Pharmacy Tech Practice test 1

Which of the following may be performed only by pharmacist

• ordering inventory of non-scheduled drugs

• Accepting a return call from doctor office clarifying a script

• filling non- scheduled medications

• Compounding medications

All of the following duties may be performed by a pharm tech EXCEPT

• Selecting an otc product for a patient

• Administering medications to patients

• Compounding medications

• Answering patient questions over insurance

Patient brings in two scripts from two doctors. One script is for ibuprofen 800 1 tab po tid and the other for anaprox ds 1 tab bid what should you do

• Advise the patient to take the medications as prescribed.

• Refer the patient to a specialist.

• Recommend the patient take the medications at different times of the day.

• Alert the pharmacist of a possible therapeutic duplication

A list if the goods or items a business will use in its normal operation is called

• overhead

• Inventory

• Supplies

• Assets

In receiving an order it is important to be alert for drugs that have been damaged are outdated or missing so orders are reconciled

• reconciliation is not needed

• Item by item

• Line by line

• Step by step

A CPhT is required to include a PPI ( patient patient insert )when dispensing which of the following medications? 

• Simvastatin (Zocor)

• Drospirenone (Yasmin)

• Metformin (Glucophage)

• Amlodipine (Norvasc)

According to USP <797>, how many negative gloved fingertip sampling must be documented to prepare sterile products? 

• 4 times

• 3 times

• 5 times

• 6 times

Which controlled substance schedules contain limited quantities of certain narcotics and low potential for abuse? 

• C-V

• C-IV

• C- II

• C-I

Prescription called for dextrose 5% in water (D5W) 1,000 mL with 40mEq of potassium chloride to be infused at 125ml/hr. How many 1L Bags needed in 24 hours? 

• 4 bags

• 3 bags

• 5 bags

• 6 bags

CPhT receives a request from a patient to fill a prescription for an SSRI medication. Which of the following is a SSRI example?

• Paroxetine (Paxil)

• Buspirone (Buspar)

• Alprazolam (Xanax)

• Duloxetine (Cymbalta)