Chapter 02: Federal Requirements
Mizner: Mosby’s Pharmacy Technician Exam Review, 4th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Certain practitioners may prescribe medications. Which of the following practitioners
would
least likely have the right to write a prescription?
a. Doctors of Pharmacy (PharmDs)
b. Medical Doctors (MDs)
c. Physician Assistants (PAs)
d. Nurse Practitioners (NPs)
ANS: A
Generally, MDs, PAs, and NPs write prescriptions. Under certain conditions, a PharmD may
be able to author prescriptions, but this is the exception, not the rule.
DIF: Cognitive Level 1: Knowledge
REF: p.98
2. Of the following laws and amendments regarding drugs in the United States, which was
most
recently passed?
a. Pure Food and Drug Act
b. Food Drug and Cosmetic Act
c. Durham-Humphrey Act
d. Kefauver-Harris Amendment
ANS: D
The Kefauver-Harris Amendment was passed in 1962; all the other listed laws and
amendments were passed before then.
DIF: Cognitive Level 1: Knowledge
REF: p.99
3. Which of the following describes adulteration?
a. “Prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions”
b. Labeling that is “false or misleading in any particular way”
c. Failure to label “adequate directions for use”
d. Failure to carry a label indicating “Warning—May be habit forming” if the product
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ANS: A
“Prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions” describes adulteration. The other
three choices describe misbranding.
DIF: Cognitive Level 1: Knowledge
REF: p.98
4. Which of the following describes misbranding?
a. “Prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions”
b. Prepared in containers “composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or
deleterious substance”
c. Failure to label “adequate directions for use”
d. Containing unsafe color additives
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ANS: C
Failure to label “adequate directions for use” describes misbranding. The other choices
would
best describe adulteration.
DIF: Cognitive Level 1: Knowledge
REF: p.98
5. You would expect to find all of the following except the ____ on a manufacturer’s drug
label.
a. physician’s name
b. name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor
c. National Drug Code number
d. statement of ingredients
ANS: A
On a manufacturer’s drug label you would expect to find the name and place of business of
the manufacturer, packer, or distributor; National Drug Code number; and a statement of
ingredients. The doctor’s name would be on a prescription label.
DIF: Cognitive Level 3: Application
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REF: p.98
6. You would expect to find all the following except the ____ on an over-the-counter package
label.
a. patient’s name
b. active ingredients
c. inactive ingredients
d. National Drug Code number
ANS: A
A patient’s name might be typed on a prescription label that is affixed to an over-the-
counter
package, but it would not be found on the over-the-counter package label. One would find
the
active and inactive ingredients as well as the National Drug Code number on the package
label of an over-the-counter product.
DIF: Cognitive Level 3: Application
REF: p.98-99
7. The Durham-Humphrey Act did not include a provision that ________.
a. separated drugs into legend and non-legend
b. regulated the use of patient information
c. required the supervision of a physician for prescribed medications
d. refills could be phoned in from the physician’s office
ANS: B
The Durham-Humphrey Act of 1951 did not regulate the use of patient information; HIPAA
did that. The act did separate drugs into two categories, legend and non-legend, and did
require the supervision of a physician for prescribed medications. The act also allowed
refills
to be called in from a physician’s office.
DIF: Cognitive Level 1: Knowledge
REF: p.99
8. The Kefauver-Harris Amendment of 1962 did not include a provision that ________.
a. requires all medications in the United States to be pure, safe, and effective
b. controlled substances are placed in one of five schedules
c. established procedures for both drug applications and investigational drugs
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