Latest Nevada MPJE -300+ exam Questions and
answers 2025
True or false: "take as directed" does not fulfill the directions for use requirements for controlled
substances. Correct Answer: true. Controlled Rx must clearly specify dosage, frequency, and
manner in which the drug is to be taken.
How often must practitioners or other people who dispense controlled substances obtain
registration from the DEA? Correct Answer: every 2 years
True or false: an agent or employee of a registered dispenser is not required to register with the
DEA. Correct Answer: True, so long as they are acting in the usual course of their
business/employment.
,True or false: a common or contract carrier or warehouseman does not need registration with the
DEA. Correct Answer: True.
Which of the following activities requires separate registration with the DEA? (1) manufacturing. (2)
distributing. (3) dispensing, prescribing, conducting research. (4) conducting
chemical analysis. Correct Answer: they all do. A separate registration for each of these
activities is required.
True or false: a person who engages in more than one group of independent activities must
obtain a separate registration for each group of activities. Correct Answer: TRUE.
True or false: a separate registration is required for each place of business or professional practice where
controlled substances are manufactured, distributed, used in research or scientific
investigation, prescribed or dispensed. Correct Answer: TRUE
True or false: a warehouse that stores controlled substances requires a separate registration.
Correct Answer: FALSE.
,True or false: a practitioner's office where controlled substances are prescribed but not stored or
dispensed still requires a separate registration. Correct Answer: FALSE. If they are only
prescribed, and not stored/dispensed/administered, the location does not require registration.
True or false: a practitioner's office where controlled substances are stored does not require a
separate registration. Correct Answer: FALSE - if controlled substances are being stored, they
require separate registration.
What items are required on the certificate of registration? Correct Answer: (1) name of registrant. (2)
address of registrant. (3) registration number (DEA#) of registrant). (4) activity authorized (is it
dispensing, research, etc). (5) the schedules of the controlled substances which the registrant is
authorized to handle.
For a practitioner who dispenses controlled substances for use by his patients outside of his presence,
what record-keeping is required? Correct Answer: (1) name of the patient. (2) address, unless readily
available (then indicated). (3) date of dispensing. (4) name of the prescribing
, practitioner and classification of license. (5) DEA #. (6) initials of the dispensing practitioner if the
dispensing is different from the prescribing. (7) directions for use. (8) signature of the prescribing
practitioner.
True or false: a practitioner may dispense controlled drugs to a patient only after he has issues a written
RX that allows the patient to have it filled at another location of the patient's choosing. Correct Answer:
TRUE
True or false: an individual practitioner may dispense a controlled substance (2-4) for his own personal
use. Correct Answer: FALSE - they may not. Exception: medical emergency.
Can pharmacists use oral authorization to dispense CII medications? Correct Answer: YES, but only in
emergency situations. The quantity prescribed/dispensed must be limited to the amount adequate to treat
the patient during the emergency period. Any quantity beyond this requires a written prescription.
answers 2025
True or false: "take as directed" does not fulfill the directions for use requirements for controlled
substances. Correct Answer: true. Controlled Rx must clearly specify dosage, frequency, and
manner in which the drug is to be taken.
How often must practitioners or other people who dispense controlled substances obtain
registration from the DEA? Correct Answer: every 2 years
True or false: an agent or employee of a registered dispenser is not required to register with the
DEA. Correct Answer: True, so long as they are acting in the usual course of their
business/employment.
,True or false: a common or contract carrier or warehouseman does not need registration with the
DEA. Correct Answer: True.
Which of the following activities requires separate registration with the DEA? (1) manufacturing. (2)
distributing. (3) dispensing, prescribing, conducting research. (4) conducting
chemical analysis. Correct Answer: they all do. A separate registration for each of these
activities is required.
True or false: a person who engages in more than one group of independent activities must
obtain a separate registration for each group of activities. Correct Answer: TRUE.
True or false: a separate registration is required for each place of business or professional practice where
controlled substances are manufactured, distributed, used in research or scientific
investigation, prescribed or dispensed. Correct Answer: TRUE
True or false: a warehouse that stores controlled substances requires a separate registration.
Correct Answer: FALSE.
,True or false: a practitioner's office where controlled substances are prescribed but not stored or
dispensed still requires a separate registration. Correct Answer: FALSE. If they are only
prescribed, and not stored/dispensed/administered, the location does not require registration.
True or false: a practitioner's office where controlled substances are stored does not require a
separate registration. Correct Answer: FALSE - if controlled substances are being stored, they
require separate registration.
What items are required on the certificate of registration? Correct Answer: (1) name of registrant. (2)
address of registrant. (3) registration number (DEA#) of registrant). (4) activity authorized (is it
dispensing, research, etc). (5) the schedules of the controlled substances which the registrant is
authorized to handle.
For a practitioner who dispenses controlled substances for use by his patients outside of his presence,
what record-keeping is required? Correct Answer: (1) name of the patient. (2) address, unless readily
available (then indicated). (3) date of dispensing. (4) name of the prescribing
, practitioner and classification of license. (5) DEA #. (6) initials of the dispensing practitioner if the
dispensing is different from the prescribing. (7) directions for use. (8) signature of the prescribing
practitioner.
True or false: a practitioner may dispense controlled drugs to a patient only after he has issues a written
RX that allows the patient to have it filled at another location of the patient's choosing. Correct Answer:
TRUE
True or false: an individual practitioner may dispense a controlled substance (2-4) for his own personal
use. Correct Answer: FALSE - they may not. Exception: medical emergency.
Can pharmacists use oral authorization to dispense CII medications? Correct Answer: YES, but only in
emergency situations. The quantity prescribed/dispensed must be limited to the amount adequate to treat
the patient during the emergency period. Any quantity beyond this requires a written prescription.
