Giant Eagle Pharmacy Tech Qualification
Exam ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
- After which drugs should you clean your tray? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Penicillin, methotrexate, tamoxifen, finasteride,
and sulfa drugs
Law requires all drugs to have safety caps except? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Pt request, Nitrostat, or if the medication is unit
dose (blister packs)
What drugs must be dispensed in original package? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Nitroglycerin tablets and Pradaxa
Auxiliary label: Metronidazole tablets - CORRECT ANSWERS
Do not drink alcoholic beverages with medication
Auxiliary label: Amiodarone - CORRECT ANSWERS No
grapefruit or grapefruit juice
Auxiliary Label - CORRECT ANSWERS Additional labels
placed on prescription packaging that provide supplementary
information, various warnings, routes of administrations, etc.
DUR - CORRECT ANSWERS drug utilization review - drug
interactions - requires review from pharmacists
,HIPAA - CORRECT ANSWERS Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act
passed in 1996 to ensure patient privacy of all protected health
information (PHI)
Elixir - CORRECT ANSWERS A clear liquid containing water
and/or alcohol; designed for oral use; usually has sweetener added
Solutions - CORRECT ANSWERS Liquid dosage forms with
all medication dissolved in one another (NO ALCOHOL)
Suspension - CORRECT ANSWERS A solid not dissolved in a
liquid and must be shaken before use
Transdermal - CORRECT ANSWERS A topical system
designed to release medication into the body through the skin (usually
used for extended release)
Co-pay - CORRECT ANSWERS the amount of money the
patient has to pay that the insurance company will not pay
Deductible - CORRECT ANSWERS The amount the patient
must pay before the insurer will cover additional medical expenses
, MAC - CORRECT ANSWERS the maximum allowable cost
that an insurer will pay per tablet or dispensing unit for a given
product (coverage gap)
Ohio law for selecting DAW on a script (so that brand name will be
dispensed) - CORRECT ANSWERS The designation must be
handwritten on a hard copy prescription, signature does not count
Biggest advantage of online billing - CORRECT ANSWERS
Getting a rejected claim immediately so it can be fixed before
dispensing the med to the pt
ad - CORRECT ANSWERS right ear
od - CORRECT ANSWERS right eye
as - CORRECT ANSWERS left ear
os - CORRECT ANSWERS left eye
UAD or UD - CORRECT ANSWERS As directed
ung - CORRECT ANSWERS ointment
Compounding (2) - CORRECT ANSWERS Conversion of one
dose to another, distilled water to a order to make a liquid
Exam ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
- After which drugs should you clean your tray? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Penicillin, methotrexate, tamoxifen, finasteride,
and sulfa drugs
Law requires all drugs to have safety caps except? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Pt request, Nitrostat, or if the medication is unit
dose (blister packs)
What drugs must be dispensed in original package? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Nitroglycerin tablets and Pradaxa
Auxiliary label: Metronidazole tablets - CORRECT ANSWERS
Do not drink alcoholic beverages with medication
Auxiliary label: Amiodarone - CORRECT ANSWERS No
grapefruit or grapefruit juice
Auxiliary Label - CORRECT ANSWERS Additional labels
placed on prescription packaging that provide supplementary
information, various warnings, routes of administrations, etc.
DUR - CORRECT ANSWERS drug utilization review - drug
interactions - requires review from pharmacists
,HIPAA - CORRECT ANSWERS Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act
passed in 1996 to ensure patient privacy of all protected health
information (PHI)
Elixir - CORRECT ANSWERS A clear liquid containing water
and/or alcohol; designed for oral use; usually has sweetener added
Solutions - CORRECT ANSWERS Liquid dosage forms with
all medication dissolved in one another (NO ALCOHOL)
Suspension - CORRECT ANSWERS A solid not dissolved in a
liquid and must be shaken before use
Transdermal - CORRECT ANSWERS A topical system
designed to release medication into the body through the skin (usually
used for extended release)
Co-pay - CORRECT ANSWERS the amount of money the
patient has to pay that the insurance company will not pay
Deductible - CORRECT ANSWERS The amount the patient
must pay before the insurer will cover additional medical expenses
, MAC - CORRECT ANSWERS the maximum allowable cost
that an insurer will pay per tablet or dispensing unit for a given
product (coverage gap)
Ohio law for selecting DAW on a script (so that brand name will be
dispensed) - CORRECT ANSWERS The designation must be
handwritten on a hard copy prescription, signature does not count
Biggest advantage of online billing - CORRECT ANSWERS
Getting a rejected claim immediately so it can be fixed before
dispensing the med to the pt
ad - CORRECT ANSWERS right ear
od - CORRECT ANSWERS right eye
as - CORRECT ANSWERS left ear
os - CORRECT ANSWERS left eye
UAD or UD - CORRECT ANSWERS As directed
ung - CORRECT ANSWERS ointment
Compounding (2) - CORRECT ANSWERS Conversion of one
dose to another, distilled water to a order to make a liquid
