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PEBC Frequently Asked Questions If a candidate has forgotten his password, how can he change his password on this portal To do this, first on the login screen, click on 'Fo
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PEBC Frequently Asked Questions If a candidate has forgotten his password, how can he change his password on this portal To do this, first on the login screen, click on 'Fo
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Does a candidate need to wait till their document evaluation is completed to apply for the Pharmacist Evaluation Exam Any candidate has to pass their document evaluation before applyi
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What if a candidate submits an application but other required documents arrive at a different time If PEBC receives a document before a candidate's application, it is added to the can
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PEBC Frequently Asked Questions How will a candidate get the notification from the candidate portal Any notification arising through the portal will be emailed to the candid
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After a candidate has successfully passed the Pharmacist Assessment Test, how long will it take him/her to pass the Pharmacist Eligibility Test There is no time limit for this.
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Will a candidate need to submit a paper application to PEBC if he has applied for and paid for an exam using the candidate portal PEBC will no longer require paper applications for exa
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When a candidate has completed his/her application on the candidate portal and now he/she wants to change the sites which he/she had opted for the examination, but the portal did
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If a candidate has lost his PEBC certificate, how can he request for a replacement PEBC certificate For this the candidate has to make a statutory declaration stating his full name, pr
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If a candidate fails in an exam, when will he/she get his/her response report 1. Pharmacist - All assessment test candidates will receive a response report along with their resu
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Is PEBC a multiple choice question exam Aptitude Test - Part I is a multiple choice question test. It is a one day, computer based test. Questions on MCQs assess the comprehension and
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How can a candidate apply in PEBC For this, the candidate has to first apply online by logging into his portal account. If he/she qualifies to apply for the assessment test, he/she wil
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Is Pharmacist a good career option in Canada Pharmacy sector is a good sector as it is always in demand. People always need to visit the pharmacy to fill their prescriptions and there
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What are the PEBC International Testing Centers Candidates are required to schedule their examination appointment with the coming start time within the examination window indicated in
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Is PEBC a non-profit organization The Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC) is the national certification body for the pharmacy profession in Canada. PEBC is a not-for-profit orga
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Ques.1. Folic acid has tetrahydrofolate coenzyme activity which is based on the a. pyrimidine ring. b. purine ring. c. pyrazine ring. d. pteridine ring. e. p
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Ques. Of the essential transition metal ions found in the human body, the one present at highest overall concentration is: a. copper. b. cobalt. c. iron. d. mangan
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Ques. All of the following statements concerning the lyophilization of a parenteral product are correct, EXCEPT: a. there is minimal loss of activity in heat labile materials.
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Ques. Reasons for using coatings on tablets include all of the following, EXCEPT: a. to mask the taste of the drug. b. to mask the odor of the drug. c. to improve the
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Ques. In some parenteral formulations, sodium metabisulphite is included as: a. an antioxidant b. a chelator. c. a solubilizer. d. a cosolvent e. an emulsifie
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Ques. Which of the following statements is correct about transdermal drug administration? a. Most drugs can permeate the skin and enter the systemic circulation. b. Transd
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Ques. At typical dosing, which of the following antidepressant medications is associated with the highest incidence of nausea? a. Sertraline b. Fluoxetine c. Duloxetine
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Ques. All of the following have been implicated in causing toxic nephropathy, EXCEPT: a. cyclosporine. b. sulfonamides. c. cisplatin. d. penicillamine. e. er
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Ques. Which of the following is a normal host defence that helps to prevent pneumonia? a. Low sputum pH b. Aspiration c. Thick, tenacious sputum d. Neutropenia
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Ques. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of performing medication reconciliation activities in a hospital setting? a. Reduction of medication errors b. Reduction of inv
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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 pr
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Ques. In an adequately powered, randomized controlled trial conducted over three years, a specific serious side effect i.e., reduction in leukocytes) with conventional therapy is seen
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Ques. In deciding what drugs are appropriate for its formulary, the hospital must consider a drug's efficacy, associated workload, and acquisition cost. Several new antifungal IV drugs
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Ques. Which of the following would be the most effective method to prevent "inventory shrinkage" due to internal theft within a pharmacy? a. Assigning the responsibility of orderi
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Ques. According to the Narcotic Control Regulations of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, which of the following practitioners may prescribe narcotic drugs? a. Midwives
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Ques. RY is an 85 year old male who lives alone and currently takes 12 different medications. For the past two weeks he has telephoned to ask the pharmacist what dose of diuretic he sh
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Ques. EK is a 25 year old female who presents to the pharmacy requesting Plan B (levonorgestrel) for emergency contraception following an episode of unprotected sex 12 hours ago. Afte
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Ques. FR is a 70 year old female client who presents to the pharmacist, complaining of nausea, diarrhea, and dizziness for the past three days. Her medication profile includes: ASA, d
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Ques. CV is a 68 year old female with hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and COPD. She has a documented allergy to sulfonamides (rash all over body). CV takes the following medications:
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Ques. Appropriate auxiliary labelling for clarithromycin suspension includes which of the following? a. Shake well before using b. Take with plenty of fluids c. Avoid pr
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Ques. A physician asks the pharmacist about obtaining a Special Access Programme (SAP) medication. Which of the following statements is correct regarding accessing medications through
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Ques. MT, a registered pharmacy technician, has worked in a community pharmacy for five years. He is well-trained and welcomes new learning opportunities. His manager now wants to assi
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Ques. Which of the following is an appropriate recommendation for a pharmacist to provide to a patient regarding chronic allergic rhinitis from multiple environmental triggers?
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Ques. Which of the following would be the most useful reference to learn what combination of antiretroviral agents is currently recommended as a first-line therapy to treat HIV infect
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Ques. When counselling a patient who is upset about a new diagnosis and need for medications, which of the following strategies is NOT appropriate for the pharmacist to use? a. P
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Ques. A 27 year old male presents to a community pharmacy for the first time and tells the pharmacist that he experienced an allergy to a penicillin product as a child. His symptoms in
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Ques. Which of the following is the most appropriate quality assurance measure to assess the competency of a staff pharmacist? a. Rapid turnaround time on dispensing of medication
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In these questions inclusive refer to the following: PQ is a 75 year old patient who has just been diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Her past medical history is significant for hear
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In these questions inclusive refer to the following: WW is a 55 year old, obese male (BMI 35) with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes. His most recent fasting blood glucose is 9.6
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In these questions inclusive refer to the following: TG, a 43 year old male, is admitted to the Emergency Department (ED) following a car accident. TG is diagnosed with an open
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In these questions inclusive refer to the following: EP is a 68 year old female with hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and a seizure disorder. EP has no known medication allergies o
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Ques. NKP is a 47 year old patient who has just started a raw diet in only a few days, taking citrus juice daily. Maintain a healthy lifestyle such as diet and exercise. Patient using
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Ques. What is the most important recommendation that should be provided to decrease risk of deep vein thrombosis? A) Avoid taking flights B) Increase mobility of legs C)
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In these questions inclusive refer to the following: Josh Holiday is a 26 year old unemployed university graduate in treatment of major depression. Recently he purchased several
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Ques. A 41 years old chronic alcoholic male, no known allergies, past medical history: Anxiety, difficulty sleeping. Current medications: triazolam 0.5 mg qhs x 3 years and acetaminophen/ca
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In these questions inclusive refer to the following: FG is a 65-year-old war veteran with a 40-year history of paranoid schizophrenia. His symptoms include poor personal hygiene
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Ques. A 22-year-old woman, otherwise healthy, presents with a 6-month history of episodes of unresponsiveness accompanied by lip smacking lasting 1 to 2 minutes and occurring 2 to 3 t
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In these questions inclusive refer to the following: A 55 year-old male, new patient to your pharmacy, overweight suffered a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction 6 days ago and
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Ques. A 36-yo female who presents to your outpatient clinic with a chief complaint of persistent dry cough x3 days. JJ is now on the following medications: Celebrex 100 mg po bid, docu
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Ques. GS is a 49 year old woman. Her physician had prescribed morphine ‘.5 mg’ IV for the management of postoperative pain. However, a unit secretary did not see the decimal point
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Ques. JM is 75 year old diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and diastolic dysfunction, his current medication include donepezil 10mg QD, furosemide 40mg QD, verapamil SR 180mg QD. Ji
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Ques. MJ is a 70 year old man. Has been on anti-parkinson's medications levodopa/carbidopa tid. and Furosemide for the treatment of hypertension. He also uses arthritis medications Ace
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Ques. A 10 years child with ADHD. His doctor diagnosed his condition and prescribed methylphenidate CR capsule 10 mg twice daily. Best thing the pharmacist should do is A) Call th
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Ques. Which of the following patients have a high risk of Acute Coronary syndrome. A) + ve cardiac enzyme like Troponin I B) ST segment changes C) TIMI risk score >
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In these questions inclusive refer to the following: A 80 yo male with NYHA II CHF (EF 33%), purchasing Gravol for nausea, dizziness, ↓ appetite x 2wks. He thinks it is
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Ques. Ms AB is 72 kg. 50 y/o woman who was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. On the physical exam her BP is 120/80. Her family doctor told her the results of her 24hour urine c
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In these questions inclusive refer to the following: MJ is an 82 year old woman who has been a customer at your pharmacy for many years. When her son PK comes to pick
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Ques. KP is a 53 year old patient who had hypertension who came to the pharmacy and had a prescription of rosuvastatin 10 mg daily as the doctor diagnosed him to use hyperlipidemia. H
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Ques. MP is a 72 years old patient diagnosed for systolic congestive heart failure after his LVEF is ≤ 40%. MPs blood pressure reading is 130/85. Doctors categorized MP symptoms acco
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Ques. MK is a 62-year-old man. He is on warfarin 2.5 mg daily for the prevention of atrial fibrillation. Past 3 days ago MK developed sore throat and his doctor considering prescribing
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In these questions inclusive refer to the following: A 55 year-old male, new patient to your pharmacy, overweight suffered a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction 6 days a
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Ques. Multiple issues often underlie the inadvertent administration of high-concentration heparin. What are the examples of contributing factors to such incidents include: A) The
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Ques. 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 pre
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Ques. What is the target of LDL in the patient have diabetes mellitus A) <2.2 mmol/L B) <2.0 mmol/L C) <1.8 mmol/L D) 2.5 mmol/L
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Ques. AB is 72 kg. 50 y/o woman who was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. On the physical exam her BP is 120/80. Her family doctor told her the results of her 24hour
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Ques. A 58 year-old woman presents you with a prescription for simvastatin (10 mg daily). She is also taking atenolol (50 mg daily) having suffered a heart attack last year. Are you ha
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Ques. MJ is a 62 year old woman who has been a customer at your pharmacy for many years. MJ comes to pick her new prescription glargine (lantus). She is currently using regular insulin
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Ques. A 16-year-old high school student currently on insulin treatment for his type I diabetes. Current reading for insulin for a patient is: At 7 am 12 units NPH (70/30), 6 units
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Ques. When assessing response of antidepressants, which of the following symptoms response onset is approximately in 2 weeks? A) neurovegetative symptoms such as appetite and slee
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Ques. Factors contributing to acetaminophen overdose and liver toxicity include? I) ingesting more than the maximum recommended total daily dose (4 g in 24 hours), II) taking
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Ques. MP was recently diagnosed with schizophrenia and was just discharged from hospital. He is currently taking risperidone 3 mg twice daily. He tells you that he no longer has delusi
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Ques. A 30 yo maniac patient on lithium 600 mg q8h admitted to hospital with hallucination and disorientation. What is the better explanation or drug related problem? A) non adher
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Ques. JP is a 47 year old male diabetes patient taking metformin 850 mg BID. Blood sugar is not controlled. Patient complaining he is not taking medicine regularly due to GI side effec
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Ques. Which of the following statements is true regarding clopidogrel? a) it is an antiplatelet agent with a different mechanism of action from ticlopidine b) it appears to be
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Ques. MM is currently stabilized on Warfarin 2.5 mg QD treatment. Which of the following drugs may decrease warfarin levels A) Carbamazepine B) Clarithromycin C) Cotrimo
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Ques. MJ is an 82 year old woman who has been a customer at your pharmacy for many years. When her son PK comes to pick her blister pack. She is currently using hydrochloroth
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Ques. KM a 60 yo MI patient had bypass surgery 4 months ago using ASA 325 mg daily, clopidogrel 75 mg daily, rosuvastatin 10 mg daily, nodolol 80 mg daily and salbutamol PRN, budesonid
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Ques. MP returns to the pharmacy with a new prescription of metoprolol 50 mg bid, because he says his heart failure symptoms have not improved. His doctor said his LVEF <30%. W
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Ques. MK is currently stabilized on warfarin 2.5 mg QD treatment. Which of the following drugs may decrease warfarin levels. A) Carbamazepine B) Clarithromycin C) Cotrim
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Ques. A patient was scheduled for an endovascular coiling procedure to treat a brain aneurysm. Several days before the procedure, the neurosurgeon wrote a prescription for Plavix 150 m
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Ques. What is the target waistline circumference? A) <99 cm B) <102 C) <88 cm d) >88 cm e) >102 cm Answer: (c)
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Ques. What laboratory test monitored regularly, patients using statins? A) LFT (AST +ALT) B) CK-MB C) BP D) RFT E) CK-MM Answer: (a) &nbs
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Ques. Ted is a 55 year-old male, and a new patient to your pharmacy. 163 cm, 86 kg He suffered a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction 1 week ago. He tells you that he had PCI in hosp
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Ques. Which medication show decreased mortality in cardiovascular disease (CVD): (A) Nifedipine (B) Verapamil (C) Ramipril (D) Propranolol (E) Carvedilol
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Ques. MJ is a 62 year old woman who has been a customer at your pharmacy for many years. MJ comes to pick her new prescription glargine (lantus). She is currently using regular insulin
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Ques. PK is a 80 year-old woman with osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, chronic UTIs, essential tremor, and mild cognitive impairment, who has recently been diagnosed with de
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Ques. A patient has been taking an opioid analgesic for the past three months for back pain resulting from a workplace injury. All of the following behaviors could be indicators of a d
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Ques. KM is a 75 yo woman, frequently forgets daily activities such housekeeping, names of relatives and friends... Doctor diagnosed Alzheimer's. What is the goal of therapy? A)
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Ques. What is monitored in 10-year-old using methylphenidate, except? A) Weight loss B) Insomnia C) Constipation D) Reduce hyperactivityE) Attention in his studies
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Ques. MK is a 32 year old woman who has been a customer at your pharmacy for some time. Currently she is using citalopram 40 mg daily for the past 6 months. She came to pick up her ref
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Ques. KP is a 30 year old patient who wants to stop taking fluoxetine because she continues to have trouble sleeping and does not wish to use a sedative. Which is the best option to im
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Ques. A 25 year old student is taking paroxetine daily for the treatment of depression for the past 3 months. Currently the doctor diagnosed the patient as a maniac. What is appropria
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Ques. After her phenytoin therapy has been optimized, MP returns to the clinic just before her wedding and requests an oral contraceptive. Which of the following statements regarding o
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Ques. An elderly patient had a prescription of lorazepam 1 mg as needed for escalation of aggressive, agitated behavior. About 30 min after administration of a dose of the lorazepam,
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Ques. RJ a 34 year old patient who has been getting his prescriptions filled at your pharmacy for a long time. He has been taking paroxetine 40 mg per day for two years for the treatm
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Ques. A woman phoned the pharmacist and told him that her husband had swallowed 30 tabs of acetaminophen 325 mg. What is the proper advice? a. he will be ok b. induce emesis-
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In these questions inclusive refer to the following: KM is a 66-year-old female who visits your pharmacy. She arrives at your pharmacy to refill her prescriptions. She is current
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Ques. Mr DL is a 69 year old male who is being treated for chronic cancer pain with 15 mg of SR morphine at 6 AM and 6 PM. He is complaining of significant breakthrough pain which wake
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Ques. A patient was prescribed 25 mg methotrexate weekly for control of his rheumatoid arthritis. But the dispensing pharmacist mistakenly labelled it as 25 mg daily. If the patient h
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Ques. A 35 year old female has migraine with aura, and her father died with heart disease at the age of 49. She is a smoker and smokes 1 to 2 cigarettes a day. Currently she has border
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Ques. A 7-year-old boy developed urticaria and shortness of breath 3 days after starting amoxicillin for treatment for otitis media. He had received amoxicillin - in the past without
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Ques. A 60 year old female type 2 diabetes patient the past 25, his DM is controlled Metformin 500mg TID and other medical conditions include atherosclerotic heart disease, pacemaker X
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Ques. AW is a 68-yo male who presented to the ED this morning at 0200 hours with a 2 day history of productive cough with fever. He also complained of shortness of breath. He decided t
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Ques. A 58-year-old female currently taking three times a day calcium supplements to prevent osteoporosis. Which of the following may result in decreased absorption if administered co
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Ques. a 55 YEAR OLD, A 55 kg woman, when she was young. She fell from a tree and broke her arm & fractured? She drinks wine, smokes a cigarette (half pack), and swims once a week.
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Ques. Albert Wang, a 68-yo male who presented to the ED this morning at 0200 hours with a 2 day history of productive cough with fever. He also complained of shortness of breath. He de
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Ques. Albert Wang, a 68-yo male who presented to the ED this morning at 0200 hours with a 2 day history of productive cough with fever. He also complained of shortness of breath. He de
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Ques. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is monitored in all except? A) acute or chronic infection, B) tissue necrosis or infarction, C) malignancy, D) rheumatoid
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Ques. MD is a 5-year-old patient who is suffering from Group A Streptococcal pharyngitis. His doctor started penicillin to eradicate the pharyngeal streptococcal carriage. Unfortunatel
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Ques. MP is a 50 year old male. Has been on treatment of hypertension and diabetes. The dentist wants to do a tooth extraction. MP is allergic to penicillin. Best medication: I.
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Ques. DM is a 6 month-old infant who has a 3 year-old sibling who attends daycare. Non known allergies. D.R. is experiencing her first middle ear infection. D.R.'s father presents with
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Ques. JK is a 3 year old girl who got a rash on her body and face that was getting better in Mexico and getting worse in Canada. She was diagnosed with atopic dermatitis. Her grandmother is allergic,
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Question. A 18 years old having moderate acne vulgaris characterized by comedones, inflammatory pustules with occasional nodules. He has been on benzoyl peroxide for the past several months. However t
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In these questions inclusive refer to the following: RK is a 37 year-old female presented with a prescription for ciprofloxacin 500 mg twice daily and phenazopyridine 200 mg three tim
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Question. A patient with trigeminal neuralgia was prescribed carbamazepine (CBZ) by his doctor, with some relief of his signs and symptoms but with more side effects that are bothering
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Question. Mr. TM brings in a prescription of doxazosin to be started at 1 mg daily and increased to 2 mg daily in two weeks. You would provide the following information: a) Doxaz
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Question. TM is a 22-year-old girl who comes to your pharmacy. She is hesitant to talk to the pharmacist. However, she presents with curdy discharge, and itchy vaginal areas. She says
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Question. G D. is a 51 year-old female presented with a prescription for esomeprazole 20 mg daily, a proton pump inhibitor for her GERD condition. Smokes 1 pack of cigarettes/day Drink
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Question. A 25 yo man comes with prescription of 5ASA, and recently have been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. What is an incorrect statement? A) recommend high fibre diet to in
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Question. A customer of your pharmacy complains of a burning feeling in the stomach or lower chest rising up to the neck, epigastric pain and nausea and difficulty in swallowing? Howev
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TH, a 35-year-old female, goes to the pharmacy shortly after being released from the local hospital. She presented a prescription for a low molecular weight heparin to the pharmacist, sayin
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Question. A 30 year old woman currently on iron supplements to anemia. She is currently using ibuprofen for dysmenorrhea pain, glyburide for diabetes type II, ciprofloxacin for UTI infectio
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Question. During the last week of classes, the University police arrive at a dormitory after receiving a call from a male student. On arrival, the police find the student locked out of his
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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
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Question. A 49 year old woman is taking levothyroxine, after a few months his serum TSH levels decrease to 0.1 mU, what to do? A) Decrease dose of levothyroxine B) Increase
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Question. JP is a 35 year old female presented to her doctor with undesirable symptoms for the past 6 months such as throbbing, pulling, creeping, watering down through her l
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Question. The MK doctor prescribed sumatriptan 100 mg tablets for migraine attack. Appropriate information to provide to the patient includes which of the following? a) If the sum
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Question. MP is a 77 year old female presented to the emergency department with dyspnea, fever to 103, hypotension and mental status changes. Initial evaluation demonstrates a left low
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Question. MD, a 21 year old, presents with a purpuric skin rash. She wonders if she is having another flare-up of her eczema, but this rash looks different. Her patient record is as fo
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Question. PJK is continuing use of ventolin inhaler 1 puff qid and fluticasone inhaler 1 puff BID. How does LABA benefit if patient asthma is NOT controlled? A) Minimized exercise indu
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Question. KP is a 27 year old man using salbutamol and fluticasone inhalers for asthma. Having a dry cough. He asks the pharmacist, why all OTC cough suppressants like dextromethorphan (DM)
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Question. A 21-year-old obese woman who is otherwise healthy reports a 5-year history of Generalized-onset seizures are most effectively treated with broad-spectrum antiepileptic drugs
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Question. A.M. is an 18-year old male who was admitted to the hospital after having his first psychotic break. A.M. 's parents noticed that he was acting strangely for the last few mon
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Question. JDs doctor would like to start her on combination pharmacotherapy with an anxiolytic and an antidepressant. Which of the following SSRIs would be most likely to have a pharma
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Question. MP is a 78 year old female who had difficulty sleeping over the past several days and some leg cramping and rigidity in the early hours of morning. Her medical history includ
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Question. A patient using phenytoin for the six months reported swollen gum, which of the following is the appropriate recommendation. A) Mouth hygiene B) Refer to dentist
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Question. RKP is a 65 year old patient being treated with warfarin to prevent blood clots may be prescribed diclofenac and misoprostol combination (Arthrotec) by another specialist to
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Question. CS is a 68-yo male who presented to the ER this morning at 0200 hours with a 2-day history of productive cough with fever. He also complained of shortness of breath. He decide
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Question. A 68-year-old man with type 2 diabetes who visits your pharmacy complaining that he can’t see the blood glucose readings on his meter. In 2003 his vision was blurry, so he
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Question. A 60 year-old female. Presents with a three-month history of difficult ambulating secondary-to-left knee pain. Pain worsens with activity, improves with rest. Had been using
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Question. JD is 49 years old and the customer of your pharmacy comes on a busy morning and says his blood pressure reading was 180/95. Just he checked his blood pressure in the pharmacy
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Question. FW is a 23-yo female who presents to your pharmacy in a grocery store chain on November 15th. She asks the pharmacy technician if the pharmacist can recommend something for w
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Question. A 75 year-old woman asks for your advice. She says she is allergic to cats and she would like to know if she could take something BEFORE she visits her granddaughter who owns
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Osteoporosis is due to an imbalance of bone formation and resorption, and may lead to complications such as fractures. Diagnosis is typically made by measuring the T-score, which comp
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Question. A 12 yo boy, very athletic and he spends a lot of his time outdoor sports especially from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. His mother calls your pharmacy. She explains her son has got re
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Question. A patient profile has nitroglycerin SL, and gets a prescription of sildenafil 50 mg prn? What is appropriate to do? A) ask patient if he informed doctor about nitroglyce
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Question. JP is a regular customer of your pharmacy. His medication profile is given in the following table. He calls your pharmacy on a long weekend requesting his medication refills
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Question. Who can request for drugs that are offered through special access programs (emergence drugs) in hospitals? A) P&T committee B) doctor C) pharmacist D)
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Question. Most new patented drug prices are limited so that the cost of therapy is in the range of the cost of therapy for existing drugs. Which of the following agencies regulates and
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Question. Which of the Food and Drugs Act deals with prescription drugs? A) Schedule A B) Schedule B C) Schedule D D) Schedule F E) schedule E
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Question. Which of the drug sales is not required to enter in the narcotic register (sales report)? A) ketamine B) Fentanyl patch C) Methadone D) Meperidine E)
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Question. What are you going to do if you have a patient with a prescription for a controlled drug and you see in his profile that he has 2 more prescriptions for such drugs from 2 dif
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Question. A patient presents a new prescription to be filled. It is a prescription for Tiagabine, a new anti-convulsant agent related to vigabatrin. Vigabatrin has never been approved
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Question. What is incorrect about Tylenol # 3 A) May be dispensed by verbal prescription B) Transfers are not permitted C) Sales report does not require D) loss and
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Question. A lady using a contraceptive vaginal ring (Nuva ring). The following should be counselled to the lady EXCEPT: a) For backup diaphragm or cervical cap is not recommended
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Question. Which of the following clinical days presented in a community pharmacy would be beneficial in helping clients reduce their risk factors for heart disease? I) Smoking ces
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Question. Pharmacist morals prohibit him from giving oral contraceptives to teenagers. What will you do? a. Tell her that it is not available b. Do not give her so that she w
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Question. In a patient cost sharing plan, when a patient has to pay a specified amount of the cost of prescriptions and a third party will pay the remaining cost of prescriptions, it i
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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
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Question. For drugs, what should a manager do to decrease the error, EXCEPT? a. Put them away from each other b. Put label on vial (call for error) c. Put in computer sy
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Question. A lady is planning to go to Mexico for a project. Her doctor suggested taking antidiarrheal medications on her trip. She is taking bismuth subsalicylate should be counselled