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Pharmacy Technician Exam: Measuring Systems and Conversions
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Pharmacy Technician Exam: Measuring Systems and Conversions
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1. If one fluid ounce of cough syrup contains ten grains of sodium citrate, how much sodium citrate (in milligrams) is contained in 5 mL?
2. FeSO4 220 mg/5 mL 473 mL
Directions: 120 mg po bid × 120d
How many milliliters should you give this patient for one dose?
3. 2,250 mL is how many liters?
4. How many mL must be given to a patient when they are to receive 40 mEq of a 4 mEq/mL vial?
5. How many gr ss codeine capsules can be made from 120 mg of codeine powder?
6. How many cups are in one gallon?
7. An oral suspension of vancomycin 500 mg/5 mL 473 mL is prescribed for a patient who weighs 214 lb. The literature indicates the dose to be 8 mg/kg body weight.
What dose is needed for this patient?
8. Using household measure, how would you instruct a patient to take 5 mL of decongestant syrup?
9. 180 mL is equal to how many fluid ounces?
10. 150 mg is how many grams?
11. A liquid contains 0.25 mg of drug per milliliter. How many milligrams of the drug are in 1.5 L?
12. How many teaspoons are in 2 oz of liquid?
13. 456 mL is equal to how many liters?
14. gr ii is equal to how many milligrams?
15. Approximately how many pints of cough syrup can be filled from 1 gal of cough syrup?
16. An inhalation aerosol contains 150 mg of metaproterenol sulfate, which is sufficient for 200 inhalations. How many micrograms are in each inhalation?
17. FeSO4 220 mg/5 mL 473 mL
Directions: 120 mg po bid × 120d
How much total active drug is in this container?
18. A pharmacist received a prescription calling for 30 capsules, each to contain __1__ 200 gr of nitroglycerin. How many 0.4 mg nitroglycerin tablets would supply the amount required?
19. An oral suspension of vancomycin 500 mg/5 mL 473 mL is prescribed for a patient who weighs 214 lb. The literature indicates the dose to be 8 mg/kg body weight.
How many milliliters of vancomycin are you going to give this patient?
20. Using household measure, how would you tell a patient to take 60 mL of a liquid?
21. A physician advises a patient to take a baby aspirin tablet (75 mg) to reduce the risk of heart attack. The patient decides to cut a five grain (gr v) tablet into doses. How many doses can be obtained from each tablet?
22. Of the following metric system unit lists, which one would be in the correct order from largest weight to smallest weight?
23. If there are 3 mL of the drug paregoric in each tablespoonful of medication, how many milliliters of paregoric would you find in one teaspoonful of medication?
24. 90 lb is equal to how many kilograms?
25. If the literature with a medication states a dose should be 0.04 g/kg body weight, how many milligrams of medication would be given to a patient who weighs 124 lb?

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