Patient Safety and Quality Assurance
Practice Test for the PTCB Pharmacy
Technician Certification Exam Questions
and Answers.
What is the term for "any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate
medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the healthcare
professional, patient, or consumer"?
performance deficit
prescription drug abuse
knowledge deficit
medication error -
\medication error
To avoid transcription errors in the pharmacy, which of these procedures is
recommended?
Require indications for all high-risk drugs.
Always include a zero after a decimal point.
Require an independent dose double check.
Repeat back all phone orders before hanging up. -
\Repeat back all phone orders before hanging up
Which of these is an example of unintentional medication misuse?
The patient uses his rescue asthma inhaler multiple times per day when the drug is only
indicated for emergent shortness of breath.
The patient takes a benzodiazepine three times a day every day instead of just "as
needed" before flying.
The patient takes his opioid pain medication after it is no longer needed.
The patient uses someone else's prescription to self-medicate. -
\The patient uses his rescue asthma inhaler multiple times per day when the drug is
only indicated for emergent shortness of breath.
What organization is the authority on high-alert medications across different healthcare
settings?
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration Center for Behavioral Health
Statistics and Quality
Institute for Safe Medication Practices
Food and Drug Administration
Drug Enforcement Administration -
\Institute for Safe Medication Practices
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices identifies high-alert medications and
strategies to reduce errors and minimize harm. They are also responsible for
, maintaining lists of common look-alike/sound-alike drugs, error-prone abbreviations,
and medications to avoid crushing.
What is the term used to describe "drugs that can cause significant and considerable
harm when used in error"?
drug-drug interactions
adverse drug events
prescription drug abuse
high-alert medications -
\high-alert medications
High-alert medications are defined by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices as
"drugs that can cause significant and considerable harm when used in error."
Tall man lettering may be most appropriate for which pair of look-alike/sound-alike
drugs?
metoprolol/omeprazole
digoxin/warfarin
ritonavir/rapaglinide
hydralazine/hydroxyzine -
\hydralazine/hydroxyzine
Which of these scenarios represents a potential prescriber error?
bypass of bar-coded medication administration system
illegible handwriting
use of floor stock instead of unit dose medications
borrowed medications from another patient -
\illegible handwriting
Which of these medication orders is most appropriate to use?
Take one tablet by mouth daily.
1 tab per os qd.
Tk 1 tab PO QD.
Take one tab qd. -
\Take one tablet by mouth daily.
Which of these includes a trailing zero?
0.5
5.2
500
5.0 -
\5.0
For whole numbers, trailing zeros (e.g., 5.0) should be avoided because it could result
in a 10-fold increase in the dose if the period is mistakenly overlooked. Instead, this
should have been written simply as "5." The other options are examples of appropriate
use of zeros and/or decimal points.
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Practice Test for the PTCB Pharmacy
Technician Certification Exam Questions
and Answers.
What is the term for "any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate
medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the healthcare
professional, patient, or consumer"?
performance deficit
prescription drug abuse
knowledge deficit
medication error -
\medication error
To avoid transcription errors in the pharmacy, which of these procedures is
recommended?
Require indications for all high-risk drugs.
Always include a zero after a decimal point.
Require an independent dose double check.
Repeat back all phone orders before hanging up. -
\Repeat back all phone orders before hanging up
Which of these is an example of unintentional medication misuse?
The patient uses his rescue asthma inhaler multiple times per day when the drug is only
indicated for emergent shortness of breath.
The patient takes a benzodiazepine three times a day every day instead of just "as
needed" before flying.
The patient takes his opioid pain medication after it is no longer needed.
The patient uses someone else's prescription to self-medicate. -
\The patient uses his rescue asthma inhaler multiple times per day when the drug is
only indicated for emergent shortness of breath.
What organization is the authority on high-alert medications across different healthcare
settings?
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration Center for Behavioral Health
Statistics and Quality
Institute for Safe Medication Practices
Food and Drug Administration
Drug Enforcement Administration -
\Institute for Safe Medication Practices
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices identifies high-alert medications and
strategies to reduce errors and minimize harm. They are also responsible for
, maintaining lists of common look-alike/sound-alike drugs, error-prone abbreviations,
and medications to avoid crushing.
What is the term used to describe "drugs that can cause significant and considerable
harm when used in error"?
drug-drug interactions
adverse drug events
prescription drug abuse
high-alert medications -
\high-alert medications
High-alert medications are defined by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices as
"drugs that can cause significant and considerable harm when used in error."
Tall man lettering may be most appropriate for which pair of look-alike/sound-alike
drugs?
metoprolol/omeprazole
digoxin/warfarin
ritonavir/rapaglinide
hydralazine/hydroxyzine -
\hydralazine/hydroxyzine
Which of these scenarios represents a potential prescriber error?
bypass of bar-coded medication administration system
illegible handwriting
use of floor stock instead of unit dose medications
borrowed medications from another patient -
\illegible handwriting
Which of these medication orders is most appropriate to use?
Take one tablet by mouth daily.
1 tab per os qd.
Tk 1 tab PO QD.
Take one tab qd. -
\Take one tablet by mouth daily.
Which of these includes a trailing zero?
0.5
5.2
500
5.0 -
\5.0
For whole numbers, trailing zeros (e.g., 5.0) should be avoided because it could result
in a 10-fold increase in the dose if the period is mistakenly overlooked. Instead, this
should have been written simply as "5." The other options are examples of appropriate
use of zeros and/or decimal points.
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