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Pharmacy Tech EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |A GRADE
All of the above - ✔✔What protective apparel must be worn when reconstituting Vinblastine
schedule III,IV, or V controlled substance. - ✔✔The red "c" in the lower right corber of a prescription
designates that the drug is:
personal protective equipment - ✔✔Latex gloves, gowns, respirators, face shields, and chemical splash
googles used in Antineoplastic agents preparation are known as:
Xanax - ✔✔Which of the following is a schedule IV controlled substance?
Every time the prescription is dispensed - ✔✔When dispensing Ortho-Cyclen, how often must the patient
package insert (PPI) be included with the drug product?
Amphotericin B - ✔✔which of the following medications must be protected from light?
The patient does not appear to be enrolled in the insurance program; check for errors such as misspelling
of the patient's name, ID number. - ✔✔The computer insurance error message "patient not found" or
invalid ID number" indicates:
Oxazepam - ✔✔which of the following substances is not classified as a schedule II controlled substance?
12/31/23 - ✔✔if the manufacturer's expiration date for a drug is 12/23, the drug is considered okey to be
dispense until which date:
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75 units/ ml - ✔✔A pharmacy technician is preparing heparin 25,000 units in 500 ml of NS. what
concentration should appear on the label?
Patch - ✔✔Transderm-Nitro is available in which dosage form?
Absorption - ✔✔the process where a drug is taken up from the site of administration and is transported
to the blood stream is:
Anticoagulant - ✔✔Heparin belongs to which pharmacological category?
cancer - ✔✔the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal human cells is defined as
8 ml - ✔✔the doctor wants to give a dose of amoxicillin 400 mg bid to a 13 year old male. You have
amoxicillin 250 ml bittles. what would be the dose in ml?
want book - ✔✔the name of the book that drugs and OtC products are listed daily in the pharmacy that
will be used to order from?
all of the above - ✔✔Pharmacist may substitute a generic product for a brand name product if the
following criteria are met:
24 hours - ✔✔most unit-dose systems provide each patient with storage bin, in which can be found a
supply of drugs that will last:
was exposed to cold - ✔✔The appearance of crystals in mannitol injection would indicate that the
product:
Electronic medication administration record - ✔✔eMAR is an acronym for:
bar-code reader - ✔✔scanning for drug prices and inventory levels would be accomplished with the aid
of
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notify the pharmacist. it is possible that this potential drug interaction was "missed" by the pharmacist -
✔✔at a cart fill, you identify an order to refill both aspirin 81 mg and warfarin for a patient. you should:
all of the above - ✔✔typical data collected from the patient by the technician include:
all of the above - ✔✔what protective apparel must be worn when reconstituting a chemotherapeutic
agent
4 doses - ✔✔the technician receives an order for prednisone 2 mg 2 qid pc and hs. How much of the drug
needs to be placed in the medication drawer for a 24 hour period?
qHS pm - ✔✔the sig: for triazolam would most likely be:
package size - ✔✔the last two digits of the NDC represents
antibiotics - ✔✔an "autmatic stop order" in the hospital setting would apply to which category of drug?
follow the manufacturer's return policy - ✔✔if medication has expired, the pharmacy technician should:
co-pay amount - ✔✔compuer system with POS soft ware help the pharmacy to determine the patinet's
legal name of pharmacy and address - ✔✔the prescription label on an outpatient pharmacy medication
requires:
Explain the situation to the pharmacist, correct the error, and document the error per procedures. - ✔✔A
patient calls the pharmacy asking why his Lanoxin is white instead of the usual yellow color. Which of
the following is the most appropriate action to take?
every 6 month - ✔✔how often must a laminar flow hood be checked
42 - ✔✔The roman numeral XlII is equivalent
carbamazepine - ✔✔which of the following medications is an anticonvulsant?
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Pharmacy Tech EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |A GRADE
All of the above - ✔✔What protective apparel must be worn when reconstituting Vinblastine
schedule III,IV, or V controlled substance. - ✔✔The red "c" in the lower right corber of a prescription
designates that the drug is:
personal protective equipment - ✔✔Latex gloves, gowns, respirators, face shields, and chemical splash
googles used in Antineoplastic agents preparation are known as:
Xanax - ✔✔Which of the following is a schedule IV controlled substance?
Every time the prescription is dispensed - ✔✔When dispensing Ortho-Cyclen, how often must the patient
package insert (PPI) be included with the drug product?
Amphotericin B - ✔✔which of the following medications must be protected from light?
The patient does not appear to be enrolled in the insurance program; check for errors such as misspelling
of the patient's name, ID number. - ✔✔The computer insurance error message "patient not found" or
invalid ID number" indicates:
Oxazepam - ✔✔which of the following substances is not classified as a schedule II controlled substance?
12/31/23 - ✔✔if the manufacturer's expiration date for a drug is 12/23, the drug is considered okey to be
dispense until which date:
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,2|Page
75 units/ ml - ✔✔A pharmacy technician is preparing heparin 25,000 units in 500 ml of NS. what
concentration should appear on the label?
Patch - ✔✔Transderm-Nitro is available in which dosage form?
Absorption - ✔✔the process where a drug is taken up from the site of administration and is transported
to the blood stream is:
Anticoagulant - ✔✔Heparin belongs to which pharmacological category?
cancer - ✔✔the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal human cells is defined as
8 ml - ✔✔the doctor wants to give a dose of amoxicillin 400 mg bid to a 13 year old male. You have
amoxicillin 250 ml bittles. what would be the dose in ml?
want book - ✔✔the name of the book that drugs and OtC products are listed daily in the pharmacy that
will be used to order from?
all of the above - ✔✔Pharmacist may substitute a generic product for a brand name product if the
following criteria are met:
24 hours - ✔✔most unit-dose systems provide each patient with storage bin, in which can be found a
supply of drugs that will last:
was exposed to cold - ✔✔The appearance of crystals in mannitol injection would indicate that the
product:
Electronic medication administration record - ✔✔eMAR is an acronym for:
bar-code reader - ✔✔scanning for drug prices and inventory levels would be accomplished with the aid
of
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, 3|Page
notify the pharmacist. it is possible that this potential drug interaction was "missed" by the pharmacist -
✔✔at a cart fill, you identify an order to refill both aspirin 81 mg and warfarin for a patient. you should:
all of the above - ✔✔typical data collected from the patient by the technician include:
all of the above - ✔✔what protective apparel must be worn when reconstituting a chemotherapeutic
agent
4 doses - ✔✔the technician receives an order for prednisone 2 mg 2 qid pc and hs. How much of the drug
needs to be placed in the medication drawer for a 24 hour period?
qHS pm - ✔✔the sig: for triazolam would most likely be:
package size - ✔✔the last two digits of the NDC represents
antibiotics - ✔✔an "autmatic stop order" in the hospital setting would apply to which category of drug?
follow the manufacturer's return policy - ✔✔if medication has expired, the pharmacy technician should:
co-pay amount - ✔✔compuer system with POS soft ware help the pharmacy to determine the patinet's
legal name of pharmacy and address - ✔✔the prescription label on an outpatient pharmacy medication
requires:
Explain the situation to the pharmacist, correct the error, and document the error per procedures. - ✔✔A
patient calls the pharmacy asking why his Lanoxin is white instead of the usual yellow color. Which of
the following is the most appropriate action to take?
every 6 month - ✔✔how often must a laminar flow hood be checked
42 - ✔✔The roman numeral XlII is equivalent
carbamazepine - ✔✔which of the following medications is an anticonvulsant?
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