PTCE CORE EXAM 2026 TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔when state laws differ from federal laws, the ___ law should be enforced -
✔✔strictest
✔✔__ doses are to be delivered within 15 minutes or less to the area requesting them -
✔✔stat
✔✔the ___ has been the leader in providing course curriculum and standards and
offering students the best foundation for becoming technicians - ✔✔ashp
✔✔association membership is an excellent way for a pharmacy technician to __ their
career and form ___ friendships with pharmacy colleagues - ✔✔advance, lifelong
✔✔pharmacy is an important ___ and pharmacy technician is a great ___ -
✔✔profession, career
✔✔a __ is honest and dependable and displays integrity in all situations -
✔✔professional
✔✔traditional settings such as __ or ___ pharmacy are not the only places you will find
pharmacy technicians working today - ✔✔retail, hospital
✔✔anticoagulant technician - ✔✔Assists the anticoagulant pharmacist in contacting
patients when patient follow-up is necessary or the patient's anticoagulation medication
or dosage needs to be changed
✔✔Chemotherapy technician - ✔✔Receives orders and prepares all chemotherapeutic
agents
✔✔Clinical technician - ✔✔Assists the pharmacist with tracking patients' medications or
compiling data for drug utilization study
✔✔computer support technician - ✔✔Supports personnel by helping with automated
medication dispensing systems
✔✔Corporate pharmacy analysis - ✔✔Surveys the efficiency in all areas of the
pharmacy and recommends changes to help the pharmacy operate more productively
and efficiently
✔✔director/instructor - ✔✔certified pharmacy technician that oversees technician
training programs and/or serves as instructor in schools around the country
, ✔✔Home infusion pharmacy technician - ✔✔Assists the pharmacist in the preparation
of IV solutions, injectable drugs, and enteral nutrition therapy for the patient at home
✔✔insurance billing technician - ✔✔Knows guidelines of Medicare, Blue Cross, and
other insurance companies
✔✔inventory/stock technician - ✔✔orders and bills for all stock, knows who to contact
for fast service, obtains products and drugs as soon as possible, process returns,
recalled drugs and controlled substances
✔✔IV technician - ✔✔interprets orders and prepares all parenteral medications, in both
large and small volumes, including controlled substance drips, TPN products, insulin
drips, and any other special order intravenous or intramuscular drugs
✔✔Nuclear pharmacy technician - ✔✔Assists the pharmacist with handling and
preparing physicians' orders for radioactive medications used in diagnosis and
treatment
✔✔oncology pharmacy technician - ✔✔assists pharmacists in caring for patients with
various types of cancer
✔✔Pharmacy business management operator - ✔✔Hires technicians to help customers
over the phone
✔✔Pharmacy informatics analyst - ✔✔Specially trained technician who works with the
Clinical Applications Specialist to maintain pharmacy software and computers,
coordinate hardware and software updates, and work with the pharmacy informatics
team
✔✔poison control call center operator - ✔✔Screens incoming calls and transfers calls to
911 operator or pharmacist; authorized to take the call if it concerns a minor issue
✔✔Retail technician - ✔✔Must have excellent communications skills, phone skills, and
prescription-filling abilities
✔✔Robot filler - ✔✔Is trained to load mechanical dispensing equipment and keep it
running smoothly
✔✔software writer - ✔✔Technicians with additional computer background and/or
training to prepare software services
✔✔Technician coordinator - ✔✔Responsible for training, regulation compliance, and
scheduling of all pharmacy technician personnel
GRADED A+
✔✔when state laws differ from federal laws, the ___ law should be enforced -
✔✔strictest
✔✔__ doses are to be delivered within 15 minutes or less to the area requesting them -
✔✔stat
✔✔the ___ has been the leader in providing course curriculum and standards and
offering students the best foundation for becoming technicians - ✔✔ashp
✔✔association membership is an excellent way for a pharmacy technician to __ their
career and form ___ friendships with pharmacy colleagues - ✔✔advance, lifelong
✔✔pharmacy is an important ___ and pharmacy technician is a great ___ -
✔✔profession, career
✔✔a __ is honest and dependable and displays integrity in all situations -
✔✔professional
✔✔traditional settings such as __ or ___ pharmacy are not the only places you will find
pharmacy technicians working today - ✔✔retail, hospital
✔✔anticoagulant technician - ✔✔Assists the anticoagulant pharmacist in contacting
patients when patient follow-up is necessary or the patient's anticoagulation medication
or dosage needs to be changed
✔✔Chemotherapy technician - ✔✔Receives orders and prepares all chemotherapeutic
agents
✔✔Clinical technician - ✔✔Assists the pharmacist with tracking patients' medications or
compiling data for drug utilization study
✔✔computer support technician - ✔✔Supports personnel by helping with automated
medication dispensing systems
✔✔Corporate pharmacy analysis - ✔✔Surveys the efficiency in all areas of the
pharmacy and recommends changes to help the pharmacy operate more productively
and efficiently
✔✔director/instructor - ✔✔certified pharmacy technician that oversees technician
training programs and/or serves as instructor in schools around the country
, ✔✔Home infusion pharmacy technician - ✔✔Assists the pharmacist in the preparation
of IV solutions, injectable drugs, and enteral nutrition therapy for the patient at home
✔✔insurance billing technician - ✔✔Knows guidelines of Medicare, Blue Cross, and
other insurance companies
✔✔inventory/stock technician - ✔✔orders and bills for all stock, knows who to contact
for fast service, obtains products and drugs as soon as possible, process returns,
recalled drugs and controlled substances
✔✔IV technician - ✔✔interprets orders and prepares all parenteral medications, in both
large and small volumes, including controlled substance drips, TPN products, insulin
drips, and any other special order intravenous or intramuscular drugs
✔✔Nuclear pharmacy technician - ✔✔Assists the pharmacist with handling and
preparing physicians' orders for radioactive medications used in diagnosis and
treatment
✔✔oncology pharmacy technician - ✔✔assists pharmacists in caring for patients with
various types of cancer
✔✔Pharmacy business management operator - ✔✔Hires technicians to help customers
over the phone
✔✔Pharmacy informatics analyst - ✔✔Specially trained technician who works with the
Clinical Applications Specialist to maintain pharmacy software and computers,
coordinate hardware and software updates, and work with the pharmacy informatics
team
✔✔poison control call center operator - ✔✔Screens incoming calls and transfers calls to
911 operator or pharmacist; authorized to take the call if it concerns a minor issue
✔✔Retail technician - ✔✔Must have excellent communications skills, phone skills, and
prescription-filling abilities
✔✔Robot filler - ✔✔Is trained to load mechanical dispensing equipment and keep it
running smoothly
✔✔software writer - ✔✔Technicians with additional computer background and/or
training to prepare software services
✔✔Technician coordinator - ✔✔Responsible for training, regulation compliance, and
scheduling of all pharmacy technician personnel
