Cumulative Quiz 2

1. Calculate the BMI of a female patient who is 5’8” tall and weighs 145 lbs. Is
the patient underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese? (Answer must
be numeric; no units or commas; round the final answer to the nearest
WHOLE number.)

2. Calculate the Ideal Body Weight (IBW) of a 64-year-old-female with height of

5’7”, weight of 66 kg and a serum creatinine of 1.0 mg/dL? (Answer must be
numeric; no units or commas; include a leading zero when answer is less
than 1; round final answer to the nearest TENTH.)

3. Calculate the Adjusted body weight (AdjBW) of a 71-year-old male with height
of 5’11, weight of 95 kg, and serum creatinine of 1.2 mg/dL? (Answer must be
numeric; no units or commas; round the final answer to the nearest WHOLE
number.)

4. What is the Adjusted body weight (AdjBW) of a 75-year-old female with height
of 5’4, weight of 162 pounds, and serum creatinine of 1.0 mg/dL? (Answer
must be numeric; no units or commas; round the final answer to the
nearest WHOLE number.)

5 What is the BMI of a male patient who is 5’10” tall and weighs 172 lbs. Is the
patient underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese? (Answer must be
numeric; no units or commas; round the final answer to the nearest WHOLE
number.)
6 An order is received to initiate Propofol at 15mcg/kg/min in a 72-year-old-male
who weighs 183 pounds. What rate in mL/hr should the Propofol be infused at?
Propofol comes as 1000mg/100mls Lipid emulsion? (Answer must be numeric;
no units or commas; include a leading zero when answer is less than 1; round
final answer to the nearest Hundredth.)

7. JK new medication indicate heparin 15 units per kg per hour. JK weight is 88

kg and the heparin IV bag comes as a concentration of 30 units /mL. Calculate
the infusion rate in terms of mL/hr. (Answer must be numeric; no units or
commas.)

8. The pharmacist has an order for heparin 55,000 units in 250 mL D5W to be
infused at 500 units/hour. What should the infusion rate be set at in mL/hour?
(Answer must be numeric; no units or commas; include a leading zero when
answer is less than 1; round final answer to the nearest TENTH.)

9 AK is about to receive a 7% lidocaine drip. If the dose ordered is 8 mg/min, how

many hours will a 250 mL bag last? (Answer must be numeric; no units or
commas; round the final answer to the nearest WHOLE number.)

10. A 0.7% lidocaine solution is flowing at 25 mL/hr. What is the hourly dose in
mg/hour? (Answer must be numeric; no units or commas.)

11. MS is 65-year-old Caucasian female patient receiving esmolol IV infusion at a

rate of 3 mcg/kg/min. Esmolo was prepared by reconstituting a 10 mL vial of it
containing 110 mg of esmolol and then adding half of the vial to a 250 mL IV bag.
At this rate of infusion, how many hours will this bag last? MS weight is 115
pounds. (Answer must be numeric; no units or commas; round the final answer
to the nearest WHOLE number.)
 12. Patient X weight is 65 kg and she is receiving an IV drip that is commercially
available in 500 mg/250 mL IV bags. Patient X nurse is instructed to administer
the IV at a dose of 0.3 mg/kg/hour with a drip set delivering 20 drops/mL. What
would be the flow rate in drops/min? (Answer must be numeric; no units or
commas; round the final answer to the nearest WHOLE number.)

13. What is the calculated creatinine clearance of a 47-year-old male with a height
of 5’7”, weight of 164 pounds, and serum creatinine of 1.1 mg/dL? (Round off
your answer to the hundredths place; no units or commas.)

14. What is the Creatinine Clearance of a 54-year-old female with an Actual Body
Weight of 147 lbs and an Ideal Body Weight of 136 lbs if her serum Creatinine is
1.0 mg/dL? (Round off your answer to ONE decimal point; no units or commas.)

15. Using 10 grams of a 15% boric acid ointment, the pharmacist will manufacture an 9%
ointment. How many grams of diluent is required? (Answer must be numeric; no units
or commas; round final answer to the nearest TENTH.)

16. A pharmacist mixed 900 mg of a liquid drug (SG = 0.9) in enough liquid to prepare 2
liters of a final product. What is the ratio strength of the final product? (Answer must be
numeric; no units or commas; round the final answer to the nearest WHOLE number.)

17. What is the calculated creatinine clearance of a 74-year-old male with a height of
5’5”, weight of 187 pounds, and serum creatinine of 1.1 mg/dL? Round off your answer
to a whole number.

18. If a codeine suspension contains 15 mg of codeine per 5 mL, how many grams of
codeine would be used in preparing 320 mL of the suspension? (Answer must be
numeric; no units or commas; include a leading zero when answer is less than 1.)

19. How many milligrams of caffeine will be contained in each caplet of the prescription
below? Rx: Acetaminophen 7 g Aspirin 12 g Caffeine 3.25 g M. ft. caps. no. 58 Sig. i-ii
caplets prn HA. (Answer must be numeric; no units or commas; round the final answer
to the nearest WHOLE number.)
 20. Ferrous sulfate tablets USP contains 350 mg of ferrous sulfate in each tablet.
How many milligrams of elemental iron is contained in each ferrous sulfate 325
mg tablet? (Answer must be numeric; no units or commas; round the final
answer to the nearest WHOLE number.)

21. A pharmacist has an order for parenteral nutrition that includes 850 mL of D50%.
The pharmacist checks the supplies and finds the closest strength available is D70%.
How many mL of D70% will provide an equivalent energy requirement?

22. How many milliequivalents of calcium chloride are in 55.5 mL of a 15% calcium
cjhloride solution? (Answer must be numeric; no units or commas; round the final
answer to the nearest WHOLE number.) M.W of CaCl2= 111. (Answer must be numeric;
no units or commas; include a leading zero when answer is less than 1.)

23. MM is a 72-year-old cancer patient receiving treatment for multiple myeloma. He

presents to the clinic for Pomalyst counseling and routine lab visit for his CBC. WB lab
results indicate the following.

24. KS is a sophomore at the Boston University. She presents to the clinic feeling
fatigued and short of breath. KS final exams are scheduled to start next week, and she is
worried that she may not be able to study properly before writing her exams. Using KS
laboratory parameters below, calculate the patient’s anion gap:

Na: 145 Cl: 100 K: 3.5 HCO3- 22 Scr: 1.2 BUN: 32

25. A patient is receiving 350 mL of 10% lipids on Mondays and Fridays. How many
calories is the patient receiving from the lipids each week? (Answer must be numeric; no
units or commas.)