PTCE # 4 Review

Pharmacy Technician Program

• What is the name of the document with approved agents to be used in an institution or reimbursable by an insurance plan?

• a. database• b. policy• c. legend• d. formulary• formulary

• When checking in an order from the wholesaler, against which of the following documents should the order be checked?

• a. invoice• b. want book• c. purchase order• d. last 24-hour usage• purchase order

• The patient’s date of birth is important. What is not an appropriate use for the DOB?

• a. third-party billing• b. demographic information to give to

marketers• c. identifying patients with the same

name• d. evaluating the appropriateness of

therapy• B

• The Orange Book is used to find• a. therapeutic equivalent generics• b. average wholesale price• c. pharmacologic information• d. compatibility information

• A

• What is the most common reason for noncompliance?

• a. side effects• b. forgetfulness• c. complexity of regimen• d. cognitive impairment

• A

• What is the most important characteristic of a parenteral preparation?

• a. sterility• b. hypertonic• c. alkaline• d. nonpyrogenic

• A

• Which statement concerning compounding records is true?

• a. Compounding records are not necessary.

• b. Compounding records only require the name of the product and the preparer.

• c. Compounding records include a record of compounding, including ingredients, preparer, name of supervising pharmacist.

• d. It is the recipe for how to make the product.

• C

• Typical unit dose packaging includes all of the following except:

• a. amber prescription vial• b. heat-sealed strip packages• c. blister packs• d. adhesive sealed bottles

• A.

• What is the name of the procedures used to prevent infection caused by exposure to blood or other bodily fluids?

• a. blood precautions• b. universal precautions• c. sterile precautions• d. aseptic technique

• B

• What is the name of the compounded product that is a liquid in which the active ingredient is not dissolved in the vehicle?

• a. elixir• b. suspension• c. solution• d. spirit

• A

• What is the name of the guidelines that govern extemporaneous compounding?

• a. good manufacturing practices• b. good compounding guidelines• c. acceptable manufacturing practices• d. good mixing guidelines

• A

• Who at a typical hospital reports to the board of directors?

• a. Director of pharmacy• b. President (or CEO)• c. Vice president of professional services• d. Staff pharmacists

• B

• Which of the following enables a pharmacy to use a single source to purchase numerous products from numerous manufacturers?

• a. direct purchasing• b. wholesaler purchasing• c. just in time purchasing• d. independent purchasing

• B

• If a product on formulary is not available from the manufacturer in unit-dose packaging, the technician should

• a. recommend it be taken off formulary• b. order bulk & repackage in unit-dose• c. order bulk and send bulk pkg to nsg

unit• d. interchange with a therapeutic

equivalent• B

• What is the name of the rigorous inspection process with JCAHO that institutions voluntarily submit?

• a. registration• b. licensure• c. certification• d. accreditation

• D

• When updating a patient profile, which of the following would a technician not ask a patient?

• a. changes in insurance coverage• b. OTC medications the patient takes• c. drug allergies• d. addiction history

• D

• Which of the following is exempt from the Poison Prevention Act?

• a. hormone replacement therapy• b. oral contraceptives in the

manufacturer’s dispensing package• c. isosorbide mononitrate• d. potassium chloride tablets

• B

• Which of the following terms means the act of reducing a substance to a small, fine particle?

• a. blending• b. comminution• c. trituration• d. spatulation

• B

• Aseptic technique is the process of manipulating sterile products to prevent…

• a. introduction of an active ingredient• b. introduction of pathogens• c. introduction of water• d. introduction of sepsis

• B

• The name for the official list of medications approved for use in an institution is called

• a. United States Pharmacopeia• b. Care plan• c. Orange Book• d. Formulary

• D

• Where should hazardous substances needing refrigeration be stored?

• a. Next to other refrigerated products on wire racks

• b. separate from other drugs in bins that prevent breakage and control leakage

• c. in the hood where chemotherapy is admixed

• d. at room temperature• B

• The Pharmacy & Therapeutics committee’s primary function is to

• a. formulate policies pertaining to pharmaceutical use in the hospital

• b. establish job descriptions• c. review investigation drug research• d. establish care plans

• A

• A Pyxis machine is an example of a(n)• a. pneumatic delivery system• b. class-100 environment• c. automatic dispensing technology• d. sterile compounding machine

• C

• Where is the volume of fluid measured in a conical graduate?

• a. top of the meniscus• b. center of the meniscus• c. bottom of the meniscus• d. one mark above the bottom of the

meniscus

• C