Pharmacy Technician Exam Questions
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Below are some Pharmacy Technician Exam Questions. The Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination test your knowledge of a wide range of topics related to daily duties for a Pharmacy Technician. Passing the exam and becoming a Certified Pharmacy Technician increases your potential income and job opportunities. Preparing for the exam by studying and testing yourself with practice questions, will help increase your odds for passing.

There are many resources on the internet offering comprehensive training, online classes and information about Pharmacy Technicians. The following are some sample questions one may find on the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam

Hospitals list drugs that have been approved for use on the basis of therapeutic and economic considerations. What is this list of drugs commonly called?

  1. Investigational drug list
  2. Therapeutic compendium
  3. Formulary
  4. Controlled drug compendium

What is the interaction between NSAID and Aricept(donepezil) use?

  1. Rise in blood pressure
  2. Risk of gastrointestinal bleeding/ulceration
  3. Decrease in blood pressure
  4. Risk of ongoing headaches

A pharmacy technician has prepared four piggyback doses of sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim for 24-hour dosing for a patient. The technician asked the pharmacist to verify the medication before delivery to the patient ward. Which of the following is a concern regarding the preparation?

  1. protecting it from light
  2. keeping it refrigerated
  3. using an in-line filter during reconstitution
  4. short-term drug stability


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