Prepare for the NHA ExCPT Pharmacy Technician certification exam with these practice questions and answers. This guide covers medication knowledge, pharmacy calculations, pharmacy law, and operations.
Q: According to the federal law when transferrin a c-II prescription between pharmacies, what should a pharmacy complete and retain?
Answer: a DEA form 222
Q: What is indicated by the NDC number
Answer: The manufacturer
Q: Medications that should be refrigerated should be stored between
Answer: 36 degrees F to 46 degrees F
Q: According to the federal law if am emergency prescription is received by the telephone schedule II medication, the prescriber must provide a written, signed prescription within what time period
Answer: 7 days
Q: Two medications that are therapeutic equivalent have the same
Answer: “A” rated products that are pharmaceutical equivalents
Q: A physicians orders an adult patient to receive 80 m Eq/L pf potassium over 3 hr. What will the be the flow rate in mL/hr if 80 mEq/mL solutions was dispensed
Answer: 167
Q: what function can be performed by a pharmacy tech.
Answer: obtain a patient health history
Q: what liquid dosage forms are concentrated solutions of sucrose in water
Answer: syrups
Q: Regarding the prescription below, how many days should supplies should be dispensedRx: Proventil qidDisp:8oz.
Answer: 6 days
Q: According to the federal combat methamphetamine epidemic Act of 2005, what is the maximum amount of pseudoephedrine that an individual may obtain in a given day?
Answer: 3.6g
Q: which of the following OTC medications is most likely to increase a patient risk od GI bleedings
Answer: Motrin
Q: A common dosing for Biaxin for a child is as follows: m/kg/day po divieded into two doses with each given q12h. If a physician prescribes Biaxin 250 mg po bid for a 44 lb child. what would you dose and what soul a pharmacy tech do?
Answer: the doing is to high: alert the pharmacist
Q: what routes of administration is subject to the greatest first-pass metabolism effect?
Answer: oral
Q: what conditions is lansoprazole prescribed
Answer: GERD
Q: when a physician prescribes a brand-name medication and a generic is available, what must be indicated on the prescription to assure the brand will be dispensed
Answer: DAW
Q: When repacking medication from a stock container to a unit-dose package, what information must be recorded by a pharmacy technician?
Answer: the lot number of the medication
Q: Which of the following medication is used for the treatment of an acute asthma attack?
Answer: albuterol
Q: which of the following is exempt from child-resistant safety closure packaging requirements?
Answer: SL nitroglycerin
Q: when a managed care plan cover 80% of a prescription cost and the patient pays the remaining 20%, this arrangement is known as a?
Answer: coinsurance
Q: Which of the following is an antitussive?
Answer: dextromethorphan
Q: which of the following is the generic name for Ambien
Answer: zolpidem
Q: A pharmacy technician receives an order for Nitrostat 0.4 mg 1t5L prn. the label should instruct the patient to ?
Answer: place the tablet under the tongue
Q: which of the following amount of sodium chloride is needed to make a 120 mL solution istonic
Answer: 1.08g
Q: What volume is equivalent to 45 mL
Answer: 3 tbsp
Q: what is typically used in a compounding pharmacy to crush tablets
Answer: Mortar and pestle
Q: what s the abbreviation for APAP
Answer: acetaminophen
Q: According to the federal law what is true regarding pharmacy department security
Answer: all entrance and exit doors to the pharmacy department must be locked
Q: what is required on labels prepared for compounded sterile productions
Answer: expirations date and time
Q: 1 tsp qid pc prn allergy
Answer: 1 teaspoon 4 times daily after meals as needed for allergy
Q: Rx: cefaclor oral suspension 187 mg/5mLsig: 1 tsp biddisp100mL
Answer: 3.74
Q: A formula for 1L of liquid pharmaceutical calls for .25g of methylparaben, a preservative. which of the following amounts of this preservative are needed to make 1 pin of all the liquid?
Answer: 120mg
Q: what is an example of a solid dosage form?
Answer: effervescent tablets
Q: what information must be recorded on a hard cops of a prescription for a schedule II controlled substance ?
Answer: The patient’s address
Q: what prescriptions labels corresponds with the medication order below?sig: I tab q day AM HBP
Answer: take one table by mouth once daily in the morning for high blood pressure