HOSPITAL PHARMACY [PACOP Green]

D

A book ready for inspection by the BFAD anytime during business hours and should be kept for two years:

A. Poison book

B. Sales Book

C. Additional Opium Book

D. Prescription Book

E. Purchase Book

C

A type of drug distribution system where in all drugs are retained in the main pharmacy until receipt of the physician‟s initial order:

A. floor stock system

B. decentralized unit dose system

C. Individual prescription system

D. Both A and C

C

Which of the following is not an anti-asthma preparation?

A. terbutaline

B. nifedipine

C. Prednisolone

D. salbutamol

E. theophylline

D

Oral hypoglycemics are usually most useful in:

A. Type I diabetes

B. ascariasis

C. asthma

D. Type II diabetes

E. UTI

B

It enables the pharmacist to monitor drug utilization of each patient confined in the hospital:

A. Admission history

B. patient medication profile

C. Patient Chart

D. Adverse drug reaction report

E. Progress note

C

FeSO4 is used for:

A. cough

B. pain

C. anemia

D. parasitism

E. arthritis

C

A laminar flow hood is used when intravenous solutions are:

A. labeled

B. stored

C. prepared

D. administered

E. both a and c

E

San Lazaro hospital specializes in:

A. mental health

B. child birth

C. pulmonary diseases

D. bone disorder

E. contagious disease

A

The purpose of the Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee are the following:

A. advisory and education

B. advisory and planning

C. educational and planning

D. Dispensing and inventory

E. Both a and D

B

Hospital department that supplies sterile linen, operating room packs and other medical surgical supplies:

A. nursing department

B. central service department

C. medical social department

D. pharmacy department

E. laboratory service department

D

Ranitidine is used for:

A. High blood pressure

B. asthma

C. Allergy

D. Peptic Ulcer

E. diabetes

D

Total parenteral nutrition should be protected from light because it contains:

A. fats

B. carbohydrates

C. electrolytes

D. vitamins

E. proteins

B

The first recognized representative of pharmaceutical profession:

A. community pharmacist

B. Hospital pharmacist

C. Manufacturing pharmacist

D. industrial pharmacist

E. Clinical pharmacist

A

A person who is engaged in managing, directing, and performing both professional and administrative services associated with the operation of the hospital/pharmacy department:

A. chief pharmacist

B. Staff pharmacist

C. pharmacy supervisor

D. Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee

E. Medical director

C

Serves as a tool with the pharmacist assures appropriateness, safety and effectiveness of drug therapy:

A. medical staff

B. PTC

C. patient medication profile

D. physician‟s original order

E. patient chart

A

The following person performs some of the pharmacist‟s technical function except:

A. governing body

B. clerk

C. intern

D. secretary

E. pharmacy aide

E

These are the administrative and management responsibilities of pharmacist, except:

A. preparation of reports

B. inventory control

C. plan and integrate professional services

D. budget

E. sterilizing used syringe

A

Men are not accepted in this department for treatment:

A. gynecology

B. urology

C. internal medicine

D. nephrology

E. cardiology

D

PSHP was established in what year?

A. 1930

B. 1942

C. 1950

D. 1962

E. 1970

D

Which is not a primary function of the hospital?

A. preventive medicine

B. giving health information

C. providing health care

D. conduct scientific research

C

All of the following are minimum standards for hospital pharmacy, except:

A. facilities

B. research

C. drug administration

D. assuring rational drug therapy

C

The pharmacy department is not responsible for:

A. inspecting unused/expired drugs

B. preparing parenteral nutrition

C. distributing sterile linen

D. informing the hospital staff pertaining to medication

D

Primary source of income of private hospitals:

A. gift shop

B. canteen

C. pharmacy department

D. patient's bill

C

Which is not a clinical pharmacy service?

A. monitor patient response

B. conduct drug utilization review

C. prepare patient bed

D. obtain and document medication histories

E. counsel patient

C

Responsible for creating a hospital formulary:

A. pharmacy

B. medical director

C. PTC

D. medical staff

E. both b and c

A

Through a ______, the policies of the hospitals are implemented on a day-to-day basis:

A. chief executive officer

B. corporation

C. board of trustees

D. doctors

E. pharmacist

E

The act of pharmacist in supplying one or more drug products to, or for a patient, usually in response to an order form of a doctor:

A. administering

B. prescribing

C. procuring

D. giving

E. dispensing

B

It is a list of medications which are available only in that hospital:

A. MIMS

B. Formulary

C. PDR

D. RPS

E. both a and b

E

Most hospitals provide the following modalities:

A. surgery

B. hypnosis

C. acupuncture

D. drug therapy

E. both a and d

C

The pharmacy department should have floor space for the following except:

A. office

B. store room

C. rest room

D. compounding and dispensing area

E. circulation

D

Emergency box in the hospital contain the following drugs, except:

A. Phenobarbital

B. epinephrine

C. heparin

D. guaiafenesin

E. Morphine

B

Pharmacy department is best classified under what division of hospital:

A. general

B. clinical

C. administrative

D. medical

B

During chickenpox, measles or small pox outbreak, this department would be very busy:

A. dermatology

B. infectious disease

C. pediatric

D. neurology

A

This should be performed if the patient died while in the hospital:

A. autopsy

B. surgery

C. biopsy

D. physical examination

C

All of these should be taken into consideration in preparing dosage form not available commercially, except:

A. stability

B. quality assurance

C. Patient's availability

D. pharmacokinetics

E. economic factor

B

The following are the general sections of a pharmacy procedure manual, except:

A. facilities

B. library

C. organization

D. services & activities

E. personnel

B

Who is not qualified to be a member of the Pharmacy Therapeutic Committee?

A. cardiologist

B. pharmacy intern

C. gastroenterologist

D. hospital administrator

E. nurse

E

Drugs approved by the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee may be classified into the following categories, except:

A. specialized formulary drug

B. investigational drug

C. drug approved on conditional trial period

D. formulary drug

E. non-formulary drug

A

First president of PSHP:

A. Rosario Capistrano Tan

B. Lourdes Echauz

C. Violeta Alvarez

D. Marcelida Itturalde

E. Siopin Co

D

Nutritional solution prepared by hospital pharmacist for patients who has dysfunctional GIT:

A. IV mixture

B. D5W

C. NSS

D. TPN

E. NTP

C

Medical staff who are responsible for taking care of patient and who has direct involvement with the staff organizational and administrative duties:

A. resident medical staff

B. honorary medical staff

C. attending medical staff

D. consulting medical staff

E. honorary medical staff

E

Responsible of Pharmacy Therapeutic Committee, except:

A. develop a mechanism for reporting and reviewing ADR

B. prepare policies governing the activities of medical representatives

C. develop a book containing the list of medications available in the hospital

D. prepare list of emergency

E. interview pharmacy staff

B

Information which is not necessary in an inpatient prescription:

A. date when the order is written

B. patient's address or graphic information

C. name and strength of medication

D. printed name of physician

B

Which will not help in ensuring the safety of a pharmacy department in the hospital?

A. segregation of poisonous materials from non-poisonous materials

B. employment of a sufficient number of non-qualified personnel

C. policies with regards to the use of investigational drugs

D. availability of adequate and safe working space

C

Which may not lead to an adverse drug reaction?

A. error in compounding

B. use of the wrong drug

C. rashes due to sudden change in temperature

D. overdose

E. underdose

D

Pharmacy division responsible for improving formulations of existing products:

A. assay and quality control

B. manufacturing and packaging division

C. departmental services division

D. pharmaceutical services division

A

Responsible for preparing the pharmacy news letter:

A. drug information services division

B. education and training division

C. administrative services division

D. pharmaceutical research

E. departmental services

A

This is not necessary information in drug elevation for inclusion in the hospital formulary:

A. available sizes of drug

B. adverse reactions

C. source of supply

D. therapeutic indication

E. bioavailability

C

Takes charge of interviewing medical sales representatives:

A. education and training division

B. in-patient services division

C. purchasing and inventory control division

D. administrative services

E. departmental services

A

Drug recalls may emanate from the following agencies, except:

A. nursing department

B. BFAD

C. PTC

D. manufacturer

E. pharmacy department

D

Nursing stations are inspected visited by the pharmacist due to the following reasons, except:

A. to check labels for eligibility

B. to remove expired products

C. to remove deteriorated products

D. to remove empty containers

A

Patient drug profile is maintained in the pharmacy department for the following purposes, except:

A. to lower down patients expenses

B. to prevent potential drug interactions

C. to promote rational drug use

D. to detect drug-induced lab test abnormalities

B

Which one is not useful to the pharmacist in evaluating the quality of care provided to patient with a certain disease state?

A. proper choice of dosage form

B. proper choice of medication

C. proper choice of medication technique

D. proper route of administration

B

The process used to determine the "waiting period" of an outpatient for his prescription?

A. drug recall

B. queuing theory

C. flow process chart

D. activity chart

C

Which question is not of importance in the pharmacist‟s review of the patient‟s drug therapy record?

A. Were the tests for predicting drug allergies done on patients with a suspicious history?

B. Was the drug employed one with a special effect upon the diagnostic ailment?

C. Was the drug taken with water?

D. Did the patient receive his therapy via oral route when the topical should employ?

B

An enteric coated tablet that disintegrates upon passing through the stomach falls under what

type of detective product?

A. faulty drug delivering apparatus

B. defective dosage form

C. inadequate packaging

D. deteriorated product

E

All of the following are direct responsibilities of the chief pharmacist, except:

A. schedule work hours for pharmacy staff

B. establishes and/or implements written policies and procedures for pharmacy operation

C. evaluates job performance of pharmacy staff

D. select, hires and institutes disciplinary action and discharges pharmacy staff

E. performs packaging and labeling functions to promote product stability

C

Filling of prescription is lawfully the job of:

A. physician

B. nurse

C. pharmacist

D. sales clerk

E. patient

C

The following are pharmacists‟ responsibilities, except:

A. review patient‟s drug administration form to insure that all doses are being administered

and charted correctly

B. assist the physician in selecting dosage regimen and schedule

C. transcribe accurately new drug administration form

D. provide drug information to physicians, nurses and other health care personnel

B

The pharmacy department does not supply one of the following:

A. IV admixture

B. sterile linen

C. narcotics

D. radiopharmaceuticals

E. biological

A

What is the most important storage condition for narcotic drugs?

A. security

B. sanitation

C. temperature

D. light

E. moisture

A

Which is not acceptable method of drug information dissemination?

A. megaphone

B. pharmacy bulletin

C. newsletter

D. leaflets

E. seminar

A

This division coordinates and controls all drug delivery and distribution systems:

A. departmental services division

B. administrative services division

C. purchasing and inventory control division

D. central supply services division

D

Not suitable location for the hospital pharmacy department:

A. first floor

B. near the information area

C. near the emergency room

D. basement

A

Control substances which are non-refillable:

A. schedule II

B. schedule III

C. schedule IV

D. schedule V

E

Which duty should not be assigned to a pharmacy technician?

A. maintain drug inventory control

B. clean prescription equipment

C. print labels for prepared drugs

D. weigh ingredients in bulk compounding

E. compounding Rx

E

A very important liaison between the hospital, patient and his community:

A. administrator

B. P & TC

C. priest

D. pharmacist

E. medical social service

C

The services generally under the supervision of a licensed physician who has a basic interest

in hematology:

A. pathology

B. anesthesia

C. blood bank

D. dietetic services

E. morgue

A

Psychiatric, AIDS and leprosy-victims must be attended by:

A. custodial hospital

B. general hospital

C. non-accredited hospital

D. short-term hospital

E. long-term hospital

B

Which of the following is not needed in the admission sheet?

A. patient's name and address

B. monthly income

C. sex and date of birth

D. occupation

E. family status

A

Which is not included in the laboratory report of a patient?

A. manufacturing data

B. microbiology data

C. pathology data

D. hematology data

E. chemistry data

E

The hospital which is affiliated with a university:

A. Philippine Heart Center

B. Quezon Institute

C. San Lazaro Hospital

E. Philippine General Hospital

D. National Kidney Institute

C

This is one of the medical items in the medical record for the purpose of providing the physician with a chronological picture and analysis of the clinical course of the patient:

A. special examination

B. history of present illness

C. progress notes

D. pathologic findings

E. physical examination

E

This department enables the physician to assume the care of the patient at any time:

A. pharmacy

B. medical social service

C. central service supply

D. nursing

E. medical record

A

This type of hospital provides care to patients with various type of illnesses:

A. general hospital

B. special hospital

C. short-term hospital

D. not-for-profit hospital

E. hospital with 50-90 beds

D

This is not a chronic ailment:

A. asthma

B. cancer

C. epilepsy

D. diarrhea

E. diabetes

B

One of the responsibilities of the pharmacy department is to control all drugs used in the hospital. Which of the following does not fall in this responsibility?

A. drug samples must be distributed only through the pharmacy

B. chief pharmacist should have a private office

C. maintenance of an up-to-date formulary

D. routine inspection of drugs storage areas

A

Hospital may be classified in different ways, except:

A. location

B. ownership

C. bed capacity

D. type of service

E. length of service

D

This group consists of medical practitioners of recognized professional ability:

A. active

B. associate

C. courtesy

D. consulting

E. honorary

B

Serves as the secretary of the P & TC:

A. medical director

B. pharmacy director

C. nursing director

D. administrator

C

It serves as a guiding to the hospital pharmacist in the development and execution of effective and proficient pharmaceutical services in the hospital:

A. formulary system

B. P & TC

C. pharmacy procedural manual

D. patient medication profile

E. secondary care

B

The type of ambulatory care sought for by most outpatients:

A. tertiary care

B. primary care

C. emergency care

D. secondary care

B

Contains one discrete pharmaceutical dosage form:

A. unit dose

B. single unit package

C. unit dose package

D. multiple dose package

E. both b and c

B

A process of lifelong learning availed of by pharmacists for maintaining and improving professional competence:

A. undergrad studies

B. continuing education

C. graduate studies

D. intensive program

A

Represents the type of transaction that involves purchase of goods on specific volume and receiving certain merchandise at no additional cost:

A. deals

B. volume contract

C. discount

D. group purchasing

C

A modern usage of the term ambulatory patient:

A. in-patient

B. ward patient

C. non-institutionalized patient

D. institutionalized patient

E. hospitalized patient

B

Medication administered to the wrong patient may be classified as:

A. wrong dose error

B. unauthorized drug error

C. wrong time error

D. omission error

A

Which of the following elements are common to ambulatory care but not to in-patient pharmaceutical service program?

A. information on the proper use of the drug will be disseminated

B. medication dispensed will be completely labeled and packaged

C. the pharmacy program must be directed by a qualified pharmacist

D. drugs will be properly controlled

A

Which of the following does not correctly describe formulary system?

A. detrimental to the free enterprise system

B. appraises drug therapy

C. controls drug cost

D. assures quality of drug

C

A prescription label must contain all of the following, except:

A. patient name

B. patient address

C. patient age

D. name of the drug

D

This consists of routine systematic review of the body:

A. provisional diagnosis

B. special examination

C. personal family history

D. physical examination

E. pathologic findings

C

Medical staff is composed of:

A. pharmacist

B. nurses

C. physicians

D. medical technologist

E. both b and c

A

This ensures that drug orders that are inappropriate are not continued:

A. automatic stops order

B. P & TC

C. formulary system

D. professional care services

E. group purchasing

A

The final decision as to which drugs should be included in the ward stock rests upon:

A. P & TC

B. pharmacist

C. nurse

D. physician

E. administrator

D

With respect to other drug distribution methods, the advantages of unit dose include the following, except:

A. safer for the patient

B. effective method of utilizing professional resources

C. less work load to the pharmacist

D. less man power requirements

E. both a and B

B

The following are true, except:

A. two preparation each labeled with the same active chemical components are generic equivalents

B. two preparation each labeled with different active ingredients are clinically effective equivalents

C. both high and poor quality pharmaceuticals are available under both generic names and brand names

D. a relationship exists between quality pharmaceuticals and therapeutic efficacy

D

Hospital Pharmacy:

A. a patient, physician, nurse, pharmacist relationship

B. practice of pharmacy in hospital setting

C. stepping stone to clinical pharmacy

D. all of the above

D

The purpose of P & TC except:

A. develops a formulary of accepted drugs for use in the hospital

B. evaluates clinical data concerning drug for use in the hospital

C. adds or deletes from the list of drugs accepted for the use in the hospital

D. advices the doctor as to what brand of drug to use

D

Injections are often indicated as the correct form of administering a drug when:

A. The drug is a suspension

B. The drug contains alcohol

C. The drug is insoluble

D . The drug is not easily absorbed from the GIT

D

Functions of the p & TC, EXCEPT:

A. review adverse drug reactions to drugs administered

B. to recommend addition and deletion of drugs

C. to serve as advisory to medical staff and pharmacists

D. approval of duplicate preparation to be listed in the formulary