PTCB TEST With Answers
A pharmacy receives the following prescription:
Suboxone 8 mg/2 mg SL film # 60
Sig: 2 films SL once a day
How should this medication be used? - Under the tongue
What kind of lettering is encouraged by the FDA, ISMP, and TJC to help distinguish
look-alike/ Sound-alike drugs from one another and avoid medication errors? - Tall Man
A patient rushes to the pharmacy with an order written for digoxin 0.25 mg PO STAT,
but the pharmacist has stepped out of the pharmacy to recommend an OTC medication.
In this situation, the pharmacy technician should? - page the pharmacist to come back
to dispense the digoxin.
The SDS provides safety information for? - dealing with exposure to a hazardous drug
A physician writes a prescription for "lactulose syrup 1 tbsp PO b.i.d. " What volume, in
ml, should the patient take per day? - 30
A pharmacy receives the following prescription:
Ciprofloxacin 0.3 % solution
#1 bottle
Sig: 1-2 drops OS q2h while awake for 2 days then 1-2
drops q4h while awake for the next 5 days
Where is the patient instructed to use the medication? - Left eye
What quantity, in mL, of 3 % acetic acid must be mixed with 15% acetic acid to give
2500 mL of 10 % acetic acid? - 1040
Which of the following references would provide a pharmacy technician with information
about identifying foreign drugs? - Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference
An example of a drug-disease interaction is? - digoxin-diabetes
A reverse distributor for pharmaceuticals? - removes and disposes of pharmaceutical
waste
A physician orders phenobarbital elixir 60 mg for a patient. The drug is available in a 20
mg/ 5mL concentration. How many teaspoonfuls should be given for each dose? - 3
Which of the following antibiotic products may cause a cross-sensitivity reaction in
patients who are allergic to penicillin? - Augmentin
, In accordance with USP, when a pharmacy technician is unpacking a shipment order
that may contain cytotoxic agents, which of the following should be worn as a minimum
precaution? - Gloves
When medication is repackaged, a record is kept for? - recall and quality assurance
Which of the following medications would require extra security if placed in a point-of-
care automated dispensing unit? - Hydromorphone 2 mg ampules
A prescriber writes a prescription for "XCIX tablets." How many tablets did the
prescriber order? - 99
Upon obtaining initial patient information, the pharmacy technician should? - document
known allergies
Which of the following is the best strategy for reducing the possibility of dispensing
errors when utilizing narcotics in nursing wards? - Limit the opiates available on floor
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A pharmacy technician is entering a prescription when a warning message appears that
read, "Contraindicated in patients with sulfa sensitivity." Which part of the patient profile
should be reviewed? - Medication allergies
When submitting a claim to Medicare for Zostavax administration, which professional
service code should be sent for appropriate reimbursement to occur? - 1C
How many 250 mg tablets of metronidazole are needed to make 150 mL of suspension
containing 100 mg/mL? - 60
An important step that helps ensure that prescriptions are filled for and dispensed to the
correct patient is? - patient identification
A vial of medication shows the manufacturer's expiration date a November 2020. The
last date on which this medication may be used is? - November 30, 2020
A pharmacy has established product inventory maintenance levels. There are two
bottles containing 100 capsules of Prozac 20 mg on the shelf. A new prescription for 60
capsules has been presented by a patient who will return tomorrow. If the inventory
maintenance level for Prozac 20 mg is 5 bottles of 100 capsules each, how many 100
capsule bottles should be ordered for tomorrow's delivery? - 4
Medicare Part D requires a patient to have which of the following to be eligible? -
Medicare Parts A and/ or B
A pharmacy technician receives the following order.
Synalar crm 0.01% 30g
A pharmacy receives the following prescription:
Suboxone 8 mg/2 mg SL film # 60
Sig: 2 films SL once a day
How should this medication be used? - Under the tongue
What kind of lettering is encouraged by the FDA, ISMP, and TJC to help distinguish
look-alike/ Sound-alike drugs from one another and avoid medication errors? - Tall Man
A patient rushes to the pharmacy with an order written for digoxin 0.25 mg PO STAT,
but the pharmacist has stepped out of the pharmacy to recommend an OTC medication.
In this situation, the pharmacy technician should? - page the pharmacist to come back
to dispense the digoxin.
The SDS provides safety information for? - dealing with exposure to a hazardous drug
A physician writes a prescription for "lactulose syrup 1 tbsp PO b.i.d. " What volume, in
ml, should the patient take per day? - 30
A pharmacy receives the following prescription:
Ciprofloxacin 0.3 % solution
#1 bottle
Sig: 1-2 drops OS q2h while awake for 2 days then 1-2
drops q4h while awake for the next 5 days
Where is the patient instructed to use the medication? - Left eye
What quantity, in mL, of 3 % acetic acid must be mixed with 15% acetic acid to give
2500 mL of 10 % acetic acid? - 1040
Which of the following references would provide a pharmacy technician with information
about identifying foreign drugs? - Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference
An example of a drug-disease interaction is? - digoxin-diabetes
A reverse distributor for pharmaceuticals? - removes and disposes of pharmaceutical
waste
A physician orders phenobarbital elixir 60 mg for a patient. The drug is available in a 20
mg/ 5mL concentration. How many teaspoonfuls should be given for each dose? - 3
Which of the following antibiotic products may cause a cross-sensitivity reaction in
patients who are allergic to penicillin? - Augmentin
, In accordance with USP, when a pharmacy technician is unpacking a shipment order
that may contain cytotoxic agents, which of the following should be worn as a minimum
precaution? - Gloves
When medication is repackaged, a record is kept for? - recall and quality assurance
Which of the following medications would require extra security if placed in a point-of-
care automated dispensing unit? - Hydromorphone 2 mg ampules
A prescriber writes a prescription for "XCIX tablets." How many tablets did the
prescriber order? - 99
Upon obtaining initial patient information, the pharmacy technician should? - document
known allergies
Which of the following is the best strategy for reducing the possibility of dispensing
errors when utilizing narcotics in nursing wards? - Limit the opiates available on floor
stock
A pharmacy technician is entering a prescription when a warning message appears that
read, "Contraindicated in patients with sulfa sensitivity." Which part of the patient profile
should be reviewed? - Medication allergies
When submitting a claim to Medicare for Zostavax administration, which professional
service code should be sent for appropriate reimbursement to occur? - 1C
How many 250 mg tablets of metronidazole are needed to make 150 mL of suspension
containing 100 mg/mL? - 60
An important step that helps ensure that prescriptions are filled for and dispensed to the
correct patient is? - patient identification
A vial of medication shows the manufacturer's expiration date a November 2020. The
last date on which this medication may be used is? - November 30, 2020
A pharmacy has established product inventory maintenance levels. There are two
bottles containing 100 capsules of Prozac 20 mg on the shelf. A new prescription for 60
capsules has been presented by a patient who will return tomorrow. If the inventory
maintenance level for Prozac 20 mg is 5 bottles of 100 capsules each, how many 100
capsule bottles should be ordered for tomorrow's delivery? - 4
Medicare Part D requires a patient to have which of the following to be eligible? -
Medicare Parts A and/ or B
A pharmacy technician receives the following order.
Synalar crm 0.01% 30g
