ExCPT practice test
What does Medicare Part A cover? - correct answer-hospital and facility costs
(shared hospital room, meals and nurse care) and can also help cover the
cost of hospice, home health care, and skilled nursing facilities
What does Medicare Part B cover? - correct answer-the care that happens
outside of a hospital (doctor visits, outpatient procedures, and some
preventative care like flu shots)
What does Medicare Part C cover? - correct answer-only available through
private health insurance companies. called "medicare advantage plans"
What does medicare part D cover? - correct answer-only available through
private health insurance companies. cover commonly used brand-name and
generic drugs
A pharmacy technician is preparing to fill a prescription for a medication that
indicates an NDC code of 0085-3829-88. What set of numbers in the NDC
code represent the medication's active ingredient and dosage form? - correct
answer-3829
A pharmacy technician is preparing unit-dose packages. Which of the
following should the technician identify as the maximum length of time that a
medication is good for after it has been repackaged? - correct answer-12
months
A pharmacy tecnician in a hospital setting receives a bottle of a partially used
medication that a patient's prescriber has discontinued. What action should
the technician take? - correct answer-The technician should set aside the
medication in a secure location to await disposal.
According to HIPPA privacy rules, what is a requirement regarding patients'
acknowledgement signatures? - correct answer-the technician should identify
that acknowledgement signatures must be maintained separately from the
patient consultation log.
True or false, the prescriber's address is a basic element of a prescription -
correct answer-true
, What axillary label should a pharmacy tech place on a prescription for
amoxicillin suspension (Amoxil)? - correct answer-shake well before use
what color ink should a prescription be written in? - correct answer-standard
black ink
what organization should be contacted if a pharmacy tech receives a delivery
of medications that appear to be counterfeit (according to the Drug Supply
Chain Security Act)? - correct answer-FDA (contact within 24 hr if a med
appears to be counterfeit)
a pharmacy tech realizes a chemotherapy med was administered to a pt via
the wrong route of administration. What action should the tech take? - correct
answer-notify the facility's medication safety committee of the error.
A pharmacy tech compounded an IV solution and later noticed the formulation
of a precipitate. What should the technician identify as a factor that causes
this incompatibility? - correct answer-temperature
What is the minimum age that the CDC recommends getting a seasonal flu
vaccine? - correct answer-6 months
A pharmacy tech is preparing to compound 1 g ampicillin (principen) and does
not know how much diluent to use. In what location can the tech find
information about how much diluent they should use? - correct
answer-Product Package Insert
Two medications that are therapeutic equivalents have what feature that is the
same? - correct answer-"A" rated pharmaceutical equivalents
A pharm tech is scanning a bar code on a medication bottle. What information
should the tech expect the bar code to include? - correct answer-dosage form,
strength, and name of medication
PAR represents what inventory control system? - correct answer-Periodic
Automatic Replenishment-- which ensures that a consistent supply of
medications are kept on hand on medical facility floors
What does Medicare Part A cover? - correct answer-hospital and facility costs
(shared hospital room, meals and nurse care) and can also help cover the
cost of hospice, home health care, and skilled nursing facilities
What does Medicare Part B cover? - correct answer-the care that happens
outside of a hospital (doctor visits, outpatient procedures, and some
preventative care like flu shots)
What does Medicare Part C cover? - correct answer-only available through
private health insurance companies. called "medicare advantage plans"
What does medicare part D cover? - correct answer-only available through
private health insurance companies. cover commonly used brand-name and
generic drugs
A pharmacy technician is preparing to fill a prescription for a medication that
indicates an NDC code of 0085-3829-88. What set of numbers in the NDC
code represent the medication's active ingredient and dosage form? - correct
answer-3829
A pharmacy technician is preparing unit-dose packages. Which of the
following should the technician identify as the maximum length of time that a
medication is good for after it has been repackaged? - correct answer-12
months
A pharmacy tecnician in a hospital setting receives a bottle of a partially used
medication that a patient's prescriber has discontinued. What action should
the technician take? - correct answer-The technician should set aside the
medication in a secure location to await disposal.
According to HIPPA privacy rules, what is a requirement regarding patients'
acknowledgement signatures? - correct answer-the technician should identify
that acknowledgement signatures must be maintained separately from the
patient consultation log.
True or false, the prescriber's address is a basic element of a prescription -
correct answer-true
, What axillary label should a pharmacy tech place on a prescription for
amoxicillin suspension (Amoxil)? - correct answer-shake well before use
what color ink should a prescription be written in? - correct answer-standard
black ink
what organization should be contacted if a pharmacy tech receives a delivery
of medications that appear to be counterfeit (according to the Drug Supply
Chain Security Act)? - correct answer-FDA (contact within 24 hr if a med
appears to be counterfeit)
a pharmacy tech realizes a chemotherapy med was administered to a pt via
the wrong route of administration. What action should the tech take? - correct
answer-notify the facility's medication safety committee of the error.
A pharmacy tech compounded an IV solution and later noticed the formulation
of a precipitate. What should the technician identify as a factor that causes
this incompatibility? - correct answer-temperature
What is the minimum age that the CDC recommends getting a seasonal flu
vaccine? - correct answer-6 months
A pharmacy tech is preparing to compound 1 g ampicillin (principen) and does
not know how much diluent to use. In what location can the tech find
information about how much diluent they should use? - correct
answer-Product Package Insert
Two medications that are therapeutic equivalents have what feature that is the
same? - correct answer-"A" rated pharmaceutical equivalents
A pharm tech is scanning a bar code on a medication bottle. What information
should the tech expect the bar code to include? - correct answer-dosage form,
strength, and name of medication
PAR represents what inventory control system? - correct answer-Periodic
Automatic Replenishment-- which ensures that a consistent supply of
medications are kept on hand on medical facility floors
