PHARMACY TECHNICIAN EXAM SCRIPT
PREMIUM QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
●● 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)
PREMIUM QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
●● 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)
