MTM questions with accurate answers
1. If the pharmacist is unable to identify a specific rationale for a
medication in the patient's regimen, the medication-related problem is
categorized as:
a. Unnecessary medication therapy.
b. Dosage too high.
c. Nonadherence.
d. Ineffective medication. Ans✓✓✓ Unnecessary medication therapy.
1. Which of the following is a benefit of standardizing the patient care
process?
a. Facilitating development of supporting infrastructure, such as
electronic health records (EHR).
b. Minimizing the amount of clinical training required for pharmacists.
c. Reducing the burden of HIPAA privacy requirements
d. Allowing pharmacists to bill their services at a higher level of
complexity. Ans✓✓✓ a. Facilitating development of supporting
infrastructure, such as electronic health records (EHR).
1. Which of the following is an open-ended question?
a. "Do you ever miss doses of this medication?"
b. "How many times a week do you miss doses of this medication?"
c. "How do you use this medication?"
d. "Do you know how to use this medication?" Ans✓✓✓ "How do you
use this medication?"
,1. Which of the following statements about a SWOT analysis is true?
a. Strengths and weaknesses assess the internal aspects of the pharmacy
or service in relation to its existing services.
b. Strengths and weaknesses assess the external aspects of the pharmacy
or service in relation to the competition.
c. Opportunities and threats assess the external aspects of the pharmacy
or service in relation to its existing services.
d. Opportunities and threats assess the internal aspects of the pharmacy
or service in relation to the competition. Ans✓✓✓ a. Strengths and
weaknesses assess the internal aspects of the pharmacy or service in
relation to its existing services.
10. In elderly patients with reduced total body water, which medications
will have a larger volume of distribution, compared with healthy
younger adults?
a. Lipid-soluble medications.
b. Water-soluble medications.
c. Medications with half-lives longer than 12 hours.
d. Medications that undergo first-pass hepatic metabolism. Ans✓✓✓
Lipid-soluble medications.
10. The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization
Act of 2003 (MMA) helped establish MTM services through which of
the following actions?
a. Granting Medicare Part B provider status to pharmacists.
, b. Creating a definition for medication therapy management (MTM).
c. Allowing Medicare Part D prescription drug plans to pay pharmacists
for providing MTM services.
d. Directing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to
establish "core elements" for MTM. Ans✓✓✓ c. Allowing Medicare
Part D prescription drug plans to pay pharmacists for providing MTM
services.
10. When communicating a recommendation to a prescriber, it is best to:
a. Clearly state when a prescribed medication is "wrong" or
"inappropriate" for a patient.
b. Allow the prescriber to develop a solution to the problem identified by
the pharmacist.
c. Avoid providing clinical information that will likely be redundant
with the prescriber's records.
d. Be succinct and clearly state the recommended course of action.
Ans✓✓✓ Be succinct and clearly state the recommended course of
action.
10. Which of the following statements about implementing patient care
services is true?
a. Pharmacists may want to start with a small program and build the
service over time.
b. Once implemented, services are not likely to require any
modifications.
c. Pharmacists should start providing services before writing the
business plan to provide more perspective on various aspects of the plan.
1. If the pharmacist is unable to identify a specific rationale for a
medication in the patient's regimen, the medication-related problem is
categorized as:
a. Unnecessary medication therapy.
b. Dosage too high.
c. Nonadherence.
d. Ineffective medication. Ans✓✓✓ Unnecessary medication therapy.
1. Which of the following is a benefit of standardizing the patient care
process?
a. Facilitating development of supporting infrastructure, such as
electronic health records (EHR).
b. Minimizing the amount of clinical training required for pharmacists.
c. Reducing the burden of HIPAA privacy requirements
d. Allowing pharmacists to bill their services at a higher level of
complexity. Ans✓✓✓ a. Facilitating development of supporting
infrastructure, such as electronic health records (EHR).
1. Which of the following is an open-ended question?
a. "Do you ever miss doses of this medication?"
b. "How many times a week do you miss doses of this medication?"
c. "How do you use this medication?"
d. "Do you know how to use this medication?" Ans✓✓✓ "How do you
use this medication?"
,1. Which of the following statements about a SWOT analysis is true?
a. Strengths and weaknesses assess the internal aspects of the pharmacy
or service in relation to its existing services.
b. Strengths and weaknesses assess the external aspects of the pharmacy
or service in relation to the competition.
c. Opportunities and threats assess the external aspects of the pharmacy
or service in relation to its existing services.
d. Opportunities and threats assess the internal aspects of the pharmacy
or service in relation to the competition. Ans✓✓✓ a. Strengths and
weaknesses assess the internal aspects of the pharmacy or service in
relation to its existing services.
10. In elderly patients with reduced total body water, which medications
will have a larger volume of distribution, compared with healthy
younger adults?
a. Lipid-soluble medications.
b. Water-soluble medications.
c. Medications with half-lives longer than 12 hours.
d. Medications that undergo first-pass hepatic metabolism. Ans✓✓✓
Lipid-soluble medications.
10. The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization
Act of 2003 (MMA) helped establish MTM services through which of
the following actions?
a. Granting Medicare Part B provider status to pharmacists.
, b. Creating a definition for medication therapy management (MTM).
c. Allowing Medicare Part D prescription drug plans to pay pharmacists
for providing MTM services.
d. Directing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to
establish "core elements" for MTM. Ans✓✓✓ c. Allowing Medicare
Part D prescription drug plans to pay pharmacists for providing MTM
services.
10. When communicating a recommendation to a prescriber, it is best to:
a. Clearly state when a prescribed medication is "wrong" or
"inappropriate" for a patient.
b. Allow the prescriber to develop a solution to the problem identified by
the pharmacist.
c. Avoid providing clinical information that will likely be redundant
with the prescriber's records.
d. Be succinct and clearly state the recommended course of action.
Ans✓✓✓ Be succinct and clearly state the recommended course of
action.
10. Which of the following statements about implementing patient care
services is true?
a. Pharmacists may want to start with a small program and build the
service over time.
b. Once implemented, services are not likely to require any
modifications.
c. Pharmacists should start providing services before writing the
business plan to provide more perspective on various aspects of the plan.
