Pharmacy Technician - Correct Answer: A person who helps liscensed pharmacists provide meds and
other health care products to paitents
Pharmacy Technician Certification Test
Questions and correct answers
Pharmacist - Correct Answer: A perspn who is educated & loscened to dispense drugs and to provide
drug info to patients and other health care providers
U.S. D.E.A. - Correct Answer: United States Drug Enforcement Administration -enforces federal laws &
regulations governing controlled substances
Schedule I Drugs - Correct Answer: Abuse potential- high abuse potential ( no medical use accepted)
No prescriptions allowed
Examples- heroin/LSD/mary jane/PCP/amphetamines
Schedule II Drugs - Correct Answer: Abuse potential- high/accepted medical use
Prescription required (no refills unless prescription written to renew)
Examples- Cocaine/codeine/amphetamine salts (adderall)/opium/morphine
Schedule III Drugs - Correct Answer: Abuse potential- moderate (medical usage)
Refills 5 times in a six month period
Examples- compounded drugs with small amounts of narcotics (other drugs with high potential for
abuse like tylenol or empirin with codeine tablets) and certain barbituratesk.
Schedule IV Drugs - Correct Answer: Potential abuse- low (medical usage)
Prescription required (5 refills in 6 month period)
Example- barbital/diazepam (Valium)
Schedule V Drugs - Correct Answer: Potential abuse- low abuse (medical usage)
,Prescription- none but must 18 y.o. To buy
Acu- - Correct Answer: Abrupt, sudden (acute)
Adeno- - Correct Answer: Gland (adenoid)
Adipo- - Correct Answer: Fat (adipose)
Aero- - Correct Answer: Air (aerosol)
Alb- - Correct Answer: White (albumin)
Ambulo- - Correct Answer: Walk (ambulatory)
Andro- - Correct Answer: Male (androgen)
Angio- - Correct Answer: Vessel (angiogram)
Arthr- - Correct Answer: Joint (arthritis)
Bucc/a- - Correct Answer: Inside of cheek (buccal)
Carcin/o- - Correct Answer: Crab,cancer (carcinogen)
Cardi- - Correct Answer: Heart (cardiology)
Cereb- - Correct Answer: Brain (cerebrum)
Chemo- - Correct Answer: Chemistry/chemical (chemotherapy)
, Chol- - Correct Answer: Bile (cholangiogram)
Cyst- - Correct Answer: Urinary bladder (cystoscopy)
Cyt- - Correct Answer: Cell (cytology)
Dactyl- - Correct Answer: Finger (syndactylism)
Dermat- - Correct Answer: Skin (dermatologist)
Encephal- - Correct Answer: Brain (electroencephalogram
Erythro- - Correct Answer: Red (erythrocytes)
Gastr- - Correct Answer: Stomach (gastric acid)
Gluco- - Correct Answer: Sugar (glucose)
Hemo- - Correct Answer: Blood (hematoma)
Hepat- - Correct Answer: Liver (hepatoma)
Hydro- - Correct Answer: Water (hydrocephalus)
Lachry- - Correct Answer: Tear (lachrymal fluid)
Lacto- - Correct Answer: Milk ( lactose)
other health care products to paitents
Pharmacy Technician Certification Test
Questions and correct answers
Pharmacist - Correct Answer: A perspn who is educated & loscened to dispense drugs and to provide
drug info to patients and other health care providers
U.S. D.E.A. - Correct Answer: United States Drug Enforcement Administration -enforces federal laws &
regulations governing controlled substances
Schedule I Drugs - Correct Answer: Abuse potential- high abuse potential ( no medical use accepted)
No prescriptions allowed
Examples- heroin/LSD/mary jane/PCP/amphetamines
Schedule II Drugs - Correct Answer: Abuse potential- high/accepted medical use
Prescription required (no refills unless prescription written to renew)
Examples- Cocaine/codeine/amphetamine salts (adderall)/opium/morphine
Schedule III Drugs - Correct Answer: Abuse potential- moderate (medical usage)
Refills 5 times in a six month period
Examples- compounded drugs with small amounts of narcotics (other drugs with high potential for
abuse like tylenol or empirin with codeine tablets) and certain barbituratesk.
Schedule IV Drugs - Correct Answer: Potential abuse- low (medical usage)
Prescription required (5 refills in 6 month period)
Example- barbital/diazepam (Valium)
Schedule V Drugs - Correct Answer: Potential abuse- low abuse (medical usage)
,Prescription- none but must 18 y.o. To buy
Acu- - Correct Answer: Abrupt, sudden (acute)
Adeno- - Correct Answer: Gland (adenoid)
Adipo- - Correct Answer: Fat (adipose)
Aero- - Correct Answer: Air (aerosol)
Alb- - Correct Answer: White (albumin)
Ambulo- - Correct Answer: Walk (ambulatory)
Andro- - Correct Answer: Male (androgen)
Angio- - Correct Answer: Vessel (angiogram)
Arthr- - Correct Answer: Joint (arthritis)
Bucc/a- - Correct Answer: Inside of cheek (buccal)
Carcin/o- - Correct Answer: Crab,cancer (carcinogen)
Cardi- - Correct Answer: Heart (cardiology)
Cereb- - Correct Answer: Brain (cerebrum)
Chemo- - Correct Answer: Chemistry/chemical (chemotherapy)
, Chol- - Correct Answer: Bile (cholangiogram)
Cyst- - Correct Answer: Urinary bladder (cystoscopy)
Cyt- - Correct Answer: Cell (cytology)
Dactyl- - Correct Answer: Finger (syndactylism)
Dermat- - Correct Answer: Skin (dermatologist)
Encephal- - Correct Answer: Brain (electroencephalogram
Erythro- - Correct Answer: Red (erythrocytes)
Gastr- - Correct Answer: Stomach (gastric acid)
Gluco- - Correct Answer: Sugar (glucose)
Hemo- - Correct Answer: Blood (hematoma)
Hepat- - Correct Answer: Liver (hepatoma)
Hydro- - Correct Answer: Water (hydrocephalus)
Lachry- - Correct Answer: Tear (lachrymal fluid)
Lacto- - Correct Answer: Milk ( lactose)
