Pharmacy Technician Certification Test
Questions
Pharmacy Technician Ans: A person who helps liscensed pharmacists provide meds and other
health care products to paitents
Pharmacist Ans: A perspn who is educated & loscened to dispense drugs and to provide drug
info to patients and other health care providers
U.S. D.E.A. Ans: United States Drug Enforcement Administration -enforces federal laws &
regulations governing controlled substances
Schedule I Drugs Ans: Abuse potential- high abuse potential ( no medical use accepted)
No prescriptions allowed
Examples- heroin/LSD/mary jane/PCP/amphetamines
Schedule II Drugs Ans: Abuse potential- high/accepted medical use
Prescription required (no refills unless prescription written to renew)
Examples- Cocaine/codeine/amphetamine salts (adderall)/opium/morphine
Schedule III Drugs Ans: Abuse potential- moderate (medical usage)
Refills 5 times in a six month period
Examples- compounded drugs with small amounts of narcotics (other drugs with high potential
for abuse like tylenol or empirin with codeine tablets) and certain barbituratesk.
Schedule IV Drugs Ans: Potential abuse- low (medical usage)
Prescription required (5 refills in 6 month period)
Example- barbital/diazepam (Valium)
Schedule V Drugs Ans: Potential abuse- low abuse (medical usage)
Prescription- none but must 18 y.o. To buy
Acu- Ans: Abrupt, sudden (acute)
Adeno- Ans: Gland (adenoid)
Adipo- Ans: Fat (adipose)
Aero- Ans: Air (aerosol)
Alb- Ans: White (albumin)
Ambulo- Ans: Walk (ambulatory)
, Andro- Ans: Male (androgen)
Angio- Ans: Vessel (angiogram)
Arthr- Ans: Joint (arthritis)
Bucc/a- Ans: Inside of cheek (buccal)
Carcin/o- Ans: Crab,cancer (carcinogen)
Cardi- Ans: Heart (cardiology)
Cereb- Ans: Brain (cerebrum)
Chemo- Ans: Chemistry/chemical (chemotherapy)
Chol- Ans: Bile (cholangiogram)
Cyst- Ans: Urinary bladder (cystoscopy)
Cyt- Ans: Cell (cytology)
Dactyl- Ans: Finger (syndactylism)
Dermat- Ans: Skin (dermatologist)
Encephal- Ans: Brain (electroencephalogram
Erythro- Ans: Red (erythrocytes)
Gastr- Ans: Stomach (gastric acid)
Gluco- Ans: Sugar (glucose)
Hemo- Ans: Blood (hematoma)
Hepat- Ans: Liver (hepatoma)
Hydro- Ans: Water (hydrocephalus)
Lachry- Ans: Tear (lachrymal fluid)
Lacto- Ans: Milk ( lactose)
Lapar- Ans: Abdomen (laparoscope)
Questions
Pharmacy Technician Ans: A person who helps liscensed pharmacists provide meds and other
health care products to paitents
Pharmacist Ans: A perspn who is educated & loscened to dispense drugs and to provide drug
info to patients and other health care providers
U.S. D.E.A. Ans: United States Drug Enforcement Administration -enforces federal laws &
regulations governing controlled substances
Schedule I Drugs Ans: Abuse potential- high abuse potential ( no medical use accepted)
No prescriptions allowed
Examples- heroin/LSD/mary jane/PCP/amphetamines
Schedule II Drugs Ans: Abuse potential- high/accepted medical use
Prescription required (no refills unless prescription written to renew)
Examples- Cocaine/codeine/amphetamine salts (adderall)/opium/morphine
Schedule III Drugs Ans: Abuse potential- moderate (medical usage)
Refills 5 times in a six month period
Examples- compounded drugs with small amounts of narcotics (other drugs with high potential
for abuse like tylenol or empirin with codeine tablets) and certain barbituratesk.
Schedule IV Drugs Ans: Potential abuse- low (medical usage)
Prescription required (5 refills in 6 month period)
Example- barbital/diazepam (Valium)
Schedule V Drugs Ans: Potential abuse- low abuse (medical usage)
Prescription- none but must 18 y.o. To buy
Acu- Ans: Abrupt, sudden (acute)
Adeno- Ans: Gland (adenoid)
Adipo- Ans: Fat (adipose)
Aero- Ans: Air (aerosol)
Alb- Ans: White (albumin)
Ambulo- Ans: Walk (ambulatory)
, Andro- Ans: Male (androgen)
Angio- Ans: Vessel (angiogram)
Arthr- Ans: Joint (arthritis)
Bucc/a- Ans: Inside of cheek (buccal)
Carcin/o- Ans: Crab,cancer (carcinogen)
Cardi- Ans: Heart (cardiology)
Cereb- Ans: Brain (cerebrum)
Chemo- Ans: Chemistry/chemical (chemotherapy)
Chol- Ans: Bile (cholangiogram)
Cyst- Ans: Urinary bladder (cystoscopy)
Cyt- Ans: Cell (cytology)
Dactyl- Ans: Finger (syndactylism)
Dermat- Ans: Skin (dermatologist)
Encephal- Ans: Brain (electroencephalogram
Erythro- Ans: Red (erythrocytes)
Gastr- Ans: Stomach (gastric acid)
Gluco- Ans: Sugar (glucose)
Hemo- Ans: Blood (hematoma)
Hepat- Ans: Liver (hepatoma)
Hydro- Ans: Water (hydrocephalus)
Lachry- Ans: Tear (lachrymal fluid)
Lacto- Ans: Milk ( lactose)
Lapar- Ans: Abdomen (laparoscope)
