PEBC (PHARMACY PRACTICE - Professional Practice Skills) Sample Questions
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Ques. A pharmacist is making a presentation on medication adherence to a group of clients. Which of the following would be the most appropriate indicator of the effectiveness of the presentation for these clients?
a. Increase in fill quantity for each prescription refill
b. Reduced number of prescriptions filled per month
c. Increase in number of nonprescription medications used
d. Reduced number of prescription refill dates per month
e. Prescription refill dates closer to expected fill intervals
Ques. Rx Timolol 0.25 % drops
Mitte: 15 mL
Sig: gtt. i o.d. bid
On the prescription label the instructions to the patient should read:
a. apply one drop into both eyes twice daily.
b. instil one drop into the left eye twice daily.
c. instil one drop into the right eye twice daily.
d. shake well and instil one drop into the left eye twice daily.
e. shake well and instil one drop into the right ear twice daily.
Ques. According to ISMP guidelines, which of the following medication orders contains a dangerous abbreviation or dosing designation?
a. Insulin NPH 10 units subcut at bedtime
b. Oxycodone CR 40 mg po q12h
c. Gliclazide 80 mg po bid
d. MTX 7.5 mg po weekly
e. Levothyroxine 88 mcg po daily
Ques. Which of the following statements is correct regarding Tylenol Elixir With Codeine (each 5 ml contains acetaminophen 160 mg and codeine 8 mg)?
a. It requires a written order from an authorized prescriber.
b. It is an example of a legally exempted codeine product.
c. Sale for self-medication use must involve a pharmacist.
d. It is regulated under the Benzodiazepines and Other Targeted Substances Act.
e. Authorized prescribers include chiropractors.
Ques. A physician wants to switch a terminally-ill patient from slow release morphine sulfate tablets, 15 mg tablets. If a morphine sulfate solution containing 5 mg per mL is prescribed q4h, what volume should be dispensed for a 20 day supply to provide the same pain relief as the tablet regimen?
a. 20 mL
b. 60 mL
c. 80 mL
d. 100 mL
e. 120 mL
Ques. A biological safety cabinet is required when preparing a parenteral formulation of:
a. tenecteplase.
b. doxorubicin.
c. magnesium sulfate.
d. nitroglycerin.
e. penicillin.
Ques. Which of the following drug orders is incomplete and requires follow-up with the prescriber?
a. Zithromax Z-Pak (azithromycin 250 mg), 2 tabs po on day 1 and 1 tab po on days 2-5.
b. Flonase (fluticasone) 100 mcg spray, 1 or 2 sprays in each nostril bid x 1 bottle
c. Actonel (risedronate), 35 mg po once weekly x 12 tabs
d. Cozaar (losartan), 50 mg po bid x 1 month
e. Zocor (simvastatin), 1 tab po hs for 3 months
Ques. JN, a 17 year old male with a highly resistant form of testicular cancer, is in hospital for treatment. He is an intelligent, articulate young man. His parents are insisting that the physician treat him with the latest experimental therapy, but JN does not want to undergo the treatment. If the physician goes ahead and gives the experimental therapy what ethical principle will have been violated the most?
a. Confidentiality
b. Nonmaleficence
c. Justice
d. Veracity
e. Autonomy
Ques. Which of the following statements is correct regarding hypothesis testing?
a. A type I error frequently occurs when sample sizes are small.
b. A type Il error is more serious than a type I error.
c. Small p-values suggest that the null hypothesis is likely to be true.
d. The larger the p-value, the more likely the null hypothesis is false.
e. P-value is the probability of wrongly rejecting the null hypothesis if it is in fact true.
Ques. An adequately powered, randomized controlled trial conducted over two years demonstrated that the primary outcome (a serious cardiovascular event) occurred in 15% of the patients who received the new drug, whereas the primary outcome occurred in 25% of the patients who received a placebo. The relative risk reduction achieved with the new drug is:
a. 10%.
b. 15%.
c. 25%.
d. 40%.
e. 50%