Med Tech Test- Study Guide Questions
with multichoice Answers 2023
Mr. Jones, a resident of an assisted living community, is going to visit his family for the week. the
proper way to prepare Mr. Jones' prescription medications to take with him would be to:
A. Remove the amount of medications needed for the week from the resident's supply of
medication, place the medications in a labeled containers and document the medications sent on
the appropriate facility form
B. Send the medications in containers that have been filled and labeled by a pharmacist and
document the medications sent on the appropriate facility form -
✅B. Send the medications in containers that have been filled and labeled by a pharmacist and
document the medications sent on the appropriate facility form
The resident's physician or prescribing practitioner is to be contacted about the resident's medication
orders whenever:
A. the resident requests that medications be administered and there is no physician order for the
medications
B. When the medication orders and discharge summary do not match
C. If a medication order is incomplete or unclear
D. All of the above -
, ✅D. All of the above
The facility is required to maintain or keep all medication orders for a resident:
A. In the resident's record in the facility
B. at the Pharmacy
C. in any type of notebook or record, as long as the order is in the facility
D. In the resident's room -
✅A. In the resident's record in the facility
The following statement about non-prescription (OTC) medications is FALSE
A. They may be kept in the original container with the manufacturer's label and expiration
date
B. They may be packaged and labeled by a pharmacist
C. They may be administered to a resident without a physician's order
D. They can produce unwanted effects -
✅C. They may be administered to a resident without a physician's order
Which of the following is TRUE when a certified medication aide in an assisted living community is pre-
pouring or preparing medications in advance:
A. Oral solid medications (tablets and capsules) for routine administration may be prepared within
24 hours
B. PRN medications may be prepared in advance
C. Medications may be crushed at the time medications are pre-poured or prepared in advance
D. None of the above -
✅D. None of the above
You have to document on MAR when a medication is:
A. Administered
B. Refused
C. Omitted
D. All of the above -
✅D. All of the above
In order for a medication to be administered you must always have:
A. permission from the family
B. A drug handout of information from the pharmacist
C. A physician's order
D. All of the above -
✅C. A physician's order
"As needed" (PRN) medications must be administered according to:
A. The facility's administration time schedule for medications
B. The resident's choice of time and frequency
C. The reason and frequency of administration specified in the physician's order
with multichoice Answers 2023
Mr. Jones, a resident of an assisted living community, is going to visit his family for the week. the
proper way to prepare Mr. Jones' prescription medications to take with him would be to:
A. Remove the amount of medications needed for the week from the resident's supply of
medication, place the medications in a labeled containers and document the medications sent on
the appropriate facility form
B. Send the medications in containers that have been filled and labeled by a pharmacist and
document the medications sent on the appropriate facility form -
✅B. Send the medications in containers that have been filled and labeled by a pharmacist and
document the medications sent on the appropriate facility form
The resident's physician or prescribing practitioner is to be contacted about the resident's medication
orders whenever:
A. the resident requests that medications be administered and there is no physician order for the
medications
B. When the medication orders and discharge summary do not match
C. If a medication order is incomplete or unclear
D. All of the above -
, ✅D. All of the above
The facility is required to maintain or keep all medication orders for a resident:
A. In the resident's record in the facility
B. at the Pharmacy
C. in any type of notebook or record, as long as the order is in the facility
D. In the resident's room -
✅A. In the resident's record in the facility
The following statement about non-prescription (OTC) medications is FALSE
A. They may be kept in the original container with the manufacturer's label and expiration
date
B. They may be packaged and labeled by a pharmacist
C. They may be administered to a resident without a physician's order
D. They can produce unwanted effects -
✅C. They may be administered to a resident without a physician's order
Which of the following is TRUE when a certified medication aide in an assisted living community is pre-
pouring or preparing medications in advance:
A. Oral solid medications (tablets and capsules) for routine administration may be prepared within
24 hours
B. PRN medications may be prepared in advance
C. Medications may be crushed at the time medications are pre-poured or prepared in advance
D. None of the above -
✅D. None of the above
You have to document on MAR when a medication is:
A. Administered
B. Refused
C. Omitted
D. All of the above -
✅D. All of the above
In order for a medication to be administered you must always have:
A. permission from the family
B. A drug handout of information from the pharmacist
C. A physician's order
D. All of the above -
✅C. A physician's order
"As needed" (PRN) medications must be administered according to:
A. The facility's administration time schedule for medications
B. The resident's choice of time and frequency
C. The reason and frequency of administration specified in the physician's order
