PTCB Practice Test 1 Exam Questions with Correct Answers

How many mL of 70% and 40% alcohol elixirs should be missed to prepare 300mL of 60% alcohol? Correct Answer 200 mL of 70%, 100 mL of 40% Which of the following vaccines should be kept in the freezer? Correct Answer Varicella vaccine Which of the following is an example of a Class II recall? Correct Answer foreign objects that pose a physical hazard The Roman numeral XXXVI is equal to Correct Answer 36 Many terminally ill patients on pain medications require increasingly higher doses to obtain pain relief. This is known as Correct Answer tolerance A Class III prescription balance requires recertification every Correct Answer year The physician orders cefaclor 450 mg TID. The drug is available as a 375 mg/5 mL suspension. How many mL should be given for each dose? Correct Answer 6 mL What is the appropriate form required for a pharmacy to order Schedule II medications from a distributor? Correct Answer DEA form 222 Hydrocortisone 0.5% cream in a 1 ounce tube contains Correct Answer hydrocortisone 141.75 mg in 28.35 g of cream How many prednisone 5mg tablets are needed to fill a prescription with the following directions? prednisone 5mg tablets take 1/2 tab PO QID x 2 days 1/2 tab PO TID x 2 days 1/2 tab PO BID x 2 days 1/2 tab PO QD x 2 days Then stop Correct Answer 10