RITE AID PHARMACY TECHNICIAN EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ What is a gelcap? Answer: Capsule filled with liquid medication
◉ Which oral dosage form is made by compression? Answer: tablet
◉ How is a buccal tablet administered? Answer: placed between the
cheek and gum
◉ Mrs. Dayton is prescribed Zuplenz thin strips. How will she take
her medication? Answer: place it on top of the tongue
◉ Ms. Brenton was told to take an enteric-coated aspirin tablet. How
will she take her medication? Answer: Swallow it whole
◉ How is a lozenge administered? Answer: Held in the mouth until it
dissolves
◉ How are controlled-release products administered? Answer:
swallowed whole
,◉ How is sublingual medication administered? Answer: placed
under the tongue
◉ Which best describes the correct administration of Goody's
Headache powder? Answer: Place on the tongue and wash down
with a drink
◉ What is the purpose for the enteric coating on a tablet? Answer:
Prevents the tablet from dissolving in the stomach
◉ What is a caplet? Answer: capsule shaped tablet
◉ How is an effervescent tablet administered? Answer: Mixed with
water before administration
◉ Which measuring device is good for measuring small, exact
amounts of a liquid dosage form? Answer: Oral syringe
◉ What is an elixier? Answer: Clear, sweetened, flavored,
hydroalcoholic mixture
◉ What preparation has solid active ingredients that are completely
dissolved in water? Answer: Solution
,◉ Which dosage should be shaken before administrated? Answer:
Suspension
◉ Which liquid is a concentrated Solution of sugar in water?
Answer: Syrup
◉ Which preparation has solid ingredients that are NOT completely
dissolved in a liquid? Answer: Suspension
◉ What is a spirit? Answer: Alcoholic or hydroalcoholic solution of
volatile substances
◉ Ms. Barrington needs to measure 1 mL of an antibiotic for her
daughter. Which measuring device should she use? Answer: Oral
Syringe
◉ What is a Hydroalcoholic Mixture? Answer: water and alchohol
◉ Which dosage form is a semisolid preparation in which an active
ingredient is incorporated into petroleum jelly? Answer: Ointment
◉ Which area of the body are creams good for? Answer:
weeping,oozing skin areas
, ◉ Which dosage form is usually rubbed in with friction/ Answer:
Liniment
◉ Which area of the body are lotions good to apply to? Answer:
Areas with a lot of hair
◉ Mr. Martinez comes into the pharmacy wanting a med for a dry,
scaly rash on his elbow. What topical dosage form will the
pharmacist most likely recommend? Answer: ointment
◉ Which dosage form dries as a flexible film on the skin? Answer:
Collodion
◉ Which dosage form is a semisolid preparation that contains very
small solid particles that are suspended in a liquid? Answer: Gel
◉ Which transdermal patch should be flushed down the toilet
instead of thrown in the trash? Answer: Duragesic
◉ Which dosage form is semisolid oil-in-water emulsion? Answer:
Cream
◉ Which transdermal patch can be cut in half safely? Answer:
Lidoderm
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ What is a gelcap? Answer: Capsule filled with liquid medication
◉ Which oral dosage form is made by compression? Answer: tablet
◉ How is a buccal tablet administered? Answer: placed between the
cheek and gum
◉ Mrs. Dayton is prescribed Zuplenz thin strips. How will she take
her medication? Answer: place it on top of the tongue
◉ Ms. Brenton was told to take an enteric-coated aspirin tablet. How
will she take her medication? Answer: Swallow it whole
◉ How is a lozenge administered? Answer: Held in the mouth until it
dissolves
◉ How are controlled-release products administered? Answer:
swallowed whole
,◉ How is sublingual medication administered? Answer: placed
under the tongue
◉ Which best describes the correct administration of Goody's
Headache powder? Answer: Place on the tongue and wash down
with a drink
◉ What is the purpose for the enteric coating on a tablet? Answer:
Prevents the tablet from dissolving in the stomach
◉ What is a caplet? Answer: capsule shaped tablet
◉ How is an effervescent tablet administered? Answer: Mixed with
water before administration
◉ Which measuring device is good for measuring small, exact
amounts of a liquid dosage form? Answer: Oral syringe
◉ What is an elixier? Answer: Clear, sweetened, flavored,
hydroalcoholic mixture
◉ What preparation has solid active ingredients that are completely
dissolved in water? Answer: Solution
,◉ Which dosage should be shaken before administrated? Answer:
Suspension
◉ Which liquid is a concentrated Solution of sugar in water?
Answer: Syrup
◉ Which preparation has solid ingredients that are NOT completely
dissolved in a liquid? Answer: Suspension
◉ What is a spirit? Answer: Alcoholic or hydroalcoholic solution of
volatile substances
◉ Ms. Barrington needs to measure 1 mL of an antibiotic for her
daughter. Which measuring device should she use? Answer: Oral
Syringe
◉ What is a Hydroalcoholic Mixture? Answer: water and alchohol
◉ Which dosage form is a semisolid preparation in which an active
ingredient is incorporated into petroleum jelly? Answer: Ointment
◉ Which area of the body are creams good for? Answer:
weeping,oozing skin areas
, ◉ Which dosage form is usually rubbed in with friction/ Answer:
Liniment
◉ Which area of the body are lotions good to apply to? Answer:
Areas with a lot of hair
◉ Mr. Martinez comes into the pharmacy wanting a med for a dry,
scaly rash on his elbow. What topical dosage form will the
pharmacist most likely recommend? Answer: ointment
◉ Which dosage form dries as a flexible film on the skin? Answer:
Collodion
◉ Which dosage form is a semisolid preparation that contains very
small solid particles that are suspended in a liquid? Answer: Gel
◉ Which transdermal patch should be flushed down the toilet
instead of thrown in the trash? Answer: Duragesic
◉ Which dosage form is semisolid oil-in-water emulsion? Answer:
Cream
◉ Which transdermal patch can be cut in half safely? Answer:
Lidoderm
