MTM reading practice questions and answers 2026

MTM reading practice questions

Which of the following is a cost attributable to a particular?
Medication therapy management (MTM) service
That increases in direct proportion to service
Volume?
a. Indirect fixed cost
b. Direct fixed cost
c. Indirect variable cost
d. Direct variable cost
e. Marginal opportunity cost – answer D. Direct variable cost

Which of the following is not a cost of delivering MTM?
services to patients?
a. Salary, wages, and benefits of service personnel
b. Materials and supplies consumed
c. Cost of specialized equipment used
d. Indirect and overhead costs
e. Profit - answerE. Profit

Which of the following is a cost attributable to a particular?
service that does not vary in proportion to
service volume?
a. Indirect fixed cost
b. Direct fixed cost
c. Indirect variable cost
d. Direct variable cost
e. Marginal opportunity cost - answerb. Direct fixed cost

In calculating the cost of delivering an MTM service
from a typical community pharmacy, personnel time
is most appropriately considered:
a. An indirect fixed cost.
b. A direct fixed cost.
c. An indirect variable cost.
d. A direct variable cost.
e. A marginal opportunity cost. - answerd. A direct variable cost.

A pharmacist who compares the cost of delivering
an MTM service to previous calculations of the same
service in the same pharmacy is using:
a. Trend analysis, an internal standard.
b. Benchmarking, an internal standard.