CT DDS MED CORE MAIN QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔A source for medication can be - ✔✔Plants, animals, minerals
✔✔trade name is - ✔✔The name give him for marketing purposes
✔✔When are you required to count controlled medications - ✔✔At the beginning and
end of your shift
✔✔What can influence the effect of medication - ✔✔Your age
✔✔When a medication does what is supposed to do it is known as - ✔✔Therapeutic
effect
✔✔What kind of measurement is most accurate to dose medications - ✔✔Metric
✔✔1 tablespoon is equal to - ✔✔15 mL
✔✔Meds taken on an empty stomach are given - ✔✔One hour before or two hours after
meal
✔✔How many times are the five right checked - ✔✔Three times before the medications
administered
✔✔If a medication as ordered OS where would you place it - ✔✔Left eye
✔✔How do you best identify the correct person to give medication to - ✔✔Use a photo
ID
✔✔What is unlabeled use - ✔✔The murder is being used for a reason not listed in drug
reference
, ✔✔What do you do if you can't read the med label - ✔✔Don't give, call the nurse or call
the pharmacist
✔✔Besides the primary care physician who can sign the medication orders - ✔✔The
APRN The PA The psychiatrist
✔✔If the medication is ordered Amoxicillin 250 mg give 750 mg PO TID for 10 days,
how much would you pour to administer a dose - ✔✔15 ml
✔✔The doctor has ordered 375 mg of Dilantin liquid, States states 125 mg/5 cc. How
many cc will you administer - ✔✔15 cc
✔✔The doctor orders Clonidine 2 mg, each tablet equals 1 mg. How many tablets so
you administer - ✔✔2 tabs
✔✔The doctor orders 500 mg of Glucophage, each tablet is 1000 mg. How many
tablets would you administer - ✔✔Half tab
✔✔The doctor has ordered 500 mg of amoxicillin in liquid. The label states 250 mg/5 cc,
how many cc's do you administer - ✔✔10cc
✔✔The doctor has ordered 300 mg of Dilantin, each capsule contains 100 mg. how
many caps will you administer - ✔✔Three caps
✔✔Who has to be called before a PRN is administered - ✔✔The nurse
✔✔Anaphylaxis described as - ✔✔And accuse systemic reaction that is life-threatening
and a medical emergency
✔✔Medications are primarily metabolized in - ✔✔The liver
✔✔When you transcribe a new order to the Kardex it is to be taken directly from -
✔✔The doctors orders
✔✔If you do give a controlled substance on your shift you do not have to count them -
✔✔False
✔✔Vaccines are administer to - ✔✔Prevent a communicable disease
✔✔A side effect is - ✔✔A mild or predictable reaction to a medication
✔✔How long does it take a PO meds to take a effect - ✔✔30 to 60 minutes
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔A source for medication can be - ✔✔Plants, animals, minerals
✔✔trade name is - ✔✔The name give him for marketing purposes
✔✔When are you required to count controlled medications - ✔✔At the beginning and
end of your shift
✔✔What can influence the effect of medication - ✔✔Your age
✔✔When a medication does what is supposed to do it is known as - ✔✔Therapeutic
effect
✔✔What kind of measurement is most accurate to dose medications - ✔✔Metric
✔✔1 tablespoon is equal to - ✔✔15 mL
✔✔Meds taken on an empty stomach are given - ✔✔One hour before or two hours after
meal
✔✔How many times are the five right checked - ✔✔Three times before the medications
administered
✔✔If a medication as ordered OS where would you place it - ✔✔Left eye
✔✔How do you best identify the correct person to give medication to - ✔✔Use a photo
ID
✔✔What is unlabeled use - ✔✔The murder is being used for a reason not listed in drug
reference
, ✔✔What do you do if you can't read the med label - ✔✔Don't give, call the nurse or call
the pharmacist
✔✔Besides the primary care physician who can sign the medication orders - ✔✔The
APRN The PA The psychiatrist
✔✔If the medication is ordered Amoxicillin 250 mg give 750 mg PO TID for 10 days,
how much would you pour to administer a dose - ✔✔15 ml
✔✔The doctor has ordered 375 mg of Dilantin liquid, States states 125 mg/5 cc. How
many cc will you administer - ✔✔15 cc
✔✔The doctor orders Clonidine 2 mg, each tablet equals 1 mg. How many tablets so
you administer - ✔✔2 tabs
✔✔The doctor orders 500 mg of Glucophage, each tablet is 1000 mg. How many
tablets would you administer - ✔✔Half tab
✔✔The doctor has ordered 500 mg of amoxicillin in liquid. The label states 250 mg/5 cc,
how many cc's do you administer - ✔✔10cc
✔✔The doctor has ordered 300 mg of Dilantin, each capsule contains 100 mg. how
many caps will you administer - ✔✔Three caps
✔✔Who has to be called before a PRN is administered - ✔✔The nurse
✔✔Anaphylaxis described as - ✔✔And accuse systemic reaction that is life-threatening
and a medical emergency
✔✔Medications are primarily metabolized in - ✔✔The liver
✔✔When you transcribe a new order to the Kardex it is to be taken directly from -
✔✔The doctors orders
✔✔If you do give a controlled substance on your shift you do not have to count them -
✔✔False
✔✔Vaccines are administer to - ✔✔Prevent a communicable disease
✔✔A side effect is - ✔✔A mild or predictable reaction to a medication
✔✔How long does it take a PO meds to take a effect - ✔✔30 to 60 minutes
