PTCB Final Exam/ Practice Exam Questions with Correct Verified
Answers/ Latest Update 2024
If a prescription calls for Flagyl 500mg q8h for 7 days, and 0.25 g tablets are available, how many tablets
should be dispensed for the 7 days?
a. 21
b. 14
c. 22
d. 42 - ANSWER - d. 42
Preparing oral medication into single-unit doses from a multiple-dose stock container is known as:
a. Bulk compounding
b. Parenteral admixture
c. Prepackaging
d. Supplemental - ANSWER - c. Prepackaging
Which Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) form should be used when disposing of expired
controlled substances?
a. DEA Form 41
b. DEA Form 106
c. DEA Form 222
d. DEA Form 221 - ANSWER - a. DEA Form 41
Which U.S. law required pharmacists to provide consulting services to Medicaid patients?
a. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
b. Poison Control Act
c. Occupational Safety and Health Act
d. Durham-Humphrey Amendment - ANSWER - a. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
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,Which reference book would be used to find the average wholesale price (AWP) of a medication?
a. Orange Book
b. Red Book
c. PDR
d. Facts and Comparisons - ANSWER - b. Red Book
A patient is to receive a TPN with 2400 ml over 24 hours. How many milliliters per minute will the patient
receive?
a. 100
b. 6000
c. 1.67
d. 40.2 - ANSWER - c. 1.67
In which controlled substance schedule would you find Ritalin?
a. Schedule II
b. Schedule III
c. Schedule IV
d. Schedule V - ANSWER - a. Schedule II
A 100-ml piggyback is given over 60 minutes every 6 hours. If the first bag was given at 0900, when will
the next bag be due?
a. 1800
b. 1500
c. 2100
d. 1000 - ANSWER - b. 1500
Which of the following is an antineoplastic medication?
a. Acyclovir
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,b. Neurontin
c. Cisplatin
d. Requip u - ANSWER - c. Cisplatin
How much diluent is needed to prepare 250 ml of Heparin 100 units/ml from a concentrate of Heparin
5000 units/ml?
a. 5 ml
b. 225 ml
c. 25 ml
d. 245 ml - ANSWER - d. 245 ml
A prescription is received for 30 tablets of Coumadin 5 mg. The pharmacy's cost for 100 tablets of
Coumadin 5 mg is $165.75. If the pharmacy charges a dispensing fee of $5 and a makeup of 30% of cost,
what would be billed to the insurance company after the patient paid a co-play of $15?
a. $54.64
b. $39.73
c. $69.64
d. $64.64 - ANSWER - a. $54.64
A 6 year old child that weighs 55 lbs. is to receive Cephalexin. If the child dosing for Cephalexin is
50mg/kg/day in two equally divided doses and the suspension concentration is 250mg/5 ml, what
amount of suspension would be needed for a dose?
a. 25 ml
b. 27.5 ml
c. 12.5 ml
d. 5 ml - ANSWER - c. 12.5 ml
When is using a class A balance?
a. Can only weigh up to 120 mg
b. Only has one pan, which is where the powder goes
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, c. Left pan: the weights are placed; right pan: the powder is placed
d. Left pan: the powder is placed; right pan: the weights are placed - ANSWER - d. Left pan: the powder is
placed; right pan: the weights are placed
What is the percentage concentration of a 1 mg / 0.2 ml solution?
a. 500%
b. 0.5%
c. 5%
d. 0.005% - ANSWER - b. 0.5%
If a vancomycin vial is reconstituted to a concentration of 0.1 g/ml, what volume is needed to prepare a
dose of 125mg?
a. 0.1 ml
b. 1 ml
c. 1.25 ml
d. 125 ml - ANSWER - c. 1.25 ml
To compound 500 g of a hydrocortisone 2.5% cream, how much hydrocortisone is needed?
a. 12.5 g
b. 5 g
c. 1.25 g
d. 50 g - ANSWER - a. 12.5 g
If the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report a shortage of ACE inhibitor agents, which of the
following medications could be involved?
a. Temazepam
b. Enalapril
c. Simvastatin
d. Esomeprazole - ANSWER - b. Enalapril
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