PHARMACY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

PHARMACY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION EXAM
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS

Question:
Federal Food and Drug Act
Answer:
FDA
- Series of consumer protection laws
- led to creation of the FDA
- banned foreign and interstate traffic in adulterated or mislabeled food and drug products
- Products had to be inspected and offenders where prosecuted
- Active Ingredients had to be placed on labels of packaging
- drugs can not fall below purity levels set by United states pharmacopoeia or national Formulary
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Question:
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Answer:
- HIPAA
- Provides the ability to transfer and continue health insurance coverage for millions of American workers
and families when they change or lose jobs
- reduces Health care fraud and abuse
- Mandatory Industry Wide standards for health care information and electronic billing processes
- requires the protections and confidential handling of protected health information

Question:
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
Answer:
OBRA
- Allowed Workers and Families to keep their group coverage in cases of volentary or involentary job loss
- in case of reduced hours worked
- job transitions
- give workers who lost their health benifits right to choose to continue plans under certain circumstances
- required under businesses with 20+ employees
- applies to both government and private sector
- set period of time, maybe influenced by circumstances

Question:
OBRA 90
Answer:
- placed regulations on how to interact with patients
- record keeping mandates, prospective drug reviews
- counseling obligations
- must review medicaid participants enire drug profile before prescribing medications

,Question:
Medicaid
Answer:
- Social Health care program for families and individuals with low income + recources
- government insurance for people of all ages who can not afford sufficient health care
- varies from state to state --> joint funded between state and federal
- must be US citizens or legal permanent residents
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Question:
Medicare
Answer:
- National Social Insurance Program
- administered by US government
- provides health insuracne for Americans aged 65+
- members must have worked and payed for the system
- provides health insurance for younger people with disabilities
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Question:
Disability
Answer:
- Form of Insurance that insures the beneficiaries income against the risk that disability creates a barrier for
a worker to complete the core functions of their work
- encompasses paid sick leave, short term disability benefits, and long term disability benifits
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Question:
Ameriplan
Answer:

Question:
U.S. Social Security Act
Answer:
- Social Welfare Legislation Act
- provides federal assistance to those who can not wotk
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Question:
Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act

, Answer:
- enacted to curb the growing problem of underground manufacture of illegal drugs
- regulates over the counter products that can be used to make drugs
- include daily sales limits and 30 day purchase limits
- places products out of easy reach
- sale logbooks
- customer ID verification
- training of employees and sellers
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Question:
Sale of Ephedrin
Answer:
- sale is limited to behind the counter
- must present photo ID
- stores require to keep personal information on buyers for at least 2 years
- sales allowed in drive through lanes

Question:
U.S. Merck + co
Answer:
- An American pharmaceutical company
- one of the largest in the world
- publishes Merck Manuals --> a series of reference books for medical professionals
- Merck Index -->list of chemical compounds --> lost

Question:
Poison prevention Packaging Act
Answer:
PPPA
- requires use of child resistant packaging for prescription drugs, OTC, household chemicals, and
hazerdous materials
- some drugs are exempt from child proof packaging --> OTC drugs with the proper labeling not for
children and in big enough packages

Question:
Kefauver - Harris Act
Answer:
- requires drug manufacturers to provide proof of their effectivness and safety before approval
- requires drug advertisements to disclose side effects
- stopped cheap generic drugs from being marketed as more expensive drugs and taking credit as
breakthrough medications

Question:
Controlled Substances Act