PTCE Exam 2024 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Pharmacy Technicians are Permitted to Perform the following tasks -
CORRECT ANSWERS - Accept new prescriptions from patients
- Receive refill(s) from the patients
- Request refill(s) authorization from the patient(s) prescriber
-Collecte patient information
- Maintian patient profiles
- Enter patient(s), prescriber(s), and medication information into the database
system
- Interpret the patients direction(s) (signa, sig codes)
- Bill prescription(s) to thrid-party prescription providers
- Count, pour medication(s) and label prescription(s)
-Repackage medication(s)
-Prepare unit-dose medications
What is the equation for converting Celsius to Farenheit temperatures -
CORRECT ANSWERS 9(C)=5(F)-160
What are the parts of a Prescription Order? - CORRECT ANSWERS -
Patient name and, for controlled substances, a full address
- Date the prescriber wrote the prescription
- Rx symbol
- Name of the medication
- Directions to the pharmacy on what to dispense
- Directions on how the medication is to be used
- Refills allowed, special handling, other instructions
- Prescribers' signature and, for controlled substances the DEA number.
, What are the parts of a Medication Order? - CORRECT ANSWERS -
Prescriber's information
- Date of order
- Patient information
-Name, strength, and dosage form of medication
- When to be administered
- Duration of therapy
- Prescriber's signature
Emergency filling of C-II medication may be issued if - CORRECT ANSWERS
- Pharmacists must make a "good-faith" attempt to identify physician
- Quantity is limited to treat patient during the emergency period
-Pharmacist must reduce order in writing(call-in Emergency only)
-Physician must write a prescription for this emergency and sent to pharmacy
within 7 days of the oral order- if written order is not received the DEA must be
notified immediately.
Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) - CORRECT ANSWERS
Providers enter medication orders directly in the computer system instead
of a written or verbal order to the pharmacy.
Electronic Medical Record (EMR) - CORRECT ANSWERS Electronic
version of the patient's chart and handles other components of a patient's care.
Clinical Information System (IC Plus) - CORRECT ANSWERS
Computerized pharmacy information system that provides information
on the clinical care of patients.
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Pharmacy Technicians are Permitted to Perform the following tasks -
CORRECT ANSWERS - Accept new prescriptions from patients
- Receive refill(s) from the patients
- Request refill(s) authorization from the patient(s) prescriber
-Collecte patient information
- Maintian patient profiles
- Enter patient(s), prescriber(s), and medication information into the database
system
- Interpret the patients direction(s) (signa, sig codes)
- Bill prescription(s) to thrid-party prescription providers
- Count, pour medication(s) and label prescription(s)
-Repackage medication(s)
-Prepare unit-dose medications
What is the equation for converting Celsius to Farenheit temperatures -
CORRECT ANSWERS 9(C)=5(F)-160
What are the parts of a Prescription Order? - CORRECT ANSWERS -
Patient name and, for controlled substances, a full address
- Date the prescriber wrote the prescription
- Rx symbol
- Name of the medication
- Directions to the pharmacy on what to dispense
- Directions on how the medication is to be used
- Refills allowed, special handling, other instructions
- Prescribers' signature and, for controlled substances the DEA number.
, What are the parts of a Medication Order? - CORRECT ANSWERS -
Prescriber's information
- Date of order
- Patient information
-Name, strength, and dosage form of medication
- When to be administered
- Duration of therapy
- Prescriber's signature
Emergency filling of C-II medication may be issued if - CORRECT ANSWERS
- Pharmacists must make a "good-faith" attempt to identify physician
- Quantity is limited to treat patient during the emergency period
-Pharmacist must reduce order in writing(call-in Emergency only)
-Physician must write a prescription for this emergency and sent to pharmacy
within 7 days of the oral order- if written order is not received the DEA must be
notified immediately.
Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) - CORRECT ANSWERS
Providers enter medication orders directly in the computer system instead
of a written or verbal order to the pharmacy.
Electronic Medical Record (EMR) - CORRECT ANSWERS Electronic
version of the patient's chart and handles other components of a patient's care.
Clinical Information System (IC Plus) - CORRECT ANSWERS
Computerized pharmacy information system that provides information
on the clinical care of patients.
