MATA GUJRI COLLEGE OF

PHARMACY
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Community Pharmacy and Management (ER20

(ER20-22T)
Model Question Paper for Sessional Examination

Unit-1
1 (Community Pharmacy Practice)
GROUP – A
(Multiple Choice Type Questions)
1. Choose the correct alternatives of the following:
_____________is a branch of pharmacy that deals with varied areas of patient care, drug dispensing, and
advising patient on safe and rational use of drug.
(a) Hospital Pharmacy
(b) Consulting pharmacy
(c) Nuclear pharmacy
(d) Community pharmacy

Community pharmacy also known as

(a) Ambulatory care pharmacy
(b) Retail pharmacy
(c) Assisted living pharmacy
(d) Regulatory pharmacy

Community pharmacy also involves

(a) Procurement
(b) Storage
(c) Dispensing
(d) All of the above

When did the concept of community pharmacy first emerge?

(a) In the 17th century
(b) In the 18th century
(c) In the 19th century
(d) In the 20th century

The concept of community pharmacy originated

origina in which country?
(a) France
(b) Germany
(c) United kingdom
(d) United states

The pharmacy act of INDIA, which established the pharmacy council of insia (PCI), was enacted in:
(a) 1940
(b) 1948
(c) 1956
(d) 1978

The primary focus of community pharmacy practices is

(a) Inpatient care
(b) Hospital management
(c) Outpatient care
(d) Pharmaceutical manufacturing
Which of the following is a key responsibility of community pharmacists?
(a) Conducting clinical trial
(b) Administering vaccines
(c) Performing surgery
(d) Conducting laboratory

Professional responsibilities of community pharmacists include:

(a) Providing accurate drug information to healthcare providers
(b) Marketing pharmaceutical products aggressively
(c) Minimizing patient interaction and communication
(d) Focusing solely on dispensing medications

Community pharmacists have a legal and ethical responsibility to:

(a) Overcharge patients for medications
(b) Ignore potential drug-drug interaction
(c) Dispense medication as prescribed by healthcare providers
(d) Refuse to provide emergency contraception

Who is known as the “Father of Pharmacy” education in India?

(a) Charaka
(b) Sushruta
(c) Acharya PC Ray
(d) Prof. Mahadev Lal Shroff

GROUP – B
(Short Answer Type Questions)
1. What is community pharmacy management?
2. Write down the History of Community Pharmacy

GROUP – C
(Long Answer Type Questions)
1. Write the Indian scenario and International scenario of community pharmacy?

Unit-2 (Professional responsibilities of community pharmacists)

GROUP – A
(Multiple Choice Type Questions)
1. Choose the correct alternatives of the following:
The aim of pharmacy services is to ensure
(a) Development
(b) Professional commitment
(c) Optimal drug therapy
(d) All of the above

Community pharmacy includes:

(a) Stocking and dispensing prescription
(b) OTC medicines
(c) Patient counselling
(d) All of the above

What is Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP)?

(a) A set of guidelines for the practice of pharmacy
(b) A set of guidelines for the use of drugs
(c) A set of guidelines for the manufacture of drugs
(d) A set of guidelines for the distribution of drugs
Which one of the following is Professional Responsibilities of Community Pharmacists?
(a) Provide the medications to patients based on the prescription
(b) Counseling the patient
(c) Promotion of healthy lifestyle
(d) All of the above

Which one of the following is requirement of Good Pharmacy Practice?

(a) The supply of medicines and healthcare products.
(b) The provision of appropriate information and advices to the patients.
(c) The administration of medicines.
(d) All of the above

Which one of the following is the role of Pharmacists in Good Pharmacy Practice?
(a) Preparation of medical products
(b) Distribution of medical products
(c) Administration of medical products
(d) All of the above

____________is a set of written instructions that document a routine or repetitive activity followed by an
organization
(a) Counselling section
(b) Prescription
(c) GPP
(d) SOPs

Which one of the following are the important objectives of SOPs?

(a) To enhance the quality of services.
(b) To promote uniformity in the provided services.
(c) To eliminate errors
(d) All of the above

SOPs may define as the

(a) Standard procedure
(b) Operating procedure
(c) Standard operating procedure
(d) None of the above

GROUP – B
(Short Answer Type Questions)
1. Write the short notes on Good Pharmacy practice
2. Write the short notes on SOPs (Standard Operating Procedure)

GROUP – C
(Long Answer Type Questions)
1. What are the professional responsibilities of community pharmacists?
 Unit-3(Prescription and prescription handling)

GROUP – A
(Multiple Choice Type Questions)
1. Choose the correct alternatives of the following:
_____________ is a written order from a doctor to a chemist that includes instructions for preparing and
dispensing medicines to a patient.
(a) Good dispensing practices
(b) Prescription
(c) GPP
(d) SOPs

Prescription is a
(a) Dietary chart to patient
(b) Diagnosis report to patient
(c) A written order from a registered medical practitioner
(d) Description of patients symptoms

Types of prescription
(a) Compounded Prescription
(b) Non-Compounded Prescription
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of the above

Formula magistralis defined as the

(a) In these prescriptions one or more active ingredients are mixed with one or more pharmaceutical
additives (vehicle, suspending agent, preservatives, etc.)
(b) Drug, doses, and pharmaceutical forms required by the patient are selected by the physician and
thereafter the medication is prepared accordingly by the pharmacist.
(c) Each drug in the prescription is written on a separate line in a sequence
(d) All of the above

Compounded Prescription also known as

(a) Formula officinalis
(b) Formula magistralis
(c) Formula merriam
(d) Formula custom

Non-Compounded Prescription also known as

(a) Formula officinalis
(b) Formula magistralis
(c) Formula merriam
(d) Formula custom

Which one of the following is not a part of Prescription?

(a) Name of the pharmacist
(b) Address of the pharmacy
(c) Signature
(d) All of the above

Which government agency decides if a medicine is prescription or nonprescription?

(a) CDC
(b) FDA
(c) National institute of health
(d) None of the above

Which one of the following is a part of Prescription where name of ingredients are present
(a) Superscription
(b) Inscription
(c) Subscription
(d) Transcription

The most common criterion used to determine the correct pediatric dose of a drug is
(a) Age
(b) Weight
(c) Gender
(d) Body surface area

Rx is used to denote
(a) Superscription
(b) Inscription
(c) Subscription
(d) Transcription

Subscription in a prescription is the part of

(a) Direction of the pharmacist for preparing the prescription
(b) Doctor’s information
(c) Body of prescription
(d) Represented by the symbol of RX

Signatura is the direction given to

(a) Prescriber
(b) Pharmacist
(c) Patient
(d) Manufacturer

‘SOS’ stands for

(a) Immediately
(b) Frequently
(c) Slowly
(d) When necessary

Which one of the following is not a part of handling of prescription?

(a) Reading and checking carefully
(b) Revision of prescription
(c) Collecting materials
(d) Labeling And packaging

OTC drugs are

(a)Ethical drug
(b) Prescription drug
(c) Ethical and Prescription drug
(d) Non- Prescription drug

Ancillary Labels used for

(a) External Use Only
(b) Essential information that helps a patient to take his /her medicine in a safe and effective way
(c) Drowsiness Warning
(d) All of the above

__________is a discrepancy (mismatching) between a prescription and the medicine that a

pharmacy delivers to the patient or to the ward on the prescription
(a) Checking Errors
(b) Prescription Errors
(c) Dispensing Errors
(d) All of the above
__________ are to deliver right medicines of desired quantity to the right patient in right dose,
strength, frequency and dosage form with clear instruction in written form and orally with appropriate
packaging for maintaining the medicine quality and efficacy.
(a) Good Pharmacy Practice
(b) Good counseling Practice
(c) Good Dispensing Practice
(d) All of the above
GROUP – B
(Short Answer Type Questions)
1. Briefly defined about Prescription with its types?
2. Draw the layout of prescription proforma.
3. Define Dispensing errors? Write cause of Dispensing errors.
4. Write down the strategies to Minimize Dispensing Errors

GROUP – C
(Long Answer Type Questions)
1. Explain about parts of prescription and their handling method.
2. Describe in details about Good Dispensing Practices with its dispensing process

Unit-4 (Communication skills)

GROUP – A
(Multiple Choice Type Questions)
1. Choose the correct alternatives of the following:
The origin of the word communication is ____________.
(a) Communicate
(b) Communicare
(c) Compute
(d) Computer

Types of words used for verbal communication?

(a) Acronyms
(b) Simple
(c) Technical
(d) Jargons

_____________ means communication without words.

(a) Object communication
(b) Written communication
(c) Oral communication
(d) Non-verbal communication

The person who transmit the message is called_____

(a) Channel
(b) Sender
(c) Receiver
(d) Response

The element of face-to-face communication is _____

(a) Words
(b) tone of voice
(c) body language
(d) all of the above

_____ is the communication in which some type of language is used.

(a) Verbal communication
(b) Non-verbal communication
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of the above

____ is our primary mode to communicate feelings and emotions which we usually do not express
verbally –
(a) Telephone communication
(b) Face-to-face communication
(c) One-to-one communication
(d) Non-verbal communication

Another special way of communication in which no words or sentences is used, is termed as ______.
(a) Non-verbal communication
(b) Telephone communication
(c) Face-to-face communication
(d) One-to-one communication

Oral communication is the interchange of _____ between the sender and receiver.
(a) Signs and gestures
(b) Cues and clues
(c) Verbal messages
(d) Written messages

Which of the following is not a component of non-verbal communication?

(a) Paralanguage
(b) Space language
(c) Touch language
(d) Written communication

Three things are most important and essential in any communication process they are
(a) Sender, receiver, and the channel
(b) Thoughts, information, emotion
(c) Gesture, voice, symbols
(d) Symbols, signs, and expressions
GROUP – B
(Short Answer Type Questions)

1. Describe the term Communication Skills.

2. Write the Elements of Communication Skills.
3. What is the Patient Interview Techniques?
4. Explain the “Body Language.”
GROUP – C
(Long Answer Type Questions)
1. What is a Written Communication skill? Write advantages and disadvantages of Written
Communication.
2. Give a brief note on Non-verbal Communication.