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MEDICATION ERROR TYPES AND PREVENTION ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2026-27 JUST RELEASED VERSION
Regulations, Social, and Behavior
Doctor prescribed 5 mg of Drug X but pharmacist dispensed 3
Dispensing error
mg instead. What type of error is this?
A robot for automated filling is being used in hospital, what Dispending error (e.g., wrong
type of error medication,
will this reduce? dosage form or dose).
A doctor prescribes 3300 mg of MgSO4 to a patient with
epilepsy, which Prescription error
results in the baby being admitted to NICU. What type of error
is this?
A patient exIperienced anaphylaxis from prescribed medication,
what Category H Error
type of error is this?
What is the category error for patient supplied amoxicillin with
Category H Error
penicillin allergy?
What is the category error of supply of one drug instead of Category D Error (Dispending error)
another?
The wrong drug was prepared to be dispensed to patient, but
pharmacist found the error before medication was given to Category B Error
patient, what type of
error is this?
How can this error be prevented? Double checking
A pharmacist was distracted by colleague and instead of
Environmental reconstruction
dispensing 5mg
dispensed 10 mg, how should this error be prevented?
The wrong medication was given to patient, what should the Identify error and record/report the
manager incidence
do?
Choice without trailing zeros,
What is the accurate way to write prescription to prevent dose Examples of right answers: (0.1, 0.5),
errors? Examples of
,2
wrong answers: (0.10, .1, .5, 0.50,
00.5)
What is the least effective way to decrease medication error? Double check by an independent
employee
A nurse though a leukemia patient had been discharged and
Chemotherapeutics cannot be
returned his chemo medications by pneumatic tube to the
transported in pneumatic tube
pharmacy, what was the
health violation and what should she have done?
A doctor shouted at pharmacist, but the pharmacist remained
calm and Passive behavior
did not respond, what type of behavior is this?
Pharmacist is listening to patient with crossed over arm, what
type of Closed-off
body language is this?
Adherence of particles in a dispersion
What is the definition of flocculation? form
to Create-larger-sized particles.
Which of the following local organization’s primary mission is to
ensure CBAHI
the safety and quality of healthcare is health institutions?
right dose, right patient, right drug,
What are the ‘5 rights’?
right
time, right route
What does the abbreviation OU stand for? Apply to each eye (both eyes)
What does the abbreviation “gtt OU TID” mean? One drop to each eye three times a
day.
A patient is requesting medication for depression, but he does
not have a prescription and he is going away on vacation for a Call prescriber for prescription
week, what is the best
course of action?
Doctor wrote e-prescription for narcotic drug , what should the Return it to doctor to write a written
pharmacist do ? prescription in addition to e-scrip
Doctor wrote handwriting prescription and pharmacist was Call doctor to confirm what is the
confused right
between 2 drugs, what should pharmacist do? name of drug.
Give the same active ingredient from
A patient comes to the pharmacy with a prescription, but the
different company and counsel
brand of medication prescribed in unavailable, what is the best patient on
course of action? the change.
,3
Which medications are considered high alert medications? Chemotoxic medications
How to prevent error due to similar drug names? Tall man lettering
Which of the following method is successful in reducing Implementation of computerized
medication error physician
and enhance patient safety in hospitals? order entry (CPOE) system
Who responsible for the treatment of house worker? Ministry of Health
Which hospital can house worker be treated in? General Hospital
What type of communication is writing instructions on label? Written
Omeprazole contains 30 tablets for 35 SAR. The government
wants to Reduced by 10%
reduce package size to 28 tablets. What will happen to the
price?
The nurse found a different patient name on medication and
returned it to the pharmacy. The pharmacist gave it to the Drug to incorrect patient error
right patient. Which type
of error?
Who is more susceptible to risk from over-the-counter Child
medications?
Which factor predisposes children to medical errors? Body weight dosing
Patient has a fracture and the orthologist referred him to the
rehabilitator, Secondary to tertiary care referral
what type of classification is this?
A doctor prescribes drug for short term. What is the
appropriate refill for No refills
this prescription?
Using the tablet to inform patient on the instructions for taking
their Visual communication
medications is what type of communication?
Which of the following best described the pharmacy health Measure how well the pharmacy is
literacy serving
assessment? patients with limited health literacy
skills.
A pharmacist asks patient with dermatological problem
questions about Sell cosmetic mediation
her problem, what is the goal of the pharmacist?
A pharmacist wants to open pharmacy in rural area. Many
pharmacists Improve health literacy aids
have failed in this area. How can pharmacist increase chance of
success?
,4
When should a company in increase awareness of product? During sale decline of product
A pharmacist has been late 8 times to work, and policy allows
for 3 consecutive days only. Which kind of behavior is Employee warning
considered assertive
behavior?
A drug used to treat or prevent a rare
What does orphan drug mean? disease.
The process of identifying the most accurate list of all
medications that the patient is taking, including name,
Medication reconciliation
dosage, frequency, and route, by comparing the medical
record to an external list of medications obtained
from a patient, hospital, or other provider. What is this a
definition of?
A grandmother brings her grandson who is presenting with
signs of Parent / Caregiver
poisoning, who should you get more information from?
A case about a pharmaceutical company which was shut down
and asks Advertisement of prescription only
about what is the violation that caused this? drugs
A. 0 refills
Patient suffers from short-term insomnia and is prescribed B. 1 refill
Zolpidem, how many refills should be given? C. 3 refills
D. 5 refills
A patient comes to the hospital with pain and claims to be A. Give patient opioid.
allergic to acetaminophen and to NSAIDs and requests opioids B. Refuse to give opioid because
to be given for pain. patient is
a drug abuser.
Upon examination you notice signs of needle use. What should
you do?
A pharmacist is counselling an elderly patient prescribed anti-
psychotic. A- Write diagnosis that patient has
During counselling, patient says he takes from wife’s drug addiction.
medications to help him sleep. The pharmacist recorded that B- Violate the privacy of the patient
patient has addiction because he
takes meds from wife. What is the mistake pharmacist made?
A- Give 5 days medication
Patient with narcotic prescription prescribed 2 days ago and is B- Give 7 days medication
only valid for 7 days. He is traveling to another country. What C- Refuse to dispense medication
D- Ask patient to get new prescription
should you do?
A- Warm room
A room with temperature of 15 – 25 degree Celsius is B- Cool room
considered? C- Room temperature
MEDICATION ERROR TYPES AND PREVENTION ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2026-27 JUST RELEASED VERSION
Regulations, Social, and Behavior
Doctor prescribed 5 mg of Drug X but pharmacist dispensed 3
Dispensing error
mg instead. What type of error is this?
A robot for automated filling is being used in hospital, what Dispending error (e.g., wrong
type of error medication,
will this reduce? dosage form or dose).
A doctor prescribes 3300 mg of MgSO4 to a patient with
epilepsy, which Prescription error
results in the baby being admitted to NICU. What type of error
is this?
A patient exIperienced anaphylaxis from prescribed medication,
what Category H Error
type of error is this?
What is the category error for patient supplied amoxicillin with
Category H Error
penicillin allergy?
What is the category error of supply of one drug instead of Category D Error (Dispending error)
another?
The wrong drug was prepared to be dispensed to patient, but
pharmacist found the error before medication was given to Category B Error
patient, what type of
error is this?
How can this error be prevented? Double checking
A pharmacist was distracted by colleague and instead of
Environmental reconstruction
dispensing 5mg
dispensed 10 mg, how should this error be prevented?
The wrong medication was given to patient, what should the Identify error and record/report the
manager incidence
do?
Choice without trailing zeros,
What is the accurate way to write prescription to prevent dose Examples of right answers: (0.1, 0.5),
errors? Examples of
,2
wrong answers: (0.10, .1, .5, 0.50,
00.5)
What is the least effective way to decrease medication error? Double check by an independent
employee
A nurse though a leukemia patient had been discharged and
Chemotherapeutics cannot be
returned his chemo medications by pneumatic tube to the
transported in pneumatic tube
pharmacy, what was the
health violation and what should she have done?
A doctor shouted at pharmacist, but the pharmacist remained
calm and Passive behavior
did not respond, what type of behavior is this?
Pharmacist is listening to patient with crossed over arm, what
type of Closed-off
body language is this?
Adherence of particles in a dispersion
What is the definition of flocculation? form
to Create-larger-sized particles.
Which of the following local organization’s primary mission is to
ensure CBAHI
the safety and quality of healthcare is health institutions?
right dose, right patient, right drug,
What are the ‘5 rights’?
right
time, right route
What does the abbreviation OU stand for? Apply to each eye (both eyes)
What does the abbreviation “gtt OU TID” mean? One drop to each eye three times a
day.
A patient is requesting medication for depression, but he does
not have a prescription and he is going away on vacation for a Call prescriber for prescription
week, what is the best
course of action?
Doctor wrote e-prescription for narcotic drug , what should the Return it to doctor to write a written
pharmacist do ? prescription in addition to e-scrip
Doctor wrote handwriting prescription and pharmacist was Call doctor to confirm what is the
confused right
between 2 drugs, what should pharmacist do? name of drug.
Give the same active ingredient from
A patient comes to the pharmacy with a prescription, but the
different company and counsel
brand of medication prescribed in unavailable, what is the best patient on
course of action? the change.
,3
Which medications are considered high alert medications? Chemotoxic medications
How to prevent error due to similar drug names? Tall man lettering
Which of the following method is successful in reducing Implementation of computerized
medication error physician
and enhance patient safety in hospitals? order entry (CPOE) system
Who responsible for the treatment of house worker? Ministry of Health
Which hospital can house worker be treated in? General Hospital
What type of communication is writing instructions on label? Written
Omeprazole contains 30 tablets for 35 SAR. The government
wants to Reduced by 10%
reduce package size to 28 tablets. What will happen to the
price?
The nurse found a different patient name on medication and
returned it to the pharmacy. The pharmacist gave it to the Drug to incorrect patient error
right patient. Which type
of error?
Who is more susceptible to risk from over-the-counter Child
medications?
Which factor predisposes children to medical errors? Body weight dosing
Patient has a fracture and the orthologist referred him to the
rehabilitator, Secondary to tertiary care referral
what type of classification is this?
A doctor prescribes drug for short term. What is the
appropriate refill for No refills
this prescription?
Using the tablet to inform patient on the instructions for taking
their Visual communication
medications is what type of communication?
Which of the following best described the pharmacy health Measure how well the pharmacy is
literacy serving
assessment? patients with limited health literacy
skills.
A pharmacist asks patient with dermatological problem
questions about Sell cosmetic mediation
her problem, what is the goal of the pharmacist?
A pharmacist wants to open pharmacy in rural area. Many
pharmacists Improve health literacy aids
have failed in this area. How can pharmacist increase chance of
success?
,4
When should a company in increase awareness of product? During sale decline of product
A pharmacist has been late 8 times to work, and policy allows
for 3 consecutive days only. Which kind of behavior is Employee warning
considered assertive
behavior?
A drug used to treat or prevent a rare
What does orphan drug mean? disease.
The process of identifying the most accurate list of all
medications that the patient is taking, including name,
Medication reconciliation
dosage, frequency, and route, by comparing the medical
record to an external list of medications obtained
from a patient, hospital, or other provider. What is this a
definition of?
A grandmother brings her grandson who is presenting with
signs of Parent / Caregiver
poisoning, who should you get more information from?
A case about a pharmaceutical company which was shut down
and asks Advertisement of prescription only
about what is the violation that caused this? drugs
A. 0 refills
Patient suffers from short-term insomnia and is prescribed B. 1 refill
Zolpidem, how many refills should be given? C. 3 refills
D. 5 refills
A patient comes to the hospital with pain and claims to be A. Give patient opioid.
allergic to acetaminophen and to NSAIDs and requests opioids B. Refuse to give opioid because
to be given for pain. patient is
a drug abuser.
Upon examination you notice signs of needle use. What should
you do?
A pharmacist is counselling an elderly patient prescribed anti-
psychotic. A- Write diagnosis that patient has
During counselling, patient says he takes from wife’s drug addiction.
medications to help him sleep. The pharmacist recorded that B- Violate the privacy of the patient
patient has addiction because he
takes meds from wife. What is the mistake pharmacist made?
A- Give 5 days medication
Patient with narcotic prescription prescribed 2 days ago and is B- Give 7 days medication
only valid for 7 days. He is traveling to another country. What C- Refuse to dispense medication
D- Ask patient to get new prescription
should you do?
A- Warm room
A room with temperature of 15 – 25 degree Celsius is B- Cool room
considered? C- Room temperature
