ExCPT Practice Exam

Which of the following may be performed only by a pharmacist?

Accepting a return call from a prescriber's office clarifying a prescription.

All of the following duties may be performed by a pharmacy technician EXCEPT

Selecting an OTC product for a patient.

A patient brings in two new prescriptions from two different doctors. One prescription is for ibuprofen 800 mg, 1 tablet po and another prescription is for Anaprox DS, 1 tablet bid what should the technician do?

Alert the pharmacist of a possible therapeutic duplication.

A list of goods or items a business will use in its normal operation is called a.

Inventory

Checking order reports to ensure the order contains no errors is done

Manually

In receiving an order, it is important to be alert for drugs that have been incorrectly picked, receiving damaged, are outdated or missing, so orders are reconciled.

Item by item

A small volume intravenous bag specifically used to deliver medication is called.

IVPB

According to federal law, the prescriber must provide his/her DEA number for which of the following prescriptions?

Xanax

Isotretinonin is associated with

iPledge

SDS sheets provide

information about hazardous substances.

An antibiotic prescribed 15mg/kg twice a day by IV. What is the daily dose in mg for a child that weighting 66 pounds.

900 mg

Outdated drugs can be

sent to reverse distributors.

An example of a major drug-drug interaction is

warfarin-aspirin

The Patient ___________ is necessary for billing a prescription.

date of birth

As you are putting away an order from a wholesaler, you notice one bottle is missing a label. The pharmacist tells you that the medication cannot be dispensed and must be returned to the wholesaler or destroyed. The drug cannot be dispensed because it is

misbranded

Companies that administer drug benefit programs are called

PBMs

Copy 2 of DEA form 222 is

forward to the DEA

Proper disposal or destruction of non-returnable medications includes.

using a company that meets EPA regulations.

Each tablet of Claritin D 12 hour contains 120 mg of pseudoephedrine sulfate. What is the maximum amount per transaction if the maximum amount per transaction pseudoephedrine is 3.6 g?

30

Exempt narcotics are in DEA schedule.

V or 5

Exempt narcotics are regulated for how many dosage units can be sold without a prescription in a ________ hour period.

48 hours

Federal law requires pharmacies to keep ______+_ of the DEA form 22.

Copy 3

For asceptic technique, all work should be performed at least ________ inches inside the laminar flow hood.

6 inches

All of the following are used to store medications except.

Shoe boxes

Counseling as required by OBRA is provided by

Pharmacists.

All of the following pharmacy personnel must be formally trained on HIPAA except.

none of the above

For the following prescription, how much drug is take each day?

Amoxicillin 250 mg/5 mL 150 mL, Sig: 2 teaspoons tid.

30 mL

HIPAA is a federal law that protects a patient's PHI when it is.

all of the above

The directions on a prescription read ii gtt q8h ou. The directions on the label should read.

Instill two drops in each eye every 8 hours.

How many cases of 8 dram vials should be ordered to last two weeks if there are 500 vials per case and the pharmacy uses.

4

The common abbreviation ss means.

one half

Which abbreviation is on the Joint Commission's "Do Not Use List"

qd

How many grams of sucrose are needed to prepare 4 ounces of 20% solution

24 g

How many milliliters of magnesium sulfate 4 mEq/mL are needed to add 10 mEq of magnesium sulfate to an IV bag?

2.5 mL

Aseptic techniques are methods used to maintain.

Sterility

How much hydrocortisone powder is needed to compound 60 g of hydrocortisone cream 2%

1200 mg

Good interpersonal skill include.

all the above

How much should be withdrawn from a vial if the strength of the medication is 1 mg/mL and a dose of 5000 micrograms is needed

0.5 mL

How should a prescription for BenzaCline be stored after it has been mixed?

Room Temperature

Which dispensing code should be used for a prescription written for Cymbalta 20 mg if DAW was not written on the prescription.

0

If medication is to be taken PC when should it be taken.

After meals

Which dispensing code should be used for a prescription written for Norvasc 5 mg if the patient requested brand name and DAW was not written on the prescription.

3

If the dose of liquid amoxicillin for a child is on and on-half teaspoonful three times a day for 10 days, what is the volume needed to fill the prescription

225 mL

Information about generic equivalents can be found in the

Orange Book

Tall man letters are used for

to distinguish look-alike and sound-alike drug names.

MedWatch form 3500 is for reporting adverse reaction to

drugs

Normal saline solution is

isotonic

OSHA requires notice for hazardous substances that provide hazard, handling, clean-up, and first aid information are called.

SDS

When a technican receives a rejected claim "NDC not covered" this is probably means.

the insurance plan has a closed formulary.

The age required to purchase a CV exempt narcotic without a prescription is

18 years old

Premarin cream has been prescribed 0.5 g pv twice a week. The medication should be administered

Vaginally

Lidoderm is an example of an

anesthetic

What is the % concentration if 134 g of sugar is in 200 mL of aqueous solution

67%

Sublingual nitroglycerin is used for

angina

The term for a drug that reduces fever is

antipyretic

When a technician receives a rejected claim "Invalid Person Code" this probably means.

the person code entered doesn't match the birth date and/or sex in the insurers computer.

When a technician receives a rejected claim "Unable to connect" this probably means.

the connection with the insurers computer is temporarily unavailable due to computer problems.

The class of drugs to dissolve blood clots is

thrombolytics

The CMEA set _______ and _______ limits on the OTC sales of pseudoephedrine.

daily - monthly

The commission that surveys the accredits health-care organizations is the

TJC

Nitroglycerin sublingual tablets should be dispensed

in a glass container

The controlled substance act is enforced by the

DEA

The directions state 2 gtt au q12h. How is the drug administered

both ears

The CPT codes for billing medication therapy management service provided by pharmacist are

99605 , 99606, 99607

Which of the following types of information is generally not required for online claim process.

Height

The following drugs are antidepressants except.

diazepam

The following drugs are considered Antihyperlipidemics drugs except

Aldactone

The following medications should be refrigerated except.

Biaxin suspension

The generic name for Neurotin is

gabapetin

The government agency that regulates investigational medications is the

FDA

An example of a robotic dispensing machine

Parata Max

The middle set of digits of the NDC represents

product identification

Patient package inserts are required to be dispensed with all new prescriptions and at least every 30 days with refill prescriptions for

Oral contraceptives.

The pharmacist should be alerted if a patient is allergic to sulfa and prescribed

Bactrim

The Red Book provides information about

Pricing

Prescriptions for controlled substances from schedules 2, 3, and 4 must contain the following warning.

Caution: Federal Law prohibits the transfer of this drug to any person other than the patient for whom is was prescribed.

The temperature of a refrigerator in a pharmacy should be

40-42 f

The type of formulary that allows the pharmacy to obtain only drugs listed on the formulary with no exceptions is a/an

closed formulary

The type of medication order for medication to be administered only on an as-needed basis is called a

PRN order

The unique identifying number of a drug is called a/an

NDC

Theft or loss of controlled substance must be recorded on DEA form

106

When compounds are prepared from solids to dissolved in water, the beyond-use date should not be later than ______when stored in the refrigerator.

14 days

The type of recall for drug products most likely to cause serious adverse effects or death is

Class I

Under HIPAA who cannot have access to information about a patients prescription

The pharmaceutical companies or their representatives.

Under the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act, what is the maximum amount of pseudoephedrine that can be sold per month to an individual.

9 gr

Warfarin is a common

anticoagulant

What is the cost for 6 tablets of a drug if the cost for 100 tablets is 75.00

$45.00

Which type of mortar and pestle is recommended for mixing liquids and semisolids.

Glass

When compounding parenteral, multi-dose vials.

contain preservatives.

What size of insulin syringe is needed to deliver a dose of 60 units.

1 mL

Irrigation solutions are administered

by pouring from a bottle

Which class of drugs is used to treat elevated blood lipids

Antihyperlipidemics

Which dispensing code should be entered if a physician has ordered Coumadin DAW

1

Which drug does not require child resistant packaging according to the poison prevention packaging act.

Nitroglycerin sublingual tablets

If a laminar airflow workstation is turned off between aseptic processing sessions, how long should it run before it is used again.

It should never be turned off.

Which drug is an NSAID

Nabumetone

Which information is not required by federal law on a prescription label

NDC

Which medication is ordered using DEA form 222

Morphine sulfate

Which of the following drugs is a controlled substance?

Phenobarbital

Which of the following drugs is considered a diuretic

Furosemide