Which is NOT a strategy to improve the pharmacist-patient relationship: 

*
Patient should not be approachable to pharmacist
Encourage the patient to discuss there main concern without interruption (or) pre mature closing
Learning methods of active listening and empathy
Elicit the patient perception of the illness and associated feelings and expectations

Medication non-adherence is: *

Rare event
Prevalent, complex problem
Not a problem
Not significant

First factor which should be considered when discussing medication adherence: *

Control
Test
Therapy
Monitoring

Second factor which should be considered when discussing medication adherence: *

Intervention
Action
Order
Notice

Which is NOT a Direct method of measurement of adherence: *

No observation of the patient while taking the medication
Direct observation of the patient while taking the medication
Laboratory detection of the drug in the blood of the patient
Laboratory detection of the drug in the urine of the patient

Which is NOT an example of indirect methods of measuring adherence: *

Patient’s self-reporting
Pill-counting
Electronic medication event tracking systems
Laboratory detection of the drug in the biologic fluid of the patient

Who is the secretary of the PTC *

Physician
Pharmacist
Nurse
None of the above

The committee (PTC) must meet regularly at least …. times in a year and also in case of
emergency *
3
6
7
8

The chief pharmacist must be a……… *

registered pharmacist holding a B.Pharm degree
M.Pharm degree holder
D.Pharm degree holder
none of the above

All orders for narcotics, sedatives and hypnotics must be re-written every ….. hours *
36
24
72
48

Aminophylline is used to treat ….. in emergency *

COPD
COPD and asthma
Asthma
None of the above

Which amongst the following hospitals follow the automatic stop order for dangerous drugs  *
Apollo
CMH vellore
Calcutta medical college
None of the above

Tinnitus, fluffiness are manifestations of *

nephrotoxicity
ocular toxicity
ototoxcity
none of the above

Penicillins cause which of the following *

Anaphylaxis
Anabolism
Analogous
Anastomosis

Aminoglycosides cause damage to the *

muscle
bone marrow
nephron
hepatocytes

A surveillance method for detection of ADRs involving statistics is *

record linkage studies
case control studies
anecdotal reporting
none of the above

Serious adverse events (SAE) involves *

death
prolongation of hospitalization
birth defects
all of the above

A drug which may cause suicidal tendency *

methotrexate
carbamazepine
levodopa
tretinoin

A drug that may cause uterine cancer *

azathioprine
hormone replacement therapy
finasteride
all of the above

Counter areas designated for taking prescriptions and for dispensing them to patients  *
Transaction windows
Counting tray
Interpersonal skills
Shelf-stickers

The price of a unit of medication (such as an ounce of a liquid cold remedy) *

Counting tray
Mark-up
Unit price
None of the above

"Community pharmacies" that are individually owned local pharmacies are *

Food store pharmacies
Mass merchandiser pharmacies
Chain pharmacies
Independent pharmacies

"Community pharmacies", such as Franc Ross, Appolo, and Garden, that are part of regional or
national pharmacy chains are *
Independent pharmacies
Food store pharmacies
Chain pharmacies
Mass merchandiser pharmacies

A fridge/refrigerator in a community pharmacy may be used to store *

Drugs only
Drugs ad lunch of pharmacy personnel
Drugs and sealed containers of soda pop
Drugs and the pharmacist's lunch

Which of these is incorrect? The selection of exact site for setting up a community pharmacy
needs to consider the following *
Population Density
Proximity to a Multiplex in that Locality
Income Group in that Locality
Physicians available in that Locality