tutored exam
The cost of 500 tablets of ibuprofen 400 mg is $62.28. If your pharmacy marks up the cost by 13% and adds a $2.35 dispensing fee, what would the retail charge for 120 tablets?
$19.24
You are to use 7.6 ml of sterile water to reconstitute a vial of medication. What size of syringe should be used?
10 ml
How many mg's of diazepam are contained in 2.5 ml of a diazepam 10 mg 2 ml injection?
12.5 mg
The initial dose of aminophylline for a non-smoking adult is 0.7 mg/kg/hr for 12 hours. How many ml of an IV solution containing 400 mg per 100 ml would be required for a 154 lbs male over this 12 hour period?
147 ml
A solution containing 300 g of solute in 1500 ml of solution, what is the ratio strength of (w/v)?
1:05
You are to use 2.4 ml of diluent to reconstitute a vial of medication. What size of syringe should be used?
3 ml
An order specified Suprax 75 mg qd for 10 days. If a 100 mg/5 ml suspension is used, the volume of each daily dose will be:
3.75 ml
A pharmacy tech re-packs bulk solid dosage forms into unit dosed packages. What expiration date will appear on the package
50% of labeled expiration date to a maximum of 1 year
What should the minimum percent of Isopropyl Alcohol be to prevent contamination of an IV
70%
If a prescription is written Amoxicillin and is marked may not substitute:
A generic drug can usually be dispensed (state law may vary)
The purchasing of drugs directly from the manufacturer requires:
A minimum order set by the manufacturer
Which of the following duties may a pharmacy tech not do?
Accept a verbal medication order from a physician
If a patient cannot tolerate a NSAID, which one of the following medications may he/she take?
Acetaminophen
Which of the following nonprescription analgesics would be the safest choice for a patient taking Warfarin (Coumadin)?
Acetaminophen (Tylenol)
All of the following are correct when opening an ampule except:
After wiping with an alcohol pad, dry the neck with a paper towel
The pharmacist asks you to prepare the following prescription: Amoxicillin suspension 5 ml PO TID x 10 days. The tech should:
Alert the pharmacist to the problem
Phenytoin is available in which dosage forms?
All of the Above
Factors affecting oral route of administration would include:
All of the above
POS Systems will allow pharmacists to receive what type of pay
All of the above
Pharmaceutical compounding may involve the following ingredient(s):
All of the above
Pharmacist may substitute a generic product for a brand name product if the following criteria are met:
All of the above
Which of the following is true regarding quality?
All of the statements are true
Which of the following medications is schedule IV substance?
Alprazolam
Which of the following is not a true statement regarding multiple dose containers?
Ampules can be refrigerated up to 28 days
An "automatic stop order" in the hospital setting would apply to which category of drugs?
Antibiotics
Prochlorperazine belongs to what classification of drugs?
Antiemetic
Which of the following is not a type of respiratory system medication?
Antifungals
Oral syringes are:
Are unable to accept a Luer-lock needle.
An abnormal irregular heartbeat is referred to as:
Arrythmia
If a patient with a Veetids prescription has experienced an allergic reaction to penicillin, the tech should:
Ask the patient the type of allergic reaction experienced, note the patient's response, and alert the pharmacist.
Which problem can be avoided by administering Promethazine IV?
Aspiration
OSHA's main purpose is to:
Assure a safe and healthful workplace
How far within a laminar flow hood should the pharmacy technician work?
At least 6 inches from the hood
Lab requirements before starting Clozaril include:
Both A and B
Methylphenidate belongs to which schedule of controlled substances?
CII
Which of the following medications is to control seizures?
Carbamazepine
Which of the following medications is available in transdermal form?
Catapres
A vial of reconstituted Mutamycin breaks inside a vertical flow hood. What should the technician do?
Clean up the spill with a spill kit
Which of the following medications is available in transdermal form?
Clonidine
What is the process called by which a health insurance company determines if it should be the primary or secondary payer of medical claims?
Coordination of Benefits (COB)
One of the records that must be maintained in a pharmacy is
DEA form 41
Which act states that before a dietary supplement or dietary ingredient can be marketed, the manufacturer must ensure it is safe?
DSHEA
Which of the following groups is usually not a member of the P + T committee?
Dental representative
Which of the following medications belong to the same class of drugs as Etodolac?
Diclofenac
If you believe someone has presented a fraudulent prescription at your pharmacy, the best action would be to:
Discreetly notify the pharmacist so that the appropriate action may be taken
A prescription states "Procardia XL 30 mg #100 1 tab po qd". If the third party coverage limits the dispensing to a 30 day supply, the pharmacy should:
Dispense a 30 day supply with refills
The second field of numbers in the national drug code (NDC) identifies the:
Drug description
Which drug recall is the most important in that all parties involved in the dispensing of a prescription (Doctor, Pharmacy and patient) must be notified due to the drugs potential or serious harm?
Drug recall I
The National Drug Code (NDC) is usually required for purchasing of pharmaceutical products. The NDC can be found in which of the following?
Drug topics red book
The Patient Package Insert (PPI) for oral contraceptives is required to be dispensed:
Each time the prescription is dispensed
Of the following medications, which one may not be crushed?
Ecotrin 325 mg
Which of the following is not a defining characteristic of an iv solution
Effervescence
Which dosage form is formulated to dissolve in the intestine rather than the stomach?
Enteric-coated
how often must controlled substances be physically inventoried?
Every two years
Tall Man lettering is approved by which organization?
FDA
Who is responsible for the drug recall process?
FDA
Federal law requires that all controlled substances dispensed bear the following statement on the dispensing label?
Federal law prohibits the transfer of this to another person
The proper technique for cleaning a horizontal laminar flow hood is to wipe:
From back to front using side -to-side motions
Until recently, all of the anticonvulsant drugs have been used for decades. Which of the following drugs is a new drug in the arsenal of anticonvulsant therapy?
Gabapentin
Which of the following inventory rates is a indication of an effective inventory control area?
Higher rate
As of October 6, 2014 the US Drug Enforcement Administration required all products containing what to become a Schedule II controlled substance?
Hydrocodone
Which type of IV solution can cause the red blood cells to burst?
Hypotonic
Which routes of administration produces the quickest onset of action of Promethazine?
IV
Propranolol is the same as
Inderal
The prescription label on an outpatient pharmacy medication requires
Legal name of pharmacy and address
Which drug is used as a RESCUE from toxicity of methotrexate?
Leucovorin
What medication increases the amount of dopamine in the CNS
Levodopa
When state and federal requirements differ on how long records should be kept, what should take precedence?
Longest time period
Which of the following types of syringes should be used in the mixing of vinblastine?
Luer Lock
Who is responsible for the initial ordering of investigation drugs?
MD
The purpose of the P + T committee is all the following except
Make sure the hospital receives payment
The first set of numbers of a National Drug Code identifies the:
Manufacturer
Which requires a follow-up "cover" prescription when dispensed as a verbal order?
Meperidine
What is the process whereby a drug is transformed by the liver to another chemical
Metabolism
Suspending or thickening agents are added to suspensions to thicken the suspending medium and the sedimentation rate. Which of the following is not a suspending agent?
Milk of Bismuth
What information is required to be posted on each cell of an automated counting device?
Name, strength, lot # and expiration date of drug
Which of the following drugs is a calcium channel blocker?
Nifedipine
When selling an over-the-counter nasal decongestant spray Oxymetazoline (Afrin), which question can the tech answer without reffering the customer to the pharmacist?
None of the above
Another name for nonprescription drugs is:
OTC
Who implements formulary review for new drugs?
P&T committee
What is the Latin abbreviation for "after meals"?
PC
In what publication can the information found on a manufactures package insert for Premarin be found?
PDR
The last two of digits of the NDC represents:
Package size
All of the drugs listed below are laxatives except:
Pancreas capsules
Which of the following 2 drug classes have cross sensitivity?
Penicillin and Cephalosporin
Latex gloves, gowns, respirators, face shields, and chemical splash goggles used in Antineoplastic agent preparation are known as:
Person protective equipment
Which phase of investigational drug clinical studies is usually performed on 5 -20 volunteer patients?
Phase 1
Federal Law requires prescription orders for controlled drugs (Schedules II-V) must contain all of the following except:
Physician's telephone number
The proper method for disposing of a used needle and syringe after mixing Cefriaxone is
Place the needle and syringe directly in the sharps container
Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) is
Prescription that is directly entered by physicians
The term used when a pharmacy has to call to receive approval to dispense non-formulary medication is?
Prior Authorization
You receive the following prescription: Vancenase (Beclomethasone) inhaler Dispense #1 Sig: ii puffs inhaled bid. In filling the prescription, the technician should:
Provide the patient with the "For the Patient" instructions included with the inhaler
Which of the following correctly describes the manner in which records of the receipt and disposition of all controlled substances must be kept?
Records of Schedule II substances must be maintained separately from all other records of the registrant
Which of the following is not a function of the inventory control area?
Reduce cash flow
Insulin is to be added to a TPN. What type of insulin may be used?
Regular
Insulin is to be added to an IV admixture. What type of insulin may be used?
Regular
A patient comes in wondering whether he/she can take Claritin with Benadryl. As a Pharmacy Technician what should you do?
Request the patient see the pharmacist for a consult
A patient comes in wondering whether he/she can take a certain medication with another one. As a Pharmacy Technician what should you do?
Request the patient see the pharmacist for a consult.
Of the following schedules, which one deals with drugs that have no medicinal use in the United States and have a high abuse potential?
Schedule I
According to the Controlled Substances Act, a prescription for Dexedrine should be filed under which schedule?
Schedule II
Opiates or Narcotics are generally found in what schedule
Schedule II
Schedule II narcotic prescriptions may be refilled how many times?
Schedule II Narcotics may not be refilled
A tracking log should be kept for?
Schedule II order forms
In which controlled substance schedule is Tylenol No. 2 classified?
Schedule III
The 1 inch Red letter "C" designation for controlled substances applies to:
Schedule III-V
The two basic parts of the needle are the:
Shaft and hub.
Fluorouracil cream:
Should be applied with gloves or a nonmetallic object.
Computer generated safety features include drug alerts that
Should be relayed to the Pharmacist on duty
What is the program called that is used for dispensing medication in the pharmacy setting?
Software
Licensing and general professional oversight of pharmacists and pharmacies are carried out by:
State Board of Pharmacy
A patient hands you an empty vial of Methylphenidate and asked for the Rx to be refilled. What should you do?
Tell the patient that the medication is not refillable
A patient enters the pharmacy complaining of persistent heartburn. The pharmacy technician should:
Tell the patient to speak to the pharmacist
Jane Doe gives the technician a prescription for Coumadin 4 mg, one tablet even days and 1/2 tablet odd days. Jane picks up a bottle of Ecotrin 325 mg. What should the technician do?
Tell the pharmacist
Another pharmacy calls for a copy of an Rx and the pharmacist is busy counseling a patient. The pharmacy technician should:
Tell them that the pharmacist is busy and to call them back later
The pharmacy technician receives a call from a patient that indicates their 2-year-old child has just ingested half a bottle of Motrin Chewable. What may the pharmacy technician not do?
Tell them to induce vomiting immediately
According to federal law, in the event of the suspected theft of a schedule II medication, the pharmacy is required to notify which agency or agencies?
The DEA
The active ingredient of a drug product is labeled USP. This standard is set forth in:
The United States Pharmacopoeia
The gauge of a needle represents:
The diameter of the needle
According to most insurance coverage, if a prescription is written for a brand name product and "may substitute" is marked:
The generic drug must be dispensed
If State, Local and Federal pharmacy law differ, which law applies?
The more stringent law
The computer insurance error message "patient not found" or "invalid ID number" indicates
The patient does not appear to be enrolled in the insurance program; check for errors such as misspelling of the patient's name, ID number.
the two parts of the syringe that should not be touched are:
The tip and the plunger
What is the pharmacy technician's essential role?
To be part of the process of safely filling and dispensing medications
IV products containing dextrose, amino acids, trace minerals, vitamins, and other pharmacological agents are referred to as:
Total Parenteral Nutrition
Which of the following medications is a schedule IV substance
Triazolam
The maximum daily supply that can be prescribed at one time for Thalomid is:
Twenty-eight days
This reference book contains official drug standards and is a required reference source in all licensed pharmacy settings.
USP
The pharmacy technician should use what kind of precautions to protect themselves and others from infection?
Universal precautions
What is the SBTL button on as cash register used for?
Used to get the final amount of the sale including tax
Two drugs that should not be taken together because of a major drug-drug interaction would be:
Warfarin-Aspirin
A PRN drug is administered
When the patient's condition requires it.
Which of the following is a Schedule IV controlled substance?
Xanax
Ketolides are
antibiotics
Which is not a therapeutic class that is used in the treatment of cancer
antithrombotics
The elimination half-life of nicotine in the body is
around two hours
A semi-rigid cup-like plastic package that is normally used for oral solid medications and sealed with a foil type material is called a:
blister package
Needle gauge represents
diameter of the needle
A prescription can usually be refilled:
none of the above
DEA form 222 allows the pharmacy to:
order controlled substances
All outpatient prescription requires which of the following?
prescribers phone number and address
the purpose of a horizontal laminar flow hood is to:
provide a sterile environment for admixture compounding
The main concern of pharmacy practice today is the:
provision of optimal drug therapy for all patients
An overdose of MS-Contin would cause
respiratory depression
An overdose of Morphine would cause
respiratory depression
The two parts of the syringe that should not be touched and remain sterile are:
the tip and the plunger
The sterile parts of a syringe that may never be touched are the:
tip and plunger