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Pharmacy Technician Practice Test Questions (Non-Accredited
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Pharmacy Technician Practice Test Questions (Non-Accredited
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1. A patient whose insurance covers up to a 30 days supply presents the following prescription: Gabapentin 300 mg | 1 PO t.i.d. #100 with 2 refills. After the pharmacy technician processes a claim for the maximum allowed by insurance, what quantity of capsules will remain on the prescription?

2. What is the proper name for the drug price typically charged for self-paying patients?

3. The pharmacy receives the following prescription:Verapamil ER 120 mg Disp: 30 tabs with 11 RF Sig: 1 tab PO daily. The patient requests a 90 days supply of this medication. What quantity of tablets and refills could be dispensed with prescriber approval?

4. Drug Facts and Comparisons is correctly identified as which one of the following?

5. A medication guide must be provided by an outpatient pharmacy if the:

6. How often do patients typically receive oral metoprolol succinate when treating hypertension?

7. Which of the following antibiotics could cause the discoloration of teeth in young children?

8. A child weighing 42 lbs is ordered cefotaxime by IV infusion in 6 equally divided doses to total 90 mg/kg/day. If the reconstituted cefotaxime vial has a concentration of 100 mg/mL, what volume, in mL, should be added to each IV bag?

9. Which of the following drug categories should be handled with care because it is considered hazardous?

10. Which of the following is typically an intended goal in implementing automation and establishing routines within the pharmacy?

11. A hospital's Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee reviews medication error reports in order to help:

12. Which of the following auxiliary labels should always be placed on an oral suspension?

13. When there is a difference between state and federal pharmacy law, which law should a pharmacy follow?

14. generic name for pravastatin

15. What is the generic name for Lipitor?

16. True or false?: Anticoagulants is a drug classification considered high-alert?

17. A pharmacy technician should alert the pharmacist to counsel a patient who has presented prescriptions for both:

18. In states that have prescription drug monitoring programs, pharmacies electronically submit information to help identify potential:

19. During an IV preparation, which of the following statements about the proper use of gowns is accurate?

20. Which of the following issues is the most likely target of OBRA-mandated DUR for Medicaid patients?

21. The iPLEDGE restricted drug distribution program is associated with:

22. How many bottles of levothyroxine 200 mcg tablets should be ordered based on the following information?

23. A community pharmacist wants to transfer out expensive drugs that the pharmacy rarely dispenses. In order to help determine which drugs to transfer, the pharmacy technician should generate what kind of report?

24. In addition to the FDA's website, information on current and resolved drug shortages can be found on the website of which of the following organizations?

25. For which of the following conditions could omeprazole be prescribed?