Pharmacy Prep Tech Qualifying (MCQ) Exams sample MOCK exam questions

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Within this post you will find Sample Questions from the Pharmacy Tech Qualifying Exam Part 1 (MCQ) Pre-course offered by Pharmacy Prep. For each competency test there are 3 sample questions actual competency test consist of 150 questions per test available in class or online with our Home study program.

 

Technician Qualifying Exam

 

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1) The following is true:

A. Schedule 2 require to issue a prescription by the pharmacist.

B. Schedule 3 requires pharmacist intervention

C. Unscheduled drugs, no need for counseling

D. Injuries are schedule 1

Ans. B

Tips: Unscheduled drugs also require counseling if requested by the patient.

 

2) The following is a true statement

A. Any medication containing 8mg codeine does not require a prescription from doctor if it has 2 other non-narcotics ingredients also.

B. All medication should have DIN

C. A DIN is not required for herbal product.

D. All prescriptions should not be filed together.

Ans. (A)

Tips: One ingredient of codeine in a medication that has no other non-narcotic is considered a straight narcotic even if it contains 8mg codeine. Prescriptions of narcotics should be file separately from non-narcotics.

 

3) The straight narcotic is:

A. Tylenol 4

B. Tylenol 2

C. Tylenol 3

D. Tylenol 1

Ans. (A)

Tips: Tylenol 4 contains 60 mg codeine plus only one acetaminophen, while all the rest contain 2 non-narcotics plus a narcotic.

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Pharmacy Tech

Ethics and Regulations

Sample questions

 

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1) Verbal prescription for Concerta 36 mg

1 po QD am

Mitt: 30

Refill: 2

The following is true with respect to the above Rx.

A- All controlled medications have no refills.

B- It contains notice period for refill.

C- Dispense as it is.

D- None of the above.

Ans. (D)

Tips: Because the prescription is verbal Rx, then the Doctor cannot request refills for a controlled medication.

 

 

2) A doctor tried some medications for a senior patient to treat a medical condition and he couldn’t get a good response. He now heard about a new medication that works but his concern is that it is not covered by the regular benefits. Best thing the pharmacist should do is:

A- Tell the doctor that conventional medications are better since they are covered although not fully effective.

B- Tell the doctor to call the ministry of health about his case.

C- Pharmacist should fill a special authorization form for that patient, fax it to the doctor to be signed and submitted to the governmental drug plan.

D- All of the above

Ans. C

Tips: Some medications that are not effective, doctors may write others that are not covered by regular benefits but may be covered by special authorization for a certain time.

 

3) You are working with pharmacist in a hospital and you are providing a unit dose system to the patients that are in the ward. The patient took a wrong medication inadvertently given by the nurse. This is a dispensing error caused by:

A- Nurse

B- Pharmacist

C- Technician

D- Patient

Ans. (A)

Tips: The pharmacist or the technician provided the right medication, however, the nurse makes the error and given him not the right medication.

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Pharmacy Tech

Pharmacy Management and Quality Assurance

Sample questions

 

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1) The following is an example of refill/repeats:

Rx: Phenobarbital 100 mg Mitte: 30 Sig: 1 hs Repeat 3 times at 30 day intervals (intervals are a requirement) Which of the following are true statement about refills/repeats:

 

A) Refills or repeats are not allowed on narcotic drugs, but are allowed on other prescriptions

B- A refill/repeat occurs when a specified quantity is ordered and the physician authorizes the "refilling" of this quantity for an additional number of times on the same prescription.

C) The refill/repeat phenobarbital prescription only authorizes a maximum of 30 tablets, with additional authority to dispense another 30 tablets no earlier than 30 days from the previous dispensing if requested by the patient.

D) All of the above

Ans: D

Tips: Refills/repeats should not be confused with new authorizations for a previously dispensed prescription; that is, when a patient, who having completed the quantity of medication initially prescribed, asks the pharmacist to contact the prescribing physician for more to be prescribed.

 

2) Identify the category or categories in which this error could be classified.

a) wrong dosage form error

b- calculation error

c) improper dose error

d) wrong administration technique error

Ans: C

Tips: Improper dose error is the best classification for this error. The patient would have received 40 mg instead of the 10 mg prescribed. The 40 mg/ml could have been used to prepare the IVPB accurately; however, by using 0.25 ml instead of 1 ml this could be classified as a calculation error.

 

 

3) If a patient is noted to have experience Judy Jones, a technician working in the unit dose cart fill area, notices the 25 mg and 50 mg strengths of Benadryl® are mixed together in the same storage bin. What can Judy do to correct this problem?

a) Make no changes, because technicians are responsible to reading labels carefully.

b- Modify the stock shelf so each strength has its own section or bin.

c) Change the label to indicate that both strengths are in the bin.

d) Store the 25 mg strength under Benadryl® and the 50 mg strength under Diphenhydramine.

Ans: B

Tips: Medications with the same generic name but different strengths should be stored in separate bins next to each other on the shelf. There is an increased chance of error when different strengths are stored together in the same bin.

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Pharmacy Tech

Managing Drug Distribution

Sample Questions

 

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1) National System for Incident Reporting (NSIR) is developed by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), this voluntary reporting system allows facilities to report medication and IV. What is incorrect about medical incident reporting?

A- A medication incident is discovered and initially reported internally in hospital committee

B- Details are reviewed internally in hospital for data quality. The incident report is finalized and submitted anonymously to NSIR

C- NSIR collects data on all types of medication incidents, including rare events and near misses.

D- NSIR takes disciplinary action for medical incidents

Ans: D

Tips: Hospital incidents can be reported after hospital committee approval to NSIR (CIHI).

Near missed incidences are that occurred however prevented from patient harm.

 

2) Jane Smith received the following prescription for antibiotic to treat a respiratory tract infection on January 1: Amoxicillin 500 mg TID X 10 days

After taking the drug for 3 days, Ms. Smith felt much better and stopped taking her medication.

On January 12, Ms. Smith presents to the pharmacy the following prescription for another antibiotic:

Clarithromycin 500 mg PO BID X 10 days

The medication error that has occurred would be categorized as which of the following medication errors?

A- Patient noncompliance

B- Prescribing error

C- Wrong drug dispensed

D- Deteriorated drug error

Ans. A

Tips: Patients have a responsibility in the medication use process to take their medication as instructed. Not taking the entire prescription could have led to inadequate treatment, with symptoms reappearing a short time later. The newer, most costly agent may have been prescribed because the physician was not aware that Ms. Smith stopped taking her Amoxicillin after 3 days. This may have led the physician to believe that Amoxicillin was ineffective and an alternate agent was required. It is assumed that the pharmacist counseled Ms. Smith adequately when the Amoxicillin was dispensed.

 

3) A physician diagnosed microcytic hypochromic anemia (Hb 89 g/L) and ask the pharmacist to suggest an alternative form of oral iron to provide an equivalent amount of elemental iron as FeSO4. 7H2O 300 mg tid.

Molecular wt or atomic weight are:

Ferrous gluconate (FeC12H22O14) = 446

Ferrous sulphate heptahydrate (FeSO4.7H2O) = 277

Iron (Fe) = 55.8

The equivalent iron dosage to be administered daily as the gluconate salt would be approximately what?

A- 900 mg B- 1440 mg C- 1542 mg D- 180 mg

Ans: B

Working:

300 mg x 3 = 900 mg daily dose

900 mg / 272.9 = 3.23 mole of FeSO4. 7H2O

3.32 = x/ 446

x = 1440 g