Pennsylvania MPJE Practice Questions

The retail sale of pseudoephedrine is limited to a max of ______ per day per individual.

Records of administration for injectable medications, biologicals, and immunizations should include all of the following EXCEPT:

Which of the following must be made known to pharmacy consumers?

• I. Provide immunizations

• II. Accept oral prescriptions

• III. Counsel patients on drugs

Computerized systems used by pharmacies must be able to retrieve all prescription information of prescriptions filled within the previous 24 months within _______ working days.

For how long is a collaborative practice agreement effective?

A pharmacist dispenses a prescription for alprazolam on a Saturday. The pharmacy is closed on Sunday and reopens on Monday. When does the pharmacy need to report information on the dispensed alprazolam to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) by?

A mother has a prescription for amphetamine / dextroamphetamine (Adderall) that is written for her child. The prescription is for a 90-day supply, and it was issued 30 days ago. How may the pharmacist proceed?

Garrison comes into the pharmacy on a Friday night and tells the pharmacist he forgot to refill his prescription earlier and he just ran out of his metformin. The pharmacist is unable to reach the authorized prescriber and there are zero refills on the prescription. The pharmacist can dispense an emergency refill of up to how many hours supply?

In an institutional setting where a drug therapy protocol is created for a pharmacist to be able to manage drug therapy, the written agreement or protocol must be sent to:

• I. The Pennsylvania Board of Pharmacy

• II. The State Board of Medicine and/or Osteopathic Medicine

• III. The Bureau of Consumer Protection

A pharmacist receives a written, out-of-state prescription for hydrocodone-acetaminophen (Norco) that was prescribed by a physician. The prescription is legal in the state it was written in. The pharmacist also verifies with the prescriber’s office that the prescription is valid. In addition, the patient is new to the pharmacist. The pharmacist runs a report through the prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) and determines no suspicious activity. The pharmacist:

Given that the minor’s parents have provided signed consent, a prescriber cannot prescribe more than a _______ supply of opioids to a minor.

Which information must appear on a prescription blank of a nurse practitioner?

• I. Nurse practitioner name and title

• II. Nurse practitioner certification number

• III. Supervising physician name

• IV. Supervising physician license number

Pennsylvania pharmacies must post public lists of commonly used generically equivalent drugs from the Department Formulary. These lists must include all of the following EXCEPT:

Rodriguez recently picked up a prescription from the pharmacy for his cyclobenzaprine that he had been using as needed for his back. It was given to him in one of the pharmacy’s prescription bottles. Mr. Rodriguez calls the pharmacy and says he has not opened the bottle and would like to return the bottle so the medication can be used for others, as he hasn’t needed it anymore. Which of the following is true?

Prescription information for Schedule II–V dispensed prescriptions must be reported to the Pennsylvania Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) within what timeframe of dispensing?