{

question: "Pharmacy work started in Nigerian Government hospital in –",

options: ["1887", "1927", "1960", "1970", "1980"],
correct: "1887"
},
{
question: "Indigenous manufacturing companies came on stream in –",
options: ["1927", "1970", "1980", "1963", "1887"],
correct: "1970"
},
{
question: "Pharmacy and Medicine were practiced together in olden days and was
called –",
options: ["Imperial", "Metric system", "Avodupois", "Apothecaries",
"Fluidrams"],
correct: "Apothecaries"
},
{
question: "Pharmacy first became specialized in the art of drug making in –",
options: ["India", "China", "Bagdad", "Eden", "New Zealand"],
correct: "Bagdad"
},
{
question: "The career prospects of a Pharmacy Technician may include, but not
one of the following;",
options: ["Hospital Pharmacy practice", "Community pharmacy practice",
"Industrial pharmacy practice", "Prescription writing"],
correct: "Prescription writing"
},
{
question: "Pharmaceutical laws in Nigeria is rooted in – law",
options: ["American", "European", "British", "Sub-Saharan African", "The
Sahel"],
correct: "British"
},
{
question: "Drugs presented for direct purchase of the lay-public in self-
medication are referred to as –",
options: ["Patent", "Generic", "Branded", "POM", "Poisons"],
correct: "Patent"
},
{
question: "This is used in store to keep drugs away from direct contact with
the floor –",
options: ["Show glass", "Pallet", "Shelf", "Tiles", "Counter"],
correct: "Pallet"
},
{
question: "These are characteristics of Patent drugs except –",
options: [
"Their intended use must not be specified",
"They must be appropriately labelled",
"Their intended use must be specified",
"They must be sold in their original pack",
"Contents must be disclosed"
],
correct: "Their intended use must not be specified"
},
{
 question: "The first set of pharmacy personnel trained by European medical
doctors were called –",
options: ["Chemists", "Dispensers", "Pharmacists", "Certified Pharmacy
Technicians", "Apprentices"],
correct: "Dispensers"
},
{
question: "Who opened the first Pharmacy Shop in Nigeria:",
options: ["Nelson Cole", "Julius Apena", "Dr Richard Bailey", "Moses Da-Rocha",
"Macaulay SRM"],
correct: "Moses Da-Rocha"
},
{
question: "The main aims of First Aid are the following, except –",
options: ["Preserve life", "Prevent illness or injuries getting worse", "Pain
relieve", "Promote recovery", "Aggravate pain"],
correct: "Aggravate pain"
},
{
question: "Pharmacy is derived from Greek word –",
options: ["Pharmadeko", "Pharmakon", "Pharmalon", "Pharmalos", "Pharmacon"],
correct: "Pharmakon"
},
{
question: "Pharmacy discipline involves in developing the professional roles of
Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians –",
options: ["Pharmacology", "Pharmaceutics", "Clinical Pharmacy", "Pharmacy
Practice", "Community Pharmacy"],
correct: "Pharmacy Practice"
},
{
question: "– is the study of the sources, uses, and mechanisms of action of
drugs",
options: ["Pharmacology", "Pharmaceutics", "Pharmacognosy", "Pharmacy
Practice", "Pharmacovigilant"],
correct: "Pharmacology"
},
{
question: "The science of dosage form design is known as –",
options: ["Pharmacology", "Pharmaceutics", "Pharmacognosy", "Pharmacy
Practice", "Pharmacovigilant"],
correct: "Pharmaceutics"
},
{
question: "These are disciplines in Pharmacy except –",
options: ["Pharmacology", "Pharmaceutics", "Clinical Pharmacy", "Hospital
Pharmacy", "Pharmacognosy"],
correct: "Hospital Pharmacy"
},
{
question: "Which of the following is an opportunity in Pharmacy?",
options: ["Pharmacology", "Pharmaceutics", "Clinical Pharmacy", "Hospital
Pharmacy", "Pharmacognosy"],
correct: "Hospital Pharmacy"
},
{
question: "PPMVL means –",
options: [
"Patient proprietary medicines vendors",
 "Patent and proprietary medicines vendors license",
"Pure and proprietary medicines vendors",
"Patent and proprietary medicines vendors",
"Pure proprietary medicines vendors license"
],
correct: "Patent and proprietary medicines vendors license"
},
{
question: "NIPRD means –",
options: [
"National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development",
"National Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development",
"Nigerian Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development",
"Nigerian Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development",
"All of the above"
],
correct: "All of the above"
}
{
question: "Medicines protected by a patent and are available without a doctor’s
prescription are called –",
options: ["Self-medication", "Drug of addiction", "Drugs misuse", "Patent
medicines", "Doping"],
correct: "Patent medicines"
},
{
question: "Patent medicines store operators by law are –",
options: ["Holders of PPMVL", "Medicines hawkers", "Petty traders", "Community
Health Extension workers", "Nurses"],
correct: "Holders of PPMVL"
},
{
question: "PPMV stands for –",
options: [
"Proprietary and product medicines vendors",
"Patent and proprietary medicine vendors",
"Patent and proprietary medicines vendor license",
"Product and proprietary medicines vendors",
"Property and proper medicines vendors"
],
correct: "Patent and proprietary medicine vendors"
},
{
question: "The Agency in charge of granting practicing license to PPMVs is –",
options: ["PCN", "PSN", "SON", "NIPRM", "NAFDAC"],
correct: "PCN"
},
{
question: "Minimum educational level of PMVs in Nigeria –",
options: ["GCE O/L", "Primary level of education", "Tertiary level of
education", "Technical college education", "Vocational education level"],
correct: "GCE O/L"
},
{
question: "PPMVs are not allowed by law to – original medicines’ package",
options: ["Destroy", "Alter", "Dispense", "Sell", "Dispose"],
correct: "Alter"
},
{
 question: "Pharmacists employed in industries may occupy all levels of
administrative positions except –",
options: ["Managers", "Production", "Drug marketing", "Quality control
analyst", "Security guards"],
correct: "Security guards"
},
{
question: "– are substances which on entering the body by whatever route,
produce harmful effects",
options: ["Drugs", "Adverse drug reaction", "Poisons", "Foreign bodies",
"Radicals"],
correct: "Poisons"
},
{
question: "PPA means –",
options: ["Poisons and Pharmacists Act", "Poisons and Pharmacy Art", "Poisons
and Pharmacy Act", "Products and Pharmacists Act", "Pharmacy and Poisons Art"],
correct: "Poisons and Pharmacy Act"
},
{
question: "DDA stands for –",
options: ["Dangerous Drug Action", "Dangerous Drug Art", "Dangerous Drug Act",
"Drug and Dangerous Act", "Dangerous Druggist Act"],
correct: "Dangerous Drug Act"
}
{
question: "Medicines protected by a patent and are available without a doctor’s
prescription are called –",
options: ["Self-medication", "Drug of addiction", "Drugs misuse", "Patent
medicines", "Doping"],
correct: "Patent medicines"
},
{
question: "Patent medicines store operators by law are –",
options: ["Holders of PPMVL", "Medicines hawkers", "Petty traders", "Community
Health Extension workers", "Nurses"],
correct: "Holders of PPMVL"
},
{
question: "PPMV stands for –",
options: [
"Proprietary and product medicines vendors",
"Patent and proprietary medicine vendors",
"Patent and proprietary medicines vendor license",
"Product and proprietary medicines vendors",
"Property and proper medicines vendors"
],
correct: "Patent and proprietary medicine vendors"
},
{
question: "The Agency in charge of granting practicing license to PPMVs is –",
options: ["PCN", "PSN", "SON", "NIPRM", "NAFDAC"],
correct: "PCN"
},
{
question: "Minimum educational level of PMVs in Nigeria –",
options: ["GCE O/L", "Primary level of education", "Tertiary level of
education", "Technical college education", "Vocational education level"],
correct: "GCE O/L"
 },
{
question: "PPMVs are not allowed by law to – original medicines’ package",
options: ["Destroy", "Alter", "Dispense", "Sell", "Dispose"],
correct: "Alter"
},
{
question: "Pharmacists employed in industries may occupy all levels of
administrative positions except –",
options: ["Managers", "Production", "Drug marketing", "Quality control
analyst", "Security guards"],
correct: "Security guards"
},
{
question: "– are substances which on entering the body by whatever route,
produce harmful effects",
options: ["Drugs", "Adverse drug reaction", "Poisons", "Foreign bodies",
"Radicals"],
correct: "Poisons"
},
{
question: "PPA means –",
options: ["Poisons and Pharmacists Act", "Poisons and Pharmacy Art", "Poisons
and Pharmacy Act", "Products and Pharmacists Act", "Pharmacy and Poisons Art"],
correct: "Poisons and Pharmacy Act"
},
{
question: "DDA stands for –",
options: ["Dangerous Drug Action", "Dangerous Drug Art", "Dangerous Drug Act",
"Drug and Dangerous Act", "Dangerous Druggist Act"],
correct: "Dangerous Drug Act"
},

// Next set of questions:

{
question: "The DDA and PPA laws are based on –",
options: ["British National Formulary", "Imperial Acts of 1868", "Common Law",
"Pharmacy Ordinance", "Pharmacists Board of Nigeria"],
correct: "Imperial Acts of 1868"
},
{
question: "Sale of poisons by Pharmacists are recorded in –",
options: ["Poisons disposal Register", "Poisons Record books", "Poisons Bin
card", "Poisons stock record", "Poisons sales Register"],
correct: "Poisons sales Register"
},
{
question: "Group of persons authorized to sell patent medicines are –",
options: ["Registered Pharmacists and holders of PPMVL", "Nurses and Midwives",
"Dental Surgeons", "Physicians and Consultants", "All Medical Personnel"],
correct: "Registered Pharmacists and holders of PPMVL"
},
{
question: "Those who engage in the pharmacy profession are not variously known
as –",
options: ["Pharmacists", "Pharmacy technicians", "Pharmacy technologists",
"Pharmacy assistants", "Medical doctors"],
correct: "Medical doctors"
},
 {
question: "Requirement for the issuance of PVL include the following except –",
options: ["A person not less than 21 years of age", "Applicant must be of good
character", "Requires two references to vouch for applicant’s character", "For a
body corporate, the nature of her business must require the sale of medicines in
the permits", "A person less than 21 years of age"],
correct: "A person less than 21 years of age"
},
{
question: "An Act that regulates the importation, exportation, distribution,
sale and use of drugs of abuse or hard drugs –",
options: ["DDA", "PPA", "PCN", "NAFDAC", "Pharmacy Ordinance Act"],
correct: "DDA"
},
{
question: "DDA is also referred to as regulations in respect of –",
options: ["Drugs of abuse or hard drugs", "Dangerous drug Act", "Crude
dangerous drugs", "Medicinal dangerous drugs", "Prepared Opium"],
correct: "Drugs of abuse or hard drugs"
},
{
question: "These are major classification of dangerous drugs except –",
options: ["Crude dangerous drugs", "Prepared opium for medicinal use",
"Medicinal dangerous drugs", "Coca leaves", "None of the above"],
correct: "None of the above"
},
{
question: "Examples of Part I Crude dangerous drugs include the following
except –",
options: ["Coca leaves", "Cocaine", "Indian hemp", "Raw opium", "None of the
above"],
correct: "None of the above"
},
{
question: "– is defined as any plant or part of a plant of the genus cannabis",
options: ["Raw opium", "Coca leaves", "Indian hemp", "Codeine", "Heroine"],
correct: "Indian hemp"
}
{
question: "Under Part II Dangerous drugs regulation; it is an offence to –",
options: [
"Be in possession of prepared opium",
"Manufacture, sell or deal in prepared opium",
"Frequent any place used for the purpose of smoking opium",
"Smoke or use prepared opium",
"All the above"
],
correct: "All the above"
},
{
question: "NDLEA functions were previously performed by –",
options: [
"Nigeria Custom Service and Nigeria Police Force",
"Nigeria Port Authority and Nigeria Police Force",
"Nigerian Immigration Service and Nigeria Police Force",
"PCN and NAFDAC",
"Nigeria Custom Service and Nigeria Immigration Service"
],
correct: "Nigeria Custom Service and Nigeria Police Force"
 },
{
question: "A product that is produced and sold with the intent to deceptively
represent its origin, authenticity or effectiveness is –",
options: ["Fake drugs", "Drugs of abuse", "Hard drugs", "Narcotic drugs",
"Banned drugs"],
correct: "Fake drugs"
},
{
question: "Counterfeit drugs are otherwise known as –",
options: ["Restricted drugs", "Unregistered drugs", "Pharmaceutical fraud
products", "Banned products", "Fake drugs"],
correct: "Fake drugs"
},
{
question: "These are dangers of faked drugs except –",
options: [
"Treatment failure",
"Leads to death",
"Hazardous to health because of dangerous contents",
"Reduced drug resistance with less active ingredient",
"None of the above"
],
correct: "None of the above"
},
{
question: "The factor causing drug inadequacies in Nigeria is high dependence
on foreign services for the following except –",
options: ["Finished products", "Raw materials", "Reagents", "Equipment", "None
of the above"],
correct: "None of the above"
},
{
question: "The role of a pharmacy technician in the pharmaceutical delivery is
–",
options: [
"Purely supportive",
"Same to that of the pharmacist",
"Take the place of the pharmacists",
"All of the above",
"None of the above"
],
correct: "Purely supportive"
},
{
question: "These are strategies for the implementation of NDP except –",
options: [
"Selection of drugs",
"Procurement of drugs",
"Drug revolving fund scheme",
"Drug storage",
"None of the above"
],
correct: "None of the above"
},
{
question: "EDL stands for –",
options: [
"Electronic distribution list",
 "Essential diagnostic list",
"Essential drugs line",
"Essential drug list",
"Expired drug list"
],
correct: "Essential drug list"
},
{
question: "INN means –",
options: [
"International Non-Property Names",
"International Non-proprietary Names",
"Internal Non-proprietary Names",
"Internally Non-proprietary Names",
"International Non-prescription names"
],
correct: "International Non-proprietary Names"
}
{
question: "Under Part II Dangerous drugs regulation; it is an offence to –",
options: [
"Be in possession of prepared opium",
"Manufacture, sell or deal in prepared opium",
"Frequent any place used for the purpose of smoking opium",
"Smoke or use prepared opium",
"All the above"
],
correct: "All the above"
},
{
question: "NDLEA functions were previously performed by –",
options: [
"Nigeria Custom Service and Nigeria Police Force",
"Nigeria Port Authority and Nigeria Police Force",
"Nigerian Immigration Service and Nigeria Police Force",
"PCN and NAFDAC",
"Nigeria Custom Service and Nigeria Immigration Service"
],
correct: "Nigeria Custom Service and Nigeria Police Force"
},
{
question: "A product that is produced and sold with the intent to deceptively
represent its origin, authenticity or effectiveness is –",
options: ["Fake drugs", "Drugs of abuse", "Hard drugs", "Narcotic drugs",
"Banned drugs"],
correct: "Fake drugs"
},
{
question: "Counterfeit drugs are otherwise known as –",
options: ["Restricted drugs", "Unregistered drugs", "Pharmaceutical fraud
products", "Banned products", "Fake drugs"],
correct: "Fake drugs"
},
{
question: "These are dangers of faked drugs except –",
options: [
"Treatment failure",
"Leads to death",
"Hazardous to health because of dangerous contents",
 "Reduced drug resistance with less active ingredient",
"None of the above"
],
correct: "None of the above"
},
{
question: "The factor causing drug inadequacies in Nigeria is high dependence
on foreign services for the following except –",
options: ["Finished products", "Raw materials", "Reagents", "Equipment", "None
of the above"],
correct: "None of the above"
},
{
question: "The role of a pharmacy technician in the pharmaceutical delivery is
–",
options: [
"Purely supportive",
"Same to that of the pharmacist",
"Take the place of the pharmacists",
"All of the above",
"None of the above"
],
correct: "Purely supportive"
},
{
question: "These are strategies for the implementation of NDP except –",
options: [
"Selection of drugs",
"Procurement of drugs",
"Drug revolving fund scheme",
"Drug storage",
"None of the above"
],
correct: "None of the above"
},
{
question: "EDL stands for –",
options: [
"Electronic distribution list",
"Essential diagnostic list",
"Essential drugs line",
"Essential drug list",
"Expired drug list"
],
correct: "Essential drug list"
},
{
question: "INN means –",
options: [
"International Non-Property Names",
"International Non-proprietary Names",
"Internal Non-proprietary Names",
"Internally Non-proprietary Names",
"International Non-prescription names"
],
correct: "International Non-proprietary Names"
},
{
question: "These are the characteristics of Drugs in the EDL except –",
 options: [
"Using drugs with generic names",
"Drugs based on health need of the population",
"Drugs that have substantial safety and risk benefit ratio",
"Drugs that are unregistered with national drug regulatory authority",
"None of the above"
],
correct: "Drugs that are unregistered with national drug regulatory authority"
},
{
question: "These are major determinant in NDP procurement process except –",
options: ["Safety of drugs", "Efficacy of drugs", "Quantity of drugs",
"Affordability of drugs", "Unavailability of drug"],
correct: "Unavailability of drug"
},
{
question: "This is NOT the purpose of DRFS?",
options: [
"To ensure uninterrupted drug supply in the healthcare delivery",
"Purchasing drugs at exorbitant prices",
"Procurement of adequate capital for drug purchase",
"Maintaining separate account of DRFS",
"None of the above"
],
correct: "Purchasing drugs at exorbitant prices"
},
{
question: "All are the reasons advantages of DRFS are not apparent except –",
options: [
"Poor management",
"Misapplication of funds",
"Ensuring sales are made in the system of cash-and-carry basis",
"Purchasing drugs at exorbitant prices",
"None of the above"
],
correct: "Ensuring sales are made in the system of cash-and-carry basis"
},
{
question: "– is the adverse drugs reaction reporting system",
options: ["Pharmacokinetic", "Bioavailability", "Pharmacovigilance",
"Pharmacodynamics", "Forensic pharmacy"],
correct: "Pharmacovigilance"
},
{
question: "– is the responsibility of pharmacovigilant unit of government?",
options: [
"To collect relevant information on adverse drug reaction and poisoning",
"To evaluate relevant information on adverse drug reaction and poisoning",
"To disseminate relevant information on adverse drug reaction and poisoning",
"To monitor drug’s efficacy, safety, quality and adverse reactions",
"All the above"
],
correct: "All the above"
},
{
question: "These are NDP strategies for herbal and other traditional remedies
except –",
options: [
"Rational use of herbal medicines",
 "Formulation of national policy on herbal medicinal plants and traditional
medicines",
"Standardization of the products to ensure efficacy",
"Compilations of compendium of herbal medicines",
"Rational use of unwholesome herbal and other traditional remedies"
],
correct: "Rational use of unwholesome herbal and other traditional remedies"
},
{
question: "The overall objective of pharmacovigilance in the NDP is –",
options: [
"To evaluate the need to continue registration or withdrawal of drug with
adverse reaction from the market",
"To evaluate relevant information on adverse drug reaction and poisoning",
"To disseminate relevant information on adverse drug reaction and poisoning",
"To monitor drug’s efficacy, safety, quality and adverse reactions",
"All the above"
],
correct: "All the above"
},
{
question: "Issues professional image and social status of pharmacists revolve
around area except –",
options: [
"Ethics and professional conduct",
"Economic and profit interest",
"Interpersonal relationship with medical and other healthcare team",
"Social clout of individual pharmacist in the community",
"None of the options"
],
correct: "None of the options"
},
{
question: "The code of ethics for Pharmacists in Nigeria adopted in –",
options: ["1980", "1981", "1982", "1979", "2004"],
correct: "1982"
}
{
question: "PSN’s motto; ‘As men of honour we join hands” reflect –",
options: [
"Economic and profit interest",
"Social and ethical bearing",
"Social clout of individual pharmacist",
"Interpersonal relationship",
"Professional calling"
],
correct: "Social and ethical bearing"
},
{
question: "The information in the form of verbal instructions to the patient
should include one of the following;",
options: [
"How often to take the drug",
"When to take the drug",
"How long the treatment is to last",
"How to store the drug",
"All the options"
],
correct: "All the options"
 },
{
question: "In pursuance of PPA these group of persons are allowed to mix,
compound, prepare, dispense, import and export drugs, except –",
options: [
"The Pharmacists",
"Medical, pharmacy, dental, chemistry and veterinary students",
"Persons holding missionary permit",
"Medical practitioners",
"None of the options"
],
correct: "None of the options"
},
{
question: "These are legal requirements for labeling Part I and Part II poisons
EXCEPT –",
options: [
"Name of poison",
"Proportion of poison contained in the product if it is a mixture",
"The word poison or 'to be taken' or 'for internal use only' as the case may
be",
"Name and address of the premises that sold the poison",
"The word poison or 'not to be taken' or 'for external use only' as the case
may be"
],
correct: "The word poison or 'to be taken' or 'for internal use only' as the
case may be"
},
{
question: "The quality of prescription of Part III poisons may include –",
options: [
"Must be in the prescriber’s handwriting",
"Must be signed in prescriber’s usual signature",
"Must be dated by the prescriber",
"Name of poison, total amount or quantity and dose to be given",
"All the options"
],
correct: "All the options"
},
{
question: "The extensive knowledge required in the study of Pharmacy include
–",
options: [
"The stability of medicines and their ingredients",
"Principles of compounding of medicines",
"Dosage of medicines",
"Chemical, physical and therapeutic incompatibilities",
"All the options"
],
correct: "All the options"
},
{
question: "The essential prerequisite for registration as a practicing
Pharmacist in Nigeria, except –",
options: [
"Evidence of ownership of Patent medicines shop",
"School certificate of [Link] or BSc Pharmacy",
"A certificate of experience issued by superintendent pharmacist under whom
internship was done",
 "Certificate of NYSC",
"None of the above"
],
correct: "Evidence of ownership of Patent medicines shop"
},
{
question: "Certificate of registration as a pharmaceutical chemist in Nigeria
is renewable –",
options: [
"Annually on payment of recommended fees",
"Every two years on payment of recommended fees",
"15-year post qualification experience",
"Once after graduation on payment of recommended fees",
"All of the above"
],
correct: "Annually on payment of recommended fees"
},
{
question: "These are code of ethics for Pharmacists in Nigeria regarding duties
to patients except –",
options: [
"A pharmacist should hold the health and safety of patients to be of first
consideration",
"Prescriptions should be discussed with the patients in such a manner as to
impair confidence in the prescriber",
"Any drug likely to be abused should not be supplied to the patient",
"A pharmacist should not condone in manufacture, importation, dispensing,
drugs which are not of good quality",
"None of the above"
],
correct: "Prescriptions should be discussed with the patients in such a manner
as to impair confidence in the prescriber"
},
{
question: "These are reasons for code of ethics for Pharmacists in Nigeria
except –",
options: [
"To ensure efficient pharmaceutical services",
"To maintain high standard of professional conduct",
"To promote act of disservice to the pharmacy profession",
"To avoid acts that impair confidence in respect for pharmacists as a body",
"All of the above"
],
correct: "To promote act of disservice to the pharmacy profession"
}
{
question: "Correct dispensing ensures the following except –",
options: [
"The right patient is served",
"A desired dosage form of the correct drug is given",
"The prescribed dosage and quantity given",
"The container is inappropriately labelled",
"Clear instructions are delivered verbally to the patient"
],
correct: "The container is inappropriately labelled"
},
{
question: "In order to promote patient compliance the label on container of
dispensed drugs should contain the following except –",
 options: [
"Drug name",
"Strength",
"Quantity dispensed",
"Unclear instructions for use in familiar language",
"Name of patient"
],
correct: "Unclear instructions for use in familiar language"
},
{
question: "FEFO represents – in storage of drugs",
options: [
"A system of stock movement based on first to expire, first out",
"The oldest stock is issued first",
"The latest stock is issued first",
"A system of stock movement based on first in, first out",
"All of the above"
],
correct: "A system of stock movement based on first to expire, first out"
},
{
question: "FIFO principle is based on which –",
options: [
"A system of stock movement based on first to expire, first out",
"The oldest stock is issued first",
"The latest stock is issued first",
"A system of stock movement based on first in, last out",
"All of the above"
],
correct: "The oldest stock is issued first"
},
{
question: "The basic stock control levels are –",
options: [
"Maximum",
"Minimum",
"Reorder",
"All of the above",
"None of the above"
],
correct: "All of the above"
},
{
question: "The level of stock below which stock is not normally allowed to fall
is –",
options: [
"Maximum",
"Minimum",
"Reorder",
"Economic order quantity",
"Delivery (Lead) time"
],
correct: "Minimum"
},
{
question: "The level of stock in which it is necessary to initiate requisition
for fresh supply –",
options: [
"Maximum",
 "Minimum",
"Reorder",
"Economic order quantity",
"Delivery (Lead) time"
],
correct: "Reorder"
},
{
question: "The period between when an order is made and the time it is received
is –",
options: [
"Maximum",
"Minimum",
"Reorder",
"Economic order quantity",
"Delivery (Lead) time"
],
correct: "Delivery (Lead) time"
},
{
question: "What is the overall objective of stock control?",
options: [
"To ensure that just sufficient stock is held at a particular time to meet
operational requirement",
"To reduce the incidences of stock out",
"To enhance planning and control",
"To meet anticipated demands",
"To eliminate surpluses of stock"
],
correct: "To ensure that just sufficient stock is held at a particular time to
meet operational requirement"
},
{
question: "The key function of storekeeping is –",
options: [
"To receive materials from all approved sources",
"To arrange stock items in a logical sequence",
"To issue items speedily and efficiently",
"To secure all items of stock",
"All the options"
],
correct: "All the options"
}
{
question: "The process of physical verification of stock items held in the
storehouse at a particular period is –",
options: [
"Stock control",
"Stocktaking",
"Stock checks",
"Selection",
"Inspection"
],
correct: "Stocktaking"
},
{
question: "The process of examining incoming consignment for quality,
specification and quantity is referred to as –",
options: [
 "Stock control",
"Stocktaking",
"Stock checks",
"Selection",
"Inspection"
],
correct: "Inspection"
},
{
question: "These are categories of membership of Pharmacy profession –",
options: [
"Members and Associate members",
"Fellows and Associate members",
"Members and Pharmacists",
"Graduate students and Associate members",
"Pharmacists and Pharmacy technicians"
],
correct: "Pharmacists and Pharmacy technicians"
},
{
question: "Act of Nigerian parliament that established PCN –",
options: [
"Act P17, LFN 2004",
"Decree No. 91 of Dec 1992",
"Act P19, LFN 2004",
"Act P17 2014",
"Act P19, LFN 2014"
],
correct: "Act P19, LFN 2004"
},
{
question: "The function of the PCN registrar –",
options: [
"Secretary to the council and secretary to the council tribunal",
"Prepare and maintain the council registers",
"Administration of the council offices",
"Corrects any incorrectly made entry in the council register",
"All of the options"
],
correct: "All of the options"
},
{
question: "These are criteria for registration of Pharmacist by PCN except –",
options: [
"A Nigerian citizen",
"Good character, fit and proper",
"Hold a qualification approved by the council",
"Person pays the prescribed fees by the council",
"None of the options"
],
correct: "None of the options"
},
{
question: "Duties of PCN include the following –",
options: [
"Formulates and legislates health policy and plan",
"Responsible for overall functioning and progress of a hospital",
"To advise on labour conditions relating to Pharmacists",
"Prepare and review statement as to the code of ethics for Pharmacy
personnel",
"All the above"
],
correct: "All the above"
},
{
question: "SON function may include –",
options: [
"To carry out inspections of the quality of products and materials and
facilities used in production",
"Formulates and legislates health policy and plan",
"Responsible for overall functioning and progress of a hospital",
"Evaluate quality health practice",
"None of the above"
],
correct: "To carry out inspections of the quality of products and materials and
facilities used in production"
},
{
question: "Federal Ministry of Health function is –",
options: [
"Formulates and legislates health policy and plan",
"Responsible for overall functioning and progress of a hospital",
"To advise on labour conditions relating to Pharmacists",
"Prepare and review statement as to the code of ethics for Pharmacy
personnel",
"All the above"
],
correct: "All the above"
},
{
question: "One of the following is not a component of NHIS?",
options: [
"Urban self-employed social health insurance program",
"Formal sector social health insurance program",
"Informal sector social health insurance program",
"Rural community social health insurance program",
"Under 5 Children social health insurance programme"
],
correct: "Under 5 Children social health insurance programme"
}
{
question: "The objectives of NHIS include the following except –",
options: [
"Ensuring that every Nigerian has access to good healthcare services",
"Protecting families from financial hardship of huge hospital bill",
"To limit the rise of the cost of healthcare services",
"To ensure inefficient healthcare services",
"To ensure availability of funds to the health sector"
],
correct: "To ensure inefficient healthcare services"
},
{
question: "The following are the roles of Pharmacy Technician in
Hospital/Community pharmacy practice except –",
options: [
"Receive prescriptions",
"Review prescriptions",
"Prepare the drugs ordered",
 "Package and label medicines",
"Write prescription"
],
correct: "Write prescription"
},
{
question: "Image is much more than the appearance, it also includes – and –",
options: [
"Behavior and influence",
"Communication and behavior",
"Communication and influence",
"Character and status",
"Fame and influence"
],
correct: "Communication and behavior"
},
{
question: "Aim and Objective of PSN include the following –",
options: [
"Formulates and legislates health policy and plan",
"Responsible for overall functioning and progress of a hospital",
"To advise on labour conditions relating to Pharmacists",
"Prepare and review statement as to the code of ethics for Pharmacy
personnel",
"All the above"
],
correct: "All the above"
},
{
question: "The acronym NAFDAC means –",
options: [
"Nigerian Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control",
"National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control",
"Nigerian Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control",
"National Agency of Food and Drug Administration and Control",
"Nigerian Agency of food and drug administration and control"
],
correct: "National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control"
},
{
question: "The vision statement of NAFDAC –",
options: [
"Supporting food safety programmes of Nigerians",
"Safeguarding public health",
"Enhancing patient care and safety",
"Conducting appropriate tests and ensure compliance",
"Enforcing and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirement"
],
correct: "Safeguarding public health"
},
{
question: "The immediate temporary treatment carried out in cases of emergency,
sudden illness or accident before the arrival of a doctor or transportation of the
patient to the hospital is –",
options: [
"Acute attack",
"Severe cases",
"Adverse drug reaction",
"First Aid",
 "Caregiver"
],
correct: "First Aid"
},
{
question: "NAFDAC directorates include the following except –",
options: [
"Drug and evaluation",
"Narcotics and controlled substances",
"Laboratory services",
"Investigation and enforcement",
"Education and Training"
],
correct: "Education and Training"
},
{
question: "The uses of Computer in hospital pharmacy practice, except –",
options: [
"Receiving and allotment of drugs",
"Storing the details of every individual",
"Information of patient’s record",
"Records of dispensed drugs to in-patient and out-patient",
"None of the options"
],
correct: "None of the options"
},
{
question: "The procedures for data entry by the Pharmacy Technician include,
except –",
options: [
"Locate patient in the pharmacy computer system",
"Not pay special attention to name, dosage, frequency, quantity and refills",
"Read over the prescription and ensure that the doctor’s direction is clear",
"Locate the appropriate drug in the pharmacy’s stock",
"Double-check data entry"
],
correct: "Not pay special attention to name, dosage, frequency, quantity and
refills"
}
[
{
"question": "The composition of the Governing council of NAFDAC includes all
these except:",
"options": [
"Chairman appointed by the president and Commander-in-Chief",
"Chairman, PCN",
"Chairman NIPRD",
"Chairman, MDCN"
],
"correct": "Chairman, MDCN"
},
{
"question": "SON means:",
"options": [
"Standard operating nomenclature",
"Standard organisation of neither land",
"Substandard organ means",
"Standard organization of Nigeria"
],
 "correct": "Standard organization of Nigeria"
},
{
"question": "Hospital Management Board in the states usually:",
"options": [
"Make policies for the running of state hospital",
"Implements policies for running of state hospitals",
"Implements Federal Government policies",
"Implement Local Government policies"
],
"correct": "Implements policies for running of state hospitals"
},
{
"question": "Reasons for failure of DRF includes all except:",
"options": [
"Under estimation of seed capital",
"Losses due to theft and cash",
"Delays in cash flow",
"Prices below replacement cost"
],
"correct": "Prices below replacement cost"
},
{
"question": "Records kept when operating DRF includes all these except:",
"options": [
"Cash receipt",
"Bank teller",
"SIV/SRVs",
"Debtors Register"
],
"correct": "Bank teller"
},
{
"question": "Upon successful graduation as a certified pharmacy technician:",
"options": [
"The PCN will induct all at a formal ceremony",
"The SMOH will present certificate at a formal ceremony",
"The FMOH will invite all to a dinner",
"The PSN will invite all to a lunch"
],
"correct": "The PCN will induct all at a formal ceremony"
},
{
"question": "A pharmacy technician working in a bulk store does the following
except:",
"options": [
"Monitors stock level of drugs",
"Receives and check supplies",
"Issues supplies",
"Ensures other satellite stores are well stocked"
],
"correct": "Ensures other satellite stores are well stocked"
},
{
"question": "One of the most important aspects of keeping stock in date is:",
"options": [
"Throwing away drugs that are close to expiring",
"Sending back expired drugs",
"Rotating stock to comply with FEFO",
 "Taking near-to-expire drugs to the medical officer"
],
"correct": "Rotating stock to comply with FEFO"
},
{
"question": "Ancient man's empirical knowledge was useful in all these
except:",
"options": [
"Use of Liquorice roots as cough remedy by Babylonians",
"Use of Rhubarb roots as purgative by the Chinese",
"Dried blueberries as an antidiarrhea in central Europe",
"Use of omeprazole in the management of peptic ulcer diseases"
],
"correct": "Use of omeprazole in the management of peptic ulcer diseases"
},
{
"question": "National Pre-Certification Examination (NPCE) for Pharmacy
Technicians, leading to the award of Certified Pharmacy Technicians Certificates,
commenced in the year:",
"options": [
"2015",
"2017",
"2006",
"2010"
],
"correct": "2010"
},
{
"question": "Drug could also mean:",
"options": [
"Pharmakon",
"Phamakon",
"Farmacon",
"Pharmacon"
],
"correct": "Pharmakon"
},
{
"question": "A pharmacy technician's relationship with other health workers
should be:",
"options": [
"Cordial, polite, and professional",
"Distrust and infighting",
"To run down the organization",
"To engage in dishonest dealings"
],
"correct": "Cordial, polite, and professional"
},
{
"question": "NAFDAC’s mandate includes all except:",
"options": [
"Inspecting premises where drugs are manufactured",
"Giving import authorization to prospective importers of drugs, processed
food, and cosmetics",
"Inspection of hospitals and clinics to conform with patient traffic",
"Inspection of premises where processed foods, fruit juices, and packaged
water are to be"
],
"correct": "Inspection of hospitals and clinics to conform with patient
traffic"
},
{
"question": "The basic operations performed by a computer are:",
"options": [
"Arithmetic operation",
"Logical operation",
"Storage and relation",
"All of the options"
],
"correct": "All of the options"
},
{
"question": "The two kinds of main memory are:",
"options": [
"Primary and secondary",
"Random and sequential",
"ROM and RAM",
"All of the options"
],
"correct": "ROM and RAM"
},
{
"question": "The brain of any computer system is:",
"options": [
"ALU",
"Memory",
"CPU",
"Control unit"
],
"correct": "CPU"
},
{
"question": "Hospital management software is an example of a:",
"options": [
"General purpose application",
"Special purpose application",
"Hospital application",
"Pharmacy application software"
],
"correct": "Special purpose application"
},
{
"question": "Which of the following is an advantage of developing software in-
house?",
"options": [
"The company has control over software improvement",
"The software is difficult to update to newer technology",
"There is a problem with usability of the system",
"The production is time-consuming"
],
"correct": "The company has control over software improvement"
},
{
"question": "The keyboard is a device used to ___ data to the computer:",
"options": [
"Input",
"CPU",
"Output",
 "Memory"
],
"correct": "Input"
},
{
"question": "In a community pharmacy setting, the following are a pharmacy
technician’s duties except:",
"options": [
"Extemporaneous compounding",
"Generation of prescriptions",
"Cleaning and general sanitation",
"Dispensing of prescriptions"
],
"correct": "Generation of prescriptions"
},
{
"question": "Improving the quality of healthcare through the rational use of
drugs is one of the goals of:",
"options": [
"NAFDAC Policy",
"Ministry of Health Policy",
"National Drug Policy",
"NDIFA community of healthcare"
],
"correct": "National Drug Policy"
},
{
"question": "CPC is:",
"options": [
"Constitutional Provisional Council",
"Constitutional Protection Council",
"Consumer Provisional Council",
"Consumer Protection Council"
],
"correct": "Consumer Protection Council"
},
{
"question": "NAFDAC is to drugs as ___ is to non-drugs and general goods:",
"options": [
"CPC",
"PCN",
"SON",
"PSN"
],
"correct": "SON"
},
{
"question": "The CPC as an agency of the Federal Government is supervised by:",
"options": [
"Federal Ministry of Justice",
"Federal Ministry of Health",
"Federal Ministry of Budget and Planning",
"Federal Ministry of Trade & Industry"
],
"correct": "Federal Ministry of Trade & Industry"
},
{
"question": "One of these is not a role and function of Pharmacy Technicians in
Bulk Store and maintaining records:",
 "options": [
"Monitoring stock levels of drugs in the store",
"Receiving and checking supplies purchased",
"Role in compounding",
"Issuing supplies purchased from the store"
],
"correct": "Role in compounding"
},
{
"question": "At the Federal level, which Ministry superintends over the PCN:",
"options": [
"Ministry of Science & Technology",
"Ministry of Economic Planning & Budget",
"Ministry of Justice",
"Ministry of Health"
],
"correct": "Ministry of Health"
},
{
"question": "The Chief Executive Officer/DG of NAFDAC is:",
"options": [
"Prof Aboloma Anthony",
"Prof Ishaq Oloyede",
"Prof Mojisola Adeyeye",
"Prof Isaac Adewole"
],
"correct": "Prof Mojisola Adeyeye"
},
{
"question": "The following are under 2nd schedule poisons except:",
"options": [
"Adhesives",
"Ceramics",
"Explosives",
"Ergot"
],
"correct": "Ergot"
},
{
"question": "The full meaning of PCN is:",
"options": [
"Pharmacy Council of Nigeria",
"Pharmaceutical Company of Nigeria",
"Pharmacist Council of Nigeria"
],
"correct": "Pharmacists Council of Nigeria"
},
{
"question": "The substandard goods/products seized/impounded from
importers/traders by drug regulatory agencies are:",
"options": [
"Re-circulated back into the system",
"Sold to recover some money",
"Destroyed to prevent them getting back into circulation",
"None of the options"
],
"correct": "Destroyed to prevent them getting back into circulation"
},
{
 "question": "The umbrella body of all Pharmacists in Nigeria is the:",
"options": [
"NAFDAC",
"PCN",
"PSN",
"NDLEA"
],
"correct": "PSN"
},
{
"question": "Hospital Pharmacy functions may include all BUT one of the
following:",
"options": [
"Promotion of rational prescribing and use of drugs",
"Influence on drug selection and dosage regimen",
"Issuing importation license for drugs",
"Monitoring of patient’s compliance and therapeutic response to drugs"
],
"correct": "Issuing importation license for drugs"
},
{
"question": "The role of a Pharmacy Technician in the hospital may include BUT
NOT:",
"options": [
"Writing of receipts",
"Dispensing of prescriptions under the supervision of a Pharmacist",
"Answering of telephones",
"Writing of prescriptions"
],
"correct": "Writing of prescriptions"
},
{
"question": "The goals of National Drug Policy include the following except:",
"options": [
"To improve the quality of healthcare through the rational use of drugs",
"To issue licenses for the importation of drugs",
"To improve on the manufacturing of drugs locally",
"To make available, at all times, in all sectors of the healthcare system,
adequate supply of drugs that are effective, affordable, safe, and of good quality"
],
"correct": "To issue licenses for the importation of drugs"
},
{
"question": "Poisons regulations are covered under the Poisons and Pharmacy Act
Cap 535:",
"options": [
"LFN 1992",
"LFN 1991",
"LFN 1990"
],
"correct": "LFN 1990"
},
{
"question": "The disciplines in Pharmacy may include these except:",
"options": [
"Pharmacognosy",
"Pharmacology",
"Clinical pharmacy",
"Deontology"
 ],
"correct": "Deontology"
},
{
"question": "One of these is not a drug under D.D.A.:",
"options": [
"Coca leaves",
"Raw opium",
"Prepared opium",
"Insulin"
],
"correct": "Insulin"
},
{
"question": "The Chief Executive Officer of the PCN is called the:",
"options": [
"Chairman",
"Provost",
"Registrar",
"Director General"
],
"correct": "Registrar"
},
{
"question": "P.P.A means:",
"options": [
"Poisons and Pharmacists Acts",
"Poisons and Pharmacy Act",
"Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Acts",
"Poisons and Pharmaceutical Acts"
],
"correct": "Poisons and Pharmacy Act"
},
{
"question": "The broad functions of Pharmacists have the following except:",
"options": [
"Clinical Pharmacy functions",
"Technical functions",
"Empowerment functions",
"Administrative functions"
],
"correct": "Empowerment functions"
},
{
"question": "Adhesives and Polishes are examples of poisons contained under:",
"options": [
"1st schedule poisons",
"2nd schedule poisons",
"3rd schedule poisons",
"None of the options"
],
"correct": "2nd schedule poisons"
},
{
"question": "Complete physical inventory should be taken at least:",
"options": [
"Twice a year",
"Once a year",
"Three times a year",
 "Four times a year"
],
"correct": "Once a year"
},
{
"question": "NAFDAC means:",
"options": [
"National Agency for Food and Drug Control",
"Nigerian Agency for Food and Drug Administration Council",
"National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control"
],
"correct": "National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control"
},
{
"question": "Pharmacists in the states are represented in the governing council
of PCN by:",
"options": [
"The Commissioner for Health",
"The Governor",
"State DPS",
"None of the options"
],
"correct": "State DPS"
},
{
"question": "In the pharmaceutical industry, quality control is necessary to be
carried out on raw materials as well as on finished products except:",
"options": [
"After production",
"Before production",
"During production",
"During consumption"
],
"correct": "During consumption"
},
{
"question": "Pharmacists are ___ on the action and uses of drugs, including
their chemistry, the formulation of medicine, and the way in which drugs are used
to manage various diseases:",
"options": [
"Novice",
"Trainee",
"Experts",
"Illiterate"
],
"correct": "Experts"
},
{
"question": "Drug dispensing is a/an ___ function performed by the
Pharmacists:",
"options": [
"Administrative",
"Clinical",
"Technical",
"Educational"
],
"correct": "Technical"
},
{
 "question": "One of the steps in drug procurement is selection, which is
dependent on one of the following:",
"options": [
"Quantification",
"Qualification",
"Eradication",
"All of the options"
],
"correct": "Quantification"
},
{
"question": "Erring Pharmacy Technician, with professional misconduct, can be
extensively disciplined by which professional body?",
"options": [
"CPC",
"EFCC",
"PCN",
"NPF"
],
"correct": "PCN"
},
{
"question": "What are the Logistics records we have:",
"options": [
"Bibliography, Pharmacopoeia, and Dictionary",
"Stock keeping, Bin Card, and Transaction Records",
"Transaction, Consumption, and Stock keeping Records",
"Bin Card, Ledger, and Stock book"
],
"correct": "Transaction, Consumption, and Stock keeping Records"
},
{
"question": "When drugs are thermolabile, it means they are sensitive to:",
"options": [
"Humidity",
"Cold",
"Heat",
"Winter"
],
"correct": "Heat"
},
{
"question": "The necessary data/format for Stock keeping Record are:",
"options": [
"Bin Card, Stock Card, Stores Ledger, Inventory Control Card",
"Daily Activity Register, Tick Sheet",
"Issue Receipt Voucher, Requisition, and Receipt Voucher",
"All of the options"
],
"correct": "Bin Card, Stock Card, Stores Ledger, Inventory Control Card"
},
{
"question": "Documentation of drugs given to the patient on daily record book
is done by:",
"options": [
"The Prescriber",
"The Dispenser",
"The Cashier",
"The Recorder"
 ],
"correct": "The Dispenser"
},
{
"question": "Which of these is NOT recognized by PCN as a cadre in the pharmacy
profession?",
"options": [
"Pharmacist",
"Pharmacy Technician",
"Pharmaceutical Technologist",
"None of the options"
],
"correct": "Pharmaceutical Technologist"
},
{
"question": "The PCN recommended uniform for Pharmacy Technicians in training
is:",
"options": [
"Sky Blue top with white trouser/skirt",
"White top with Sky Blue collar + Sky Blue trouser/skirt",
"Milk top with Red trouser/skirt + Sky Blue Collar",
"White top with Sky Blue collar + Red trouser/skirt"
],
"correct": "White top with Sky Blue collar + Sky Blue trouser/skirt"
},
{
"question": "Electronic mail is best used to:",
"options": [
"Send and receive messages over a network",
"Send and receive messages via the internet",
"Send and receive messages via radio wave",
"None of the options"
],
"correct": "Send and receive messages via the internet"
},
{
"question": "The operating system (OS) is:",
"options": [
"System software",
"Application software",
"Utility software",
"Modem"
],
"correct": "System software"
},
{
"question": "The Induction of successful pharmacy technician graduands
involves:",
"options": [
"Dancing and enjoyment",
"Oath-taking and presentation of certificates",
"Writing aptitude test",
"Rehearsals for annual general meeting"
],
"correct": "Oath-taking and presentation of certificates"
},
{
"question": "Poisons are enumerated in:",
"options": [
 "The 1st Schedule of the Poison and Pharmacy Act",
"The 2nd Schedule of the Poison and Pharmacy Act",
"The 3rd Schedule of the Poison and Pharmacy Act",
"The 4th Schedule of the Poison and Pharmacy Act"
],
"correct": "The 2nd Schedule of the Poison and Pharmacy Act"
},
{
"question": "UDDS means:",
"options": [
"Unitary Discovery Drugs Sign",
"Unit Dosage Drugs System",
"Unit-dose Discovery Sign",
"Unit Dose Dispensing System"
],
"correct": "Unit Dose Dispensing System"
},
{
"question": "The Dispensing information about 'Omeprazole' is best gotten
from:",
"options": [
"Emdex",
"BP",
"BPC",
"USP"
],
"correct": "BP"
},
{
"question": "Common auxiliary labels placed on medication containers include
all except:",
"options": [
"Shake the bottle",
"For external use only",
"Take as directed by the physician",
"For topical use only"
],
"correct": "Take as directed by the physician"
},
{
"question": "Which of the following is not necessary on the label of a
compounded product:",
"options": [
"Date of preparation",
"Name of preparation",
"Pharmacist’s signature",
"For topical use only"
],
"correct": "Pharmacist’s signature"
},
{
"question": "The type of mortar and pestle that is best used for grinding
coarse granules into a fine powder is (are):",
"options": [
"Glass",
"China",
"Porcelain",
"All of the options"
],
 "correct": "Porcelain"
},
{
"question": "Form K is also known as:",
"options": [
"Adverse reaction report form",
"Disposal of poisons book",
"Controlled drug register",
"Prescription record form"
],
"correct": "Adverse reaction report form"
},
{
"question": "Mr. Johnson’s Annual permit/Registration was withdrawn by the PCN
on account of professional negligence involving a patient:",
"options": [
"This is an example of hatred and jealousy",
"This is an example of professional indiscipline",
"This is an example of professional discipline",
"This is an example of rule of law"
],
"correct": "This is an example of professional discipline"
},
{
"question": "Which of these is odd?",
"options": [
"Annual licence",
"Tally card",
"Ledger",
"Store receipt voucher"
],
"correct": "Annual licence"
},
{
"question": "Which of the skills listed is the most important aspect of
preparing sterile products?",
"options": [
"Aseptic techniques",
"Using 70% alcohol",
"Working in a clean laboratory coat",
"All of the options"
],
"correct": "Aseptic techniques"
},
{
"question": "Which of these is odd?",
"options": [
"Medical officer",
"Pharmacist",
"Nurse",
"Senator"
],
"correct": "Senator"
},
{
"question": "Pharm. N.A.E Mohammed is:",
"options": [
"The Minister of Health and Human Services",
"Registrar, Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria",
 "Registrar, Pharmacists Council of Nigeria",
"Minister of Labour and Productivity"
],
"correct": "Registrar, Pharmacists Council of Nigeria"
},
{
"question": "One of these is odd:",
"options": [
"BP",
"BNF",
"BPC",
"Dictionary"
],
"correct": "Dictionary"
},
{
"question": "The Pharmacy Technician’s role in hospital practice includes all
except:",
"options": [
"Ensure cleanliness of the environment",
"Help in extemporaneous compounding",
"Help in dispensing controlled drugs",
"Help in store management"
],
"correct": "Help in dispensing controlled drugs"
},
{
"question": "All are Pharmacy Technician duties in community pharmacy settings,
except:",
"options": [
"Record, interpret, and dispense prescriptions",
"Assist in documentation",
"Packaging and labelling of dispensed medications",
"Interpretation of medical laboratory science results"
],
"correct": "Interpretation of medical laboratory science results"
},
{
"question": "After undergoing training for three (3) years in a college/school
of health technology accredited by the PCN, the final examination:",
"options": [
"Is called PT examination",
"NPCE",
"PEP",
"All of the options"
],
"correct": "NPCE"
},
{
"question": "In the dispensing of a prescription, it is certified by:",
"options": [
"Medical doctor",
"Pharmacist",
"Pharmacy Technician",
"Midwife"
],
"correct": "Pharmacist"
},
{
 "question": "Which of these is a schedule I drug?",
"options": [
"Diclofenac 50mg",
"Printers ink",
"Riboflavin",
"Chloroform"
],
"correct": "Chloroform"
},
{
"question": "Pentazocine is:",
"options": [
"Schedule I drug",
"Schedule II drug",
"Schedule III drug",
"Schedule IV drug"
],
"correct": "Schedule II drug"
},
{
"question": "One of the most important aspects of keeping stock in date is:",
"options": [
"Sending back expiry drugs",
"Throwing away drugs that are close to expiring",
"Rotating stock",
"None of the options"
],
"correct": "Rotating stock"
},
{
"question": "A good label contains all these, except:",
"options": [
"Name of the pharmacy",
"Address of the pharmacy",
"Medication profile of the patient",
"Expiration date"
],
"correct": "Medication profile of the patient"
},
{
"question": "The following are required when handling controlled drugs,
except:",
"options": [
"Inventory requirements",
"Storage requirements",
"Patient’s consent"
],
"correct": "Patient’s consent"
},
{
"question": "Pharmacopoeias contain:",
"options": [
"Herbal collections",
"Synthetic drugs",
"Official drug standards",
"Chemical drugs"
],
"correct": "Official drug standards"
},
 {
"question": "Patient medical profile contains all these, except:",
"options": [
"Drug history",
"Name, Age, Sex",
"Allergies + idiosyncrasies",
"Favourite hobbies"
],
"correct": "Favourite hobbies"
},
{
"question": "A Pharmacy Technician does all these when dispensing a
prescription, except:",
"options": [
"Calculating and measuring medications",
"Facilitating patient’s confidentiality",
"Dispensing controlled drugs",
"Labelling drug products correctly"
],
"correct": "Dispensing controlled drugs"
},
{
"question": "Consumption of Cannabis Sativa is controlled by:",
"options": [
"NAFDAC",
"PCN",
"NDLEA",
"FMOH"
],
"correct": "NDLEA"
},
{
"question": "Being aware of sound-alike and look-alike drugs helps the
dispensing process in:",
"options": [
"Cost-effective dispensing",
"Avoiding medication errors",
"Dispensing potent drugs",
"Economy of time"
],
"correct": "Avoiding medication errors"
},
{
"question": "Store in a ‘cool place’ means temperatures:",
"options": [
"8–15°C",
"20–80°C",
"15–25°C",
"-20°C"
],
"correct": "8–15°C"
},
{
"question": "The term ‘prescription regimen’ means:",
"options": [
"Prescribed medication for one course of therapy",
"One dose of the drug",
"One week supply of medication",
"One day supply of medication"
 ],
"correct": "Prescribed medication for one course of therapy"
},
{
"question": "Correct volume of a liquid in a measuring cylinder is read at eye
level to:",
"options": [
"Get near accurate dose",
"Prevent parallax error",
"Ensure consistent measurement",
"Avoid contamination of the liquid"
],
"correct": "Prevent parallax error"
},
{
"question": "When issuing stock, which of the following helps minimize
wastages?",
"options": [
"Following the order of request",
"Following the size of the organisation that consumes most",
"Following the FEFO policy",
"Insisting on payment before issue"
],
"correct": "Following the FEFO policy"
},
{
"question": "Practice settings for a pharmacy technician include all these
except:",
"options": [
"Hospital practice",
"Community practice",
"Industrial practice",
"Judiciary"
],
"correct": "Judiciary"
},
{
"question": "Sutures and ligatures include all of these except:",
"options": [
"Chromic 2/0",
"Nylon 2",
"Silk 2",
"Forceps"
],
"correct": "Forceps"
},
{
"question": "All are glasswares except:",
"options": [
"Beaker",
"Conical flask",
"Measuring cylinder",
"Liquid mixer"
],
"correct": "Liquid mixer"
},
{
"question": "Apothecary means:",
"options": [
 "Pharmacist",
"Pharmacy",
"Doctor",
"Nurse"
],
"correct": "Pharmacist"
},
{
"question": "Taking new prescriptions and entering them in the computer are
tasks a ___ can do:",
"options": [
"Pharmacist",
"Pharmacy technician",
"Pharmacy clerk",
"Pharmacy attendant"
],
"correct": "Pharmacy technician"
},
{
"question": "The five (5) categories of controlled substances are scheduled
based on:",
"options": [
"Cost",
"Strength",
"Condition that they treat",
"Potential for abuse"
],
"correct": "Potential for abuse"
},
{
"question": "All are functions of a pharmacist except:",
"options": [
"Dispenses poisons and controlled drugs",
"Certification of prescriptions before being dispensed by pharmacy
technicians",
"Confers with registered nurses about best treatment for patients",
"Performs surgical procedures"
],
"correct": "Performs surgical procedures"
},
{
"question": "The legal instrument that allows a pharmacy technician to practice
in a particular year is called:",
"options": [
"Hackney permit",
"Annual Licence",
"Annual permission",
"Annual permit"
],
"correct": "Annual Licence"
},
{
"question": "All are technical repetitive functions of a pharmacy technician
except:",
"options": [
"Pre-packaging of drugs",
"Cleaning and washing of dispensing equipment",
"Measuring and pouring liquid medication into dispensing bottles",
"Validation of prescription"
 ],
"correct": "Validation of prescription"
},
{
"question": "Identify which is not a function of the PCN:",
"options": [
"Setting up of standards of training for both pharmacists and pharmacy
technicians",
"Maintains a register for both pharmacists and pharmacy technicians",
"Maintains a register of pharmacists only",
"Registers pharmaceutical premises"
],
"correct": "Maintains a register of pharmacists only"
},
{
"question": "Pharmacy work started in Nigerian Government hospital in –",
"options": [
"1887",
"1927",
"1960",
"1970",
"1980"
],
"correct": "1887"
}