Pharmacy, Healthcare, and Behavior (SAB III) Practice Test

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• Which statement best describes polypharmacy in older adults?
• For pregnancy safety, which resource provides drug safety information and pregnancy risk labeling?
• What is the recommended process to safely discontinue a chronic medication when de-prescribing?
• Which statement best describes the difference between pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics?
• Which statement describes a generic drug?
• Why is medication reconciliation important during transitions of care?
• What is the key goal of antibiotic de-escalation?
• Which factors shape how a person experiences illness?
• Which statement best captures the goal of medication reconciliation during transitions of care?
• Which laboratory result best guides decisions in therapeutic drug monitoring?
• What percentage of Americans own smartphones?
• Which strategy improves health literacy in pharmacy labeling?
• What construct did the Theory of Planned Behavior add to TRA?
• What is the difference between an open formulary and a closed formulary in a healthcare system?
• Which factor is NOT a contributor to limited health literacy?
• The central concept of the Social Cognitive Theory is:
• In the transtheoretical model, which stage is characterized by planning to take action soon?
• How does renal impairment influence dosing for renally cleared drugs?
• Which of the following is a risk factor for polypharmacy in older adults?
• Which statement about the Ten Guiding Principles is NOT included?
• In operant conditioning, which action illustrates positive reinforcement?
• Which is a barrier to effective patient counseling?
• Which statement best describes sensitivity in diagnostic testing?
• How does motivational interviewing support behavior change?
• What storage conditions are generally needed to maintain stability of many biologic or sterile products?
• The pharmacists' involvement in behavioral medicine:
• Which stage of Suchman’s model is when an individual seeks information and advice from friends and family before making a doctor's appointment?
• The PRECEDE-PROCEED model of health promotion planning recommends developing programs without community input.
• What is the gold standard design for establishing causal efficacy in clinical research?
• Predisposing factors that may contribute to behavioral and environmental approaches to health promotion include:
• According to Piaget's Cognitive Development Stages, in which stage do children first begin to recall past events, understand symbols and use mental imaging?
• Which organization publishes guidelines for evidence-based adult immunization schedules used in practice?
• Which parameter is directly estimated by the Cockcroft-Gault equation?
• Which inhaled device is often preferred for delivering inhaled corticosteroids in asthma and why?
• Mechanism by which NSAIDs can contribute to cardiovascular risk?
• A healthy patient is more likely to ask their physician to prescribe a medication they heard about on TV advertisement.
• Reciprocal Determinism is associated with which theory?
• Which approach to pharmacist-patient decision-making involves making decisions without patient input?
• In opioid stewardship, which principle reduces harm while ensuring pain control?
• Within Medication Therapy Management, what is the purpose of a Personal Medication Record?
• How might obesity alter pharmacokinetics and dosing considerations for some drugs?
• Which statement best describes the placebo effect?
• Define adherence and name three strategies to improve adherence in chronic disease management.
• What is the primary purpose of pharmacovigilance in clinical practice?
• The information environment and conformity pressures are related to the spread of teen pregnancy and obesity.
• Which pattern of drug-induced liver injury is most associated with acetaminophen overdose?
• Which of the following is a contextual factor that may affect health decision-making?
• Medication Possession Ratio (MPR) is used for adherence assessment by comparing days covered by medication to the observation period.
• One of the most common medications in older adults includes which category?
• Medication adherence and/or satisfaction with care has nothing to do with how patients experience illness.
• Which option best describes strategies to address health literacy in patient counseling?
• What is the purpose of a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)?
• In Social Cognitive Theory, what construct describes a person's belief in their capability to perform a task?
• In SBAR, which component is used to present the recommended course of action?
• A therapeutic window is best described as which of the following?
• What method is effective to prevent therapeutic duplication during medication reconciliation?
• Why is starting with the lowest effective dose recommended in opioid stewardship?
• Which behavior-change model is frequently used to guide patient counseling and stages of readiness?
• Which best describes the Placebo Effect?
• If a suspension contains 50 mg per 5 mL and you need 20 mg, what volume in mL yields the dose?
• Why are pharmacogenomic markers like HLA-B*15:02 clinically relevant for carbamazepine therapy in some populations?
• Provide an error-prevention strategy suitable for a retail pharmacy.
• A suspension contains 40 mg in 8 mL. How many mL are needed for a 20 mg dose?
• In the weight loss program example, which stage involves actively looking for information about options?
• Which description best defines health literacy in the context of pharmacy practice?
• Which statement best reflects how children learn to use medicines according to the guiding principles?
• Which approach best supports patient understanding by tailoring information to health literacy and using plain language?
• Which theory is most commonly used to explain how beliefs about health threats influence preventive actions, including perceived susceptibility and benefits?
• Which pair is commonly cited as high-alert medications?
• Which statement best differentiates a biosimilar from a generic?
• The USP emphasizes that children should be educated about their own medicines.
• What is a core principle of antibiotic stewardship in clinical practice?
• How do CYP450 enzyme inducers and inhibitors differ? Provide an example for each.
• Which pharmacokinetic parameter describes the time required for the drug concentration to reduce by half?
• Therapeutic drug monitoring is most appropriate for which class of drugs?
• Which statement best describes pharmacokinetics?
• What is a common mechanism by which proton pump inhibitors can affect drug absorption, and what is a clinical consequence?
• Which labeling practice supports comprehension for diverse populations?
• In public health, herd immunity refers to which concept?
• What was one of the stated aims of the Millis Study Commission convened by the AACP?
• Which statement best captures the rationale for incorporating pharmacogenetic considerations into prescribing?
• What is the primary purpose of REMS programs?
• Which best describes privacy vs confidentiality in patient information handling?
• What is a key benefit of using plain language and teach-back in patient counseling?
• What is the role of antimicrobial stewardship in patient care?
• Which organization's definition of health and illness expands the role of health care providers beyond treating disease to prevention of disease?
• According to the Social Cognitive Theory, behavior is influenced by personal perceptions and attitude.
• Which characteristic makes therapeutic drug monitoring especially useful?
• Which approach to pharmacist-patient decision-making has the potential for good patient outcomes?
• Which construct describes 'how likely' an individual will perform the action in the Theory of Planned Behavior?
• Unequal and unethical treatment by medical researchers was apparent during the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment due to:
• Which inhaler technique is correct for metered-dose inhalers with a spacer in a patient with asthma?
• What safety practice is commonly implemented to reduce errors with high-alert medications?
• What is the importance of readability in patient-facing materials?
• What is teach-back, and why is it used in patient education?
• What describes the concept of receptor occupancy as a pharmacodynamic principle?
• Which practice supports compliant data sharing in electronic health records (EHRs)?
• Which term describes stress that is helpful?
• In Piaget's sensorimotor stage, which statement about learning medications is true?
• In acetaminophen overdose management, what is the main antidote given early?
• Which inhaled device may be preferred for delivering inhaled corticosteroids if the patient can use it properly?
• Which statement best describes the role of pharmacovigilance in post-marketing surveillance?
• Beyond administration, how can pharmacists support vaccination efforts?
• Teach-back is used in patient education to?
• Which antidiabetic agent reduces hepatic glucose production and carries a risk of lactic acidosis when misused?
• What does PDMP stand for, and what is its role in opioid stewardship?
• What is a key element of aseptic technique in sterile compounding?
• Many older adults do not remember all of their disorders unless prompted with a checklist or other method.
• In the context of drug interactions, which monitoring parameter is most appropriate when adjusting therapy with a drug that strongly inhibits CYP2C9 in a patient on warfarin?
• Pharmacists should educate their patients that alternative medicines should never be used because:
• In older adults with polypharmacy, what strategy minimizes adverse drug events?
• Reciprocal Determinism is a concept from which theory?
• What does SMART stand for in goal setting for behavior change?
• What is a key strategy in addressing the opioid crisis at the clinical practice level?
• Which behavior change theory emphasizes observational learning, self-efficacy, and reciprocal determinism?
• Which medication is commonly used for pharmacologic DVT prophylaxis in acutely ill medical patients?
• What is aseptic technique essential for sterile compounding?
• An example of operant conditioning is:
• Which statement correctly differentiates a generic drug from a biosimilar?
• Which change in risk management approach is typically required for high-risk medications to be used safely?
• What is a recommended approach to DVT prophylaxis in acutely ill medical patients?
• Behavioral acquisition that occurs by watching the actions and outcomes of others' behavior is called:
• Which adult vaccination is typically given first if no tetanus vaccination history is documented?
• With the growing availability of assisted living facilities and home care services, nursing home residents typically have more progressed illness than residents in the 1970s and 80s. True or False?
• Which option correctly lists common NSAID adverse effects and a mitigation strategy?
• Which practice best maintains confidentiality in patient information handling?
• Which statement best describes the purpose of labeling with a boxed warning?
• NAPQI formation is associated with which type of injury in acetaminophen overdose?
• Which vitamin's intake can significantly alter the anticoagulant effect of warfarin?
• What is therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) and when is it used?
• According to Piaget's stages, in which stage can children not learn about medications?
• Which action best demonstrates health-literate counseling during medication outreach?
• What is the impact of health literacy on medication safety?
• Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is a primary care model that offers pharmacists the opportunity to collaborate with other health care providers to:
• Barriers to engaging patients in health decision making include:
• The United States is one of the healthiest nations because it is one of the wealthiest nations.
• Self-Efficacy is associated with which of the following?
• How can pharmacogenetic polymorphisms affect pharmacotherapy across ethnic populations?
• Which combination is known to increase the risk of bleeding when used with an anticoagulant?
• Which pharmacogenomic marker is associated with severe cutaneous adverse reactions to carbamazepine in certain populations?
• This type of evaluation finds problems early on the intervention program.
• In the ______________ stage, I am looking up different types of weight loss programs online.
• When deciding to take action to prevent illness, people behave according to the anticipated or expected:
• In pediatric pharmacotherapy, what is a crucial step when converting mg/kg dosing to a fixed dose per administration?
• Which strategy is effective in addressing vaccine hesitancy in a busy clinic?
• The PRECEDE-PROCEED model recommends developing health promotion programs with input from the community.
• If a drug has low oral bioavailability, what is a common consequence for dosing?
• In diagnostic testing, which result correctly identifies a person without the disease?
• Which model is described as among the most widely used theories in health behavior and focuses on individual beliefs and readiness to change?
• What is a therapeutic window?
• What is Medication Therapy Management (MTM) and what are its core components?
• Living in an environment lacking playgrounds, grocery stores with produce, and accessible health care facilities can lead to:
• Which statement about the World Health Organization's view of health is correct?
• A patient on warfarin is started on a CYP2C9 inhibitor antibiotic. What is the likely clinical effect and management?
• Confounding in observational studies is described as what, and how is it addressed?
• What is a boxed warning in drug labeling?
• Which theory is one of the most widely used in behavioral medicine?
• Which model provides a framework for planning health promotion programs and includes steps for assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation?
• Differentiate pharmacokinetics from pharmacodynamics.
• Therapeutic duplication is best described as?
• Which approach emphasizes patient input and collaborative decision-making?
• Which of the following is NOT one of the three essential soft skills for patient counseling?
• Health psychology is primarily concerned with understanding, prevention, and treatment of illnesses using a biomedical framework.
• What does SBAR stand for in interprofessional communication?
• Which practice best supports reducing antimicrobial resistance risk?
• Intrinsic motivation primarily comes from which source?
• In motivational interviewing, what is the goal of rolling with resistance and evoking change talk?
• Which mechanism best describes how statins lower LDL cholesterol?
• What best defines a high-alert medication?
• What is the primary consequence of first-pass hepatic metabolism for orally administered drugs, and how does it influence systemic bioavailability?
• How can pharmacists assess health literacy in practice?
• Which strategies address confounding across study designs?
• Distinguish dry powder inhaler from metered-dose inhaler in use.
• How does the Child-Pugh classification influence drug dosing in hepatic impairment?
• The number of Americans aged 65 and older has stayed the same for the past 40 years. True or False?
• What is a patient-centered counseling strategy to improve adherence and understanding of a new medication?
• Which formulary type typically requires prior authorization for non-formulary items?
• According to current guidelines, what is a typical target systolic/diastolic blood pressure for most adults with hypertension?
• What is creatinine clearance primarily used for in clinical dosing?
• What is teach-back and why is it used in pharmacy practice?
• Social Determinants that affect health include all except:
• What is the mechanism of action of statins in reducing LDL cholesterol?
• Which sequence best describes correct use of an inhaler with a spacer for a patient using inhaled corticosteroids?
• What is the purpose of pharmacoeconomics in healthcare?
• Although 64% of Americans have a smart phone, they rarely use them for health-related information.
• Which statement best describes a typical component of pharmacokinetics?
• How do bactericidal and bacteriostatic antibiotics differ?
• Why are standardized immunization schedules important for public health?
• The approach to pharmacist-patient decision-making that fails to consider the patients situation and/or input is:
• What is pharmacogenomics and how can it influence drug therapy?
• Which approach aligns with universal health literacy precautions?
• What role do clinical practice guidelines play in pharmacy practice?
• Which statement correctly distinguishes an antigen from an antibody?
• Name three essential soft skills for effective patient counseling in pharmacy.
• For a 10 kg child prescribed 4 mg/kg/day divided every 12 hours, what is the per-dose amount?
• In hypertension management for patients with diabetes, which class of drugs is preferred as first-line therapy to protect renal function?
• What organizational resource provides evidence-based adult immunization schedules used to guide practice?
• The Theory of Reasoned Action considers emotional factors of behaviors as very important.
• If a drug undergoes significant first-pass metabolism, what would be the expected effect on its oral dose requirement to achieve the same systemic exposure as IV?
• Which electrolyte abnormality increases the risk of digoxin toxicity?
• What does equipoise mean in the ethics of clinical trials?
• What is the Cockcroft-Gault equation used for?
• Which phase of pharmacovigilance collects spontaneous reports of adverse drug events from healthcare professionals and the public?
• Which statement about the Ten Guiding Principles for Teaching Children and Adolescents Medicines is NOT included?
• Universal precautions in patient communication mean?
• Some disorders in older adults are only recognized with a checklist prompting. This statement is supported by the material.
• Which statement best describes the effect of social determinants on health outcomes?
• In the management of hypertension for patients with diabetes, which medication class is preferred because of renal protective effects?
• What factors drive antibiotic resistance in community settings?
• A diet high in leafy greens will do what to warfarin’s effectiveness?
• Which theory emphasizes self-efficacy as a central determinant of behavior?
• In protecting patient privacy in electronic health records (EHRs), which mechanism is essential for controlling who can access data?
• Which is an evidence-based approach to improve patient understanding of dosing?
• When a patient on amiodarone needs a statin, what is the major interaction risk and recommended management?
• What is medication reconciliation and why is it important?
• Attempts to increase interpersonal communication in patient care practices should incorporate interventions that influence personal, interpersonal, and environmental factors.
• Which statement best describes the relationship between bioavailability and dosing when considering high versus low bioavailability?
• Perceived susceptibility is an important construct for which theory?
• What is therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) used for?
• If the control event rate is 10% and the treatment event rate is 7%, which pairing expresses ARR and RRR?
• Which insulin regimen mimics normal physiologic insulin secretion?
• Which electrolyte disturbance is most associated with digoxin toxicity?
• Real-time platforms or applications used to record, access, store, and share health information has been referred to as:
• A fifteen kilogram child needs 5 mg/kg/day divided into 3 doses. What is total daily dose and per-dose amount?
• Although children aged 12 and older generally understand the importance of medication adherence, they don't always apply that knowledge. Which statement is true?
• Which approach best represents patient-centered care?
• In the context of medication management, which description best fits the pharmacist's role within patient-centered care?
• Barriers to engaging patients in health decision making include:
• In pharmacy practice, eHealth literacy refers to?
• Define bioavailability and explain its importance in dosing.
• Which antibiotic class is notably associated with QT interval prolongation and torsades de pointes?
• Multimodal analgesia is a core component of opioid stewardship because it involves...
• The involvement of pharmacists in behavioral medicine has been shown to increase the rate and uptake of adult vaccinations.
• If a control rate is 12% and a treatment rate is 9%, what are ARR and RRR?
• Which of the following is not a listed stage in Suchman’s illness experience model?
• Which scenario best illustrates a health disparity linked to social determinants?
• In pharmacoeconomics, what does a cost-effectiveness analysis compare?
• Why are eGFR or Cockcroft-Gault estimates used for dosing adjustments in renal impairment?
• What statement regarding cross-cultural concepts of disease is true?
• What statement best captures the goal of health-literacy friendly counseling?