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Chapter 1-8 Review Q
| Question | Answer | Choice 1 | Choice 2 | Choice 3 | Choice 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| During the Civil War, many soldiers died as a result of: | All of the above | Unsanitary Conditions | Postsurgical infections | Gunshot Wounds | All of the above |
| Which of the following choices best describes sources of materials for remedies in ancient times? | Minerals, animals, plants | Chemicals, minerals, vitamins | Minerals, animals, prayer | Minerals, animals, plants | Plants, seeds, minerals |
| Which of the following statements is not true? | Sulfonamide was one of many new antibiotic classes discovered in the 1800s. | Sulfonamides are synthetic antibiotics | Sulfonamides are used for urinary tract infections | Gerhard Domagk discovered sulfonamide. | Sulfonamide was one of many new antibiotic classes discovered in the 1800s. |
| Taking new prescriptions over the telephone and entering them into the computer are tasks a __________ can do. | Pharmacist | Pharmacist | Pharmacy technician | Pharmacy clerk | All of the above |
| The PTCB was founded by which of the following entities? | MPA, ICHP, APhA, ASHP | ASHP, MPA, CPhA, PTEC | MPA, ICHP, APhA, ASHP | NAPB, ASHP, MPA, ICHP | APhA, ASHP, NABP, PTEC |
| Opium and alcohol were once used to: | All of the above | Desensitize a person to pain | Help ease depression | Treat anxiety | All of the above |
| The word apothecary means | Both A and B (Pharmacist and Store) | Pharmacist | Store | Drug | Both A and B (Pharmacist and Store) |
| The first pharmacy technicians were: | All of the above | Family members | Clerks | Military Technicians | All of the above |
| Pharmacy technicians perform the following functions except: | Counseling Patients | Filling prescriptions | Compounding medications | Counseling Patients | Ordering medications |
| The PTCB is an organization that: | Both B and C | Regulates all pharmacy technicians | Gives a national examination for pharmacy technicians | Was founded by several pharmacist associations | Both B and C |
| The amendment that required the labeling “Caution: Federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription” was the: | Durham-Humphrey Amendment | Durham-Humphrey Amendment | Kefauver-Harris Amendments | Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA ‘90) | None of the above |
| What is the purpose of the Orphan Drug Act? | It allow drug companies to bypass lengthy testing to treat a person who has a rare disease. | It enact stricter rules concerning the sales and distribution of controlled substances. | It allow drug companies to bypass lengthy testing to treat a person who has a rare disease. | It stops the use of drug testing in animals. | It ensures the safety and effectiveness of manufacturing practices. |
| The law that requires pharmacists to counsel patients on new medications is: | OBRA ‘90 | OBRA ‘90 | Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act | Prescription Drug Marketing Act | Durham-Humphrey Amendment |
| The primary purpose of the FDA is to: | Ensure that safety and effectiveness standards for medications are met by manufacturers | Make arrests | Ensure that safety and effectiveness standards for medications are met by manufacturers | Prevent the distribution and illegal use of controlled substances | Make sure all laws pertaining to physicians and pharmacists are followed |
| A pharmacy that will be dispensing controlled substances must have which one of the following forms on file with the DEA? | Form 224 | Form 222 | Form 224 | Form 363 | Form 225 |
| The five categories of controlled substances are rated on the basis of: | Potential for abuse | Cost | Strength | Conditions that they treat | Potential for abuse |
| Which of the following health care providers is not one of the standard practitioners that all states accept? | Chiropractors | Doctor of podiatry | Dentists | Chiropractors | Veterinarians |
| Safety Data Sheets (SDS) contain information on: | All of the above | Storage of a chemical | Actions to take in case of a spill | The combustion and stability of a chemical | All of the above |
| What classification of drug recall could cause a temporary health problem or a slight threat of serious harm? | Class II | Class I | Class II | Class III | Class IV |
| What is the maximum legal amount of pseudoephedrine that can be purchased per day? | 3.6 g | 7.5 g | 3.6 g | 9 g | 62 tablets |
| The pharmacy association that accredits pharmacy technician education programs is the: | Pharmacy Technician Accreditation Commission | National Pharmacy Technician Association | American Association of Pharmacy Technicians | Pharmacy Technician Accreditation Commission | American Pharmacists Association |
| How often does a nationally certified technician (CPhT) have to renew his or her certification? | Biennially or once every two years | Yearly | Biannually | Biennially or once every two years | Every 3 years |
| Which of the following is considered a nondiscretionary duty that a pharmacy technician can perform? | Returning expired or damaged stock | Returning expired or damaged stock | Recommending an OTC cold medication | Advising patients about current medications | Changing an order for an IV base |
| Which of the following organizations can revoke a technician’s registration? | BOP | BOP | ASHP | ACPE | All of the above |
| All pharmacies in their respective states are overseen by: | Each state’s board of pharmacy | The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy | Each state’s board of pharmacy | Pharmacy managers | Consumer advocacy groups |
| Which of the following would not be performed by an inpatient pharmacy technician? | Accepting payments from patients | Ordering stock | Accepting payments from patients | Filling medication orders | All of the above would be performed by an inpatient pharmacy technician |
| Which quality is considered a soft skill preferred by employers? | Adaptability | Honesty | Experience | Personality | Adaptability |
| Once nationally certified by the PTCB, a technician must attain _____ CE units in medication safety every 2 years. | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| Which of the following is an example of a closed-door pharmacy? | Nuclear pharmacy | Children’s hospital pharmacy | Nuclear pharmacy | Independent pharmacy | Community pharmacy |
| When preparing a resume, you should: | Add your LinkedIn profile information to the Contact section | Have two or three pages to show all of your accomplishments | Add your LinkedIn profile information to the Contact section | Add your references to the bottom of your resume | All of the above |
| Good communication skills include: | All of the above | Compassion | Tact | Diplomacy | All of the above |
| Body language should convey an attitude of: | Helpfulness and concern | Friendliness and a sense of urgency | Seriousness and professionalism | Helpfulness and concern | Service and dedication |
| This form of communication is judged by others in the first 30 seconds of meeting: | Nonverbal | Verbal | Nonverbal | Written | None of the above |
| The primary purpose of having good communication skills is: | To relate to customers | To order medications | To relate to pharmacy team members | To relate to customers | All of the above |
| A person’s voice can influence how the information is perceived based on: | All of the above | Inflection | Speed | Volume | All of the above |
| Medication errors have been connected to: | Illegible handwriting | Illegible handwriting | Technician inexperience | Poor telephone etiquette | All of the above |
| Which of the following communication tasks is not one of the standard technician duties? | Counseling patients on their medications | Handling angry patients appropriately | Dealing with insurance representatives on the telephone | Taking customer refills over the telephone | Counseling patients on their medications |
| What is one of the best ways to handle a frustrated customer? | Listen intently | Ask another technician for help | Listen intently | Ask the customer to settle down | All of the above |
| If a technician has tried but is unable to resolve a customer’s problem, then what step should he or she take next? | Inform the pharmacist | Alert the police | Inform the pharmacist | Yell for the technician supervisor | Ask the customer what to do next |
| If any part of the prescription is illegible, technicians should: | None of the above | Call the prescriber for clarification | Ask another technician for help | See what medication the patient is taking and try to figure it out on their own | None of the above |
| Why are sublingual tablets better for relieving angina attacks than traditional tablets? | They bypass the stomach, entering the bloodstream for quicker relief. | They will not cause drowsiness. | They bypass the stomach, entering the bloodstream for quicker relief. | They are administered less frequently than traditional tablets. | They are easier to swallow. |
| Why do manufacturers make dosage forms that are effective over a longer time? | To enable the patient to take the medication less often | To cut down on the cost of making the drug | To save time preparing each dose | To enable the patient to take the medication less often | To meet the US Food and Drug Administration standards |
| Parenteral medications are used because: | All of the above | They work quickly | They bypass the acidic secretions of the stomach | The patient is unable to take medication by mouth | All of the above |
| Which of the following is not an example of a semisolid dosage form? | Lozenge | Cream | Gel | Paste | Lozenge |
| Which liquid dosage form has a hydroalcoholic base? | Elixir | Elixir | Syrup | Enema | Emulsion |
| The organ that performs most of the metabolism of a drug is the: | Liver | Kidney | Small intestine | Stomach | Liver |
| If a drug has a half-life of 20 hours, this would mean that: | Half of the drug will be eliminated from the body in the first 20 hours, followed by the second half in 20 additional hours. | Half of the drug will be eliminated from the body in the first 20 hours, followed by the second half in 20 additional hours. | The drug only lasts half as long as needed. | The drug loses half its strength in half of 20 hours. | The drug loses half its strength in 20 hours, followed by half of the remaining strength in the following 20 hours, and so forth. |
| Excipients are used in preparing medications to: | All of the above | Improve appearance | Disguise taste and/or smell | Increase the size of the medication | All of the above |
| The time taken for the plasma concentration of a drug to decrease by 50% is known as: | Half-life | Bioavailability | Distribution | Ionization | Half-life |
| Which of the following should have a “Shake Well” auxiliary label on the bottle? | Suspension | Suspension | Solution | Syrup | All of the above |
| Convert 1/5 to a percentage | 20% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Convert 0.25 to a percentage | 25% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Convert 10/25 to a percentage | 40% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Convert 2.275 to a percentage | 227.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Convert NTG gr 1/300 to milligrams | 0.2 mg | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Write 20 in roman numerals | XX | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Write 50 in roman numerals | L | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Write 59 in roman numerals | LIX | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Write CXL in Arabic numbers | 140 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Write XC in Arabic numbers | 90 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Write XXXIV in Arabic numbers | 34 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Convert 37 degrees Celsius to Farenheit | 98.6 degrees Farenheit | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Convert 86 degrees Farenheit to Celsius | 30 degrees Celsius | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Convert 5cc to teaspoons | 1 tsp | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Convert 1 mcg to milligrams | 0.001 mg | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Convert 15 cc to teaspoons | 3 tsp | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Convert 1000 mg to grams | 1 g | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Convert 30 mL to teaspoons | 6 tsp | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Convert 900 mL to ounces | 30 oz | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Convert 1000 mL to Liters | 1 L | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Convert 0.25 L to milliliters | 250 mL | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Convert 2 kg to pounds | 4.4 lbs | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Convert 0.25 mg to micrograms | 250 mcg | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Order: cimetidine 300 mg tab qid × 30 days. In stock: cimetidine 150 mg tablets. How many tablets will you need to fill this order? | 240 tablets | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Order: tobramycin IV 60 mg in D5W 50 mL. In stock: tobramycin 40 mg/mL in 2-mL vials. How many milliliters are needed to fill the order? | 1,5 mL | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Order: vancomycin IV 750 mg bid in D5W 250 mL. In stock: vancomycin 1 g per 20-mL vial. How much will you take from the 1-g vial? | 15 mL | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Order: 10% dextrose solution 1 L. In stock: 5% and 50% dextrose bags. How much of each solution will it take to make a 1-L bag of 10% dextrose? | 111 mL of 50% 889 mL of 5% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Order: 0.5 L of a 30% amino acid solution. In stock: 70% amino acids and sterile water. How much of each solution is required to prepare a 30% solution? | 214 mL of 70% 286 mL of SW | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Convert the ratio into grams per milliliter and also to percentage strength. 1:10 | 0.1 g/mL 10% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Convert the ratio into grams per milliliter and also to percentage strength. 2:100 | 0.02 g/mL 2% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Convert the ratio into grams per milliliter and also to percentage strength, 1:1000 | 0.001 g/ml 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Order: dispense ibuprofen liquid 40 mg/kg per day; give qid. In stock: ibuprofen liquid 100 mg/5 mL. How much will this patient receive per dose if the patient’s weight is 10 lb? | 45.45 (45) mg/dose or 2.27 mL/dose | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Order: dispense ibuprofen liquid 40 mg/kg per day; give qid. In stock: ibuprofen liquid 100 mg/5 mL. How much liquid is needed to fill a 7-day supply? | 64 mL/7-day supply (63) | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 500 mL of heparin is to be given over 20 hours. The tubing size delivers 10 gtt/mL. How many drops per minute are being delivered to the patient? | 4.2 gtt/min- rounded up to 5 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| What is the percent strength of a 1:25 (w/v) solution? | 4% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| You add 40 g of salicylic acid to white petrolatum to make a total of 800 g. What is the percentage strength of the product? | 5% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| What is the initial strength of a solution that is made by adding 200 mL of purified water to make 600 mL of a 25% solution? | 37.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| If you dilute 60 mL of a 30% solution to 480 mL, what is the percentage strength of the new solution? | 3.75% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| How many milliliters of pure alcohol (w/v) are required to make 480 mL of a solution containing 30% alcohol? | 144 mL | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| You need to mix magic mouthwash that has a ratio of 1:1:1. Using diphenhydramine, Maalox, and lidocaine, how much of each do you need to make 8 oz? Give your answer in milliliters. | 80 mL | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Which book provides package inserts from manufacturers? | Physicians’ Desk Reference | Drug Facts and Comparisons | Goodman and Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics | Red Book | Physicians’ Desk Reference |
| Which of the following book or books is/are the best source(s) for locating manufacturers’ addresses? | Physicians’ Desk Reference | Red Book | Physicians’ Desk Reference | Goodman and Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics | Drug Facts and Comparisons |
| If you need to find the average wholesale price (AWP) of a drug, the best source to look in is: | Red Book | American Drug Index | Drug Facts and Comparisons | Red Book | A journal |
| The book that is available in both hardbound and loose-leaf versions to allow for monthly updates is: | Drug Facts and Comparisons | Drug Facts and Comparisons | Red Book | Goodman and Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics | None of the above |
| The most widely used reference book in pharmacy is: | Drug Facts and Comparisons | Goodman and Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics | The dictionary | Remington’s Pharmaceutical Sciences: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy | Drug Facts and Comparisons |
| If you need to identify a specific tablet or capsule only by the markings, color, and shape, you would look in: | Ident-A-Drug | Drug Facts and Comparisons loose-leaf version | Ident-A-Drug | American Drug Index | Red Book |
| All of the following are updated at least yearly except: | Drug Facts and Comparisons | Drug Facts and Comparisons | Red Book | Goodman and Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics | Physicians’ Desk Reference |
| All of the following information can be found in Drug Facts and Comparisons (F&C) except: | Patient Information | Schedule of a narcotic | Storage and stability | Patient information | All of the above information can be found in F&C. |
| Information about pharmacy technician associations can be found: | A and C (Online and In the Red Book) | Online | In journals | In the Red Book | A and C |
| All of the following can be found in free downloaded materials from Epocrates except: | Herbals | Contraindications | Herbals | Pill identification | B and C |
| Which one of the following terms refers to the medication name on the prescription? | Inscription | Inscription | Subscription | Superscription | Signa |
| What Dispense as Written (DAW) code is assigned to a prescription when there is "No product selection indicated"? | DAW 0 | DAW 0 | DAW 1 | DAW 2 | DAW 3 |
| Which of the following may be identified during a prospective drug review? | All of the above | Drug-disease contraindication | Drug duplication | Therapeutic duplication | All of the above |
| Which of the following is not one of the patient’s rights? | Right price | Right patient | Right drug | Right price | Right dosage form |
| Which of the following may a pharmacy technician not do regarding immunizations? | Administer the immunization | Administer the immunization | Billing the patient for the immunization | Collecting patient information before an immunization is administered | Drawing the correct amount of vaccine into the syringe for an immunization |
| What does the following signa mean: 1 tsp PO qid ac and hs? | Take 1 teaspoonful by mouth four times a day before meals and at bedtime. | Take 1 teaspoonful by mouth four times a day after meals and at bedtime. | Take 1 teaspoonful by mouth four times a day before meals and at bedtime. | Take 1 tablespoonful by mouth four times a day before meals and at bedtime. | Take 1 tablespoonful by mouth three times a day before meals and at bedtime. |
| Which of the following a pharmacy technician may not do in a retail pharmacy? | Accept a new prescription over the telephone from the physician’s office | Accept a new prescription over the telephone from the physician’s office | Accept a new prescription from the patient at the intake window | Order medications from a wholesaler | Check medications received from a wholesaler |
| Which of the following should a pharmacy technician not demonstrate to a pharmacy patient? | Sarcasm | Empathy | Sarcasm | Sensitivity | Understanding |
| Which information may a pharmacist provide to a patient during counseling? | All of the above | Proper storage | Prescription refill information | Action to be taken in the event of a missed dose | All of the above |
| What is adjudication? | The process by which a prescription is electronically submitted to a third-party payer for the pharmacy to be reimbursed for the medication dispensed | The process by which a prescription is electronically submitted to a third-party payer for the pharmacy to be reimbursed for the medication dispensed | A number assigned to a medication that indicates the drug manufacturer, drug entity, and drug packaging | A number required to dispense a controlled substance | A number assigned to a health care provider that allows him or her to be reimbursed by Medicaid or Medicare |
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