PTCE 2026 EVALUATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔T/F : A horizontal laminar flow hood can be used for compounding chemotherapy -
✔✔Hazardous products such as chemotherapy can only be compounded under a
vertical flow hood or a barrier isolator with negative pressure
✔✔T/F: compound sterile products are also known as extemporaneous compounding. -
✔✔False
- Extemporanous compounding are non - commercially available and non sterile
products that are prepared for specific patients in response to a physician's percription.
✔✔T/F: A barrier isolator or a horizontal laminar flow hood can be used to compound IV
antibiotics - ✔✔True
✔✔To measure liquids in a graduated cylinder - ✔✔one must read at eye level the lower
portion of the meniscus.
- the meniscus is the concave shape that forms at the top of the graduated cylinder
because od liquid's affinity to glass
- If the liquid that form an upside- down meniscus, one must read at eye level the
highest point of the meniscus
✔✔Which of the following regulations gives enforceable guidelines for the preparation of
sterile products to prevent contamination? - ✔✔United States Pharmacopoeia 797
- gives enforceable guidelines for the preparation of sterile products or compounded
sterile products in an effort to prevent contamination.
✔✔The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 - ✔✔Prohibit the manufacturer, sale or
trasportaion of mis-brandished and adulterated foods and drugs
✔✔The Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 - ✔✔requires all medications to be
packaged in childproof containers to prevent accidental child poisoning.
- However, patients who sign a waiver are exempted from this regulation.
- Certain emergency medications such as nitroglycerin sub-lingual are dispensed in
non-childproof packaging,
✔✔The FDA Medical Devices Act of 1990 - ✔✔requires reporting serious injuries and
deaths caused by medical equipment to the FDA and the manufacturer.
✔✔Which of the following information is required on the medication label of a
prepackaged or repackaged unit dose medication in an impatient setting? -
,✔✔Medication name, dosage form and strength , repackaging lot number,
manufacture's name and expiration date.
✔✔If the strength of a drug is omitted from the prescription, your duty as a pharmacy
technician would be to - ✔✔Tell the pharmacist
✔✔How often can a patient refill a Schedule II prescription? - ✔✔No refills even if a
written prescription indicated an infinite amount of refills
✔✔What is required during preparation of chemotherapy ? - ✔✔- Double gloving is the
most important of donning personal protective equipment.
- Compounded under a vertical flow hood.
✔✔SWFI - ✔✔Sterile water for irrigation
✔✔LR - ✔✔Lactated Ringer's solution
✔✔Which of the following is the net cost of medications paid by a pharmacy after
applying all adjustment and discounts ? - ✔✔Actual Acquisition cost
✔✔Which method would be the most accurate for determining the appropriate pediatric
dose ? - ✔✔Drug- specific information from the manufacturer
- PT should always refer to information from the manufacturer or packages insert for the
most accurate drug-specific information
✔✔Work area is designated by how many inches from the from edge and the sides of
the laminar airflow hood? - ✔✔6 inches from the edge and 6 inches from the sides to
guard against contamination
✔✔Fat Soluable Vitamin - ✔✔Vitamin D, E, A, K
✔✔What is the most important thing to remember when preparing products using an
ampoule? - ✔✔To use a filter needle to draw up the solution and to change the needle
when injecting the solution into the JV bag or vice versa.
- It is also crucial to change the needle before transferring the solution into an IV bag
because the needle used first could be contaminated with glass particle.
- Using a 5 micron filter to eliminate all glass particles
✔✔How would 8:30 p.m. be expressed in military time? - ✔✔2030
- 1:00 am = 0100
- After 12 noon = 1200 add 100 to each hr.
- 1:00pm = 1300
, ✔✔which of the following procedures must be followed to prevent coring? - ✔✔Coring =
a piece of the vial's rubber stopper broke off and entered the drug.
- Inset the needle into the vial with the lumen side up
- Insert the needle at a 45 - 60 angle
✔✔The larger the needle gauge - ✔✔the smaller the diameter of the needle
- SO 28-gauge needle is smaller than a 16- gauge needle
✔✔What are the base components of a hyperalimentation admixture? - ✔✔Amino acid
and dextrose or amino acids, dextrose and lipids combinations
- Aminoc acide provide protein while dextrose provide energy
✔✔A vertical laminar flow hood is reserved for the preparation of which of the following?
- ✔✔Hazardous agents such as chemotherapy
✔✔What is the generic name for Concerta? - ✔✔Methylphenidate
✔✔Generic name for Amidate - ✔✔Etomidate
✔✔Generic name for Diovan - ✔✔Valsartan
✔✔Generic name for Lopressor - ✔✔Metoprolol
✔✔Which is an anticonvulsant medication? - ✔✔Carbamazepine
✔✔Which is an antineoplastic ? - ✔✔Etoposide
✔✔Which is an sulfa antibiotic ? - ✔✔Sulfadiazine
✔✔Which is an antidiabetic? - ✔✔Glipizide
✔✔Which is an anti-neoplastic medication? - ✔✔Doxorubicin
✔✔Which is an aminoglycoside? - ✔✔Amikacine
✔✔Which is a tricyclic antidepressant? - ✔✔Doxepin
✔✔Which is a macrolide antibiotic? - ✔✔Erythromycin
✔✔How much codeine is found in Tylenol #3? - ✔✔30 mg of codeine and 300 mg of
acetaminophen
✔✔Tylenol #1 - ✔✔Contains 8 mg of codeine and 325 mg of acetaminophen
GRADED A+
✔✔T/F : A horizontal laminar flow hood can be used for compounding chemotherapy -
✔✔Hazardous products such as chemotherapy can only be compounded under a
vertical flow hood or a barrier isolator with negative pressure
✔✔T/F: compound sterile products are also known as extemporaneous compounding. -
✔✔False
- Extemporanous compounding are non - commercially available and non sterile
products that are prepared for specific patients in response to a physician's percription.
✔✔T/F: A barrier isolator or a horizontal laminar flow hood can be used to compound IV
antibiotics - ✔✔True
✔✔To measure liquids in a graduated cylinder - ✔✔one must read at eye level the lower
portion of the meniscus.
- the meniscus is the concave shape that forms at the top of the graduated cylinder
because od liquid's affinity to glass
- If the liquid that form an upside- down meniscus, one must read at eye level the
highest point of the meniscus
✔✔Which of the following regulations gives enforceable guidelines for the preparation of
sterile products to prevent contamination? - ✔✔United States Pharmacopoeia 797
- gives enforceable guidelines for the preparation of sterile products or compounded
sterile products in an effort to prevent contamination.
✔✔The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 - ✔✔Prohibit the manufacturer, sale or
trasportaion of mis-brandished and adulterated foods and drugs
✔✔The Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 - ✔✔requires all medications to be
packaged in childproof containers to prevent accidental child poisoning.
- However, patients who sign a waiver are exempted from this regulation.
- Certain emergency medications such as nitroglycerin sub-lingual are dispensed in
non-childproof packaging,
✔✔The FDA Medical Devices Act of 1990 - ✔✔requires reporting serious injuries and
deaths caused by medical equipment to the FDA and the manufacturer.
✔✔Which of the following information is required on the medication label of a
prepackaged or repackaged unit dose medication in an impatient setting? -
,✔✔Medication name, dosage form and strength , repackaging lot number,
manufacture's name and expiration date.
✔✔If the strength of a drug is omitted from the prescription, your duty as a pharmacy
technician would be to - ✔✔Tell the pharmacist
✔✔How often can a patient refill a Schedule II prescription? - ✔✔No refills even if a
written prescription indicated an infinite amount of refills
✔✔What is required during preparation of chemotherapy ? - ✔✔- Double gloving is the
most important of donning personal protective equipment.
- Compounded under a vertical flow hood.
✔✔SWFI - ✔✔Sterile water for irrigation
✔✔LR - ✔✔Lactated Ringer's solution
✔✔Which of the following is the net cost of medications paid by a pharmacy after
applying all adjustment and discounts ? - ✔✔Actual Acquisition cost
✔✔Which method would be the most accurate for determining the appropriate pediatric
dose ? - ✔✔Drug- specific information from the manufacturer
- PT should always refer to information from the manufacturer or packages insert for the
most accurate drug-specific information
✔✔Work area is designated by how many inches from the from edge and the sides of
the laminar airflow hood? - ✔✔6 inches from the edge and 6 inches from the sides to
guard against contamination
✔✔Fat Soluable Vitamin - ✔✔Vitamin D, E, A, K
✔✔What is the most important thing to remember when preparing products using an
ampoule? - ✔✔To use a filter needle to draw up the solution and to change the needle
when injecting the solution into the JV bag or vice versa.
- It is also crucial to change the needle before transferring the solution into an IV bag
because the needle used first could be contaminated with glass particle.
- Using a 5 micron filter to eliminate all glass particles
✔✔How would 8:30 p.m. be expressed in military time? - ✔✔2030
- 1:00 am = 0100
- After 12 noon = 1200 add 100 to each hr.
- 1:00pm = 1300
, ✔✔which of the following procedures must be followed to prevent coring? - ✔✔Coring =
a piece of the vial's rubber stopper broke off and entered the drug.
- Inset the needle into the vial with the lumen side up
- Insert the needle at a 45 - 60 angle
✔✔The larger the needle gauge - ✔✔the smaller the diameter of the needle
- SO 28-gauge needle is smaller than a 16- gauge needle
✔✔What are the base components of a hyperalimentation admixture? - ✔✔Amino acid
and dextrose or amino acids, dextrose and lipids combinations
- Aminoc acide provide protein while dextrose provide energy
✔✔A vertical laminar flow hood is reserved for the preparation of which of the following?
- ✔✔Hazardous agents such as chemotherapy
✔✔What is the generic name for Concerta? - ✔✔Methylphenidate
✔✔Generic name for Amidate - ✔✔Etomidate
✔✔Generic name for Diovan - ✔✔Valsartan
✔✔Generic name for Lopressor - ✔✔Metoprolol
✔✔Which is an anticonvulsant medication? - ✔✔Carbamazepine
✔✔Which is an antineoplastic ? - ✔✔Etoposide
✔✔Which is an sulfa antibiotic ? - ✔✔Sulfadiazine
✔✔Which is an antidiabetic? - ✔✔Glipizide
✔✔Which is an anti-neoplastic medication? - ✔✔Doxorubicin
✔✔Which is an aminoglycoside? - ✔✔Amikacine
✔✔Which is a tricyclic antidepressant? - ✔✔Doxepin
✔✔Which is a macrolide antibiotic? - ✔✔Erythromycin
✔✔How much codeine is found in Tylenol #3? - ✔✔30 mg of codeine and 300 mg of
acetaminophen
✔✔Tylenol #1 - ✔✔Contains 8 mg of codeine and 325 mg of acetaminophen
