CPJE ALL TEST EOC ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET
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✔✔A pharmacist is checking a medication order prior to dispensing it. The order calls
for a patient to receive enoxaparin 1.5 mg/kg subcutaneously daily for 7 days. The
patient weighs 148 lb. Based on this order, what is the total daily dose that this patient
should receive? - ✔✔100 mg
✔✔A pharmacy technician has prepared an IV piggyback dose of levothyroxine 100
mcg in the morning for 24-hour dosing for a patient due later tonight. The technician
asked the pharmacist to verify the medication before delivery to the patient ward. Which
of the following is a concern regarding the preparation? - ✔✔Short drug stability of
levothyroxine.
✔✔A pharmacist is verifying a prescription filled by a technician. The label reads:
John Doe
Invirase 200 mg
Take 6 capsules by mouth twice daily with Norvir.
The pharmacist checks the written prescription and it reads:
Saquinavir 200 mg soft gel capsules
VI p.o. b.i.d. with Norvir
The pharmacist should... - ✔✔Change the drug.
✔✔A 42-year-old patient with long-standing asthma brings a new prescription for a
budesonide inhaler to the pharmacy. The pharmacist's medication record shows that the
patient is also using oral prednisone as needed for acute asthma attacks, an albuterol
inhaler PRN, montelukast 10 mg PO daily, and a triamcinolone inhaler b.i.d. What
action indicates that the patient understands how to incorporate the budesonide into his
asthma regimen? - ✔✔He stops using the triamcinolone inhaler.
✔✔Which of the following would be the MOST APPROPRIATE information to give the
parent of a 2-year-old child who is to receive amoxicillin suspension for the treatment of
acute otitis media? - ✔✔Shake well before each dose.
, ✔✔A patient has just been counseled on the appropriate use of his new prescription for
valsartan. Which of the following statements would verify that the patient has a good
understanding of the possible side effects of the drug? - ✔✔I might get headaches with
this medication.
✔✔What patient information is applicable to the use of Transderm-Scop®? - ✔✔Should
be applied 4 hrs before travel.
✔✔What would indicate that a patient understands why he is taking divalproex? - ✔✔I
have bipolar disorder.
✔✔What would be the MOST APPROPRIATE for the pharmacist to make to a patient
who is being counseled on the use of lansoprazole? - ✔✔Take this medication once a
day before breakfast.
✔✔A patient who recently started taking atenolol comes into the pharmacy with a blood
pressure of 132/78mm Hg and a pulse of 54 beats per minute. What is the MOST
APPROPRIATE action by the pharmacist? - ✔✔Ask patient if he has noted any
dizziness on standing or decreased exercise tolerance.
✔✔A patient has just been counseled on the appropriate use of her new prescription for
isoniazid. What statement would verify that the patient has a good understanding of the
possible side effects of this drug? - ✔✔I should report flu like symptoms to my doctor.
✔✔A 43-year-old woman diagnosed with hypothyroidism brings in a new prescription for
levothyroxine 100 mcg daily. Her medication profile shows the following:
calcium carbonate 500 mg q a.m. and q p.m.
losartan 50 mg q a.m.
After counseling, what action indicates that the patient understands how to take her
levothyroxine correctly? - ✔✔She takes the levothyroxine 1 hr before the calcium
carbonate.
✔✔A pharmacist has just counseled a patient on the use of ketoconazole shampoo.
What statement would verify that the patient has a clear understanding of how to
properly use this medication? - ✔✔This shampoo is going to treat my dandruff and I
shouldn't be using this if I have open sores on my scalp.
✔✔What statement demonstrates that a patient understands the risks associated with
doxorubicin? - ✔✔I should avoid pregnancy.
✔✔A patient with an allergy to aspirin is recovering from an ischemic stroke. Heparin
5000 units subcutaneously b.i.d. is prescribed. What statement would BEST verify that
the patient understands why this medication was ordered? - ✔✔This drug will help
prevent the development of a clot.
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✔✔A pharmacist is checking a medication order prior to dispensing it. The order calls
for a patient to receive enoxaparin 1.5 mg/kg subcutaneously daily for 7 days. The
patient weighs 148 lb. Based on this order, what is the total daily dose that this patient
should receive? - ✔✔100 mg
✔✔A pharmacy technician has prepared an IV piggyback dose of levothyroxine 100
mcg in the morning for 24-hour dosing for a patient due later tonight. The technician
asked the pharmacist to verify the medication before delivery to the patient ward. Which
of the following is a concern regarding the preparation? - ✔✔Short drug stability of
levothyroxine.
✔✔A pharmacist is verifying a prescription filled by a technician. The label reads:
John Doe
Invirase 200 mg
Take 6 capsules by mouth twice daily with Norvir.
The pharmacist checks the written prescription and it reads:
Saquinavir 200 mg soft gel capsules
VI p.o. b.i.d. with Norvir
The pharmacist should... - ✔✔Change the drug.
✔✔A 42-year-old patient with long-standing asthma brings a new prescription for a
budesonide inhaler to the pharmacy. The pharmacist's medication record shows that the
patient is also using oral prednisone as needed for acute asthma attacks, an albuterol
inhaler PRN, montelukast 10 mg PO daily, and a triamcinolone inhaler b.i.d. What
action indicates that the patient understands how to incorporate the budesonide into his
asthma regimen? - ✔✔He stops using the triamcinolone inhaler.
✔✔Which of the following would be the MOST APPROPRIATE information to give the
parent of a 2-year-old child who is to receive amoxicillin suspension for the treatment of
acute otitis media? - ✔✔Shake well before each dose.
, ✔✔A patient has just been counseled on the appropriate use of his new prescription for
valsartan. Which of the following statements would verify that the patient has a good
understanding of the possible side effects of the drug? - ✔✔I might get headaches with
this medication.
✔✔What patient information is applicable to the use of Transderm-Scop®? - ✔✔Should
be applied 4 hrs before travel.
✔✔What would indicate that a patient understands why he is taking divalproex? - ✔✔I
have bipolar disorder.
✔✔What would be the MOST APPROPRIATE for the pharmacist to make to a patient
who is being counseled on the use of lansoprazole? - ✔✔Take this medication once a
day before breakfast.
✔✔A patient who recently started taking atenolol comes into the pharmacy with a blood
pressure of 132/78mm Hg and a pulse of 54 beats per minute. What is the MOST
APPROPRIATE action by the pharmacist? - ✔✔Ask patient if he has noted any
dizziness on standing or decreased exercise tolerance.
✔✔A patient has just been counseled on the appropriate use of her new prescription for
isoniazid. What statement would verify that the patient has a good understanding of the
possible side effects of this drug? - ✔✔I should report flu like symptoms to my doctor.
✔✔A 43-year-old woman diagnosed with hypothyroidism brings in a new prescription for
levothyroxine 100 mcg daily. Her medication profile shows the following:
calcium carbonate 500 mg q a.m. and q p.m.
losartan 50 mg q a.m.
After counseling, what action indicates that the patient understands how to take her
levothyroxine correctly? - ✔✔She takes the levothyroxine 1 hr before the calcium
carbonate.
✔✔A pharmacist has just counseled a patient on the use of ketoconazole shampoo.
What statement would verify that the patient has a clear understanding of how to
properly use this medication? - ✔✔This shampoo is going to treat my dandruff and I
shouldn't be using this if I have open sores on my scalp.
✔✔What statement demonstrates that a patient understands the risks associated with
doxorubicin? - ✔✔I should avoid pregnancy.
✔✔A patient with an allergy to aspirin is recovering from an ischemic stroke. Heparin
5000 units subcutaneously b.i.d. is prescribed. What statement would BEST verify that
the patient understands why this medication was ordered? - ✔✔This drug will help
prevent the development of a clot.
