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PTCB EXAM 90 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+.
Which dosage form would use the process of inunction to be absorbed into the
body? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Ointments
If a medication has an expiration date of 3/06, when will it expire? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- The last day of March 2006
Which of the following interpretations of "i cap qid ac and hs" is correct? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Take one capsule by mouth before meals and at
bedtime
What does the suffix -ectomy mean? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Removal
How many 500-mg doses can be prepared from a 10-g vial of cefazolin? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 20
What do the first 5 digits of an NDC number represent? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- Drug manufacturer
Which of the following is not a task a pharmacy technician would perform? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Counseling a patient
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By what route should Phenergan 25 mg suppository be taken? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- PR
Which of the following drugs is not a cephalosporin? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Lorabid
Capsules of which of the following sizes contains the smallest quantity? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 4
When would you take a medication if the directions stated "ac"? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- Before a meal
What is the meaning of AAC? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Actual acquisition
cost
What does "NPO" mean on a medication order? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Nothing by mouth
Which of the following medications is not measured International Units? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Vitamin B
Which of the following drugs would be contraindicated with vitamin K therapy? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Warfarin
How many grams of boric acid are required to make 4 fl oz of the following boric
acid solution?
Boric acid 50 g
PTCB EXAM 90 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+.
Which dosage form would use the process of inunction to be absorbed into the
body? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Ointments
If a medication has an expiration date of 3/06, when will it expire? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- The last day of March 2006
Which of the following interpretations of "i cap qid ac and hs" is correct? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Take one capsule by mouth before meals and at
bedtime
What does the suffix -ectomy mean? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Removal
How many 500-mg doses can be prepared from a 10-g vial of cefazolin? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 20
What do the first 5 digits of an NDC number represent? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- Drug manufacturer
Which of the following is not a task a pharmacy technician would perform? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Counseling a patient
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By what route should Phenergan 25 mg suppository be taken? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- PR
Which of the following drugs is not a cephalosporin? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Lorabid
Capsules of which of the following sizes contains the smallest quantity? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 4
When would you take a medication if the directions stated "ac"? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- Before a meal
What is the meaning of AAC? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Actual acquisition
cost
What does "NPO" mean on a medication order? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Nothing by mouth
Which of the following medications is not measured International Units? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Vitamin B
Which of the following drugs would be contraindicated with vitamin K therapy? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Warfarin
How many grams of boric acid are required to make 4 fl oz of the following boric
acid solution?
Boric acid 50 g
