PEBC (Ethics and Pharmacy Regulations) Sample Questions Set 13
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Question. A 15-year-old girl pierced her ear and she was wearing new earrings. She got a reaction and it was oozing fluid from her ears. Pharmacist advised her to see her doctor. What is most important reason why pharmacist sends her to the doctor?
A. Because these are the symptoms of contact dermatitis
B. It can be a middle ear infections
C. It can be external ear infection
D. This is not a red flag, need not refer to doctor
E. This is serious concern, this should have been refer to emergency
Answer: (a)
Question. A lady phoned your pharmacy and tell you that her sister 20 year old, has swallowed 30 tabs of Sinutab (Acetaminophen 325 mg, pseudoephedrine 15 mg), what should you advice her:
A. Take her to the emergency room
B. Induce emesis
C. Call the poison control to inquire of what to do
D. Tell her that her sister will be fine after 24 hours
E. Recommend activated charcoal and gastric lavage
Answer: (c)
Question. Parents want to give the supplement to the 2-month baby who is not on breastfeeding, which is the best choice.
A) Iron fortified milk formula.
B) Cereal with iron.
C) Oral iron solution
D) IV iron
E) None of the above
Answer: (a)
Question. In a hospital pharmacy there is a lot of wastage of the KCl solution. Pharmacists want to manage the wastage. All of the following are the benefits, except.
A. Decrease number of orders.
B. Decrease wastage.
C. Proper handling and storage.
D. Easy for calculation
E. Prevent errors
Answer: (a)
Question. Mr ABC had a prescription for 3 months, filled from 2 and half months, his son came with a new prescription and asked the pharmacist to fill the new prescription as his father is living in Texas, USA. His insurance plan covers 3 month’s prescription. What is the least concern for the pharmacist?
A) Call doctor to verify prescription
B) Tell the son that his father should see doctor in USA
C) Tell the son he need signed paper from father that he approves to get the medicine
D) He cannot fill the prescription as father is living now in USA
E) Refuse to fill prescription it is illegal
Answer: (d)
Question. When can the insurance company pay for the new prescription?
A) After 1 year
B) After 6 months
C) After 1 month
D) After 2 weeks
E) The same day of prescription
Answer: (d)
Question. During the last week of classes, the University of Finch police arrive at a dormitory after receiving a call from a male student. On arrival, the police find the student locked out of his dorm room. He explains to the police that his roommate locked himself in the room and moved the furniture in front of the door because he was convinced that everyone was trying to steal his thesis. Other students confirm that the roommate has been screaming and pounding on walls for the past 3 hours. After attempting to talk the hallucinating student into opening the door, the police manage to enter the room through a window. On entering the room, they find the student to be disoriented, anxious, paranoid, and irritable. The student's pupils are not dilated. The student's speech is slurred. He has an unsteady gait, drooping eyelids, and rapid involuntary eye movements. The student who had been locked out admits that his roommate uses illicit drugs. He does not know if his roommate had used any this evening, because he went to the library to study for an examination.
Which of the following agents should the police suspect is the cause of the student's hallucinations and other symptoms?
A) Psycho mimetic stimulant like phencyclidine (PCP) overdose symptoms
B) Morphine overdose symptoms
C) Heroin overdose symptoms
D) Benzodiazepine withdrawal symptoms
E) Amitriptyline overdose symptoms
Answer: (a)
Question. A 55 years old patient has an acute pain in his ankle after falling down from a ladder in his store. His doctor prescribed for him morphine IR 5mg Q6h prn. The following are true, EXCEPT:
(A) After 1 month convert to equivalent daily dose of controlled, release formula
(B) Some of side effects are Nausea and Constipation
(C) Morphine dose of Morphine parenteral is different from oral
(D) The analgesic activity is decreased with somatostatin
(E) Morphine IR is more potent than oxycodone IR
Answer: (a)
Question. A pharmacist is working as a relief in another pharmacy. A patient came with a prescription of Ativan 1 mg. The pharmacist remembered that the same patient came with another prescription of the same drug two days ago in the other pharmacy where he worked. What should the pharmacy do?
A. Call the police
B. Refuse to fill the new prescription
C. Discuss the matter with the patient
D. Call the Doctor and tell him that the patient is addictive
Answer: (c)
Question. A patient diagnosed with gastrointestinal tract complications ulcers. The risk of having ulcers is bigger in people having which of the following conditions:
a) Smokers
b) Chronic alcoholics
c) NSAID long-term treatment
d) Corticosteroids long-term treatment
e) All are correct
Answer: (e)