CPJE Practice Exam: Realistic Questions for
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A pharmacy student is participating in a local health fair by staffing a booth to educate patients on
alcohol awareness. Which statement is MOST appropriate for the pharmacy student to say?
Alcohol can cause a vitamin B1 deficiency. If untreated, this can lead to memory loss.
Which drug needs the following warning on the prescription label:
"Caution: Federal law prohibits the transfer of this drug to any person other than the patient for
whom it was prescribed."?
Vyvanse
A pharmacist is implementing an intravenous to oral conversion protocol at his hospital. Which of the
following medications has a 1:1
IV to PO conversion ratio?
1. Linezolid
2. Levothyroxine
3. Levofloxacin
4. Hydromorphone
1 and 3 only
A patient has become infected with hepatitis C during a recent stay at the local hospital. Which of the
following measures would help reduce the spread of infectious diseases?
Change from multi-use insulin vials to patient-specific
insulin pens.
A patient on dialysis was prescribed Procrit. At the time of initiation, the patient had the following
labs: Hgb 9 g/dL, TSAT 12%, ferritin 70 ng/mL, transferrin 100 mg/dL. Despite the Procrit, the patient
continued to feel weak. The information technology team will program an order entry system alert to
ensure appropriate use of erythropoietin-stimulating agents in patients with end-stage renal disease.
Erythropoietin use should be permitted only when this requirement is met:
, The TSAT and ferritin levels are within acceptable ranges.
A hospital's Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee decides to retain atorvastatin 40-80 mg daily as
the high-intensity statin of choice and remove the other high-intensity statin from the formulary.
Which of the following statins should be removed?
Rosuvastatin 20-40 mg daily
Zosyn, dosed per pharmacy protocol, is ordered for a 60-year-old female patient (height 5'6", weight
160 pounds) who has developed a severe diabetic foot infection. Her labs include BUN 25 mg/dL and
SCr 1.9 mg/dL. Choose the correct dosing regimen based on the renal dosage adjustments from the
package labeling below
CrCI (mL/min) Dose adjustment
> 50: 3.375 g IV Q6H
20 - 49: 2.25 g IV Q6H
< 20: 2.25 g IV Q8H
Hemodialysis: 2.25 g IV Q12H
2.25 g IV Q6H
A patient comes to the pharmacy with a prescription that says: Maxzide 1 tablet @ daily #30. The
pharmacist leaves a voicemail with the prescriber's office to request a dose clarification. The nurse
calls back and tells the pharmacy technician that the dose should be triamterene 50
mg/hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg Q daily. Which of the following is the MOST appropriate action of the
technician?
Fill the prescription once the pharmacist clarifies the order with thephysician's office.
A pharmacy technician comes to the pharmacy appearing sluggish and disoriented for a few days in a
row. The pharmacist suspects that the technician has been using drugs illicitly and is impaired at work.
The pharmacist's best course of action is to:
Report the technician to the California Board of Pharmacy.
The pharmacy technician is preparing one dose of a vancomycin IV admixture according to the
following procedure:
Equipment: Laminar airflow workbench located in an ISO 7 cleanroom with an ISO 8 ante area
Check expiration dates of individual components before proceeding.
Reconstitute the 500 mg vial with 10 mL of SWFI.
Inspect the vial to ensure that the medication has distributed uniformly.
Draw up the vial contents with a syringe and inject into an IV container of 250 mL 5% dextrose
injection or 0.9% sodium chloride injection.
Inspect to ensure no leakage or particulates are present.
Apply IV container label.
According to USP 797, which of the following is the longest beyond-use date that could be placed on
the IV admixture if it is stored in the refrigerator?
60 days
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A pharmacy student is participating in a local health fair by staffing a booth to educate patients on
alcohol awareness. Which statement is MOST appropriate for the pharmacy student to say?
Alcohol can cause a vitamin B1 deficiency. If untreated, this can lead to memory loss.
Which drug needs the following warning on the prescription label:
"Caution: Federal law prohibits the transfer of this drug to any person other than the patient for
whom it was prescribed."?
Vyvanse
A pharmacist is implementing an intravenous to oral conversion protocol at his hospital. Which of the
following medications has a 1:1
IV to PO conversion ratio?
1. Linezolid
2. Levothyroxine
3. Levofloxacin
4. Hydromorphone
1 and 3 only
A patient has become infected with hepatitis C during a recent stay at the local hospital. Which of the
following measures would help reduce the spread of infectious diseases?
Change from multi-use insulin vials to patient-specific
insulin pens.
A patient on dialysis was prescribed Procrit. At the time of initiation, the patient had the following
labs: Hgb 9 g/dL, TSAT 12%, ferritin 70 ng/mL, transferrin 100 mg/dL. Despite the Procrit, the patient
continued to feel weak. The information technology team will program an order entry system alert to
ensure appropriate use of erythropoietin-stimulating agents in patients with end-stage renal disease.
Erythropoietin use should be permitted only when this requirement is met:
, The TSAT and ferritin levels are within acceptable ranges.
A hospital's Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee decides to retain atorvastatin 40-80 mg daily as
the high-intensity statin of choice and remove the other high-intensity statin from the formulary.
Which of the following statins should be removed?
Rosuvastatin 20-40 mg daily
Zosyn, dosed per pharmacy protocol, is ordered for a 60-year-old female patient (height 5'6", weight
160 pounds) who has developed a severe diabetic foot infection. Her labs include BUN 25 mg/dL and
SCr 1.9 mg/dL. Choose the correct dosing regimen based on the renal dosage adjustments from the
package labeling below
CrCI (mL/min) Dose adjustment
> 50: 3.375 g IV Q6H
20 - 49: 2.25 g IV Q6H
< 20: 2.25 g IV Q8H
Hemodialysis: 2.25 g IV Q12H
2.25 g IV Q6H
A patient comes to the pharmacy with a prescription that says: Maxzide 1 tablet @ daily #30. The
pharmacist leaves a voicemail with the prescriber's office to request a dose clarification. The nurse
calls back and tells the pharmacy technician that the dose should be triamterene 50
mg/hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg Q daily. Which of the following is the MOST appropriate action of the
technician?
Fill the prescription once the pharmacist clarifies the order with thephysician's office.
A pharmacy technician comes to the pharmacy appearing sluggish and disoriented for a few days in a
row. The pharmacist suspects that the technician has been using drugs illicitly and is impaired at work.
The pharmacist's best course of action is to:
Report the technician to the California Board of Pharmacy.
The pharmacy technician is preparing one dose of a vancomycin IV admixture according to the
following procedure:
Equipment: Laminar airflow workbench located in an ISO 7 cleanroom with an ISO 8 ante area
Check expiration dates of individual components before proceeding.
Reconstitute the 500 mg vial with 10 mL of SWFI.
Inspect the vial to ensure that the medication has distributed uniformly.
Draw up the vial contents with a syringe and inject into an IV container of 250 mL 5% dextrose
injection or 0.9% sodium chloride injection.
Inspect to ensure no leakage or particulates are present.
Apply IV container label.
According to USP 797, which of the following is the longest beyond-use date that could be placed on
the IV admixture if it is stored in the refrigerator?
60 days
