Medical Tests PTCE Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Medical Tests PTCE Online Questions & Answers

• Question 501:

  When used on a prescription, "PR" indicates a particular:

  A. Route of administration.
  B. Frequency of dosing.
  C. Medication strength.
  D. Dosage form.
  A. Route of administration.

• Question 502:

  CORRECT TEXT

  Your pharmacy has received a prescription for Ointment XYZ and is not available commercially. The prescription is written for 30 g with 2 refills. According to the FDA guidelines, what is the largest amount your pharmacy can compound when originally filling the prescription in anticipation of refills?

  90 g

• Question 503:

  CORRECT TEXT

  When a drug is recalled and is considered a Class I, this means what?

  This is the highest level of recall for products that could cause serious illness or may even be fatal.

• Question 504:

  CORRECT TEXT

  A stat order is called in by the pharmacy by a nurse in the hospital unit. What do you do?

  You should give the phone to the pharmacist

• Question 505:

  CORRECT TEXT

  Buccal tablets

  -between cheek and gum -drug is dissolved slowly over a period of time

• Question 506:

  Incompatibility of a nonsterile compound may be indicated by:

  A. a clear solution
  B. the use of a pH buffer system
  C. an unexpected change in odor
  D. suspension particles settling to the bottom of a container
  C. an unexpected change in odor

• Question 507:

  Which of the following questions from a nurse must be referred to a pharmacist?

  A. "What is the generic name for the antibiotic the prescriber wrote?"
  B. "What is the schedule for my patient's IV antibiotic?"
  C. "Can I piggyback my patient's IV antibiotic with her heparin drip?"
  D. "Does the IV antibiotic require prior authorization from my patient's insurance?"
  C. "Can I piggyback my patient's IV antibiotic with her heparin drip?"

• Question 508:

  CORRECT TEXT

  Which of the drugs listed is a schedule IV drug?

  Ativan

• Question 509:

  A prescription calls fornaproxen 250 mg 1-2 tabs b.i.d. #20.At the maximum dose, this prescription should last for a minimum period of:

  A. 5 days
  B. 10 days
  C. 15 days
  D. 20 days
  A. 5 days

• Question 510:

  Medications considered to have anarrow therapeutic index (NTI)generally exhibita(n):

  A. Shorter window of guaranteed stability.
  B. Incompatibility with therapeutic monitoring.
  C. Synergistic effect on other medications.
  D. Higher risk of causing serious toxicity.
  D. Higher risk of causing serious toxicity.