Calculations Pharmacy Tech questions with verified
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16 ounces Ans✓✓✓ 1 pint
3 fluid ounces Ans✓✓✓ 90 ml
30 ml Ans✓✓✓ 2 tablespoons
A 20 ml dose of a mixture prescribed for pain relief contains 10 mg Demerol, 25
mg Phenergan, 5 ml alcohol, 5 ml cherry syrup, qs with water. How many 30 mg
Demerol tablets are needed to prepare 480 ml of this solution? Ans✓✓✓ 8 tabs
A 20 ml dose of a mixture prescribed for pain relief contains 10 mg Demerol, 25
mg Phenergan, 5 ml alcohol, 5 ml cherry syrup, qs with water. How many 30 mg
Demerol tablets are needed to prepare 480 ml of this solution? Ans✓✓✓ 8 tabs
A 500-ml quantity of D5W contains how many grams of dextrose? Ans✓✓✓ 25
gm
A compounded prescription required using 12 capsules costing $30.00 per 50
capsules and 120 gm of an ointment base costing $7.50 per pound. If a $5.00
dispensing fee is included, how much should the patient be charged? Ans✓✓✓
$14.18
A dose is written for 5 mg/kg tid for one day. The adult to take this medication
weighs 145 pounds. How much of a drug will be needed to fill this order?
Ans✓✓✓ 989 mg
, A formula for a cough syrup contains 1 gr of codeine per fluid ounce. How many
grains are contained in one teaspoonful? Ans✓✓✓ 1/6
A patient weighing 110 lbs is to receive 5 mcg/kg/min of an IV solution containing
Dopamine 600 mg in 250 ml D5W. The calculated IV dose rate is: Ans✓✓✓ 0.25
mg/min
A patient weighting 220 lb is to receive 5 mcg/kg/min of an IV solution containing
Dobutamine 600 mg in 250 ml D5W. The calculated IV dose rate is: Ans✓✓✓ 500
mcg/min
A pharmacy fills an order for 28 Septra tablets containing 0.08 g of Trimethoprim
each. How much Trimethoprim is dispensed? Ans✓✓✓ 2240mg
A Pharmacy Technician dilutes a 2 g vial of ampicillin with 6.8 ml of sterile water
for injections. When properly mixed, the concentration of the drug solution is 250
mg/ml. If the prescribed dose is 750 mg, the volume of the drug solution required
is: Ans✓✓✓ 3 ml
A pharmacy technician is preparing heparin 25,000 units in 500 ml of NS. What
concentration should appear on the label? Ans✓✓✓ 50 units/ml
A pharmacy technician wishes to add 500 mg of Amino Acids to 500 ml of D5W.
The Amino Acid solution is supplied in a 10% concentration. The volume of the
10% concentration required to supply 500 mg of the drug is: Ans✓✓✓ 5ml
answers
16 ounces Ans✓✓✓ 1 pint
3 fluid ounces Ans✓✓✓ 90 ml
30 ml Ans✓✓✓ 2 tablespoons
A 20 ml dose of a mixture prescribed for pain relief contains 10 mg Demerol, 25
mg Phenergan, 5 ml alcohol, 5 ml cherry syrup, qs with water. How many 30 mg
Demerol tablets are needed to prepare 480 ml of this solution? Ans✓✓✓ 8 tabs
A 20 ml dose of a mixture prescribed for pain relief contains 10 mg Demerol, 25
mg Phenergan, 5 ml alcohol, 5 ml cherry syrup, qs with water. How many 30 mg
Demerol tablets are needed to prepare 480 ml of this solution? Ans✓✓✓ 8 tabs
A 500-ml quantity of D5W contains how many grams of dextrose? Ans✓✓✓ 25
gm
A compounded prescription required using 12 capsules costing $30.00 per 50
capsules and 120 gm of an ointment base costing $7.50 per pound. If a $5.00
dispensing fee is included, how much should the patient be charged? Ans✓✓✓
$14.18
A dose is written for 5 mg/kg tid for one day. The adult to take this medication
weighs 145 pounds. How much of a drug will be needed to fill this order?
Ans✓✓✓ 989 mg
, A formula for a cough syrup contains 1 gr of codeine per fluid ounce. How many
grains are contained in one teaspoonful? Ans✓✓✓ 1/6
A patient weighing 110 lbs is to receive 5 mcg/kg/min of an IV solution containing
Dopamine 600 mg in 250 ml D5W. The calculated IV dose rate is: Ans✓✓✓ 0.25
mg/min
A patient weighting 220 lb is to receive 5 mcg/kg/min of an IV solution containing
Dobutamine 600 mg in 250 ml D5W. The calculated IV dose rate is: Ans✓✓✓ 500
mcg/min
A pharmacy fills an order for 28 Septra tablets containing 0.08 g of Trimethoprim
each. How much Trimethoprim is dispensed? Ans✓✓✓ 2240mg
A Pharmacy Technician dilutes a 2 g vial of ampicillin with 6.8 ml of sterile water
for injections. When properly mixed, the concentration of the drug solution is 250
mg/ml. If the prescribed dose is 750 mg, the volume of the drug solution required
is: Ans✓✓✓ 3 ml
A pharmacy technician is preparing heparin 25,000 units in 500 ml of NS. What
concentration should appear on the label? Ans✓✓✓ 50 units/ml
A pharmacy technician wishes to add 500 mg of Amino Acids to 500 ml of D5W.
The Amino Acid solution is supplied in a 10% concentration. The volume of the
10% concentration required to supply 500 mg of the drug is: Ans✓✓✓ 5ml
