TOPIC QUIZ: Inorganic Chemistry

Which of the following pharmaceutical products requires that the method of preparation must be reflected in the label?

Purified water USP

Means "stones"

Lithium

The only alkali metal that melts above the boiling point of water is

Lithium

Which of the following is used for the treatment of bipolar disease?

Lithium

Which of the following substances is employed in the treatment of mental disorders?

Li₂CO₃

Drug of choice to combat systemic acidosis:

NaHCO₃

Antacids that cause "rebound" hyperacidity are:

NaHCO₃ & CaCO₃

Table salt

NaCl

Which among the following salts is used as an electrolyte replenisher in dehydration?

Sodium chloride

Which of the following will be used to correct acute metabolic alkalosis?

NaCl

Chile saltpeter is

NaNO₃

Glauber's salt

Magnesium sulfate

Which of the following would be the mechanism of action of sodium thiosulfate to counteract the effects of cyanide?

Enhances the conversion of cyanide to thiocyanate

Which of the following reduces iodine?

Sodium thiosulfate

It is a dry mixture of sodium chloride, sodium bicarbonate or sodium citrate, potassium chloride and dextrose, used to treat chronic diarrhea.

Oral Rehydration Salts and Electrolyte Powder

Cream of tartar is known chemically as

Potassium bitartrate

Potassium supplements are administered in all of the following manners except:

Rapid IV injection

Identify the use of Potassium diformate in veterinary medicine.

Strong anti-microbial

What is saltpeter?

Potassium nitrate

Mineral chameleon is the synonym of the powerful oxidizing agent:

KMnO₄

The following items are uses of Rochelle salt, EXCEPT:

Diuretic

The first element discovered by means of spectroscope

cesium

Sal Volatile

Ammonium carbonate

Which of the following is the chemical name for Baker's ammonia?

Ammonium carbonate

Which of the following is a coinage metal

copper

A trace mineral necessary for heme synthesis, electron transport and wound healing

Copper

Which of the following is a constituent of a mixture commonly known as Bordeaux mixture a well-known fungicide?

Cupric sulfate

This element has the ability to precipitate proteins which is why it is used as astringent and antiseptic.

Silver

Howe is

ammoniacal silver nitrate

In the preparation of standard silver nitrate solution care must be observed because it is easily

Reduced by light

The composition of aqua regia is:

3HCI and HNO₃

Which of the following elements is used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis?

Gold

What is the systematic name of AuCl?

gold (III) chloride

Which of the following common names is the other name for Beryl?

Aquamarine

If blood hemoglobin is to iron, plant chlorophyll is to

Magnesium

Which of the following elements is found in Grignard reagent?

Mg

Grignard reagent consists of:

R-MgX

Which of the following is used to induce bowel movement by increasing osmotic load of gastrointestinal tract?

Saline cathartics

What is a common side effect of magnesium-containing antacids?

Laxative

Epsom salt is synonymous to:

Magnesium sulfate

It is administered in an ice-cold condition to lessen its disagreeable bitter taste; parenterally used as an anticonvulsant:

Epsom salt

Which vitamin enhances the physiological utilization of Ca in the body?

Vitamin D

In the form of its salt, this ion is essential to life being the structural basis of skeleton, an important factor in blood coagulation:

Ca

Which among the following characteristics differentiates calcium containing antacid forms from aluminum containing antacids?

Calcium does not have amphoteric properties

What is the other name for lime?

CaO

Calcium sulfate dihydrate is also named as

Selenite

Which are the dissolved compounds found in hard water?

I. Calcium salts

II. Magnesium salts

III. Polyhydroxy ketones

IV. Manganese salts

I, II, IV

Calcium gluconate is synthesized from:

Gluconic acid + Ca(OH)₂

The reason why BaSO4 can be used or taken internally without causing any toxicity is that:

it does not dissociate in the GIT

The major side effect from the use of barium sulfate suspension as radiopaque is:

Constipation

Element present in Insulin.

Zinc

Which of the following elements is known to improve the immune system?

Zinc

White vitriol is referred to as:

ZnSO₄ - 7 H₂O

A disease found in Japan caused by drinking water contaminated with cadmium:

Itai-itai disease

Amalgams are an alloy of which of the following elements?

Mercury

Considered to be the best antidote for the mercury poisoning particularly the bichloride is:

Sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate

Ammoniated mercury is also known as:

white precipitate

Which are properties of ammoniated mercury?

I. Volatilizes at red heat

II. Occurs as white amorphous powder

III. Soluble in water and alcohol

IV. Decomposes without fusion

I, II, IV

Which of the following represents the chemical formula of calomel?

HgCl

Corrosive sublimate is:

Mercurous chloride

An aqueous solution of this acid will color turmeric paper brownish red:

Boric acid

Burow's solution is also known as:

aluminum acetate solution

Which of the following compounds exhibits amphoteric properties making it suitable to prevent systemic alkalosis?

Aluminum hydroxide

Scandium was once known as:

eka-boron

Substance added to glass to improve its coefficient of expansion:

B

Simethicone is a component of several antacid formulation, how is it chemically classified?

Silicone

Simethicone

Antifoaming

This is chronic lung condition resembling tuberculosis in symptoms:

Silicosis

Quartz

Silicon dioxide

What is the use of bentonite?

Suspending agent

Which of the following substances is native hydrous magnesium silicate?

Talc

Talc is chemically known as

Magnesium silicate

Softest mineral known:

talc

Fuller's earth is known as

Floridin and Aluminum Magnesium silicate

Mendeleev gave this element name "eka-silicon":

Germanium

Litharge is:

lead monoxide

Which among the following is used as a solar ray protective or sun block?

Titanium dioxide

Which of the following gasses are official and used as an artificial atmosphere?

I. Nitrogen

II. Oxygen

III. Neon

IV. Carbon dioxide

I, II, IV

Aqua fortis

HNO₃

Nitrous oxide is usually supplied in cylinders, which are colored

Blue

This allotrope of Phosphorus is made by heating phosphorus at 200 degree celsius under a pressure of 1,200 atm?

Black phosphorus

Referred to as British Anti-Lewisite and is effective topically and systemically as an antidote for poisoning caused by heavy metals.

Dimercaprol

Which of the following binary compounds is called arsine?

AsH₃

A metal which is unaffected by body fluids and attaches itself to bones, is now used in surgical repairs of bones, nerves and muscles:

tantalum

The most abundant element on Earth

Oxygen

What is the color of the cylinder that is used to contain O₂?

Green

Deficiency of this essential trace element results in hyperglycemia. Hence it is also known as the Glucose Tolerance Factor.

Cr

Linus Pauling called this element a superhalogen, probably owing to its high electronegativity value.

Fluorine

Halogen used as a common water disinfectant

Chlorine

In the process of purifying water by chlorination what is the rationale of adding chlorine dioxide?

To further disinfect the water

What is the chemical composition of muriatic acid?

Hydrochloric acid

These are salts of chlorine except:

Saltpeter

A halogen characterized as a dark, reddish brown, fuming liquid with suffocating odor:

bromine

Chemically, Koppeschaar's solution is:

bromine, tenth normal solution

What is lothalamate Meglumine?

Radiographic Contrast medium

The first element produced artificially is:

Tc

Best radiopharmaceutical agent for bone imaging:

Tc99m etidronate

Helium is usually supplied in cylinders, which are colored

Brown

Which of the following Group O elements is recovered from the radioactive decay of radium:

Radon

"Artificial Air" is used therapeutically to alleviate difficult respiration and contains:

20% oxygen & 80% helium