PHM113: Pharmacy Informatics Midterm UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

PHM113: Pharmacy Informatics Midterm
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Are you ready to study lecture 1 content (intro)? - CORRECT ANSWER - YES! :)



What is pharmacy informatics? - CORRECT ANSWER - Field focusing on how
medication-related data and knowledge is acquired, stored, and used within healthcare systems in
the delivery of optimal medication-related outcomes (through the use of technology)


What are the FIVE areas of responsibility in pharmacy informatics - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1) information management
2) change management
3) data analytics
4) clinical informatics
5) knowledge delivery


What does "AFPC" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Association of Faculties of
Pharmacy of Canada


Are you ready to study lecture 2 content (Drug Information Resources)? - CORRECT
ANSWER - HECK YA!!



What does "CPS" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - CPS=Compendium of
Pharmaceuticals and Specialties


What does "CPhA" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Canadian Pharmacists Association



What are the resources that CPhA offers? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) CPS-Drug
information

,2) CPS-therapeutic choices
3) CTMA (Compendium of Therapeutics for Minor Ailments)
4) CPMA (Compendium of Products for Minor Ailments)


What does "CPMA" stand for?

*don't look at previous card;) - CORRECT ANSWER - Compendium of Products for
Minor Ailments


What does "CTMA" stand for?

*no cheating;) - CORRECT ANSWER - Compendium of Therapeutics for Minor Ailments


True or False?
CPS: Drug Information and CPS: Therapeutic Choices are the international standard for drug
information and therapeutic choices? - CORRECT ANSWER - FALSE!
CPS: Drug Information and CPS: Therapeutic Choices are the CANADIAN standard for drug
information and therapeutic choices


Which formats are CPS offered in? - CORRECT ANSWER - Print (recently discontinued),
online, and mobile app


True or False?
The print, online, and mobile app versions of CPS are all identical in the resources they offer -
CORRECT ANSWER - FALSE
Currently, CPS online has most extensive resources available (including patient information)


Fill in the blank:
CPS: Drug Information contains monographs for thousands of _______________ drugs,
vaccines, natural products, and medical devices - CORRECT ANSWER - blank=Health
Canada-approved

,True or False?
The monographs listed on CPS: Drug Information can only be those coming directly from the
manufacturer - CORRECT ANSWER - FALSE
the monographs found here include both CPhA AND manufacturer-supplied product monographs


What are the FOUR built-in features of CPS: Drug Information? - CORRECT ANSWER -
1) medical calculators (ie surface area, BMI, renal function calculators)
2) clin-info
3) lexicomp interaction checker
4) pill identifier


Fill in the blank:
CPS: Drug Information is updated ______ with critical Health Canada updates such as warnings,
advisories, and drug shortages - CORRECT ANSWER - Blank=Weekly



What are three instances for using paper resources? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) remote
location
2) poor connection
3) forgot your password


In the PRINT version of CPS: Drug Information, how are the different sections categorized? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Each section is colour-coded for identification


When was the first edition of PRINT CPS: Drug Information published? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1960



What year was PRINT EDITION of CPS discontinued? - CORRECT ANSWER - 2022--
>too soon, rip:,(

, How does CPS obtain manufacturer product monographs? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Manufacturers of Health Canada-approved products supply their monograph FOR A FEE, and
the monograph is then refined by CPhA editors


True or False?
Pharmaceutical Product Monographs must follow a customary template - CORRECT
ANSWER - TRUE!!!!


True or False?
Once a manufacturer supplies their monograph to the CPS, it will remain on CPS indefinitely -
CORRECT ANSWER - FALSE
Manufacturers can discontinue supplying their monograph to the CPS (especially if the patent
ages)


What are the components of a drug monograph? (list only the three highlighted on lecture slide) -
CORRECT ANSWER - -Dosage and Administration
-Overdose
-Dosage Form, Strengths, Composition and Packaging


What will CPhA do if the manufacturer decides to withdraw their monograph from the CPS? -
CORRECT ANSWER - CPhA editors will fill in the gaps and write product monographs


True or False?
CPhA monographs list the brand name of the drug, while manufacturer monographs list the
generic name of the drug - CORRECT ANSWER - FALSE
Manufacturer monographs list the brand name (because they are the OG developer of the drug),
while CPhA monographs are listed under generic names of the drug
-->think back to point mentioned where manufacturers withdraw their monographs as the patent
ages


True or False?