PHARMACY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION EXAM [2026]
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VERIFIED ANSWERS
• antibiotic -✓✓ A substance that harms or kills microorganisms like bacteria and fungi
• antitoxin -✓✓ A substance that acts against a toxin in the body
• Data -✓✓ Information that is entered into and stored in a computer system
• Hormones -✓✓ Chemicals produced by the body that regulate body functions and
processes
• human genome -✓✓ the complete set of genetic material contained in a human cell
• materia medica -✓✓ generally pharmacology, but also refers to the drugs in use
• panacea -✓✓ a cure-all
• pharmaceutics -✓✓ of or about drugs; also, a drug product
• pharmacology -✓✓ the study of drugs
• synthetic -✓✓ combining simpler chemicals into more complex ones, creating a new
chemical not found in nature
• The first physician know by name was ...
a. Prometheus
b. Hippocrates
c. Imhotep
d. Aesculapius -✓✓ C. Imhotep
• Hippocrates' approach to medicine was based on...
a. superstition
b. careful observation
c. astrology
d. animal behavior -✓✓ B. Careful Observation
• The ancient Greek goddess of Medicinal Herbs was...
a. Pandora
b. Panacea
c. Hippocrates
d. Euphrates -✓✓ B. Panacea
,• Aspirin is made from salicylic acid from the bark of the _________ tree.
a. white willow
b. cinchona
c. tea
d. fig -✓✓ A. White Willow
• _________ was the first effective local anesthetic.
a. quinine
b. cocaine
c. heroin
d. morphine -✓✓ b. cocaine
• The pharmaceutical manufacturing industry devotes about ____________ of its
income to research and development.
a. 1/10
b. 1/6
c. 1/3
d. 1/2 -✓✓ b. 1/6
• __________________ protect(s) against illegal copying of new discoveries.
a. generics
b. brand names
c. patenting
d. the FDA -✓✓ C. patenting
• The FDA is required to...
a. ensure that a drug is safe and effective for its intended use.
b. to monitor a drug after it is marketed to ensure it works as intended
c. to monitor a drug for any adverse effects
d. all of the above -✓✓ c. to monitor a drug for any adverse effects
• The length of time for the beginning of development of a new drug to FDA approval is
often more than ___________ years.
a. two
b. five
c. ten
d. twenty -✓✓ c. ten
• _____________ showed that heat can be used to kill microorganisms associated with
food spoilage.
a. Pasteur
b. Banting and Best
c. Watson and Crick
d. Fleming -✓✓ a. Pasteur
,• ________________ discovered penicillin could kill some bacteria.
a. Banting and Best
b. Watson and Crick
c. Fleming
d. Marker -✓✓ c. Fleming
• The area of greatest employment for pharmacists is...
a. hospitals
b. mail order operations
c. community pharmacies
d. managed care -✓✓ c. community pharmacies
• To become a pharmacist in the United States...
a. an individual must graduate from an accredited college of pharmacy, pass a state
licensing exam, and perform experiential training working under a licensed pharmacist.
b. an individual must graduate from a non-accredited college of pharmacy and pass a
state licensing exam
c. no internship experience is required unless the pharmacist intends to practice in
community pharmacy
d. an individual must graduate from an accredited college of pharmacy, and perform an
internship working under a licensed pharmacist, however, no examination is required -
✓✓ a. an individual must graduate from an accredited college of pharmacy, pass a state
licensing exam, and perform experiential training working under a licensed pharmacist.
• Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) expanded the role of the pharmacist to include...
a. counseling
b. MTM services
c. home delivery
d. dispensing -✓✓ b. MTM services
• Pharmacy computer systems generally offer...
a. labeling
b. pricing
c. prescriber profile
d. all of the above -✓✓ d. all of the above
• Banting and Best first showed insulin lowers blood glucose in dogs. What is the role of
animals in new drug discovery and research? -✓✓ Carefully-regulated testing of drugs
in animals is performed before testing drugs in humans so that adverse effects can be
discovered before humans would be affected.
• The first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell was Dolly the sheep. Why was the
controversial? -✓✓ Dolly, as the first cloned mammal, called into question the ethics of
cloning. While her birth showed an adult sheep cell could be used to create an embryo
, that would develop into another adult sheep, Dolly had many health problems and was
put down at a young age due to heath problems.
• Scientists have created an artificial DNA molecule. How might this be beneficial. Why
might this be controversial? -✓✓ Artificial DNA may lead to scientific advances that
could help design and create new living things. Some critics worry about safety and
about the role of scientists in creating new life.
• Brian is thinking of pursuing a career as a pharmacy technician in a hospital. What are
some goos reasons this career path could be a good choice? -✓✓ A career as a
pharmacy technician in a hospital pharmacy can lead to an abundance of possible
working opportunities since hospitals are widely found in different kinds of cities and
communities. Pharmacy technicians in hospitals have important duties and roles that
are available for inpatient and outpatient pharmacies.
• Stacy has excellent keyboarding skills. How can these skills be useful when she works
at a pharmacy technician? -✓✓ Good keyboarding skills are helpful for date entry,
billing, and other tasks that require use of keyboards.
• Another name for aspirin is...
a. salicylic acid
b. acetylsalicylic acid
c. acetaminophen
d. ibuprofen -✓✓ b. acetylsalicylic acid
• Cocaine is...
a. a local anesthetic
b. an analgesic
c. an anti-diabetic
d. an antihypertensive -✓✓ a. a local anesthetic
• Digitalis is used to treat...
a. indigestion
b. diarrhea
c. heart disease
d. kidney disease -✓✓ c. heart disease
• Progesterone is used for...
a. birth control
b. heart disease
c. kidney disease
d. indigestion -✓✓ a. birth control
• Penicillin is...
a. an antibiotic
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam | Question and Answer | 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS
• antibiotic -✓✓ A substance that harms or kills microorganisms like bacteria and fungi
• antitoxin -✓✓ A substance that acts against a toxin in the body
• Data -✓✓ Information that is entered into and stored in a computer system
• Hormones -✓✓ Chemicals produced by the body that regulate body functions and
processes
• human genome -✓✓ the complete set of genetic material contained in a human cell
• materia medica -✓✓ generally pharmacology, but also refers to the drugs in use
• panacea -✓✓ a cure-all
• pharmaceutics -✓✓ of or about drugs; also, a drug product
• pharmacology -✓✓ the study of drugs
• synthetic -✓✓ combining simpler chemicals into more complex ones, creating a new
chemical not found in nature
• The first physician know by name was ...
a. Prometheus
b. Hippocrates
c. Imhotep
d. Aesculapius -✓✓ C. Imhotep
• Hippocrates' approach to medicine was based on...
a. superstition
b. careful observation
c. astrology
d. animal behavior -✓✓ B. Careful Observation
• The ancient Greek goddess of Medicinal Herbs was...
a. Pandora
b. Panacea
c. Hippocrates
d. Euphrates -✓✓ B. Panacea
,• Aspirin is made from salicylic acid from the bark of the _________ tree.
a. white willow
b. cinchona
c. tea
d. fig -✓✓ A. White Willow
• _________ was the first effective local anesthetic.
a. quinine
b. cocaine
c. heroin
d. morphine -✓✓ b. cocaine
• The pharmaceutical manufacturing industry devotes about ____________ of its
income to research and development.
a. 1/10
b. 1/6
c. 1/3
d. 1/2 -✓✓ b. 1/6
• __________________ protect(s) against illegal copying of new discoveries.
a. generics
b. brand names
c. patenting
d. the FDA -✓✓ C. patenting
• The FDA is required to...
a. ensure that a drug is safe and effective for its intended use.
b. to monitor a drug after it is marketed to ensure it works as intended
c. to monitor a drug for any adverse effects
d. all of the above -✓✓ c. to monitor a drug for any adverse effects
• The length of time for the beginning of development of a new drug to FDA approval is
often more than ___________ years.
a. two
b. five
c. ten
d. twenty -✓✓ c. ten
• _____________ showed that heat can be used to kill microorganisms associated with
food spoilage.
a. Pasteur
b. Banting and Best
c. Watson and Crick
d. Fleming -✓✓ a. Pasteur
,• ________________ discovered penicillin could kill some bacteria.
a. Banting and Best
b. Watson and Crick
c. Fleming
d. Marker -✓✓ c. Fleming
• The area of greatest employment for pharmacists is...
a. hospitals
b. mail order operations
c. community pharmacies
d. managed care -✓✓ c. community pharmacies
• To become a pharmacist in the United States...
a. an individual must graduate from an accredited college of pharmacy, pass a state
licensing exam, and perform experiential training working under a licensed pharmacist.
b. an individual must graduate from a non-accredited college of pharmacy and pass a
state licensing exam
c. no internship experience is required unless the pharmacist intends to practice in
community pharmacy
d. an individual must graduate from an accredited college of pharmacy, and perform an
internship working under a licensed pharmacist, however, no examination is required -
✓✓ a. an individual must graduate from an accredited college of pharmacy, pass a state
licensing exam, and perform experiential training working under a licensed pharmacist.
• Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) expanded the role of the pharmacist to include...
a. counseling
b. MTM services
c. home delivery
d. dispensing -✓✓ b. MTM services
• Pharmacy computer systems generally offer...
a. labeling
b. pricing
c. prescriber profile
d. all of the above -✓✓ d. all of the above
• Banting and Best first showed insulin lowers blood glucose in dogs. What is the role of
animals in new drug discovery and research? -✓✓ Carefully-regulated testing of drugs
in animals is performed before testing drugs in humans so that adverse effects can be
discovered before humans would be affected.
• The first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell was Dolly the sheep. Why was the
controversial? -✓✓ Dolly, as the first cloned mammal, called into question the ethics of
cloning. While her birth showed an adult sheep cell could be used to create an embryo
, that would develop into another adult sheep, Dolly had many health problems and was
put down at a young age due to heath problems.
• Scientists have created an artificial DNA molecule. How might this be beneficial. Why
might this be controversial? -✓✓ Artificial DNA may lead to scientific advances that
could help design and create new living things. Some critics worry about safety and
about the role of scientists in creating new life.
• Brian is thinking of pursuing a career as a pharmacy technician in a hospital. What are
some goos reasons this career path could be a good choice? -✓✓ A career as a
pharmacy technician in a hospital pharmacy can lead to an abundance of possible
working opportunities since hospitals are widely found in different kinds of cities and
communities. Pharmacy technicians in hospitals have important duties and roles that
are available for inpatient and outpatient pharmacies.
• Stacy has excellent keyboarding skills. How can these skills be useful when she works
at a pharmacy technician? -✓✓ Good keyboarding skills are helpful for date entry,
billing, and other tasks that require use of keyboards.
• Another name for aspirin is...
a. salicylic acid
b. acetylsalicylic acid
c. acetaminophen
d. ibuprofen -✓✓ b. acetylsalicylic acid
• Cocaine is...
a. a local anesthetic
b. an analgesic
c. an anti-diabetic
d. an antihypertensive -✓✓ a. a local anesthetic
• Digitalis is used to treat...
a. indigestion
b. diarrhea
c. heart disease
d. kidney disease -✓✓ c. heart disease
• Progesterone is used for...
a. birth control
b. heart disease
c. kidney disease
d. indigestion -✓✓ a. birth control
• Penicillin is...
a. an antibiotic
