PTCE Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

PTCE Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass The medication that has an expiration date 12/14 would expire on - Answer- the last day of December 2014 at midnight in the NDC , what is represented by the second set of numbers - Answer- NDC number is 10 digits long and comprised of three sets of numbers - the 1st set: 4-5 digits and represents the manufacturer - The 2nd set: 3-4 = the product name, strength and dosage form. - The 3rd set: 2 digits = package size A pharmacy technician's scope of practice includes .... - Answer- answering patients's questions regarding their medications. - Only pharmacists can counsel patients regarding their medications Which act distingushed between legend and nonlegend drugs - Answer- the Durham Humphrey Amendment - distinguish between prescription and over the counter drugs and prohibits the sale of legend drugs without a prescription The Kefauver- Harris Amendment - Answer- requires drugs to be proven pure, safe and effective The Orphan Drug Act - Answer- encourages findings drug treatment for rare diseases The Harrison Narcotin Act - Answer- limits the transport, manufacture and safe of opium and any of its derivatives. it requires a written prescription to purchase any of the aforementioned drugs. What is the maximum number of refills permitted for a schedule III-V medication - Answer- Five refills within 6 months, whichever occurs first. therefor a new prescription is required A pharmacy technician receives a prescription that reads 2 gtt AU BID. What will the label placed on the patient's medication read? - Answer- Two drops in both ears two times daily - 2gtt : 2 drops - AU : both ears - BID: Twice a day What is CCXLIX equivalent to - Answer- 249 Reducing a substance to fine particles using a mortar and pestle is know as - Answer- Triturating - breaking down of compounds into their finer particles Automated dispensing machines - Answer- Accu-DOse, Omicell, Pyxis and ScriptPro Digital pill counting machines - Answer- Baker Cell and Kirby Lester How may days will the following prescription last ? - Famotidine: 20mg # 120 - SIg: Famitidine 40mg po BID - Answer- - 30 days = 120 total # of tablets/ 4 # of tablets taken per day - Famotidine 40 mp BID = 4 tablets/ day How old must a person be to purchase an exempt narcotic or Schedule? - Answer- 18 years old - The quantity of purchase, the date of purchase ad the residential address of the purchaser ( not PO Box) must be record T/F : a laminar flow hood is cleaned by using bleach and wate - Answer- False - Need to be clean with water followed by 70% isopropyl alcohol T/F : A horizontal laminar flow hood can be used for compounding chemotherapy - Answer- Hazardous products such as chemotherapy can only be compounded under a vertical flow hood or a barrier isolator with negative pressure T/F: compound sterile products are also known as extemporaneous compounding. - Answer- False - Extemporanous compounding are non - commercially available and non sterile products that are prepared for specific patients in response to a physician's percription. T/F: A barrier isolator or a horizontal laminar flow hood can be used to compound IV antibiotics - Answer- True To measure liquids in a graduated cylinder - Answer- one must read at eye level the lower portion of the meniscus.