PHM 110 PRACTICE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ The Controlled Substance Act of 1970 established the ______ and it is
responsible for determining the schedule in which a controlled substance
will be placed. Answer: DEA
▶ What role did the FDA take after the occurrence of birth defects due to
thalidomide and the passing of the Kefauver-Harries Amendment of 1962?
Answer: monitor animal drug studies data of the INDA for safety
▶ As a pharmacy technician working in a hospital in the sterile
compounding area, which organisation would you refer to for the latest
professional practice standards in sterile compounding/ Answer: US
Pharmacopoeia Convention
▶ The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy have oversight of
Answer: the Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites program
▶ A new pharmacy is opening in your town, and you are told you will have
a job there once it is inspected. Who will inspect the new pharmacy?
Answer: State Board of Pharmacy
▶ National Drug Codes are unique to every drug: what do the 10 or 11
digits represent? Answer: manufacturer, formulation, packaging
▶ A patient asks you to help him locate a cold product that contains
pseudoephedrine. Where is this product stocked? Answer: behind the
counter
▶ The pharmacy you work for is being sued for not identifying a drug
interaction between a patient's birth control tablet and a new antibiotic she
, was prescribed. The patient's birth control failed and she become pregnant.
what type of case would this be in court? Answer: criminal
▶ A doctor, pharmacist, and pharmacy technician (who was working under
the direct supervision of a pharmacist) are being sued for negligence that
led to the patient being harmed. Under what law will the pharmacy
technician not be held responsible? Answer: law of agency and contracts
▶ What distinction did the Durham - Humphrey Amendment make to the
FD&C Act Answer: defined a difference between legend (Rx) drugs and
OTC drugs
▶ Under which conditions may a patient's prescription record be divulged
without the patient's consent? Answer: a subpoena
▶ Which of the following would be a violation of the Drug Enforcement
Administration's rule regarding filling a prescription? Answer: refilling a
Schedule ll drug
▶ What class of drugs in the 1990 was being illegal manufactured,
imported, and sold on the black market as performance enhancers and led
congress to pass an act making them a Schedule lll class of drugs?
Answer: anabolic steroids
▶ You are looking to purchase child resistant containers for you pharmacy:
what is a minimum standard established for child-resistant containers?
Answer: cannot be opened by 80% of children under the age of 5
▶ A pharmacy technician working at the pharmacy has been identified as
responsible for the missing drugs from the controlled substance inventory.
Why is this a criminal case? Answer: is a violation of a law
▶ The pharmacist is eating lunch and a patient brings in a prescription to
be filled. Your are a certified pharmacy technician, and you fill the
prescription and dispense it to the patient before the pharmacist checks
your work. If wrong drug is dispensed, who is liable? Answer: the
pharmacy technician
▶ The efficacy of a drug was not required by law until the: Answer:
Kefauver - Harris Amendment of 1962
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ The Controlled Substance Act of 1970 established the ______ and it is
responsible for determining the schedule in which a controlled substance
will be placed. Answer: DEA
▶ What role did the FDA take after the occurrence of birth defects due to
thalidomide and the passing of the Kefauver-Harries Amendment of 1962?
Answer: monitor animal drug studies data of the INDA for safety
▶ As a pharmacy technician working in a hospital in the sterile
compounding area, which organisation would you refer to for the latest
professional practice standards in sterile compounding/ Answer: US
Pharmacopoeia Convention
▶ The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy have oversight of
Answer: the Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites program
▶ A new pharmacy is opening in your town, and you are told you will have
a job there once it is inspected. Who will inspect the new pharmacy?
Answer: State Board of Pharmacy
▶ National Drug Codes are unique to every drug: what do the 10 or 11
digits represent? Answer: manufacturer, formulation, packaging
▶ A patient asks you to help him locate a cold product that contains
pseudoephedrine. Where is this product stocked? Answer: behind the
counter
▶ The pharmacy you work for is being sued for not identifying a drug
interaction between a patient's birth control tablet and a new antibiotic she
, was prescribed. The patient's birth control failed and she become pregnant.
what type of case would this be in court? Answer: criminal
▶ A doctor, pharmacist, and pharmacy technician (who was working under
the direct supervision of a pharmacist) are being sued for negligence that
led to the patient being harmed. Under what law will the pharmacy
technician not be held responsible? Answer: law of agency and contracts
▶ What distinction did the Durham - Humphrey Amendment make to the
FD&C Act Answer: defined a difference between legend (Rx) drugs and
OTC drugs
▶ Under which conditions may a patient's prescription record be divulged
without the patient's consent? Answer: a subpoena
▶ Which of the following would be a violation of the Drug Enforcement
Administration's rule regarding filling a prescription? Answer: refilling a
Schedule ll drug
▶ What class of drugs in the 1990 was being illegal manufactured,
imported, and sold on the black market as performance enhancers and led
congress to pass an act making them a Schedule lll class of drugs?
Answer: anabolic steroids
▶ You are looking to purchase child resistant containers for you pharmacy:
what is a minimum standard established for child-resistant containers?
Answer: cannot be opened by 80% of children under the age of 5
▶ A pharmacy technician working at the pharmacy has been identified as
responsible for the missing drugs from the controlled substance inventory.
Why is this a criminal case? Answer: is a violation of a law
▶ The pharmacist is eating lunch and a patient brings in a prescription to
be filled. Your are a certified pharmacy technician, and you fill the
prescription and dispense it to the patient before the pharmacist checks
your work. If wrong drug is dispensed, who is liable? Answer: the
pharmacy technician
▶ The efficacy of a drug was not required by law until the: Answer:
Kefauver - Harris Amendment of 1962
