Pharmacy Tech PTCB Practice Questions-
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Which of the following is NOT a potential role of a pharmacy technician?
A)Preparing/compounding medications
B)Performing calculations & measurements
C)Collecting patient health, demographic, & financial information
D)Counseling patients on effects of a medication
E)Ordering medications & processing insurance claims for medications - Correct
Answer D
Which of the following is true of prescription medication?
A)Requires a physician order in the form of a prescription
B)Requires package labeling indicating that it is Rx only
C)Requires a pharmacist to review prescriptions for appropriateness
D)All of the above - Correct Answer D
What does the term pharmacodynamics describe?
A) The breakdown of the drug in the body
B) The absorption of the drug into the circulation
C) The actions of the body on the drug
D) The actions of the drug on the body - Correct Answer D
Which of the following is NOT true regarding OTC medications?
A)Must be labeled w/ appropriate instructions for self-use
B) Since they are available without medical supervision, pharmacist counseling is
unnecessary
C) They are generally used for conditions that the average person can self-identify
D) They can be purchased without a physician's prescription - Correct Answer B
,Which of the following is NOT a potential role of a pharmacy technician?
A)Preparing/compounding medications
B)Performing calculations & measurements
C)Collecting patient health demographic & financial information
D)Counseling patients on effects of a medication
E)Ordering medications & processing insurance claims for medications - Correct
Answer D
Which of the following is true of prescription medication?
A)Requires a physician order in the form of a prescription
B)Requires package labeling indicating that it is Rx only
C)Requires a pharmacist to review prescriptions for appropriateness
D)All of the above - Correct Answer D
What does the term pharmacodynamics describe?
A)The breakdown of the drug in the body
B)The absorption of the dug into the circulation
C)The actions of the body on the drug
D)The actions of the drug on the body - Correct Answer D
Which of the following is NOT true regarding OTC medications?
A)Must be labeled w/ appropriate instructions for self-use
B)Since they are available without medical supervision, pharmacist counseling is
unnecessary
C)They are generally used for conditions that the average person can self-identify
D)They can be purchased without a physician's prescription - Correct Answer B
Which term describes the amount of medication to be administered?
A)Frequency
B)Quantity
C)Route
D)Dose
E)Duration - Correct Answer D
Which term describes how often a medication should be administered?
A)Duration
, B)Route
C)Quantity
D)Dose
E)Frequency - Correct Answer E
Which of the following is NOT true regarding generic medication as an alternative
to name-brand medication?
A)Must be the same dosage form
B)Can always be substituted for the brand name
C)Must be bioequivalent
D)Must be the same active ingredient - Correct Answer B
Which term describes the breakdown of a drug in the body by various enzymes as
well as the transport of the drug across various membranes?
A)Elimination
B)Absorption
C)Metabolism - Correct Answer C
Which term describes the point in time that the concentration in blood has fallen
to 50% of the initial concentration after administration?
A)Half-life
B)Bioavailability
C)Volume of distribution
D)Metabolite - Correct Answer A
Which of the following is the intent of medication therapy?
A)Cure a disease
B)Control a disease/manage its symptoms
C)All of these answers can be true, but none of them are always true
D)Prevent disease from occurring - Correct Answer C
Which term describes how widely a drug is distributed throughout the body after
it enters circulation?
A)Volume of distribution
B)Metabolite
C)Bioavailability
D)Half-life - Correct Answer A
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Which of the following is NOT a potential role of a pharmacy technician?
A)Preparing/compounding medications
B)Performing calculations & measurements
C)Collecting patient health, demographic, & financial information
D)Counseling patients on effects of a medication
E)Ordering medications & processing insurance claims for medications - Correct
Answer D
Which of the following is true of prescription medication?
A)Requires a physician order in the form of a prescription
B)Requires package labeling indicating that it is Rx only
C)Requires a pharmacist to review prescriptions for appropriateness
D)All of the above - Correct Answer D
What does the term pharmacodynamics describe?
A) The breakdown of the drug in the body
B) The absorption of the drug into the circulation
C) The actions of the body on the drug
D) The actions of the drug on the body - Correct Answer D
Which of the following is NOT true regarding OTC medications?
A)Must be labeled w/ appropriate instructions for self-use
B) Since they are available without medical supervision, pharmacist counseling is
unnecessary
C) They are generally used for conditions that the average person can self-identify
D) They can be purchased without a physician's prescription - Correct Answer B
,Which of the following is NOT a potential role of a pharmacy technician?
A)Preparing/compounding medications
B)Performing calculations & measurements
C)Collecting patient health demographic & financial information
D)Counseling patients on effects of a medication
E)Ordering medications & processing insurance claims for medications - Correct
Answer D
Which of the following is true of prescription medication?
A)Requires a physician order in the form of a prescription
B)Requires package labeling indicating that it is Rx only
C)Requires a pharmacist to review prescriptions for appropriateness
D)All of the above - Correct Answer D
What does the term pharmacodynamics describe?
A)The breakdown of the drug in the body
B)The absorption of the dug into the circulation
C)The actions of the body on the drug
D)The actions of the drug on the body - Correct Answer D
Which of the following is NOT true regarding OTC medications?
A)Must be labeled w/ appropriate instructions for self-use
B)Since they are available without medical supervision, pharmacist counseling is
unnecessary
C)They are generally used for conditions that the average person can self-identify
D)They can be purchased without a physician's prescription - Correct Answer B
Which term describes the amount of medication to be administered?
A)Frequency
B)Quantity
C)Route
D)Dose
E)Duration - Correct Answer D
Which term describes how often a medication should be administered?
A)Duration
, B)Route
C)Quantity
D)Dose
E)Frequency - Correct Answer E
Which of the following is NOT true regarding generic medication as an alternative
to name-brand medication?
A)Must be the same dosage form
B)Can always be substituted for the brand name
C)Must be bioequivalent
D)Must be the same active ingredient - Correct Answer B
Which term describes the breakdown of a drug in the body by various enzymes as
well as the transport of the drug across various membranes?
A)Elimination
B)Absorption
C)Metabolism - Correct Answer C
Which term describes the point in time that the concentration in blood has fallen
to 50% of the initial concentration after administration?
A)Half-life
B)Bioavailability
C)Volume of distribution
D)Metabolite - Correct Answer A
Which of the following is the intent of medication therapy?
A)Cure a disease
B)Control a disease/manage its symptoms
C)All of these answers can be true, but none of them are always true
D)Prevent disease from occurring - Correct Answer C
Which term describes how widely a drug is distributed throughout the body after
it enters circulation?
A)Volume of distribution
B)Metabolite
C)Bioavailability
D)Half-life - Correct Answer A
