Hospital Basics
Which pharmacy practice primarily serves patients within an organized healthcare institution?
A. Community Pharmacy
B. Hospital Pharmacy
C. Managed Care Pharmacy
D. Industrial Pharmacy
B. Hospital Pharmacy
Who is responsible for the overall management of the hospital pharmacy department?
A. Pharmacy technician
B. Chief Pharmacist
C. Pharmacy aide
D. Hospital cashier
B. Chief Pharmacist
The PTC primarily serves as a:
A. Financial committee
B. Policy-making and advisory body
C. Pharmacy purchasing office
D. Nursing disciplinary board
B. Policy-making and advisory body
The process of obtaining medicines in the right quantity, quality, price, and time is called:
A. Drug production
B. Drug procurement
C. Drug promotion
D. Drug administration
B. Drug procurement
The PTC is considering a new drug. The pharmacist reviews efficacy, safety, and cost. What is being performed?
A. Medication Use Evaluation
B. Formulary Management
C. Drug Distribution
D. Inventory Control
B. Formulary Management
An employee receives medical and wellness services at their workplace. This is a:
A. Rural health unit
B. Onsite Clinic
C. Specialty hospital
D. Diagnostic center
B. Onsite Clinic
Which division provides medications to hospitalized patients and monitors drugs in patient-care areas?
A. Outpatient Services
B. Drug Information Services
C. Inpatient Services
D. Research Services
C. Inpatient Services
A pharmacist audits patient charts to determine whether prescribing guidelines are being followed. This is:
A. Formulary management
B. Medication Use Evaluation
C. Procurement
D. Inventory control
B. Medication Use Evaluation
A hospital uses past consumption records to estimate how much medicine it needs. Which quantification method is this?
A. Morbidity method
B. Mortality method
C. Consumption method
D. Service-level method
C. Consumption method
Which hospital type treats patients with many different illnesses and provides core services such as pharmacy, nursing, and laboratory services?
A. Specialty hospital
B. Psychiatric hospital
C. General hospital
D. Rehabilitation hospital
C. General hospital
A physician asks the pharmacist for evidence about a newly marketed drug. Which pharmacy service should respond?
A. Inpatient Services
B. Drug Information Services
C. Procurement
D. Inventory Control
B. Drug Information Services
The PTC evaluates a new drug's efficacy, safety, and cost before deciding whether to add it to the formulary. This is:
A. Medication reconciliation
B. Formulary management
C. Inventory auditing
D. Drug distribution
B. Formulary management
A pharmacist uses disease incidence and standard treatment guidelines to estimate medicine requirements. Which method is being used?
A. Consumption
B. Morbidity
C. Mortality
D. Ledger
B. Morbidity
A hospital focuses exclusively on mental health conditions. What classification fits best?
A. General
B. Specialty
C. Psychiatric
D. Rehabilitation
C. Psychiatric
IV orders are reviewed for drug–fluid incompatibilities before preparation. Which service is most directly involved?
A. IV Admixture Services
B. Outpatient Services
C. Drug Information Services
D. Inventory Services
A. IV Admixture Services
The hospital removes three brands containing the same generic drug to avoid duplication. Which formulary principle is being applied?
A. ADR reporting
B. Rational drug use
C. Avoiding duplication
D. Emergency procurement
C. Avoiding duplication
A supplier places expensive oncology medicines in the hospital. The hospital pays only after the medicines are sold. This is:
A. Donation
B. Consignment
C. Wholesale procurement
D. Cash advance
B. Consignment
A hospital provides departmentalized services, ICU, and NICU but does NOT yet have the full teaching/research capabilities of a tertiary facility. Which level is most appropriate?
A. Level 1
B. Level 2
C. Level 3
D. Level 4
B. Level 2
A pharmacy staff prepares packages and assists with IV admixtures but works under a licensed pharmacist. Who is this?
A. Pharmacist
B. Pharmacy technician
C. Pharmacy aide
D. Pharmacy assistant
B. Pharmacy technician
A physician wants to use a non-formulary drug. The pharmacist does NOT automatically reject it. What is the best next step?
A. Purchase it immediately
B. Evaluate the request according to institutional formulary policy
C. Remove another drug from the formulary
D. Allow unrestricted use
B. Evaluate the request according to institutional formulary policy
A hospital has enough medicine today, but a long supplier lead time creates a risk of running out before the next delivery. What inventory should protect against this?
A. Cycle stock
B. Safety stock
C. Dead stock
D. Obsolete stock
B. Safety stock