PTCB Practice Tests Questions and
Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
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What type of medication error occurs when the wrong strength of a drug is dispensed?
✔✔ Dispensing error.
Which government agency oversees the safety and effectiveness of prescription and OTC
medications?
✔✔ FDA (Food and Drug Administration).
What is the beyond-use date for a non-sterile compounded water-containing oral solution?
✔✔ 14 days when refrigerated.
Which drug is considered an anticoagulant that requires routine blood monitoring?
✔✔ Warfarin.
What does the abbreviation hs mean on a prescription?
✔✔ At bedtime.
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,What is the generic name for the brand drug Singulair?
✔✔ Montelukast.
Which route of administration delivers medication directly into the vein?
✔✔ Intravenous (IV).
What is the primary purpose of barcoding technology in pharmacies?
✔✔ To reduce medication errors and improve accuracy.
Which vitamin is known as ergocalciferol?
✔✔ Vitamin D2.
What is the main purpose of the DEA number on a prescription?
✔✔ To identify prescribers authorized to prescribe controlled substances.
Which schedule of controlled substances cannot be refilled under any circumstances?
✔✔ Schedule II.
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, What does the abbreviation ac mean in prescription instructions?
✔✔ Before meals.
Which drug is commonly prescribed for high cholesterol and belongs to the statin class?
✔✔ Atorvastatin.
Which dosage form is designed to dissolve in the cheek pouch?
✔✔ Buccal tablet.
What is the generic name for the brand drug Prozac?
✔✔ Fluoxetine.
Which pharmacy law created the requirement for drug utilization review (DUR) and patient
counseling?
✔✔ OBRA ‘90 (Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990).
What does the abbreviation gtt mean in medication orders?
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Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
Correct & Verified
What type of medication error occurs when the wrong strength of a drug is dispensed?
✔✔ Dispensing error.
Which government agency oversees the safety and effectiveness of prescription and OTC
medications?
✔✔ FDA (Food and Drug Administration).
What is the beyond-use date for a non-sterile compounded water-containing oral solution?
✔✔ 14 days when refrigerated.
Which drug is considered an anticoagulant that requires routine blood monitoring?
✔✔ Warfarin.
What does the abbreviation hs mean on a prescription?
✔✔ At bedtime.
1
,What is the generic name for the brand drug Singulair?
✔✔ Montelukast.
Which route of administration delivers medication directly into the vein?
✔✔ Intravenous (IV).
What is the primary purpose of barcoding technology in pharmacies?
✔✔ To reduce medication errors and improve accuracy.
Which vitamin is known as ergocalciferol?
✔✔ Vitamin D2.
What is the main purpose of the DEA number on a prescription?
✔✔ To identify prescribers authorized to prescribe controlled substances.
Which schedule of controlled substances cannot be refilled under any circumstances?
✔✔ Schedule II.
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, What does the abbreviation ac mean in prescription instructions?
✔✔ Before meals.
Which drug is commonly prescribed for high cholesterol and belongs to the statin class?
✔✔ Atorvastatin.
Which dosage form is designed to dissolve in the cheek pouch?
✔✔ Buccal tablet.
What is the generic name for the brand drug Prozac?
✔✔ Fluoxetine.
Which pharmacy law created the requirement for drug utilization review (DUR) and patient
counseling?
✔✔ OBRA ‘90 (Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990).
What does the abbreviation gtt mean in medication orders?
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