PTCB EXAM (NEW UPDATED VERSION) LATEST ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS (VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS) | GUARANTEED PASS A+ [2026]
Which dosage form would use the process of inunction to be absorbed into the body? - - - CORRECT
✔✔✔✔✔ Ointments
If a medication has an expiration date of 3/06, when will it expire? - - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ The last day of
March 2006
Which of the following interpretations of "i cap qid ac and hs" is correct? - - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ Take
one capsule by mouth before meals and at bedtime
What does the suffix -ectomy mean? - - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ Removal
How many 500-mg doses can be prepared from a 10-g vial of cefazolin? - - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ 20
What do the first 5 digits of an NDC number represent? - - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ Drug manufacturer
Which of the following is not a task a pharmacy technician would perform? - - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔
Counseling a patient
By what route should Phenergan 25 mg suppository be taken? - - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ PR
Which of the following drugs is not a cephalosporin? - - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ Lorabid
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Capsules of which of the following sizes contains the smallest quantity? - - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ 4
When would you take a medication if the directions stated "ac"? - - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ Before a meal
What is the meaning of AAC? - - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ Actual acquisition cost
What does "NPO" mean on a medication order? - - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ Nothing by mouth
Which of the following medications is not measured International Units? - - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ Vitamin
B
Which of the following drugs would be contraindicated with vitamin K therapy? - - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔
Warfarin
How many grams of boric acid are required to make 4 fl oz of the following boric acid solution?
Boric acid 50 g
Purified water qs to make 1000 mL - - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ 6g
Antidepressants in which of the following classifications need to be washed out of the body before a patient
switches to another antidepressant? - - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ MAOIs
What is a drug monograph? - - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ Literature on the drug
What is the percentage strenght of a solution that is made by adding 100 mL of purified water to 600 mL of a
25% solution? - - CORRECT ✔✔✔✔✔ 21.4%
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