PTCB: Hospital and Retail Pharmacy| 154
Questions| With Complete Solutions
The movement of particles in a solution through permeable
membranes is: correct answer: Dialysis
You are to use 2.4 mL of diluent to reconstitute a vial of
medication. What size syringe should be used?
-20 mL, 10 mL, 5 mL, or 3 mL? correct answer: 3 ml
Heparin is used in a heparin lock to?
-maintain the pH
-maintain the flow rate
-keep blood from clotting in the device
-improve the visibility of particle contamination correct answer:
keep blood from clotting in the device
What type of filter is used to filter solutions as the solution is
expelled from the syringe? correct answer: Membrane filters
Single-dose vials do which of the following?
-Do not contain preservatives
-Can be reused within 48 hours if refrigerated
-Contain preservatives
-Can be reused within 24 hours if refrigerated correct answer:
Do not contain preservatives
There is the potential of ___________ when pushing a needle
through the rubber stopper of a vial correct answer: Coring
,When using the laminar flow hood, a technician should work at
least _________ inside the hood correct answer: Six inches
An element without water molecules is: correct answer:
Anhydrous
After opening an ampule, the technician should?
-hold the ampule at a 20 degree angle
-inspect the ampule for glass particles
-swab the ampule with an alcohol swab
-use a membrane filter to withdraw the solution correct answer:
inspect the ampule for glass particles
A laminar flow hood should be turned on for ______ minutes
before use in order to produce a particle free environment
correct answer: 30
Of the following needles, which size of needle is most likely to
cause coring?
-13 G
-16 G
-20 G
-23 G correct answer: 13 G
Large volume parenterals (LVPs) are packaged in containers
holding ________ or more correct answer: 100 mL
Biological Safety Hoods have?
-horizontal air flow away from the operator
-vertical air flow up toward the HEPA filter
-vertical air flow down toward the work
, -horizontal air flow toward the operator correct answer: Vertical
air flow down toward the work
The action in which a drug in a higher concentration solution
passes through a permeable membrane to a lower concentration
solution is: correct answer: Osmosis
If an ampule has been pre-score, the ampule will have?
-a red dot on the neck
-the words "Pre-Scored" on the ampule
-an elongated neck
-A colored stripe around the neck correct answer: A colored
stripe around the neck
Some examples of ready-to-mix systems include?
-Add-Vantage, Add-A-Vial, and Mini-Bag Plus
-Ringer's solution and Lactated Ringer's solution
-heparin lock and Ringer's solution
-Luer-Lok and Slip-Lok correct answer: Add-Vantage, Add-A-
Vial, and Mini-Bag Plus
A/an ___________ solution has greater osmolarity than blood
correct answer: Hypertonic
Equivalent weight is equal to?
-valence divided by molecular weight and multiplied by 2
-molecular weight divided by valence
-molecular weight divided by valence and multiplied by 2
-valence divided by molecular weight correct answer:
Molecular weight divided by valence
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