Drug Calculations and Dosage Questions and
Correct Answers
What should technicians do in order to be considered proficient?
✓ ~: Interpret prescribers' orders correctly
Due to the illegibility of many doctors' handwriting, what is the responsibility of the
pharmacy?
✓ ~: Interpret and clarify orders if necessary
What used in prescribing medication look very much alike?
✓ ~: Many abbreviations
Where does Pharmacy and medical terminology come from?
✓ ~: Latin and Greek languages
What serves as universal languages in medicine?
✓ ~: Latin and Greek
Because pharmacy began in Europe, how do most abbreviations have their origins?
✓ ~: In a foreign language
What must technicians learn to decipher prescribers' orders?
✓ ~: All the dosage forms and abbreviations
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What are abbreviated on prescriptions in which many pharmacy computers are programmed
to accept these abbreviations?
✓ ~: Dosing times
What did drug errors that have occurred as a result of the misinterpretation of medication
orders lead to the creation of?
✓ ~: "Do Not Use" list
What does the "Do Not Use" list outline?
✓ ~: The most common misread abbreviations
What five classifications can drugs be put into different groups based on?
✓ ~: 1) Pharmacology
2) Intent of use
3) Route of administration
4) Mechanism of action
5) Body system affected
What are the three classifications used to describe the drugs available to consumers?
✓ ~: 1) Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs
2) Legend drugs
3) Behind-the-counter (BTC) drugs
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What is the means by which a drug is available for use?
✓ ~: Dosage form
Which ways can tablets be created?
✓ ~: Scored or unscored and coated or uncoated and some can be split in half
How is the dosage form primarily determined?
✓ ~: Which form makes the drug most effective
How do manufacturers prepare certain medications?
✓ ~: With the ability to release the active ingredient over an extended period
What are the three major categories of dosage forms?
✓ ~: 1) Solids
2) Liquids
3) Semisolids
What can be contained in various packages and administered by almost all routes except
parenterally?
✓ ~: Solids
What do most solids contain?