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Pharmacy Technician Practice Exam
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Pharmacy technicians help pharmacists dispense prescription medication to customers or health professionals. They mainly work in retail pharmacies and hospitals.

Pharmacy Technician Practice Exam
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1. The following prescription is brought to the pharmacy: 'Amoxil® suspension 400 mg po tid × 10 days.' The pharmacy stocks 500 mg/5 mL amoxicillin suspension. What is the volume of medication needed to fill the entire prescription?
2. Which of the following medications is classified as an angiotensin 2 receptor blocker (ARB)?
3. A handout given for specific drugs or drug classes which highlights specific issues or possible side effects of a medication is known as a
4. When entering a clean room, the first PPE that should be donned is
5. A pharmacy technician could assist a patient with which of the following issues?
6. Which medication is classified as a calcium channel blocker?
7. The establishment of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) in 1990 led to most states requiring which of the following?
8. A list of approved or preferred drugs is known as a
9. When a liquid is added to a powder formulation such as an oral antibiotic suspension, what do we call this?
10. If a patient calls for refills of their Tenormin® and Glucotrol®, which of the following combinations of medications would be needed to fill the order?
11. How much dextrose would be found in a D5W 1,000 mL IV bag?
12. To ensure the correct medication was selected, what must always match on the prescription label and stock bottle?
13. The Orange Book is most commonly used to find what?
14. The maximum level of product stocked for inventory is known as the
15. Which of the following classes of drug recalls indicates there is a strong likelihood that the drug will cause serious adverse effects or death?
16. Which drug would be found in the classification of drugs called benzodiazepines?
17. Medications that are prepackaged into unit doses must have what information included on the label?
18. Quality assurance includes
19. Calculate the flow rate in drops per minute if a physician orders D5W/NS 1,000 mL over 12 hours, with an administration set that delivers 16 gtt/mL.
20. In some hospitals, what is utilized for electronic documentation of medication administration?
21. What type of tip will you find on a syringe meant to hold a needle in place?
22. If a product expires 6/14, this means it is good through
23. Gentamicin injection is given to a patient at 5 mg/kg/day in three divided doses. If a patient weighs 144 lb, what would be the approximate strength of a single dose?
24. What size syringe should be used to give a 3.4 mL dose?
25. A patient calls in asking for help because he has forgotten to take a dose of his medication and is not sure what to do. You tell him

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