PHARMACY CERTIFICATION
PHARMACY CERTIFICATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS %
CORRECT.
Once you obtain the title of a Pharmacy Technician, from experience alone, you
can do all of the following except:
a.) become a Pharmacy Scheduler
b.) become a Technician Trainer
c.) specialize in Nuclear Pharmacy
d.) become a Pharmacy Manager answer >>>d.) become a Pharmacy Manager
When a manufacturer creates a medication, the first step required by the FDA is
to test the medication in the laboratory.
a.) False
b.) True answer >>>b.) True
Medications undergo how many test phases before they are FDA approved?
a.) 4
b.) 1
c.) 3
d.) 2 answer >>>c.) 3
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Healthcare systems vary by country.
a.) False
b.) True answer >>>b.) True
Mrs. Thomas approaches the counter to ask you if you can recommend a cough
medication for her 4-year-old daughter. What should you tell her?
a.) "Cough products over the counter are for adults so consult your doctor"
b.) "You should use honey and lemon; it was my grandmother's old recipe"
c.) "Use Delay®, I have overheard the pharmacist recommend that product to
everyone and she said it was pretty good"
d.) "Please wait, the pharmacist will be right with you" answer >>>d.) "Please
wait, the pharmacist will be right with you"
Mr. Smith has a prescription for diazepam 5mg and would like to know if you have
it in stock. How may you help the patient?
a.) Ask him to come back later because you have to put in the prescription before
you can tell if you have it in stock
b.) Check the inventory on the shelf and report its availability
c.) Ask the pharmacist to check the inventory because it a C-IV controlled
medication
d.) Tell him that you are not authorized to give out such information. answer
>>>b.) check the inventory on the shelf and report its availability
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Mrs. Stewart came in to your retail pharmacy and wants to know what aisle your
acid reflux medications are? You should:
a.) None of the answers are correct
b.) Ask her to speak to the pharmacist
c.) Ask her to speak to the senior pharmacy technician
d.) Point her to the correct aisle answer >>>d.) Point her to the correct aisle
Which of the following duties must a pharmacy technician not do:
a.) Call insurance companies for overrides
b.) Take oral prescriptions from doctors
c.) Sell Pseudoephedrine
d.) Call wholesalers answer >>>b.) Take oral prescriptions from doctors
The FDA's purpose in regard to pharmaceuticals is:
a.) to schedule medications based on dependency and abuse factors
b.) to regulate medications ensuring safety and effectiveness
c.) all of the answers are correct
d.) to regulate the practice of pharmacy at a state level answer >>>b.) to
regulate medications ensuring safety and effectiveness
Robert McDonald would like to know if he should take his diclofenac 75mg with
or without food because his physician did not specify.
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a.) Read the monograph and tell him it is okay
b.) Tell him to call his doctor's office and ask
c.) Offer to call his doctor's office because he is a regular
d.) Ask him to wait to speak to the pharmacist answer >>>d.) Ask him to wait to
speak to the pharmacist
Who regulates the practice of pharmacy?
a.) American Association of Health-System Pharmacists
b.) American Pharmacy Association
c.) National Pharmaceutical Association
d.) State Board of Pharmacy answer >>>d.) State Board of Pharmacy
What is the term for the payment system for someone without prescription
insurance?
a.) Medicaid
b.) Out-of-Pocket.
c.) Medicare
d.) Tricare answer >>>b.) Out-of-Pocket
Which of the following is not a step in the drug development process conducted
by the FDA?
PHARMACY CERTIFICATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS %
CORRECT.
Once you obtain the title of a Pharmacy Technician, from experience alone, you
can do all of the following except:
a.) become a Pharmacy Scheduler
b.) become a Technician Trainer
c.) specialize in Nuclear Pharmacy
d.) become a Pharmacy Manager answer >>>d.) become a Pharmacy Manager
When a manufacturer creates a medication, the first step required by the FDA is
to test the medication in the laboratory.
a.) False
b.) True answer >>>b.) True
Medications undergo how many test phases before they are FDA approved?
a.) 4
b.) 1
c.) 3
d.) 2 answer >>>c.) 3
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Healthcare systems vary by country.
a.) False
b.) True answer >>>b.) True
Mrs. Thomas approaches the counter to ask you if you can recommend a cough
medication for her 4-year-old daughter. What should you tell her?
a.) "Cough products over the counter are for adults so consult your doctor"
b.) "You should use honey and lemon; it was my grandmother's old recipe"
c.) "Use Delay®, I have overheard the pharmacist recommend that product to
everyone and she said it was pretty good"
d.) "Please wait, the pharmacist will be right with you" answer >>>d.) "Please
wait, the pharmacist will be right with you"
Mr. Smith has a prescription for diazepam 5mg and would like to know if you have
it in stock. How may you help the patient?
a.) Ask him to come back later because you have to put in the prescription before
you can tell if you have it in stock
b.) Check the inventory on the shelf and report its availability
c.) Ask the pharmacist to check the inventory because it a C-IV controlled
medication
d.) Tell him that you are not authorized to give out such information. answer
>>>b.) check the inventory on the shelf and report its availability
,PHARMACY CERTIFICATION
Mrs. Stewart came in to your retail pharmacy and wants to know what aisle your
acid reflux medications are? You should:
a.) None of the answers are correct
b.) Ask her to speak to the pharmacist
c.) Ask her to speak to the senior pharmacy technician
d.) Point her to the correct aisle answer >>>d.) Point her to the correct aisle
Which of the following duties must a pharmacy technician not do:
a.) Call insurance companies for overrides
b.) Take oral prescriptions from doctors
c.) Sell Pseudoephedrine
d.) Call wholesalers answer >>>b.) Take oral prescriptions from doctors
The FDA's purpose in regard to pharmaceuticals is:
a.) to schedule medications based on dependency and abuse factors
b.) to regulate medications ensuring safety and effectiveness
c.) all of the answers are correct
d.) to regulate the practice of pharmacy at a state level answer >>>b.) to
regulate medications ensuring safety and effectiveness
Robert McDonald would like to know if he should take his diclofenac 75mg with
or without food because his physician did not specify.
, PHARMACY CERTIFICATION
a.) Read the monograph and tell him it is okay
b.) Tell him to call his doctor's office and ask
c.) Offer to call his doctor's office because he is a regular
d.) Ask him to wait to speak to the pharmacist answer >>>d.) Ask him to wait to
speak to the pharmacist
Who regulates the practice of pharmacy?
a.) American Association of Health-System Pharmacists
b.) American Pharmacy Association
c.) National Pharmaceutical Association
d.) State Board of Pharmacy answer >>>d.) State Board of Pharmacy
What is the term for the payment system for someone without prescription
insurance?
a.) Medicaid
b.) Out-of-Pocket.
c.) Medicare
d.) Tricare answer >>>b.) Out-of-Pocket
Which of the following is not a step in the drug development process conducted
by the FDA?
