EXERCISES, LESSON 2
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following exercises by marking the lettered response that
best answers the question or best completes the incomplete statement or by writing the
answer in the space provided.
After you have completed all the exercises, turn to "Solutions to Exercises" at the
end of the lesson and check your answers. For each exercise answered incorrectly,
reread the material referenced with the solution.
1.
Select the most correct definition of the term bulk manufacturing.
a. The preparation of a small amount of a pharmaceutical product designed to be
dispensed to one patient.
b. The preparation of large quantities of a pharmaceutical product designed to be
dispensed to more than one patient.
c.
The preparation of large volumes of external pharmaceutical preparations
designed to be dispensed to one patient.
d. The preparation of small amounts of a pharmaceutical product designed to be
dispensed to more than one patient.
2.
From the group of justifications below, select the most appropriate justification for
pharmaceutical (bulk) manufacturing in the modern pharmacy.
a. The bulk manufacturing program insures that all people are kept working all
the workday.
b. The bulk-manufacturing program insures that products meet USP/NF
standards.
c.
The bulk-manufacturing program insures that the required quality control steps
have performed.
d. The bulk-manufacturing program can help the pharmacy save money.
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