Specific responsibilities and tasks for pharmacy certain objective standards, usually provided by a
technicians differ by setting and are described in neutral professional organization.
writing by each: A)Prior authorization
A)employer B)Documentation
B)state board of pharmacy C)registration
C)local police department D)certification - ANSWER -D
D)technician - ANSWER -A
the length of time from the beginning of
The ________ includes state identification development of a new drug to fda approval is
numbers and affiliations with facilities and often more than _____________ years
insurers A)2
A)inventory system B)5
B)prescriber profile C)10
C)pricing systems D)20 - ANSWER -B
D)patient profile - ANSWER -b
Pharmacy technicians should be detail oriented.
In managed care, care is managed by a (an): meaning:
A)insurer A) patients should receive medications exactly as
B)pharmacist they have been prescribed.
C)physician B) an incorrect strength will always be detected
D) patient - ANSWER -A by the pharmacist
C)technicians do not need to be careful because
the pharmacist is supposed to find and correct all
Good hygiene is important for pharmacy technician errors.
technicians because of the interactionswith other D)none of the above - ANSWER -A
persons and the expectation of performing in
____________________ conditions.
A)infection free the computer system that checks transactions of
B)sunny third parties is :
C)warm A)billing
D)cold - ANSWER -A B)management reporting
C)inventory
D)product selection - ANSWER -A
The drug digitalis comes from the foxglove plant
and is used to treat some
___________________ conditions. ther term that describes an assessment of ones
A)kidneys personal characteristics, skills, qualities, etc. is
B)heart A)personal inventory
C)lung B)ordering
D)liver - ANSWER -B C)policy
D)re-ordering - ANSWER -A
______________________________ is a legal
proof or document that an individual meets the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry
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devotes about ________ of its income to
research and development.
A)1/10 _________ discovered penicillin could kill some
B)1/6 bacteria
C)1/3 A)Watson and crick
D)1/2 - ANSWER -B B)marker
C)banting and best
D)fleming - ANSWER -D
as for employment opportunities, the pharmacy
technician may find opportunities in the following:
A)hospital settings The Egyptian god of medicineal herbs was:
B)community pharmacies A)Aesculapius
C)mail order operations B)plato
D)all of the above - ANSWER -D C)pandora
D)Imhotep - ANSWER -D
PTCB Certification must be renewed every:
A)2 years The ancient greek goddess of medicinal herbs:
B)3 years A)Hippocrates
C)4 years B)Euphrates
D)year - ANSWER -A C)Panacea
D)pandora - ANSWER -C
a list of herbs used for health conditions, this can
be considered an early Chinese forerunner to the After passing the pharmacy technician national
FDA approved drug list: certification exam, pharmacy technicians may
A)panacea use the following designation after name:
B)pharmacopeia A)PT
C)pharmacology B)RPhT
D) pharmaceutical - ANSWER -B C)CPhTs
D)none of the above - ANSWER -C
CPhTs need__________ of continuing education
every ________ years to renew certification. __________ provide inventory management
A)30 hours, 2 systems to their customers as part of their
B)10 hours, 1 service.
C)30 hours, 3 A)Drug manufactureres
D)20 hours, 2 - ANSWER -D B)Wholesalers
C)the government
D)pharmacy chains - ANSWER -B
___________ protects against illegal copying of
new discoveries.
A)Brand names the pharmacy technicians scope of practice
B)Patenting means:
C)Genetics A)taking patient information
D)The FDA - ANSWER -B B)advising patients on medication
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C)a descrption of what a technician may or may D) antitoxins - ANSWER -C
not do
D)fill prescription orders - ANSWER -C
The FDA requires _______ phases of testing in
humans.
______________ identified the structure of DNA A)two
A)serturner B)three
B)Bantiong and best C)four
C)Watson and Crick D)five - ANSWER -B
D)koller - ANSWER -C
After a patent has expired for a medication, other
Pharmacy technicians should be trustworthy. manufacturers may copy the drug and release it
Meaning: under the _______________ name.
A)pharmacy technicians should never obtain A)generic
confidential information B)trade
B) that pharmacy technicians are entrusted with C)brand
confidential information D)patent - ANSWER -A
C)pharmacy technicians cannot count controlled
substances
D)pharmacy technicians should not handle Basic criminal and civil laws, like theft,
perishable products - ANSWER -B discrimination, sexual harassment, and fraud,
apply
_____________________.
the area of employment opportunities for A)pharmacy technicians
pharmacists is : B)pharmacists only.
A)managed care C)neither pharmacy technicians or pharmacists
B)home care D)physicians - ANSWER -A
C)compounding pharmacies
D)all of the above - ANSWER -D
All prescribers of controlled substances must be
authorized by the
__________ was the first effective local A)DEA
anesthetic. B)FDA
A)morphine C)PTCB
B)quinine D)APhA - ANSWER -A
C)Heroin
D)cocaine - ANSWER -D
The ______________ defined what drugs require
a prescription.
________________ are substances produced by A)sherley amendment
the body to regulate body functions and B)1951 Durham-Humphrey Amendment
processes. C)1962 Kefauver- Harris Amendment
A)Genomes D) 1970 Poison Prevention Packaging Act -
B)antibiotics ANSWER -B
C)Hormones