Ch. 1 & 3 Exam for Community Pharmacy
Practice UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Who is considered the backbone of the system when referring to pharmacy? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Pharmacy technicians
What are some responsibilities of a tech? - CORRECT ANSWER - - hands on work of
gathering info
- filling prescriptions
What are some responsibilities of a Pharmacist? - CORRECT ANSWER - -oversees
-checks and approves tech work
- educates providers and patients about the drugs and supplements
What are pharmacopeias? - CORRECT ANSWER - dispensatories
Whats another word for drug lists? - CORRECT ANSWER - drug formularies
What did traditional Eastern medicine consist of? - CORRECT ANSWER - -relies on plant
products and healing energies
- some plants in use in Western culture today (ginseng)
What did Western medicine consist of? - CORRECT ANSWER - - less religion based, more
dependent upon observation, theories and hypotheses, and scientific experimentation
Hippocrates is considered the father of what? - CORRECT ANSWER - Father of modern
medicine
, Galen is considered the father of what? - CORRECT ANSWER - Father of Pharmacy
Dioscorides is credited with writing one of the world's greatest pharmaceutical texts which was
called.. - CORRECT ANSWER - De Mareria Medica ( On Medical Matters)
Pharmacy practices has evolved from the compounding of natural herbal and mineral medicines
to the dispensing of manufactured medications and patient drug-therapy counseling - CORRECT
ANSWER - True
The word pharmacy comes from the ancient Greek word pharmakon meaning - CORRECT
ANSWER - remedy
What was the "Edict of Salermo" in the 13th century - CORRECT ANSWER - A Sicilian law
that said only chemists could make medicines in special shops
What North American medicinal plant has been used from the early period of colonization to the
present for building up immunity and preventing infection? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Echinacea
Institutional pharmacies typically require pharmacy technicians to - CORRECT ANSWER -
be certified
During the pharmacy professions traditional era, - CORRECT ANSWER - most prescriptions
were compounded by a pharmacist.
Prior to 1920, what was the formal education of most pharmacists-in-training in the United
States? - CORRECT ANSWER - Serving as apprentices in pharmacies
What is the purpose of medication therapy management (MTM)? - CORRECT ANSWER -
ensuring best health outcomes for drug therapy
Practice UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Who is considered the backbone of the system when referring to pharmacy? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Pharmacy technicians
What are some responsibilities of a tech? - CORRECT ANSWER - - hands on work of
gathering info
- filling prescriptions
What are some responsibilities of a Pharmacist? - CORRECT ANSWER - -oversees
-checks and approves tech work
- educates providers and patients about the drugs and supplements
What are pharmacopeias? - CORRECT ANSWER - dispensatories
Whats another word for drug lists? - CORRECT ANSWER - drug formularies
What did traditional Eastern medicine consist of? - CORRECT ANSWER - -relies on plant
products and healing energies
- some plants in use in Western culture today (ginseng)
What did Western medicine consist of? - CORRECT ANSWER - - less religion based, more
dependent upon observation, theories and hypotheses, and scientific experimentation
Hippocrates is considered the father of what? - CORRECT ANSWER - Father of modern
medicine
, Galen is considered the father of what? - CORRECT ANSWER - Father of Pharmacy
Dioscorides is credited with writing one of the world's greatest pharmaceutical texts which was
called.. - CORRECT ANSWER - De Mareria Medica ( On Medical Matters)
Pharmacy practices has evolved from the compounding of natural herbal and mineral medicines
to the dispensing of manufactured medications and patient drug-therapy counseling - CORRECT
ANSWER - True
The word pharmacy comes from the ancient Greek word pharmakon meaning - CORRECT
ANSWER - remedy
What was the "Edict of Salermo" in the 13th century - CORRECT ANSWER - A Sicilian law
that said only chemists could make medicines in special shops
What North American medicinal plant has been used from the early period of colonization to the
present for building up immunity and preventing infection? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Echinacea
Institutional pharmacies typically require pharmacy technicians to - CORRECT ANSWER -
be certified
During the pharmacy professions traditional era, - CORRECT ANSWER - most prescriptions
were compounded by a pharmacist.
Prior to 1920, what was the formal education of most pharmacists-in-training in the United
States? - CORRECT ANSWER - Serving as apprentices in pharmacies
What is the purpose of medication therapy management (MTM)? - CORRECT ANSWER -
ensuring best health outcomes for drug therapy
