PHM 110 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE 2026
▶ What distinction did the Durham - Humphrey Amendment make to the
FD&C Act Answer: defined a difference between legend (Rx) drugs and
OTC drugs
▶ Under which conditions may a patient's prescription record be divulged
without the patient's consent? Answer: a subpoena
▶ Which of the following would be a violation of the Drug Enforcement
Administration's rule regarding filling a prescription? Answer: refilling a
Schedule ll drug
▶ What class of drugs in the 1990 was being illegal manufactured,
imported, and sold on the black market as performance enhancers and led
congress to pass an act making them a Schedule lll class of drugs?
Answer: anabolic steroids
▶ You are looking to purchase child resistant containers for you pharmacy:
what is a minimum standard established for child-resistant containers?
Answer: cannot be opened by 80% of children under the age of 5
▶ A pharmacy technician working at the pharmacy has been identified as
responsible for the missing drugs from the controlled substance inventory.
Why is this a criminal case? Answer: is a violation of a law
▶ The pharmacist is eating lunch and a patient brings in a prescription to
be filled. Your are a certified pharmacy technician, and you fill the
prescription and dispense it to the patient before the pharmacist checks
your work. If wrong drug is dispensed, who is liable? Answer: the
pharmacy technician
▶ The efficacy of a drug was not required by law until the: Answer:
Kefauver - Harris Amendment of 1962
, ▶ As a pharmacy technician, you role was enhanced to potentially include
_______ as a result of requirements of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act Answer: -helping assemble through patient medication
histories
- serving as medication assistance advocate
- checking prescriptions again insurance formularies
▶ rule and procedure Answer: regulation
▶ usual and customary level of practice Answer: standard of care
▶ ideals, values, and missions Answer: ethics
▶ criteria to measure quality and performance Answer: standard
▶ which law allows pharmacists to compound a unique non sterile
extemporaneous product for an individual without meeting the intensive
FDA requirements for newly manufactured drugs? Answer: Food and Drug
Modernization Act
▶ Under the Affordable Care Act all states must provide a
________________ for their ACA patients. This makes it easier for the
pharmacist providing medication therapy counseling to save money and
improve outcomes Answer: preferred drug list
▶ When should a pharmacy technician not choose a less expensive
generic when filling a prescription ? Answer: when prescribe writes "brand
only"
▶ A dentist writes a prescription for injetable testosterone for a patient.
Under what law is this illegal? Answer: Controlled Substance Act of 1970
▶ Why is the sale of products containing pseudopehedrine restricted?
Answer: to avoid illegal manufacture of methamphetamine
▶ What act requires over the counter (OTC) and legend drugs to be
packaged in child resistant containers? Answer: Poison Prevention
Packaging
AND COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE 2026
▶ What distinction did the Durham - Humphrey Amendment make to the
FD&C Act Answer: defined a difference between legend (Rx) drugs and
OTC drugs
▶ Under which conditions may a patient's prescription record be divulged
without the patient's consent? Answer: a subpoena
▶ Which of the following would be a violation of the Drug Enforcement
Administration's rule regarding filling a prescription? Answer: refilling a
Schedule ll drug
▶ What class of drugs in the 1990 was being illegal manufactured,
imported, and sold on the black market as performance enhancers and led
congress to pass an act making them a Schedule lll class of drugs?
Answer: anabolic steroids
▶ You are looking to purchase child resistant containers for you pharmacy:
what is a minimum standard established for child-resistant containers?
Answer: cannot be opened by 80% of children under the age of 5
▶ A pharmacy technician working at the pharmacy has been identified as
responsible for the missing drugs from the controlled substance inventory.
Why is this a criminal case? Answer: is a violation of a law
▶ The pharmacist is eating lunch and a patient brings in a prescription to
be filled. Your are a certified pharmacy technician, and you fill the
prescription and dispense it to the patient before the pharmacist checks
your work. If wrong drug is dispensed, who is liable? Answer: the
pharmacy technician
▶ The efficacy of a drug was not required by law until the: Answer:
Kefauver - Harris Amendment of 1962
, ▶ As a pharmacy technician, you role was enhanced to potentially include
_______ as a result of requirements of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act Answer: -helping assemble through patient medication
histories
- serving as medication assistance advocate
- checking prescriptions again insurance formularies
▶ rule and procedure Answer: regulation
▶ usual and customary level of practice Answer: standard of care
▶ ideals, values, and missions Answer: ethics
▶ criteria to measure quality and performance Answer: standard
▶ which law allows pharmacists to compound a unique non sterile
extemporaneous product for an individual without meeting the intensive
FDA requirements for newly manufactured drugs? Answer: Food and Drug
Modernization Act
▶ Under the Affordable Care Act all states must provide a
________________ for their ACA patients. This makes it easier for the
pharmacist providing medication therapy counseling to save money and
improve outcomes Answer: preferred drug list
▶ When should a pharmacy technician not choose a less expensive
generic when filling a prescription ? Answer: when prescribe writes "brand
only"
▶ A dentist writes a prescription for injetable testosterone for a patient.
Under what law is this illegal? Answer: Controlled Substance Act of 1970
▶ Why is the sale of products containing pseudopehedrine restricted?
Answer: to avoid illegal manufacture of methamphetamine
▶ What act requires over the counter (OTC) and legend drugs to be
packaged in child resistant containers? Answer: Poison Prevention
Packaging
