HOSA Pharmacy Science Exam 2025 update|
comprehensive questions and verified answers
(complete solutions) Exam |GRADE A+!! HOSA
Pharmacy
Which civilization provides the earliest known record of apothecary practice?
a.) Ancient Egypt
b.) Ancient China
c.) Ancient Mesopotamia
d.) Ancient Greece - <<answer>>C.) Ancient Mesopotamia
The _________ is an ancient collection of prescriptions, mentioning more than 700
unique drugs.
a.) Pen T-Sao
b.) Papyrus Ebers
c.) Terra Sigilata
d.) Charaka Samhita - <<answer>>B.) Papyrus Ebers
Which individual is recognized for shifting the view of medicine from the mystic to the
scientific?
a.) Hippocrates
b.) Galen
c.) Savonarola
d.) Frederick 2 - <<answer>>A.) Hippocrates
Which individual is recognized as the farther of American pharmacy?
a.) Christopher Marshall
b.) Benjamin Franklin
C.) William Procter, Jr.
d.) Dr.Edward R. Squibb - <<answer>>C.) William Procter, Jr.
Which era of pharmacy practice in the 20th century is characterized by new regulations
pertaining to medication efficacy?
a.) the traditional era
b.) the scientific era
c.) the clinical
,d.) the pharmaceutical care era - <<answer>>b.) the scientific era
Which organization was established to autonomously set standards for pharmacy
education?
a.) ACPE
b.) APhA
c.) BIO
d.) USP - <<answer>>a.) ACPE
Who is responsible for separating the practices of pharmacy and medicine?
a.) Savonarola
b.) King James I
c.) Hippocrates
d.) Frederick II - <<answer>>d.) Frederick II
The first official pharmacopoeia originated in which country?
a.) England
b.) Greece
c.) Italy
d.) the United States - <<answer>>a.) England
Colonial America's first hospital was founded by which individual?
a.) Benjamin Franklin
b.) John Morgan
c.) William Procter, Jr
d.) Andrew Craigie - <<answer>>a.) Benjamin Franklin
Biotechnology drugs are produced by using:
a.) bacteria
b.) mammalian cells
c.) yeast
d.) all the above - <<answer>>d.) all the above
Which of the following is classified as a heath - system pharmacy?
a.) Home health care
b.) Chain drug store
c.) Mail - order facility
d.) extended - living facility - <<answer>>D.) Extended living facility
Pharmacists are required to complete __________ years of college - level education.
a.) 2
b.) 4
c.) 6
d.) 8 - <<answer>>C.) 6
,Which agency regulates registration and licensure?
a.) ACPE
b.) NABP
c.) PTCB
d.) SBOP - <<answer>>D.) SBOP
Attitude refers to a way of ________.
a.) Acting
b.) Feeling
c.) Thinking
d.) All of the above - <<answer>>D.) All of the above
Which two agencies are recognized providers for national technician certification?
a.) ICPT and PTCB
b.) APhA and ASHP
c.) NABP and NACDS
d.) ACPE and SBOP - <<answer>>A.) ICPT and PTCB
Certified pharmacy technicians are required to complete _______ hours of continuing
education every two years.
a.) 5
b.) 10
c.) 20
d.) 40 - <<answer>>C.) 20
_______ refers to permission granted by a government agency entity for an individual to
perform an activity.
a.) Certification
b.) Licensure
c.) Registration
d.) None of the above - <<answer>>B.) Licensure
Which of the following is a standard dress code used in pharmacies?
a.) business
b.) scrubs
c.) business casual
d.) Both a and b - <<answer>>D.) both a and b
Certified pharmacy technicians are authorized to:
a.) dispense medications
b.) provide drug information
c.) prepare and deliver medications to nursing stations
d.) none of the above - <<answer>>C.) Prepare and deliver medications to nursing
stations
, Which professional organization publishes Today's Technician magazine?
a.) NPTA
b.) AAPT
c.) APhP
d.) ASHP - <<answer>>D.) ASHP
The most important Key to elimination barriers to communication is:
a.) fully understanding the communication process
b.) recognizing that numerous barriers to communication exist
c.) knowing strategies on how to overcome communication barriers
d.) being willing to recognize and eliminate communication barriers as they arise -
<<answer>>D.) being willing to recognize and eliminate communication barriers as
they arise
A phone call is an example of which element of the communication process?
a.) channel
b.) context
c.) feedback
d.) message - <<answer>>A.) channel
How many Americans do not speak English as their primary language?
a.) 20.3 million
b.) 21 million
c.) 44 million
d.) 46 million - <<answer>>D.) 46 million
An involuntary exclusion of a specific thought or impulse is the defense mechanism
referred to as:
a.) displacement
b.) reaction formation
c.) repression
d.) sublimation - <<answer>>C.) repression
___________ consist of serious disputes, disagreements, or arguments.
a.) barrier to communication
b.) conflict
c.) defense mechanism
d.)none of the above - <<answer>>B.) conflict
_______ is the condition in which an individual hears normally with one ear, but has
trouble hearing with the other.
a.) hard of hearing
b.) deafness
c.) unilateral hearing loss
d.) selective hearing - <<answer>>C.) unilateral hearing loss
comprehensive questions and verified answers
(complete solutions) Exam |GRADE A+!! HOSA
Pharmacy
Which civilization provides the earliest known record of apothecary practice?
a.) Ancient Egypt
b.) Ancient China
c.) Ancient Mesopotamia
d.) Ancient Greece - <<answer>>C.) Ancient Mesopotamia
The _________ is an ancient collection of prescriptions, mentioning more than 700
unique drugs.
a.) Pen T-Sao
b.) Papyrus Ebers
c.) Terra Sigilata
d.) Charaka Samhita - <<answer>>B.) Papyrus Ebers
Which individual is recognized for shifting the view of medicine from the mystic to the
scientific?
a.) Hippocrates
b.) Galen
c.) Savonarola
d.) Frederick 2 - <<answer>>A.) Hippocrates
Which individual is recognized as the farther of American pharmacy?
a.) Christopher Marshall
b.) Benjamin Franklin
C.) William Procter, Jr.
d.) Dr.Edward R. Squibb - <<answer>>C.) William Procter, Jr.
Which era of pharmacy practice in the 20th century is characterized by new regulations
pertaining to medication efficacy?
a.) the traditional era
b.) the scientific era
c.) the clinical
,d.) the pharmaceutical care era - <<answer>>b.) the scientific era
Which organization was established to autonomously set standards for pharmacy
education?
a.) ACPE
b.) APhA
c.) BIO
d.) USP - <<answer>>a.) ACPE
Who is responsible for separating the practices of pharmacy and medicine?
a.) Savonarola
b.) King James I
c.) Hippocrates
d.) Frederick II - <<answer>>d.) Frederick II
The first official pharmacopoeia originated in which country?
a.) England
b.) Greece
c.) Italy
d.) the United States - <<answer>>a.) England
Colonial America's first hospital was founded by which individual?
a.) Benjamin Franklin
b.) John Morgan
c.) William Procter, Jr
d.) Andrew Craigie - <<answer>>a.) Benjamin Franklin
Biotechnology drugs are produced by using:
a.) bacteria
b.) mammalian cells
c.) yeast
d.) all the above - <<answer>>d.) all the above
Which of the following is classified as a heath - system pharmacy?
a.) Home health care
b.) Chain drug store
c.) Mail - order facility
d.) extended - living facility - <<answer>>D.) Extended living facility
Pharmacists are required to complete __________ years of college - level education.
a.) 2
b.) 4
c.) 6
d.) 8 - <<answer>>C.) 6
,Which agency regulates registration and licensure?
a.) ACPE
b.) NABP
c.) PTCB
d.) SBOP - <<answer>>D.) SBOP
Attitude refers to a way of ________.
a.) Acting
b.) Feeling
c.) Thinking
d.) All of the above - <<answer>>D.) All of the above
Which two agencies are recognized providers for national technician certification?
a.) ICPT and PTCB
b.) APhA and ASHP
c.) NABP and NACDS
d.) ACPE and SBOP - <<answer>>A.) ICPT and PTCB
Certified pharmacy technicians are required to complete _______ hours of continuing
education every two years.
a.) 5
b.) 10
c.) 20
d.) 40 - <<answer>>C.) 20
_______ refers to permission granted by a government agency entity for an individual to
perform an activity.
a.) Certification
b.) Licensure
c.) Registration
d.) None of the above - <<answer>>B.) Licensure
Which of the following is a standard dress code used in pharmacies?
a.) business
b.) scrubs
c.) business casual
d.) Both a and b - <<answer>>D.) both a and b
Certified pharmacy technicians are authorized to:
a.) dispense medications
b.) provide drug information
c.) prepare and deliver medications to nursing stations
d.) none of the above - <<answer>>C.) Prepare and deliver medications to nursing
stations
, Which professional organization publishes Today's Technician magazine?
a.) NPTA
b.) AAPT
c.) APhP
d.) ASHP - <<answer>>D.) ASHP
The most important Key to elimination barriers to communication is:
a.) fully understanding the communication process
b.) recognizing that numerous barriers to communication exist
c.) knowing strategies on how to overcome communication barriers
d.) being willing to recognize and eliminate communication barriers as they arise -
<<answer>>D.) being willing to recognize and eliminate communication barriers as
they arise
A phone call is an example of which element of the communication process?
a.) channel
b.) context
c.) feedback
d.) message - <<answer>>A.) channel
How many Americans do not speak English as their primary language?
a.) 20.3 million
b.) 21 million
c.) 44 million
d.) 46 million - <<answer>>D.) 46 million
An involuntary exclusion of a specific thought or impulse is the defense mechanism
referred to as:
a.) displacement
b.) reaction formation
c.) repression
d.) sublimation - <<answer>>C.) repression
___________ consist of serious disputes, disagreements, or arguments.
a.) barrier to communication
b.) conflict
c.) defense mechanism
d.)none of the above - <<answer>>B.) conflict
_______ is the condition in which an individual hears normally with one ear, but has
trouble hearing with the other.
a.) hard of hearing
b.) deafness
c.) unilateral hearing loss
d.) selective hearing - <<answer>>C.) unilateral hearing loss
