POSOLOGY
TOP 10 MCQ
1. Which of the following formula for calculating child dose is based on body weight [GPAT 2024]
(a) Clark’s formula
(b) Dilling’s formula
(c) Young’s formula
(d) Fried’s formula
2. Using Young’s rule, calculate the dose for a 5-year-old child if the adult dose is 340 mg [GPAT-2017]
(a) 200 mg
(b) 100 mg
(c) 400 mg
(d) 800 mg
3. (Weight in pounds /150) × Adult Dose = Child dose. The above formula is known as in Posology [GPAT-2017]
(a) Young’s formula
(b) Dilling’s formula
(c) Clark’s formula
(d) Fried’s formula
4. The dose of the drug is 5 mg/kg body weight, how much the drug is required for the boy of 12 years who weigh 21 kg [GPAT-2013]
(a) 0.5 mg
(b) 1.0 mg
(c) 1.5 mg
(d) 2.0 mg
5. Posology is
(a) Dietary chart to patient
(b) Concerned with dosage
(c) Diagnosis report to patient
(d) Description of patient symptoms
6. Which formula is used to calculate the dose of a child according to their age
(a) Dilling’s
(b) Cowling’s
(c) Fried’s
(d) All the above
7. Dose is defined as
(a) Amount of drug taken to produce intended medical response
(b) Amount of drug causing poisoning
(c) Amount of drug available for drugs
(d) None of the above
8. Pediatric doses are lesser than normal doses because
(a) Of their lower body size
(b) Of their lesser body weight
(c) Their immunity system is not well developed
(d) Immature state of their hepatic and renal function by which drugs are inactivated and eliminated from the body
9. Which of the following factor influences dose
(a) Emotional factor
(b) Route of administration
(c) Presence of disease
(d) All of the above
10. What will be the dose for a child of 5 years, if the adult dose of a drug is 400 mg
(a) 100 mg
(b) 17 mg
(c) 11 mg
(d) 217 mg
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