MA MPJE CORE EXAMS SET 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔ACPE - ✔✔accreditation council for pharmacy education
✔✔ACPE approved provider - ✔✔institution, organization, or agency that is. recognized
by the ACPE in accordance with its policies and procedures, as qualified to provide
continuing education for pharmacists
✔✔approved college/school of pharmacy - ✔✔college or school of pharmacy which has
been accredited by the ACPR or approved by the Board
✔✔authorized provider - ✔✔a person who or agency which sponsors or co-sponsors
one or more contact hours of continuing education for pharmacists and which has
received the approval of ACPE, CME, or the board
✔✔board approved program - ✔✔a program which has been approved by the Board for
continuing
education credits. Such program may be sponsored by the ACPE, and/or sponsored or
cosponsored
by any person who has been granted prior written approval by the Board for the
particular program. The Board may, within its discretion, accept comparable continuing
education hours approved by other Boards of Pharmac
✔✔certificate of approved CEUs - ✔✔document issued to a named pharmacist by an
authorized provider certifying the that pharmacist has satisfactorily completed a
specified number of CEUs
✔✔certificate of fitness - ✔✔a document issued by the Board to a pharmacy or
pharmacy department which permits a pharmacy or pharmacy department to use
alcohol for the manufacture of U.S. Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary preparations
and all medicinal preparations unfit for beverage purposes, and to sell alcohol as
authorized under M.G.L. c. 138.
✔✔certified pharmacy technician - ✔✔registered by the Board; and
certified by a Board-approved certifying body.
A pharmacy technician may perform the duties authorized to be performed by a certified
pharmacy technician in 247 CMR 8.04: Certified Pharmacy Technicians when Board-
approved
certification is current
If certification lapses, the individual is required to function as a
pharmacy technician until certification is current
, ✔✔contact hour - ✔✔a unit of measure of educational credit which is a minimum of 50
minutes,
or the equivalent as determined by the Board, of satisfactory participation in a Board-
approved
program of continuing education
✔✔continuing education (CE) - ✔✔participation by registered pharmacists in Board-
approved
educational programs and is a prerequisite for the renewal of a personal registration
✔✔continuing education unit (CEU) - ✔✔a unit of measure of educational credit which is
equal to ten contact hours, or it's equivalent as determined by the Board, of satisfactory
participation in a Board-approved program of continuing education
✔✔controlled substance - ✔✔a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in any
schedule or class
referred to in M.G.L. c. 94C
✔✔controlled substance registration - ✔✔a document issued by the Board which allows
the
holder to receive and dispense, pursuant to a valid prescription, controlled substances
✔✔CME/category 1 - ✔✔ontinuing medical education (CME) credits sponsored by an
organization accredited for CME by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education, the Postgraduate Medical Institute or the state medical society
✔✔customer identifier - ✔✔the identification number on a valid government issued
identification,
as specified by the Department, which a pharmacy obtains by inspecting the
identification of the
ultimate user or agent of the ultimate user to whom a prescription is dispensed
✔✔direct supervision - ✔✔(a) the type of supervision a Board-approved registered
pharmacist preceptor in a pharmacy, pharmacy department, or institutional pharmacy is
required to provide to a pharmacy intern
when said preceptor oversees and directs the professional activities of the pharmacy
intern, and includes directly reviewing the work of the intern
(b) the type of supervision a registered pharmacist in a pharmacy, pharmacy
department, hospital pharmacy, or institutional pharmacy is required to provide a
pharmacy technician
when said pharmacist oversees and directs the activities of the pharmacy technician
✔✔dispensing - ✔✔the physical act of delivering a drug, chemical, device or
combination thereof
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔ACPE - ✔✔accreditation council for pharmacy education
✔✔ACPE approved provider - ✔✔institution, organization, or agency that is. recognized
by the ACPE in accordance with its policies and procedures, as qualified to provide
continuing education for pharmacists
✔✔approved college/school of pharmacy - ✔✔college or school of pharmacy which has
been accredited by the ACPR or approved by the Board
✔✔authorized provider - ✔✔a person who or agency which sponsors or co-sponsors
one or more contact hours of continuing education for pharmacists and which has
received the approval of ACPE, CME, or the board
✔✔board approved program - ✔✔a program which has been approved by the Board for
continuing
education credits. Such program may be sponsored by the ACPE, and/or sponsored or
cosponsored
by any person who has been granted prior written approval by the Board for the
particular program. The Board may, within its discretion, accept comparable continuing
education hours approved by other Boards of Pharmac
✔✔certificate of approved CEUs - ✔✔document issued to a named pharmacist by an
authorized provider certifying the that pharmacist has satisfactorily completed a
specified number of CEUs
✔✔certificate of fitness - ✔✔a document issued by the Board to a pharmacy or
pharmacy department which permits a pharmacy or pharmacy department to use
alcohol for the manufacture of U.S. Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary preparations
and all medicinal preparations unfit for beverage purposes, and to sell alcohol as
authorized under M.G.L. c. 138.
✔✔certified pharmacy technician - ✔✔registered by the Board; and
certified by a Board-approved certifying body.
A pharmacy technician may perform the duties authorized to be performed by a certified
pharmacy technician in 247 CMR 8.04: Certified Pharmacy Technicians when Board-
approved
certification is current
If certification lapses, the individual is required to function as a
pharmacy technician until certification is current
, ✔✔contact hour - ✔✔a unit of measure of educational credit which is a minimum of 50
minutes,
or the equivalent as determined by the Board, of satisfactory participation in a Board-
approved
program of continuing education
✔✔continuing education (CE) - ✔✔participation by registered pharmacists in Board-
approved
educational programs and is a prerequisite for the renewal of a personal registration
✔✔continuing education unit (CEU) - ✔✔a unit of measure of educational credit which is
equal to ten contact hours, or it's equivalent as determined by the Board, of satisfactory
participation in a Board-approved program of continuing education
✔✔controlled substance - ✔✔a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in any
schedule or class
referred to in M.G.L. c. 94C
✔✔controlled substance registration - ✔✔a document issued by the Board which allows
the
holder to receive and dispense, pursuant to a valid prescription, controlled substances
✔✔CME/category 1 - ✔✔ontinuing medical education (CME) credits sponsored by an
organization accredited for CME by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education, the Postgraduate Medical Institute or the state medical society
✔✔customer identifier - ✔✔the identification number on a valid government issued
identification,
as specified by the Department, which a pharmacy obtains by inspecting the
identification of the
ultimate user or agent of the ultimate user to whom a prescription is dispensed
✔✔direct supervision - ✔✔(a) the type of supervision a Board-approved registered
pharmacist preceptor in a pharmacy, pharmacy department, or institutional pharmacy is
required to provide to a pharmacy intern
when said preceptor oversees and directs the professional activities of the pharmacy
intern, and includes directly reviewing the work of the intern
(b) the type of supervision a registered pharmacist in a pharmacy, pharmacy
department, hospital pharmacy, or institutional pharmacy is required to provide a
pharmacy technician
when said pharmacist oversees and directs the activities of the pharmacy technician
✔✔dispensing - ✔✔the physical act of delivering a drug, chemical, device or
combination thereof
