Pharmacy Technician Exam Review Jeopardy

Brand and generic names, sig codes, pharmacy math, and federal law for tech exam prep. Copy this free board and let the class buzz in from their phones.

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Brand and Generic Names

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Lipitor is the brand name of this statin.
What is atorvastatin?
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Glucophage is the brand name of this diabetes drug.
What is metformin?
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Norvasc is the brand name of this calcium channel blocker.
What is amlodipine?
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Zestril and Prinivil are brand names of this ACE inhibitor.
What is lisinopril?
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Singulair is the brand name of this leukotriene receptor antagonist.
What is montelukast?

Sig Codes and Abbreviations

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The sig code po means to take a medication this way.
What is by mouth?
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The sig code bid means to take a dose this often.
What is twice a day?
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From the Latin pro re nata, the sig code prn means this.
What is as needed?
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The sig code qhs means to take a dose at this time.
What is at bedtime?
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The abbreviation gtt refers to these.
What are drops?

Pharmacy Math

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A patient takes 1 tablet twice daily for 30 days, so you dispense this many tablets.
What is 60?
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One teaspoon equals this many milliliters.
What is 5 mL?
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One kilogram equals about this many pounds.
What is 2.2?
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With a suspension of 250 mg per 5 mL, a 500 mg dose takes this many milliliters.
What is 10 mL?
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Diluting 100 mL of a 20 percent solution down to 10 percent gives this final volume.
What is 200 mL?

Federal Pharmacy Law

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This 1996 law's Privacy Rule protects patients' health information.
What is HIPAA?
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Passed in 1938 after the Elixir Sulfanilamide deaths, this act required proof of safety before a drug could be sold.
What is the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act?
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This 1951 amendment created the legal line between prescription-only and over-the-counter drugs.
What is the Durham-Humphrey Amendment?
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This 1962 amendment, prompted by the thalidomide disaster, required drugs to be proven effective.
What is the Kefauver-Harris Amendment?
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OBRA '90 required pharmacies to offer counseling to patients covered by this government program.
What is Medicaid?

Controlled Substance Schedules

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Heroin sits in this schedule, for drugs with high abuse potential and no accepted medical use.
What is Schedule I?
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Oxycodone and fentanyl are in this schedule.
What is Schedule II?
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Prescriptions for Schedule II drugs may not have these.
What are refills?
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Schedule III and IV prescriptions may be refilled up to five times within this many months of being written.
What is 6 months?
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Alprazolam and zolpidem are in this schedule.
What is Schedule IV?

Medication Safety

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The rights of medication administration include right patient, drug, dose, route and this.
What is right time?
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Insulin and heparin belong to this group of drugs that carry a heightened risk of serious harm if used in error.
What are high-alert medications?
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Writing look-alike names as hydrOXYzine and hydrALAZINE, with some letters capitalized, is called this.
What is tall man lettering?
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The Joint Commission's Do Not Use list bans this, as in 5.0 mg, because a missed decimal point can cause a tenfold overdose.
What is a trailing zero?
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This FDA program collects voluntary reports of adverse events and medication errors.
What is MedWatch?

Final Jeopardy — Controlled Substances

Pharmacies order Schedule II controlled substances from their suppliers using this numbered DEA form.

What is DEA Form 222?

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This board covers the material that fills pharmacy technician certification exams: brand and generic drug names, prescription abbreviations and sig codes, pharmacy calculations, federal pharmacy law, controlled substance schedules, and medication safety.

It is a study aid for students in a training program or working toward certification, not a substitute for the course or official practice exams. State laws vary, so the law clues stick to federal rules.

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