The exam for the certification of pharmacy tech EXCPT (practice)

Which of the following may be performed only bt pharmacist

Accepting a return call from doctor office clarifying a script

All of the following duties may be lerformed by a pharm tech EXCEPT

Selecting an otc product for a patient

Patient brings in two scripts frim two doctors. One scriot is for ibuprofen 800 1 tab po tid and the other for anaprox ds 1 tab bid what should you do

Alert the oharmacist of a possible therapeutic duplication

A list if the goods or items a business will use in its normal operation is called

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In receiving an order it is important to be alert for drugs that have been damaged are outdated or missing so orders are reconcilled

Item by item

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

IVPB

According to federal law the doctor must provide his DEA number for the following script

Xanax

Accutane is associated with

Ipledge

MSDS sheets provide

Info about hazardous substances

An antibiotic is prescribed 15mg/kg twice a day by iv what is the daily dose in mg for a child weighing 66 pounds

909 mg

Outdated drugs can be

Sent to reverse distributors

An example of a major drug drug interaction is

Warfarin and aspirin; both blood thinners

The patients \_____ is necessary for billing a script

Birth date

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

Misbranded

Companies that administer drug benefit programs are called

Pbm

Copy 2 of DEA form 222 is

Forwarded to the dea

Proper disposal or destruction of non returnable medications includes

Using a company that meets epa regulations

Each tab of Claritin d12 hour contains 120mg of pseudophedrine sulfate what is the max number of tabs that can be sold in a single transaction if the max amount per transaction is 3.6g

30

Exempt narcotics are in DEA schedule

5

Exempt narcotics are regulated for how many dosage units be sold without a script in a

48 hour period

Federal law requires pharmacies to keep

Copy 3 of the DEA form 222

For aseptic technique all work should be performed at least _ inches inside the laminar flow hood

6

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 trained on HIPPA EXCEPT

None of the above

For the following script how much drug is taken each day
Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml 150 ml sig 2 drams tid

30ml

HIPPA is a federal law that protects a patients phi when it is

Written electronically transferred spoken

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 120 vials per day on average

4

The common abbreviations ss means

One half

Which abbreviations is on the joint commissions do not use list

Qd

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

24

How many milliliters of magnesium sulfate 4 meq/ml are needed to add 10 meq of magnesium sulfate to an iv bag

2.5

Aseptic techniques are methods used to maintain

Sterility

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

1,200mg

Good interpersonal skills include

Making eye contact calling the patient by name listening carefully

How much should be withdrawn from a vial of the strength of the medication is 0.5 mg/ml and a dose of 250 microgram is needed

0.5ml

How should a script for benzaclin be stored after it's been mixed

Room temperature

Which daw code should be used for a script written for cymbalta 20mg if daw was not written in the script

0

If a medication is to be taken pc when should it be taken

After meals

Which saw code should be used for a script written for norvasc 5 mg if the patient request brand name and daw was not written in the script

2

If the dose of liquid amoxicillin for a child is one and one half teaspoon three times a day for 10 days what is the volume needed to fill the script

225ml

Info about generic equivalents can be found in

Orange book

Tall man letters are used

To distinguish look a like soundalike drug names

Medwatch form 3500 is for reporting adverse reactions to

Drugs

Normal saline solution is

Isotonic

OSHA required notices for hazardous substances that provide hazard handling clean up and first aid info are called

MSDS

When a tech receives a rejected claim NDC not covered this probably means

The insurance plan has a closed formulary

Plan b has dual marketing status and can be sold without a script to individuals

17 years and older

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

Vaginally

Lidoderm is an example of an

Anesthetic

What is the % concentration if 268g of sugar is in 400ml of aqueous solution

67%

Sublingual nitroglycerin is used for

Angina

The term for a drug that reduces fever is

Antipyretic

When a tech receive a rejected claim invalid person code this probably means

The person code entered does not match the birth date or sex in the insurers computer

When a tech 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 cots is

Thrombolytics

The cmea sets _ and _ limits on the over the counter sale of pseudophedrine

Daily and monthly

The commission that surveys and accredits health care organization is the

Tjc

Nitroglycerin sublingual tabs should be dispensed

In a glass container

Thee controlled substance act is enforced by the

DEA

The directions state 2 gtt au q12h how is the drug to be administered

Both ears

The cpt odes for billing medication therapy management services provided by pharmacists are

99605,99606,996607

Which of the following info is generally not required for online processing

Height

The following drugs are antidepressants EXCEPT

Diazepam

The following drugs are considered antihyperlipidemic drugs EXCEPT

Aldactone

The following medications should be refrigerated EXCEPT

Biaxin suspension

The generic name for neurontin is

Gabapentin

The gov agency that regulates investigational medications is the

Fda

An example of a robotic dispensing machine is

Parts max

The middle set of digits of the NDC represents

Product info

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

Oral contraceptives

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

Bactrim

The red book provides info about

Pricing

Scripts for controlled substance from schedule 2,3,4 must contain the following warning

Caution federal law prohibits the transfer of this drug to any person other than the patient for whom it was prescribed

The temperature of a refrigerator in a pharmacy should generally be

40-42f

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

Closed formulary

The type of medication order for medication to be administered only in as as needed basis is called

Prn order

The unique identifying number of a drug is called

Ndc

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

106

When compounds are prepared from solids 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 1

Under HIPPA who can't have access to info about patient script

The pharmaceutical companies or their representatives

Under cmea what is the max amount of pseudophedrine that can be sold per month to an invidual

9g

Warfarin is a common

Anticoagulant

What is the cost for 60 tabs of a drug if the cost for 109 tabs is 75.00

45

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

Glass

When compounding parenteral multi dose vials

Contain preservatives

What size insulin syringe is needed to deliver a dose of 69 units

1ml

Irrigation all solutions are administered

By pouring from a bottle

Which class of drugs is used to treat elevated blood lipids

Antihyperlipidemic

Which daw code should be entered if a doctor has Coumadin daw

1

Which drug does not require child resistant packaging

Nitroglycerin sublingual tans

If a laminar flow hood 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 NSAIDs

Nabumentone

Which info is not required by federal law in script 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 diuretic

Furosemide