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Drug Calculations and Dosage Exam
Questions With Correct Answers.
What should technicians do in order to be considered proficient? - answer✔✔Interpret
prescribers' orders correctly
Due to the illegibility of many doctors' handwriting, what is the responsibility of the pharmacy? -
answer✔✔Interpret and clarify orders if necessary
What used in prescribing medication look very much alike? - answer✔✔Many abbreviations
Where does Pharmacy and medical terminology come from? - answer✔✔Latin and Greek
languages
What serves as universal languages in medicine? - answer✔✔Latin and Greek
Because pharmacy began in Europe, how do most abbreviations have their origins? -
answer✔✔In a foreign language
What must technicians learn to decipher prescribers' orders? - answer✔✔All the dosage forms
and abbreviations
What are abbreviated on prescriptions in which many pharmacy computers are programmed to
accept these abbreviations? - answer✔✔Dosing times
What did drug errors that have occurred as a result of the misinterpretation of medication orders
lead to the creation of? - answer✔✔"Do Not Use" list
What does the "Do Not Use" list outline? - answer✔✔The most common misread abbreviations
What five classifications can drugs be put into different groups based on? - answer✔✔1)
Pharmacology
2) Intent of use
3) Route of administration
4) Mechanism of action
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5) Body system affected
What are the three classifications used to describe the drugs available to consumers? -
answer✔✔1) Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs
2) Legend drugs
3) Behind-the-counter (BTC) drugs
What is the means by which a drug is available for use? - answer✔✔Dosage form
Which ways can tablets be created? - answer✔✔Scored or unscored and coated or uncoated and
some can be split in half
How is the dosage form primarily determined? - answer✔✔Which form makes the drug most
effective
How do manufacturers prepare certain medications? - answer✔✔With the ability to release the
active ingredient over an extended period
What are the three major categories of dosage forms? - answer✔✔1) Solids
2) Liquids
3) Semisolids
What can be contained in various packages and administered by almost all routes except
parenterally? - answer✔✔Solids
What do most solids contain? - answer✔✔Fillers (inert substances that have no active
ingredient), sugar coatings, and certain additives
What can be made to be administered sublingually (SL) or vaginally? - answer✔✔Tablets
How can tablets be made to protect the drug through the acidic environment of the stomach or to
delay release of the drug? - answer✔✔Enteric coated
What are convenient for children and people who have difficulty swallowing? -
answer✔✔Chewable tablets
What types of tablets are made to control the amount of drug distributed over a set time? -
answer✔✔Extended-release
What improves the taste and covers unpleasant odors of tablets? - answer✔✔Coating
What are smooth sided and easier to swallow than tablets? - answer✔✔Caplets
What can have either a hard or soft outer shell? - answer✔✔Capsules
Drug Calculations and Dosage Exam
Questions With Correct Answers.
What should technicians do in order to be considered proficient? - answer✔✔Interpret
prescribers' orders correctly
Due to the illegibility of many doctors' handwriting, what is the responsibility of the pharmacy? -
answer✔✔Interpret and clarify orders if necessary
What used in prescribing medication look very much alike? - answer✔✔Many abbreviations
Where does Pharmacy and medical terminology come from? - answer✔✔Latin and Greek
languages
What serves as universal languages in medicine? - answer✔✔Latin and Greek
Because pharmacy began in Europe, how do most abbreviations have their origins? -
answer✔✔In a foreign language
What must technicians learn to decipher prescribers' orders? - answer✔✔All the dosage forms
and abbreviations
What are abbreviated on prescriptions in which many pharmacy computers are programmed to
accept these abbreviations? - answer✔✔Dosing times
What did drug errors that have occurred as a result of the misinterpretation of medication orders
lead to the creation of? - answer✔✔"Do Not Use" list
What does the "Do Not Use" list outline? - answer✔✔The most common misread abbreviations
What five classifications can drugs be put into different groups based on? - answer✔✔1)
Pharmacology
2) Intent of use
3) Route of administration
4) Mechanism of action
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5) Body system affected
What are the three classifications used to describe the drugs available to consumers? -
answer✔✔1) Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs
2) Legend drugs
3) Behind-the-counter (BTC) drugs
What is the means by which a drug is available for use? - answer✔✔Dosage form
Which ways can tablets be created? - answer✔✔Scored or unscored and coated or uncoated and
some can be split in half
How is the dosage form primarily determined? - answer✔✔Which form makes the drug most
effective
How do manufacturers prepare certain medications? - answer✔✔With the ability to release the
active ingredient over an extended period
What are the three major categories of dosage forms? - answer✔✔1) Solids
2) Liquids
3) Semisolids
What can be contained in various packages and administered by almost all routes except
parenterally? - answer✔✔Solids
What do most solids contain? - answer✔✔Fillers (inert substances that have no active
ingredient), sugar coatings, and certain additives
What can be made to be administered sublingually (SL) or vaginally? - answer✔✔Tablets
How can tablets be made to protect the drug through the acidic environment of the stomach or to
delay release of the drug? - answer✔✔Enteric coated
What are convenient for children and people who have difficulty swallowing? -
answer✔✔Chewable tablets
What types of tablets are made to control the amount of drug distributed over a set time? -
answer✔✔Extended-release
What improves the taste and covers unpleasant odors of tablets? - answer✔✔Coating
What are smooth sided and easier to swallow than tablets? - answer✔✔Caplets
What can have either a hard or soft outer shell? - answer✔✔Capsules
