Pharmacy Final Exam Questions and Answers
Which of the following is NOT an outpatient health care setting? - Answers-Institutional
Long-Term Care Facilities
.In the United States, what is the most common type of hospital? - Answers-General
hospitals
.Which is the following is NOT a public health insurance program in the U.S.? -
Answers-Aetna
.Since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare), which of
the following is true about the number of uninsured individuals in the U.S.? - Answers-
The number of uninsured has gone down.
.What is the order of steps in the medication use system? - Answers-Prescribing,
Transcribing, Dispensing, Administering, Monitoring
.Which of the following health care professionals may NOT legally prescribe drugs? -
Answers-Psychologists
.Which type of health care clinician is the most accessible to the public? - Answers-
Pharmacist
.Identify the place in the medication use system where nurses play the primary, major
role. - Answers-Administration
.What is the overarching goal of monitoring in the medication-use system? - Answers-
Early detection of a downturn in a patient's health status or the occurrence of an
adverse event after medication administration.
.What is the estimated number of available FDA-approved nonprescription drug
products in the US? - Answers-100,000
.What is the correct order of the four stages of the Drug System? - Answers-research
and development
regulatory review
manufacturing, marketing, and distribution
the medication use system
.Which high-income country spends the most on health care per person? - Answers-
United States
,.Which of the following is an example of an inpatient health care setting? - Answers-
Institutional Long-Term Care Facilities
.Which of the following long-term care settings has the highest level of nursing care? -
Answers-Skilled nursing facilities
.What is the definition of moral hazard with respect to healthcare? - Answers-Consumer
behavior that leads to a higher utilization of health care services when they are covered
by insurance.
.Which type of Managed Care Plan requires enrollees to stay within a network of
providers and obtain a referral to see a specialist? - Answers-Health Maintenance
Organizations (HMO)
.What is the insurance term for a fee you pay monthly (like a membership fee) even if
you don't use any health care services in that month? - Answers-Premium
.Which is the following is NOT a public health insurance program in the U.S.? -
Answers-Nationwide Mutual Insurance
.What is a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM)? - Answers-A third-party administrator of
prescription drug plans that negotiates better drug prices for the insurance plans and
helps to control drug spending
.Which of the following is required to be included on every prescription written in the
United States? - Answers-Patient name
.In which step of the medication use system do the most medical errors occur? -
Answers-Medication Administration
.What is prescriptive authority? - Answers-The ability to legally prescribe prescription
and controlled drugs.
.Which of the following health care professionals can prescribe drugs without
restrictions? - Answers-Osteopathic Physician
.Which step in the medication use system does CPOE eliminate? - Answers-
Transcribing
.Pharmacist currently must complete what level of education to practice in the United
States? - Answers-Doctorate
.Pharmaceutical care involves ensuring that a patient's medications is/are: - Answers-
safe
effective
warranted
,used correctly
.List a major site of employment for pharmacists - Answers-Hospitals
.What is a collaborative practice agreement? - Answers-A formal relationship between
pharmacists and physicians or other providers that allows a pharmacist to provide
expanded services such as adjusting or refilling medications.
.Most states now maintain databases of controlled substance prescribing to prevent
their abuse, such as ___________ in Ohio. - Answers-Ohio Automated RX Reporting
System
.8 rights of medical administration - Answers-Right patient
Right medication
Right dose
Right route
Right time
Right documentation
Right reason
Right response
.Which 2 activities may be performed by a nursing aide? - Answers-Bathing and taking
vital signs
.Which of the following routes of administration is an example of enteral administration?
- Answers-rectal
.Listed below are several reasons for hospitals to use barcode medication
administration. Which reason is the most important? - Answers-Improves patient safety
by preventing errors
.List one potential benefit for the use of an automated dispensing cabinet. - Answers-
Increased security measures
Reduce medication error rate
Decreased delivery turnaround time
Ensure greater control of charge capture (information for billing the patient)
They provide nurses with near total access of medications needed in patient care areas
.What are the two most common medication errors? - Answers-Wrong medicine and
wrong dose
.Reporting medication errors to at least one Adverse Event Reporting System is
mandatory for all hospital errors occurring in the United States. - Answers-false
, .Why are some side effects not known when drugs are first approved by the FDA? -
Answers-Clinical trials may be too small and not last long enough to detect all side
effects.
.Packaging for dietary supplements must include which of the following statements in
order to be legally sold in the United States? - Answers-"This product is not intended to
treat, diagnose, or prevent any disease."
.Consumers spend more on this category of nonprescription medications (i.e., over-the-
counter medications) than any other: - Answers-Nonprescription respiratory medications
.Drug Marekting - Answers-- drug companies spend many times MORE on marketing
than drug discovery and development!
.What is the term for advertising to non-health care professionals? - Answers-direct to
consumer advertising (DTCA)
.4 musts of drug advertising: - Answers-1. be accurate
2. balance the risk and benefit info
3. be consistent with the prescribing info approved by FDA
4. only include info that is supported by substantial evidence + clinical experiments
.4 ways drug companies market and promote their drugs to health care professional -
Answers-1. detailing (provide the doctor info about the drug, persuading doctor to
prescribe them)
2. gifting (pens, clipboards, etc.)
3. samples (free meds)
4. sponsoring professional meetings and events
.There are five key steps in the drug distribution system. - Answers-Ingredients for the
drugs are supplied by various suppliers, often from different countries, to the
manufacturing plant. You just viewed a video showing how oral drugs are produced by
the manufacturer. At this point, drugs may change hands many times between the
manufacturer and the patient. The drugs are sent to a wholesaler distributor, where the
products are stored in a warehouse. The wholesaler stocks drugs from several
manufacturers. Pharmacies and hospitals can order a large range of drug products from
the wholesaler distributor as needed to fill their inventory. And finally the drugs are
administered to patients in the hospital or sold to patients at retail pharmacies.
.The medication use system - Answers--physician prescribing and self-prescribing
-dispensing
-administration and consumption
-monitoring for effects
-reporting errors and adverse effects
Which of the following is NOT an outpatient health care setting? - Answers-Institutional
Long-Term Care Facilities
.In the United States, what is the most common type of hospital? - Answers-General
hospitals
.Which is the following is NOT a public health insurance program in the U.S.? -
Answers-Aetna
.Since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare), which of
the following is true about the number of uninsured individuals in the U.S.? - Answers-
The number of uninsured has gone down.
.What is the order of steps in the medication use system? - Answers-Prescribing,
Transcribing, Dispensing, Administering, Monitoring
.Which of the following health care professionals may NOT legally prescribe drugs? -
Answers-Psychologists
.Which type of health care clinician is the most accessible to the public? - Answers-
Pharmacist
.Identify the place in the medication use system where nurses play the primary, major
role. - Answers-Administration
.What is the overarching goal of monitoring in the medication-use system? - Answers-
Early detection of a downturn in a patient's health status or the occurrence of an
adverse event after medication administration.
.What is the estimated number of available FDA-approved nonprescription drug
products in the US? - Answers-100,000
.What is the correct order of the four stages of the Drug System? - Answers-research
and development
regulatory review
manufacturing, marketing, and distribution
the medication use system
.Which high-income country spends the most on health care per person? - Answers-
United States
,.Which of the following is an example of an inpatient health care setting? - Answers-
Institutional Long-Term Care Facilities
.Which of the following long-term care settings has the highest level of nursing care? -
Answers-Skilled nursing facilities
.What is the definition of moral hazard with respect to healthcare? - Answers-Consumer
behavior that leads to a higher utilization of health care services when they are covered
by insurance.
.Which type of Managed Care Plan requires enrollees to stay within a network of
providers and obtain a referral to see a specialist? - Answers-Health Maintenance
Organizations (HMO)
.What is the insurance term for a fee you pay monthly (like a membership fee) even if
you don't use any health care services in that month? - Answers-Premium
.Which is the following is NOT a public health insurance program in the U.S.? -
Answers-Nationwide Mutual Insurance
.What is a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM)? - Answers-A third-party administrator of
prescription drug plans that negotiates better drug prices for the insurance plans and
helps to control drug spending
.Which of the following is required to be included on every prescription written in the
United States? - Answers-Patient name
.In which step of the medication use system do the most medical errors occur? -
Answers-Medication Administration
.What is prescriptive authority? - Answers-The ability to legally prescribe prescription
and controlled drugs.
.Which of the following health care professionals can prescribe drugs without
restrictions? - Answers-Osteopathic Physician
.Which step in the medication use system does CPOE eliminate? - Answers-
Transcribing
.Pharmacist currently must complete what level of education to practice in the United
States? - Answers-Doctorate
.Pharmaceutical care involves ensuring that a patient's medications is/are: - Answers-
safe
effective
warranted
,used correctly
.List a major site of employment for pharmacists - Answers-Hospitals
.What is a collaborative practice agreement? - Answers-A formal relationship between
pharmacists and physicians or other providers that allows a pharmacist to provide
expanded services such as adjusting or refilling medications.
.Most states now maintain databases of controlled substance prescribing to prevent
their abuse, such as ___________ in Ohio. - Answers-Ohio Automated RX Reporting
System
.8 rights of medical administration - Answers-Right patient
Right medication
Right dose
Right route
Right time
Right documentation
Right reason
Right response
.Which 2 activities may be performed by a nursing aide? - Answers-Bathing and taking
vital signs
.Which of the following routes of administration is an example of enteral administration?
- Answers-rectal
.Listed below are several reasons for hospitals to use barcode medication
administration. Which reason is the most important? - Answers-Improves patient safety
by preventing errors
.List one potential benefit for the use of an automated dispensing cabinet. - Answers-
Increased security measures
Reduce medication error rate
Decreased delivery turnaround time
Ensure greater control of charge capture (information for billing the patient)
They provide nurses with near total access of medications needed in patient care areas
.What are the two most common medication errors? - Answers-Wrong medicine and
wrong dose
.Reporting medication errors to at least one Adverse Event Reporting System is
mandatory for all hospital errors occurring in the United States. - Answers-false
, .Why are some side effects not known when drugs are first approved by the FDA? -
Answers-Clinical trials may be too small and not last long enough to detect all side
effects.
.Packaging for dietary supplements must include which of the following statements in
order to be legally sold in the United States? - Answers-"This product is not intended to
treat, diagnose, or prevent any disease."
.Consumers spend more on this category of nonprescription medications (i.e., over-the-
counter medications) than any other: - Answers-Nonprescription respiratory medications
.Drug Marekting - Answers-- drug companies spend many times MORE on marketing
than drug discovery and development!
.What is the term for advertising to non-health care professionals? - Answers-direct to
consumer advertising (DTCA)
.4 musts of drug advertising: - Answers-1. be accurate
2. balance the risk and benefit info
3. be consistent with the prescribing info approved by FDA
4. only include info that is supported by substantial evidence + clinical experiments
.4 ways drug companies market and promote their drugs to health care professional -
Answers-1. detailing (provide the doctor info about the drug, persuading doctor to
prescribe them)
2. gifting (pens, clipboards, etc.)
3. samples (free meds)
4. sponsoring professional meetings and events
.There are five key steps in the drug distribution system. - Answers-Ingredients for the
drugs are supplied by various suppliers, often from different countries, to the
manufacturing plant. You just viewed a video showing how oral drugs are produced by
the manufacturer. At this point, drugs may change hands many times between the
manufacturer and the patient. The drugs are sent to a wholesaler distributor, where the
products are stored in a warehouse. The wholesaler stocks drugs from several
manufacturers. Pharmacies and hospitals can order a large range of drug products from
the wholesaler distributor as needed to fill their inventory. And finally the drugs are
administered to patients in the hospital or sold to patients at retail pharmacies.
.The medication use system - Answers--physician prescribing and self-prescribing
-dispensing
-administration and consumption
-monitoring for effects
-reporting errors and adverse effects
