the study
Answer» D. Takes a lot of time to get the result of the study
63.

Two or more drugs contain the same therapeutically active ingredient which elicits same pharmacological effects and can control the disease to the same extent are known to be pharmaceutic equivalent.

A. True
B. False
C. none
D. all
Answer» B. False
64.

If the bioavailability of test formulation is 80-120% of the reference standard, it is considered to be bioequivalent.

A. True
B. False
C. none
D. all
Answer» A. True
65.

Bioequivalence is a relative term which denotes that the drug substance reaches the systemic circulation at the same relative rate or time.

A. True
B. False
C. none
D. all
Answer» B. False

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