Verbal Ability:

Choose the lettered word that means the opposite or most nearly the opposite of the word in capital letters.

1. OBDURATE

(A) callous
(B) coldhearted
(C) tender
(D) mulish

2. LASCIVIOUS

(A) lewd
(B) libertine
(C) puritan
(D) salacious

Quantitative Ability:

1. Find log 25²

(A) log 50
(B) 5
(C) log 5
(D) 2 log 25

2. How much medicine would provide a patient with 2 tablespoons twice a day for 10 days? (1 tablespoon = 15 ml)

(A) 300 ml
(B) 600 ml
(C) 450 ml
(D) 900 ml

Biology:

1. The major process by which the kidney removes waste products from the blood is called
(A) tubular secretion.
(B) tubular reabsorption.
(C) glomerular filtration.
(D) tubular sublimation.

2. In the human eye, the rods located in the retina are responsible for
(A) color vision.
(B) bright light vision.
(C) peripheral vision.
(D) all of the above.

Chemistry:

1. Pick out the nonsynthetic fiber:
(A) cellulose
(B) rayon
(C) orlon
(D) nylon

2. Electromagnetic radiation has a wide spectrum of energies and wavelengths. The angstrom is widely used as a unit to measure wavelength. What does it equal in meters?
(A) 1 × 10^-15m
(B) 1 × 10^-9m
(C) 1 × 10^-10m
(D) 1 × 10^-11m

Reading Comprehension:

Adrenergic agents, commonly found in appetite suppressants, bronchodilators, central nervous system stimulants, and vasoconstrictors, produce slight pupillary dilation. They have not been observed to produce any adverse effects in open-angle glaucoma, and the incidence of deleterious effects on angle closure glaucoma after systemic administration has been extremely low. Adrenergic agents such as epinephrine and phenylephrine have been used ocularly to treat open-angle glaucoma. It is important to note, however, that these agents will elevate the intraocular pressure by narrowing the anterior chamber angle when instilled into eyes of angle closure patients.

General anesthetics producing parasympathetic and sympathetic imbalance may cause pupillary block. To prevent this complication, topical pilocarpine at 1% may be instilled into the eye one hour prior to anesthesia.

1. Adrenergic agents are commonly found in all of the following EXCEPT

(A) bronchodilators.
(B) bronchoconstrictors.
(C) vasoconstrictors.
(D) appetite suppressants.

2. General anesthetics that produce parasympathetic and sympathetic imbalance may cause

(A) pupillary constriction.
(B) pupillary dilation.
(C) pupillary block.
(D) pupillary stimulation.

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