CPJE Pharmacy Practice UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What does the board of pharmacy require of all licensed pharmacy staff? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. Must wear name tags with name and license status in 18-point type.
2. Must join board's email notification list within 60 days of becoming licensed.
How many pharmacies can a licensed pharmacist be the PIC of? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Two pharmacies, as long as they are within 50 driving miles of each other.
How soon must the board of pharmacy be notified about a change in PIC? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Within 30 days; must be reported to the board in writing by both the pharmacy
and the departing PIC.
How often must a self-assessment form be completed? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Before
July 1st of every odd numbered year
2. Within 30 days if a new permit is issued
3. Within 30 days if the pharmacy has a new PIC
4. Within 30 days if the pharmacy moves to a new location
What must be done with a completed self-assessment form? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Kept in pharmacy for 3 years; not sent to anyone but must be able to produce form if pharmacy
visited by inspector
What services are ALL registered pharmacists permitted to provide under SB 493 after meeting
training requirements? - CORRECT ANSWER - -Administer drugs and biologics
-Furnish self-administered hormonal contraceptives (pills, patch, ring, and injection)
-Furnish travel medicines recommended by CDC which do not require a diagnosis
-Furnish prescription nicotine replacement products
,-Initiate and administer immunizations to patients ≥3 years old
-Order and interpret tests for monitoring drug therapies
How many hours of pharmacy practice are required for licensure? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1500 hours (interns who graduated after January 1, 2016 from an ACPE-
accredited school of pharmacy will have satisfied this requirement)
How often must a pharmacist license be renewed, and what are the CE requirements? -
CORRECT ANSWER - -Licenses must be renewed every 2 years (expires on the last day
of the pharmacist's birth month)
-30 hours of CE required with each renewal (with at least 2 hours of pharmacy law and ethics)
-The first 2-year license cycle is exempt from CE
-CE records must be kept on file for 4 years
What services can Advanced Practice Pharmacists (APh) do under SB 493? - CORRECT
ANSWER - -Perform Patient Assessments
-Order and interpret drug-therapy related tests
-Initiate, adjust and discontinue drug therapy (must be registered with DEA if initiating or
adjusting a controlled substance)
What are the requirements in order to be recognized as an APh? - CORRECT ANSWER -
At least 2 of the following:
-Earn a certification in a relevant area of practice
-Complete a residency program
-Provide clinical services to patients for at least 1 year (and 1500 hours) under a CPA.
How many intern pharmacists may be supervised by a single pharmacist? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 2 interns per pharmacist
, What duties may be performed by an intern pharmacist? - CORRECT ANSWER - Almost
all duties of a pharmacist under the discretion and supervision of a pharmacist. Interns may NOT
have a key to the pharmacy.
What is tech-check-tech and what are the requirements? - CORRECT ANSWER - Allows
another technician to check the work of a technician after filling unit dose distribution systems,
floor stock or ward stock.
Only permitted in acute care hospitals that have a clinical pharmacy program which has patients
located in patient care areas.
Pharmacists must check compounded and repackaged drugs before a technician can use it to fill
unit dose distribution systems/floor stock.
How many technicians may be supervised by a pharmacist? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Community: 1 technician for the first pharmacist, 2 technicians for each additional pharmacist
(i.e. 1 pharmacist: 1 technician; 2 pharmacists: 3 technicians)
Hospital: 2 technicians per pharmacist
What are the requirements to be licensed as a technician in California? - CORRECT
ANSWER - -Associates degree in pharmacy technology
-Completed training program specified by school
-Graduated from pharmacy school
-Completed PTCB or NHA exam
How many technician trainees may be supervised by a pharmacist - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1 technician trainee per pharmacist (up to 120 hours)
What duties may be performed by a pharmacy clerk? - CORRECT ANSWER - -Type
prescriptions
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What does the board of pharmacy require of all licensed pharmacy staff? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. Must wear name tags with name and license status in 18-point type.
2. Must join board's email notification list within 60 days of becoming licensed.
How many pharmacies can a licensed pharmacist be the PIC of? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Two pharmacies, as long as they are within 50 driving miles of each other.
How soon must the board of pharmacy be notified about a change in PIC? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Within 30 days; must be reported to the board in writing by both the pharmacy
and the departing PIC.
How often must a self-assessment form be completed? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Before
July 1st of every odd numbered year
2. Within 30 days if a new permit is issued
3. Within 30 days if the pharmacy has a new PIC
4. Within 30 days if the pharmacy moves to a new location
What must be done with a completed self-assessment form? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Kept in pharmacy for 3 years; not sent to anyone but must be able to produce form if pharmacy
visited by inspector
What services are ALL registered pharmacists permitted to provide under SB 493 after meeting
training requirements? - CORRECT ANSWER - -Administer drugs and biologics
-Furnish self-administered hormonal contraceptives (pills, patch, ring, and injection)
-Furnish travel medicines recommended by CDC which do not require a diagnosis
-Furnish prescription nicotine replacement products
,-Initiate and administer immunizations to patients ≥3 years old
-Order and interpret tests for monitoring drug therapies
How many hours of pharmacy practice are required for licensure? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1500 hours (interns who graduated after January 1, 2016 from an ACPE-
accredited school of pharmacy will have satisfied this requirement)
How often must a pharmacist license be renewed, and what are the CE requirements? -
CORRECT ANSWER - -Licenses must be renewed every 2 years (expires on the last day
of the pharmacist's birth month)
-30 hours of CE required with each renewal (with at least 2 hours of pharmacy law and ethics)
-The first 2-year license cycle is exempt from CE
-CE records must be kept on file for 4 years
What services can Advanced Practice Pharmacists (APh) do under SB 493? - CORRECT
ANSWER - -Perform Patient Assessments
-Order and interpret drug-therapy related tests
-Initiate, adjust and discontinue drug therapy (must be registered with DEA if initiating or
adjusting a controlled substance)
What are the requirements in order to be recognized as an APh? - CORRECT ANSWER -
At least 2 of the following:
-Earn a certification in a relevant area of practice
-Complete a residency program
-Provide clinical services to patients for at least 1 year (and 1500 hours) under a CPA.
How many intern pharmacists may be supervised by a single pharmacist? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 2 interns per pharmacist
, What duties may be performed by an intern pharmacist? - CORRECT ANSWER - Almost
all duties of a pharmacist under the discretion and supervision of a pharmacist. Interns may NOT
have a key to the pharmacy.
What is tech-check-tech and what are the requirements? - CORRECT ANSWER - Allows
another technician to check the work of a technician after filling unit dose distribution systems,
floor stock or ward stock.
Only permitted in acute care hospitals that have a clinical pharmacy program which has patients
located in patient care areas.
Pharmacists must check compounded and repackaged drugs before a technician can use it to fill
unit dose distribution systems/floor stock.
How many technicians may be supervised by a pharmacist? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Community: 1 technician for the first pharmacist, 2 technicians for each additional pharmacist
(i.e. 1 pharmacist: 1 technician; 2 pharmacists: 3 technicians)
Hospital: 2 technicians per pharmacist
What are the requirements to be licensed as a technician in California? - CORRECT
ANSWER - -Associates degree in pharmacy technology
-Completed training program specified by school
-Graduated from pharmacy school
-Completed PTCB or NHA exam
How many technician trainees may be supervised by a pharmacist - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1 technician trainee per pharmacist (up to 120 hours)
What duties may be performed by a pharmacy clerk? - CORRECT ANSWER - -Type
prescriptions
