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Q1A dog weighs 20 kg and is to receive a drug dosed at 5 mg/kg. How many total milligrams should be given?
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✓ Correct answer: 100 mg
Dose equals body weight times the per-kilogram dose: 20 kg x 5 mg/kg = 100 mg.
Q2A drug is supplied at 50 mg/mL. To deliver 100 mg, what volume should be drawn up?
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✓ Correct answer: 2.0 mL
Volume equals dose divided by concentration: 100 mg / 50 mg/mL = 2.0 mL.
Q3Which schedule of controlled drug, under the U.S. Controlled Substances Act, has NO accepted medical use and the highest abuse potential?
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✓ Correct answer: Schedule I
Schedule I substances have no currently accepted medical use and the highest abuse potential, so they are not used clinically in veterinary practice.
Q4A clinic stocks ketamine and hydromorphone. Under DEA rules, these are most commonly classified in which schedule?
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✓ Correct answer: Schedule III and Schedule II respectively
Ketamine is a Schedule III drug and hydromorphone is a Schedule II opioid; both require secure storage and a usage log.
Q5Amoxicillin belongs to which antibiotic class?
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✓ Correct answer: Beta-lactam (penicillin)
Amoxicillin is a beta-lactam penicillin that inhibits bacterial cell-wall synthesis.
Q6Furosemide is best described as which type of drug?
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✓ Correct answer: Loop diuretic
Furosemide is a loop diuretic acting on the loop of Henle; it is widely used to reduce pulmonary edema in congestive heart failure.
Q7Why are NSAIDs such as carprofen generally avoided in patients that are dehydrated or hypotensive?
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✓ Correct answer: Reduced prostaglandins impair renal perfusion, risking kidney injury
NSAIDs inhibit prostaglandins that maintain renal blood flow; in a volume-depleted patient this can precipitate acute kidney injury.
Q8The abbreviation 'SID' on a prescription means the drug is given how often?
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✓ Correct answer: Once daily
SID (semel in die) means once daily; BID is twice, TID three times, and QID four times daily.
Q9Naloxone is administered to reverse the effects of which drug class?
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✓ Correct answer: Opioids
Naloxone is a pure opioid antagonist; it displaces opioids from receptors to reverse respiratory depression and sedation.
Q10Atipamezole is the specific reversal agent for which class of sedative?
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✓ Correct answer: Alpha-2 adrenergic agonists
Atipamezole is an alpha-2 antagonist used to reverse dexmedetomidine and xylazine.
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