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60+ Excretion of Drugs Solved MCQs

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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: Excretion of Drugs
51.

What will be the renal clearance if the rate of urinary excretion is 625 ml/min and plasma drug concentration is 4.2 ng/ml?

A. 148.80ml2/ng min
B. 150ml2/ng min
C. 152ml2/ng min
D. 140ml2/ng min
Answer» A. 148.80ml2/ng min
52.

How renal clearance ratio is expressed?

A. Renal clearance of creatinine / renal clearance of the drug
B. 1/renal clearance of the drug
C. Renal clearance of drug/ renal clearance of creatinine
D. 1/renal clearance of creatinine
Answer» C. Renal clearance of drug/ renal clearance of creatinine
53.

What will be the renal clearance ratio of a drug whose renal clearance is 40ml/min and the clearance of creatinine is 95ml/min?

A. 0.421
B. 2.38
C. 0.010
D. 0.025
Answer» A. 0.421
54.

How do you calculate the rate of excretion by kidneys?

A. Rate of filtration – the rate of secretion – Rate of absorption
B. Rate of filtration + rate of secretion – Rate of absorption
C. Rate of filtration + rate of secretion + Rate of absorption
D. Rate of filtration – the rate of secretion + Rate of absorption
Answer» B. Rate of filtration + rate of secretion – Rate of absorption
55.

What will be the rate of filtration if the rate of secretion is 0.9 ml/ sec, rate of reabsorption is 0.2 ml/sec and the rate of excretion is 2ml/sec for a particular drug?

A. 3ml/sec
B. 0.3ml/sec
C. 1ml/sec
D. 1.3ml/sec
Answer» D. 1.3ml/sec
56.

Which one of the following is the principal organ for drug excretion?

A. Lungs
B. Liver
C. Kidneys
D. Sweat glands
Answer» C. Kidneys
57.

Compounds excreted in bile is classified into 3 categories. Which one of the following does not come under the categories?

A. Drugs with bile/plasma concentration ratio approximately 1
B. Drugs with bile/plasma concentration ratio between 10-1000
C. Drugs with bile/plasma concentration ratio of less than 1
D. Drugs with bile/plasma concentration ratio above 1000
Answer» D. Drugs with bile/plasma concentration ratio above 1000
58.

What is the molecular weight cut off for biliary excretion?

A. Less than 300 Dalton
B. More than 300 Dalton
C. Less than 200 Dalton
D. More than 200 Dalton
Answer» B. More than 300 Dalton
59.

What is the equation for biliary clearance?

A. No such equation is there
B. Biliary excretion rate/ plasma drug concentration
C. Plasma drug concentration / biliary excretion rate
D. Plasma drug concentration / Bile flow * biliary drug concentration
Answer» B. Biliary excretion rate/ plasma drug concentration
60.

For a certain drug, the bile flow rate is 0.7 ml/mm, the biliary drug concentration is 2g/ml and the plasma drug concentration is 0.8g/ml. What will be the bile clearance?

A. 1.50 ml/mm
B. 1.75 ml/mm
C. 2.75 ml/mm
D. 3 ml/mm
Answer» B. 1.75 ml/mm
61.

Which compounds are excreted through the lungs?

A. Lipophilic
B. Gaseous
C. Liquid and hydrophilic
D. Solid less than 100 Dalton
Answer» B. Gaseous
62.

What is the pH of the milk secreted by human mothers?

A. 6.4-7.6
B. 5.4-6.6
C. 7-8
D. 6-7
Answer» A. 6.4-7.6
63.

What is the mechanism of drug excretion for skin excretion?

A. Active secretion
B. Glomerular secretion
C. Passive diffusion
D. Passive reabsorption
Answer» C. Passive diffusion
64.

What is the mechanism of drug excretion for biliary excretion?

A. Active secretion
B. Glomerular secretion
C. Passive diffusion
D. Passive reabsorption
Answer» A. Active secretion
65.

Which of the following is not a factor influencing pulmonary excretion?

A. Pulmonary blood flow
B. The solubility of volatile substance
C. Rate of respiration
D. Heart rate
Answer» D. Heart rate
66.

How is renal clearance expressed mathematically?

A. Rate of urinary excretion/plasma drug concentration
B. Plasma drug concentration/rate of urinary excretion
C. 1/ Plasma drug concentration
D. 1/rate of urinary excretion
Answer» A. Rate of urinary excretion/plasma drug concentration
67.

What is the driving force for glomerular filtration?

A. Concentration gradient
B. Hydrostatic pressure of plasma
C. High amount of aqueous pores
D. Hydrostatic pressure of blood flow
Answer» D. Hydrostatic pressure of blood flow
68.

Which of the following compounds are used as agents to determine Glomerular Filtration Rate?

A. Calcium ion
B. Albumin
C. Creatinine
D. Calcium carbonate
Answer» C. Creatinine

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