Pharmacy Technician
Certification Test Questions And
Answers 2025
Pharmacy Technician - Answer - A person who helps liscensed pharmacists provide meds and other
health care products to paitents
Pharmacist - Answer - A perspn who is educated & loscened to dispense drugs and to provide drug info
to patients and other health care providers
U.S. D.E.A. - Answer - United States Drug Enforcement Administration -enforces federal laws &
regulations governing controlled substances
Schedule I Drugs - Answer - Abuse potential- high abuse potential ( no medical use accepted)
No prescriptions allowed
Examples- heroin/LSD/mary jane/PCP/amphetamines
Schedule II Drugs - Answer - Abuse potential- high/accepted medical use
Prescription required (no refills unless prescription written to renew)
Examples- Cocaine/codeine/amphetamine salts (adderall)/opium/morphine
Schedule III Drugs - Answer - Abuse potential- moderate (medical usage)
Refills 5 times in a six month period
Examples- compounded drugs with small amounts of narcotics (other drugs with high potential for abuse
like tylenol or empirin with codeine tablets) and certain barbituratesk.
Schedule IV Drugs - Answer - Potential abuse- low (medical usage)
Prescription required (5 refills in 6 month period)
,Example- barbital/diazepam (Valium)
Schedule V Drugs - Answer - Potential abuse- low abuse (medical usage)
Prescription- none but must 18 y.o. To buy
Acu- - Answer - Abrupt, sudden (acute)
Adeno- - Answer - Gland (adenoid)
Adipo- - Answer - Fat (adipose)
Aero- - Answer - Air (aerosol)
Alb- - Answer - White (albumin)
Ambulo- - Answer - Walk (ambulatory)
Andro- - Answer - Male (androgen)
Angio- - Answer - Vessel (angiogram)
Arthr- - Answer - Joint (arthritis)
Bucc/a- - Answer - Inside of cheek (buccal)
Carcin/o- - Answer - Crab,cancer (carcinogen)
Cardi- - Answer - Heart (cardiology)
, Cereb- - Answer - Brain (cerebrum)
Chemo- - Answer - Chemistry/chemical (chemotherapy)
Chol- - Answer - Bile (cholangiogram)
Cyst- - Answer - Urinary bladder (cystoscopy)
Cyt- - Answer - Cell (cytology)
Dactyl- - Answer - Finger (syndactylism)
Dermat- - Answer - Skin (dermatologist)
Encephal- - Answer - Brain (electroencephalogram
Erythro- - Answer - Red (erythrocytes)
Gastr- - Answer - Stomach (gastric acid)
Gluco- - Answer - Sugar (glucose)
Hemo- - Answer - Blood (hematoma)
Hepat- - Answer - Liver (hepatoma)
Hydro- - Answer - Water (hydrocephalus)
Lachry- - Answer - Tear (lachrymal fluid)
Certification Test Questions And
Answers 2025
Pharmacy Technician - Answer - A person who helps liscensed pharmacists provide meds and other
health care products to paitents
Pharmacist - Answer - A perspn who is educated & loscened to dispense drugs and to provide drug info
to patients and other health care providers
U.S. D.E.A. - Answer - United States Drug Enforcement Administration -enforces federal laws &
regulations governing controlled substances
Schedule I Drugs - Answer - Abuse potential- high abuse potential ( no medical use accepted)
No prescriptions allowed
Examples- heroin/LSD/mary jane/PCP/amphetamines
Schedule II Drugs - Answer - Abuse potential- high/accepted medical use
Prescription required (no refills unless prescription written to renew)
Examples- Cocaine/codeine/amphetamine salts (adderall)/opium/morphine
Schedule III Drugs - Answer - Abuse potential- moderate (medical usage)
Refills 5 times in a six month period
Examples- compounded drugs with small amounts of narcotics (other drugs with high potential for abuse
like tylenol or empirin with codeine tablets) and certain barbituratesk.
Schedule IV Drugs - Answer - Potential abuse- low (medical usage)
Prescription required (5 refills in 6 month period)
,Example- barbital/diazepam (Valium)
Schedule V Drugs - Answer - Potential abuse- low abuse (medical usage)
Prescription- none but must 18 y.o. To buy
Acu- - Answer - Abrupt, sudden (acute)
Adeno- - Answer - Gland (adenoid)
Adipo- - Answer - Fat (adipose)
Aero- - Answer - Air (aerosol)
Alb- - Answer - White (albumin)
Ambulo- - Answer - Walk (ambulatory)
Andro- - Answer - Male (androgen)
Angio- - Answer - Vessel (angiogram)
Arthr- - Answer - Joint (arthritis)
Bucc/a- - Answer - Inside of cheek (buccal)
Carcin/o- - Answer - Crab,cancer (carcinogen)
Cardi- - Answer - Heart (cardiology)
, Cereb- - Answer - Brain (cerebrum)
Chemo- - Answer - Chemistry/chemical (chemotherapy)
Chol- - Answer - Bile (cholangiogram)
Cyst- - Answer - Urinary bladder (cystoscopy)
Cyt- - Answer - Cell (cytology)
Dactyl- - Answer - Finger (syndactylism)
Dermat- - Answer - Skin (dermatologist)
Encephal- - Answer - Brain (electroencephalogram
Erythro- - Answer - Red (erythrocytes)
Gastr- - Answer - Stomach (gastric acid)
Gluco- - Answer - Sugar (glucose)
Hemo- - Answer - Blood (hematoma)
Hepat- - Answer - Liver (hepatoma)
Hydro- - Answer - Water (hydrocephalus)
Lachry- - Answer - Tear (lachrymal fluid)
