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Questions 1 to 20: Select the best answer to each question. Note that a question and its answers may be split across a page
break, so be sure that you have seen the entire question and all the answers before choosing an answer.
6. Healthcare has been around for many centuries. Those who practiced in ancient times were called
A. nurses.
B. healers.
C. physicians.
D. doctors.
7. Patients can usually phone in refill requests using a/an _______ system.
A. interactive voice response
B. robot delivery
C. automated dispensing
D. electronic prescribing
9. A _______ studies the actions and effects of drugs and often publishes the results of this research.
A. pharmacist.
B. pharmacy technician.
C. pharmacologist.
D. toxicologist.
12. To protect the public from distribution of unsafe drugs, the U.S. government passed several
amendments that restrict pharmacies from selling _______ drugs.
A. nasogastric and parenteral
B. liquid and refrigerated
C. cosmetic and dangerous
D. adulterated and misbranded
13. Pharmacy technicians certified through the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board need to complete
recertification every
A. two years.
B. six months.
C. year.
D. five years.
14. David has just been tasked with stocking a large order of drugs that was purchased by his retail
pharmacy to keep in inventory. They were probably delivered from a
A. mail order facility.
B. wholesaler.
C. health maintenance organization.
D. return goods specialty company.
16. While working as a pharmacy technician in a local community pharmacy, Susan receives a prescription
brought in by a customer. First, she must
A. get the retail bag ready.
B. prepare the label.
C. review the prescription.
D. count the tablets ordered.
17. Because of laws passed to protect the confidentiality of personal patient information, many pharmacies
have adopted the policy to
A. refer to patients by their first names only.
B. refer to patients by their last names only.
C. replace telephone calls with e-mail correspondence to eliminate speaking to patients out loud.
D. nod or gesture when a prescription is ready for pickup to avoid calling patients' names out loud.
18. To become a pharmacologist, a person needs to complete at least _______ years of schooling.
A. 8
B. 6
C. 4
D. 10
19. When a technician professionally greets a patient in a community pharmacy, the first thing he or she
should do is
A. introduce himself or herself to the patient.
B. ask if the patient has a new or refill prescription.
C. ask for the patient's insurance card.
20. Johanna is working in a hospital pharmacy handling unit-dose medications. Her hospital pharmacy uses
a large automated machine called a(n) _______ to dispense this type of medication.
A. Pharm.D.
B. NAPLEX
C. Pyxis
D. DME
End of exam