Question

1. Which of the following can be inferred from the given passage?
a) A centralized drug oversight function would improve public health.
b) Most physicians are not aware that prescription drugs have side effects.
c) Some rare adverse drug effects are not discovered during the limited testing.
d) Consumers are seldom unable to understand directions for proper use of a drug.

2. The author introduces the example of thalidomide to show that some ______
a) drug testing procedures are ignored by careless laboratory workers
b) drugs do not have the same actions in humans that they do in animals
c) drugs have no therapeutic value for humans
d) drugs are prescribed by physicians who have not read the manufacturer’s recommendations

3.The author of the passage regards current drug investigation procedures as _________
a) important but generally ineffectual
b) lackadaisical and generally in need of improvement
c) comprehensive but generally unnecessary
d) necessary and generally effective

4. The author is most probably leading up to a discussion of some suggestions about how to ________
a) centralize authority for drug surveillance among international agencies
b) centralize authority for drug surveillance in the United States
c) coordinate better the sharing of information among the drug surveillance agencies
d) improve drug testing procedures to detect dangerous effects before drugs are approved
5. The author relies on which of the following in developing the passage?
a) examples
b) statistics
c) analogy
d) rhetorical questions

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Some rare adverse drug effects are not discovered during the limited testing.
2. drugs do not have the same actions in humans that they do in animals