VA MPJE ACTUAL EXAM LATEST 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Temp for storing drugs:
Warm - ✔✔30 to 40 C
✔✔Excessive heat - ✔✔> 40 C
✔✔Temp for storing drugs:
Cool - ✔✔8 to 15C
✔✔Terminal condition - ✔✔Covers both imminent death and vegetative state due to
injury, illness/disease considering medical probability
✔✔Unit dose container - ✔✔Non-parenteral
✔✔Unit dose system - ✔✔multiple drugs in unit dose packaging are dispensed in a
single container, such as a medication drawer or bin labeled only with pt name and
location
✔✔Unprofessional Conduct - ✔✔10 Items
-Inappropriate disclosure of patient protected information
-Failing to maintain confidentiality of PMP
-Willful or negligent breach of patient's confientiality
-Taking advantage (ie sexual) of pts
-Failure to maintain safeguards against diversion of controlled substances
-Failure to respond to a known dispensing error
-Delegating tasks to untrained persons
-PIC fails to ensure interns and techs are currently registered
-Failure to exercise professional judgement that a RX meets the requirements of law
✔✔When can you start gaining practical experience to count towards 1,500 hours - ✔✔-
After 2 full semesters of school (this only goes towards hours outside of school
programs)
-Must hit 1500 school hours to be exempt from this
-Must be >20 hours but <50 per week to count
✔✔When is the cut-off for newly licensed pharmacists to not have to renew by the
upcoming 12/31 deadline
What about technicians? - ✔✔-On or After 10/01
-On or after July 1
✔✔How many CEUs are needed per year for a pharmacist - ✔✔1.5
A CEU =10 contact hours
,✔✔How many CEUs are needed per year for a technician - ✔✔0.5
✔✔How many hours of CE can you submit for volunteering at places such as a free
clinic or health department for a pharmacist? - ✔✔Up to 2 hours
3 working hours =1 hour
✔✔How many hours of CE can you submit for volunteering at places such as a free
clinic or health department for a technician? - ✔✔Up to 1 hour total
3 hours of work = 1 hour
✔✔The provider of a CE must keep records for ________ years - ✔✔5
-records, participants and hours awarded
✔✔CE registration is good for_____ - ✔✔No more than 2 years, each date given should
be on initial application or submitted to the board at least 5 business days prior to the
event
✔✔How long can you be a pharmacy trainee - ✔✔9 months
✔✔Who can be a pharmacy technician trainee program director - ✔✔- Pharmacist with
a current license in any jurisdiction
-Technician with at least 1 year experience as a tech and has a current Virginia or
PTCB certification
-Another person approved and deemed qualified by the board
✔✔How long do pharmacists keep CE records?
Technicians? - ✔✔-2 years
-2 years
✔✔How many pharmacies can a pharmacist be PIC? - ✔✔-2
✔✔Max scheduled shift?
Min time off between shifts?
Entitled a break after _____ hours - ✔✔-12 hours (unless emergency exists)
-6 hours off
-6 hours; 30 minute break
✔✔Is a control inventory (II- V) required by law when PIC changes? - ✔✔No, but the
opportunity must be offered to the outgoing PIC unless the owner submits written notice
to the board showing good cause for why this was not offered
✔✔How long can a PIC be out and remain PIC - ✔✔No more than 30 days. PICs
knowing they will be gone for longer than 30 days must return permit to the board.
, Unanticipated absences > 15 days the board expects the owner to notify the board and
obtain a new PIC in the following 15 days
✔✔How long do you have to replace a PIC if he quits or is terminated? - ✔✔14 days to
pay the fees and apply for permit designating new PIC unless extension approved
which will only add up to 14 additional days
✔✔You would like to manufacture or wholesale distribute out of your pharmacy when is
this approved by the board? - ✔✔It is not. A designated prescription space can only
have 1 function
✔✔When can non-pharmacists enter a locked pharmacy? - ✔✔The PIC must permit it
and a waiver must be granted to a special-use pharmacy at a free-clinic that is only
open <20 hours and uses volunteers to staff. A log must be kept (1 year). 2 people must
enter and remain present the entire time 1 of those people must be a licensed nurse,
physician, or PA. The alarm code must be changed by the PIC within 48 hours.
✔✔What must you do when you close a pharmacy? - ✔✔Notify the board within 14
days of when the pharmacy will close. Tell them what you plan to do with all drugs,
dispensing records, patient information, and other records. If xfer drugs must tell them
who is getting them and their license #. Must send prescription records for RX with
active refills to another pharmacy.
Emergencies are exceptions (ie fire, foreclosure)
✔✔Notify the board in _______ days of changing ownership - ✔✔At least 14
-must give records of prescriptions for the last 2 years to new owners and other
important records
-Former owner is held responsible for the transfer of files
✔✔Rules to changing hours - ✔✔Must report to the board and post changes 14 days in
advance unless those changes lead to expanding hours or there is an emergency
✔✔Minimum square footage of a pharmacy - ✔✔240
-doesn't count waiting or counseling areas
✔✔Restroom in the pharmacy - ✔✔Only pharmacist and personnel assisting with
dispensing functions may use it.
-There must also be another restroom outside the pharmacy for other associates and
the public
✔✔Sink - ✔✔Required to be in the pharmacy and run both hot and cold water
✔✔Required sensitivity of a balance - ✔✔15 mg
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Temp for storing drugs:
Warm - ✔✔30 to 40 C
✔✔Excessive heat - ✔✔> 40 C
✔✔Temp for storing drugs:
Cool - ✔✔8 to 15C
✔✔Terminal condition - ✔✔Covers both imminent death and vegetative state due to
injury, illness/disease considering medical probability
✔✔Unit dose container - ✔✔Non-parenteral
✔✔Unit dose system - ✔✔multiple drugs in unit dose packaging are dispensed in a
single container, such as a medication drawer or bin labeled only with pt name and
location
✔✔Unprofessional Conduct - ✔✔10 Items
-Inappropriate disclosure of patient protected information
-Failing to maintain confidentiality of PMP
-Willful or negligent breach of patient's confientiality
-Taking advantage (ie sexual) of pts
-Failure to maintain safeguards against diversion of controlled substances
-Failure to respond to a known dispensing error
-Delegating tasks to untrained persons
-PIC fails to ensure interns and techs are currently registered
-Failure to exercise professional judgement that a RX meets the requirements of law
✔✔When can you start gaining practical experience to count towards 1,500 hours - ✔✔-
After 2 full semesters of school (this only goes towards hours outside of school
programs)
-Must hit 1500 school hours to be exempt from this
-Must be >20 hours but <50 per week to count
✔✔When is the cut-off for newly licensed pharmacists to not have to renew by the
upcoming 12/31 deadline
What about technicians? - ✔✔-On or After 10/01
-On or after July 1
✔✔How many CEUs are needed per year for a pharmacist - ✔✔1.5
A CEU =10 contact hours
,✔✔How many CEUs are needed per year for a technician - ✔✔0.5
✔✔How many hours of CE can you submit for volunteering at places such as a free
clinic or health department for a pharmacist? - ✔✔Up to 2 hours
3 working hours =1 hour
✔✔How many hours of CE can you submit for volunteering at places such as a free
clinic or health department for a technician? - ✔✔Up to 1 hour total
3 hours of work = 1 hour
✔✔The provider of a CE must keep records for ________ years - ✔✔5
-records, participants and hours awarded
✔✔CE registration is good for_____ - ✔✔No more than 2 years, each date given should
be on initial application or submitted to the board at least 5 business days prior to the
event
✔✔How long can you be a pharmacy trainee - ✔✔9 months
✔✔Who can be a pharmacy technician trainee program director - ✔✔- Pharmacist with
a current license in any jurisdiction
-Technician with at least 1 year experience as a tech and has a current Virginia or
PTCB certification
-Another person approved and deemed qualified by the board
✔✔How long do pharmacists keep CE records?
Technicians? - ✔✔-2 years
-2 years
✔✔How many pharmacies can a pharmacist be PIC? - ✔✔-2
✔✔Max scheduled shift?
Min time off between shifts?
Entitled a break after _____ hours - ✔✔-12 hours (unless emergency exists)
-6 hours off
-6 hours; 30 minute break
✔✔Is a control inventory (II- V) required by law when PIC changes? - ✔✔No, but the
opportunity must be offered to the outgoing PIC unless the owner submits written notice
to the board showing good cause for why this was not offered
✔✔How long can a PIC be out and remain PIC - ✔✔No more than 30 days. PICs
knowing they will be gone for longer than 30 days must return permit to the board.
, Unanticipated absences > 15 days the board expects the owner to notify the board and
obtain a new PIC in the following 15 days
✔✔How long do you have to replace a PIC if he quits or is terminated? - ✔✔14 days to
pay the fees and apply for permit designating new PIC unless extension approved
which will only add up to 14 additional days
✔✔You would like to manufacture or wholesale distribute out of your pharmacy when is
this approved by the board? - ✔✔It is not. A designated prescription space can only
have 1 function
✔✔When can non-pharmacists enter a locked pharmacy? - ✔✔The PIC must permit it
and a waiver must be granted to a special-use pharmacy at a free-clinic that is only
open <20 hours and uses volunteers to staff. A log must be kept (1 year). 2 people must
enter and remain present the entire time 1 of those people must be a licensed nurse,
physician, or PA. The alarm code must be changed by the PIC within 48 hours.
✔✔What must you do when you close a pharmacy? - ✔✔Notify the board within 14
days of when the pharmacy will close. Tell them what you plan to do with all drugs,
dispensing records, patient information, and other records. If xfer drugs must tell them
who is getting them and their license #. Must send prescription records for RX with
active refills to another pharmacy.
Emergencies are exceptions (ie fire, foreclosure)
✔✔Notify the board in _______ days of changing ownership - ✔✔At least 14
-must give records of prescriptions for the last 2 years to new owners and other
important records
-Former owner is held responsible for the transfer of files
✔✔Rules to changing hours - ✔✔Must report to the board and post changes 14 days in
advance unless those changes lead to expanding hours or there is an emergency
✔✔Minimum square footage of a pharmacy - ✔✔240
-doesn't count waiting or counseling areas
✔✔Restroom in the pharmacy - ✔✔Only pharmacist and personnel assisting with
dispensing functions may use it.
-There must also be another restroom outside the pharmacy for other associates and
the public
✔✔Sink - ✔✔Required to be in the pharmacy and run both hot and cold water
✔✔Required sensitivity of a balance - ✔✔15 mg
