PEBC (Therapeutic) Sample Questions Set-13
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Question. JP is a 55 year old diabetic patient on insulin. JP was diagnosed with a coagulase negative gram positive organism. What is the organism?
A) E. coli
B) S. aureus
C) S. pneumonia
D) S. epidermidis
E) Nisseria
Answer: (d)
Question. If JP is diagnosed with MRSA and P. auruginosa diabetic foot infection. Which of the following lab tests are elevated?
A) CrCl
B) serum creatinine
C) eGFR
D) C reactive protein
E) Creatinine kinase
Answer: (d)
Question. JPs doctor considering prescribing tobramycin. Which lab test should be done?
A) Transaminase
B) serum creatinine
C) liver function test
D) C reactive protein
E) Creatinine kinase
Answer: (b)
Question. JPs doctor initiated tobramycin. Which of the following side effects may be caused by tobramycin?
A) Juandice
B) bradycardia
C) dizziness
D) sinusitisa
E) heptatitis
Answer: (c)
Question. KT is a 59 year old female. She has developed a sore throat and her doctor wants to prescribe empiric therapy of ampicillin 500 mg QID. She is currently using warfarin 2.5 mg for prevention of deep vein thrombosis.
A) Effects of warfarin may be increased resulting in increased risk of bleeding
B) Effects of warfarin may be decrease resulting in increased risk of bleeding
C) Effects of warfarin may be increased resulting in decreased risk of bleeding
D) Effects of warfarin may be decrease resulting in decreased risk of bleeding
E) Effects of warfarin may be decrease resulting do not effects on bleeding
Answer: (a)
Question. KT is currently stabilized on Warfarin 2.5 mg QD treatment. Which of the following drugs may decrease warfarin levels
A) Carbamazepine
B) Clarithromycin
C) Cotrimoxazole
D) Ciprofloxacin
E) Digoxin
Answer: (a)
Question. A lady coming into a pharmacy who had shingles last week took famcyclovir 500 mg tid f7d, also taking acetaminophen for pain, but no relief. Got a prescription for amitriptyline. What would be the appropriate response?
A. Stop amitriptyline
B. Stop Tylenol
C. Amitriptyline is the best choice for this kind of pain
D. Gabapentin is the drug of choice for post herpetic neuralgia
E. Pregabalin is the drug of choice post herpetic neuralgia
Answer: (b)
Question. A 6-year-old patient with otitis media was using amoxicillinclavulanate in a dose of 80 mg/kg as per amoxicillin. On the fourth day he had severe pain in his ear, body temperature 39 °C and the patient was looking like an ill patient. His doctor should consider
a. Cefuroxime-axetil
b. Imipinem for 10 days
c. Increase the dose of amoxicillin clavulanate
d. Give amoxicillin 40 mg + amoxicillin-clavulanate 40 mg for 3 days
e. Give Ciprofloxacin + corticosteroid drop
Answer: (a)
Question. A patient using corticosteroids inhaler developed oral candidiasis because he didn’t rinse his mouth regularly after each use of steroid inhaler, the doctor will:
a. Discontinue is steroid inhaler and given him oral antifungal.
b. Give topical antifungal while still continuing on corticosteroid inhaler
c. Stop corticosteroid inhaler and give ipratropium
d. Continue on corticosteroid inhaler because the fungal infection is self limited
e. None of the above
Answer: (b)
Question. A 53 year-old lady came to the pharmacy with a prescription for Wellbutrin 150mg SR (bupropion). Her profile shows that she was on Wellbutrin 150mg XL. The pharmacist asked the patient whether she is aware of any changes that her doctor made for her therapy, and she replied that nothing her doctor told her about that. The best action the pharmacist should do is:
A. Dispense Wellbutrin 150 mg SR since there is no difference between the two
B. Dispense Wellbutrin XL as in her profile
C. Call the doctor to see if he has intended to change XL to SR
D. Give the generic Bupropion SR
E. None of the above
Answer: (c)