RETAIL PHARMACY TEST STUDY GUIDE FULLY SOLVED #17
Who is required to train all pharmacy personnel on HIPAA requirements? - correct
answer Employer
Which of the following is NOT an authorized prescriber with the ability to write a
prescription? - correct answer pharmd
What is the difference between a neighborhood pharmacy and an independent
pharmacy? - correct answer A neighborhood pharmacy and an independent pharmacy
are the same thing
What does the CMS require for written prescriptions for patients using Medicare or
Medicaid services? - correct answer The patient must have valid secondary insurance.
Which of the following would NOT be considered proprietary information in a pharmacy
business? - correct answer Upcoming advertising campaigns
Which of the following could be considered a chain pharmacy? - correct answer
Franchise
Which of the following is NOT part of requesting a prescription refill from a prescriber? -
correct answer Write the date, time, WCB, and your initials on the form.
Which of the following is an ambulatory pharmacy? - correct answer Retail pharmacy
How many basic elements does each prescription have? - correct answer Eight
How many work shifts are needed at most chain pharmacies? - correct answer Three
The standard of practice for how much of a patient's confidential information you can
disclose when a situation requires you to disclose some PHI is called the: - correct
answer Minimum necessary standard
How does the pharmacy technician provide medical information to a patient? - correct
answer The pharmacy technician has no role in providing medical information to a
patient
When can a pharmacy technician complete the order on a telephoned prescription? -
correct answer Pharmacy technicians can never accept a prescription over the phone.
What is the Rx number? - correct answer Unique number on each page of a
prescription pad
Which are the most frequently forged or altered prescriptions? - correct answer C-II and
C-III
, Which of the following is NOT an error common to ambulatory pharmacies? - correct
answer Therapeutic discrepancies due to a lapse of time between time of prescribing
and time of dispensing
The first letter of a DEA number is typically: - correct answer A or B
Which term means an electronic record, stored in the pharmacy computer system, that
details the patient's personal and billing information, prescription records, and medical
conditions? - correct answer Patient profile
Another term for retail pharmacy is: - correct answer Community pharmacy
What area of the pharmacy represents the first point of contact between a patient and a
pharmacy technician? - correct answer Front door and lobby
Who is responsible for handling prescription refill requests at most retail pharmacies? -
correct answer The pharmacy clerk
Which of the following DEA registration numbers follows the correct format for Dr. John
Carey? - correct answer AC4567890
Pharmacists are permitted to give immunizations in how many states? - correct answer
43
What percentage of a prescription must be used before most pharmacies and insurance
companies would allow it to be refilled? - correct answer 75%
Which of the following is appointed to supervise all aspects of the daily pharmacy
operation? - correct answer Pharmacy manager
Which of the following is NOT part of the customer service acronym APPLE? - correct
answer Learn each customer's prescription needs and fill them.
Which of the following DEA registration numbers follows the correct format for Dr.
Carson Weekly? - correct answer AW8237845
Which of the following is NOT a simple step a pharmacy technician can take to prevent
being taken in by prescription forgers? - correct answer Search for any new patients in
the DEA offender's database.
Which organization was required to enact the OBRA legislation? - correct answer SBOP
Which of the following regulates the administration of the State Children's Health
Insurance Program (SCHIP)? - correct answer Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services
Who is required to train all pharmacy personnel on HIPAA requirements? - correct
answer Employer
Which of the following is NOT an authorized prescriber with the ability to write a
prescription? - correct answer pharmd
What is the difference between a neighborhood pharmacy and an independent
pharmacy? - correct answer A neighborhood pharmacy and an independent pharmacy
are the same thing
What does the CMS require for written prescriptions for patients using Medicare or
Medicaid services? - correct answer The patient must have valid secondary insurance.
Which of the following would NOT be considered proprietary information in a pharmacy
business? - correct answer Upcoming advertising campaigns
Which of the following could be considered a chain pharmacy? - correct answer
Franchise
Which of the following is NOT part of requesting a prescription refill from a prescriber? -
correct answer Write the date, time, WCB, and your initials on the form.
Which of the following is an ambulatory pharmacy? - correct answer Retail pharmacy
How many basic elements does each prescription have? - correct answer Eight
How many work shifts are needed at most chain pharmacies? - correct answer Three
The standard of practice for how much of a patient's confidential information you can
disclose when a situation requires you to disclose some PHI is called the: - correct
answer Minimum necessary standard
How does the pharmacy technician provide medical information to a patient? - correct
answer The pharmacy technician has no role in providing medical information to a
patient
When can a pharmacy technician complete the order on a telephoned prescription? -
correct answer Pharmacy technicians can never accept a prescription over the phone.
What is the Rx number? - correct answer Unique number on each page of a
prescription pad
Which are the most frequently forged or altered prescriptions? - correct answer C-II and
C-III
, Which of the following is NOT an error common to ambulatory pharmacies? - correct
answer Therapeutic discrepancies due to a lapse of time between time of prescribing
and time of dispensing
The first letter of a DEA number is typically: - correct answer A or B
Which term means an electronic record, stored in the pharmacy computer system, that
details the patient's personal and billing information, prescription records, and medical
conditions? - correct answer Patient profile
Another term for retail pharmacy is: - correct answer Community pharmacy
What area of the pharmacy represents the first point of contact between a patient and a
pharmacy technician? - correct answer Front door and lobby
Who is responsible for handling prescription refill requests at most retail pharmacies? -
correct answer The pharmacy clerk
Which of the following DEA registration numbers follows the correct format for Dr. John
Carey? - correct answer AC4567890
Pharmacists are permitted to give immunizations in how many states? - correct answer
43
What percentage of a prescription must be used before most pharmacies and insurance
companies would allow it to be refilled? - correct answer 75%
Which of the following is appointed to supervise all aspects of the daily pharmacy
operation? - correct answer Pharmacy manager
Which of the following is NOT part of the customer service acronym APPLE? - correct
answer Learn each customer's prescription needs and fill them.
Which of the following DEA registration numbers follows the correct format for Dr.
Carson Weekly? - correct answer AW8237845
Which of the following is NOT a simple step a pharmacy technician can take to prevent
being taken in by prescription forgers? - correct answer Search for any new patients in
the DEA offender's database.
Which organization was required to enact the OBRA legislation? - correct answer SBOP
Which of the following regulates the administration of the State Children's Health
Insurance Program (SCHIP)? - correct answer Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services
