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💊 Pharmacy Technician
Exam: PTCB PTCE (also prepares for NHA ExCPT)
📋 Real exam format: PTCB PTCE: 90 multiple-choice questions (80 scored + 10 unscored), 1 hour 50 minutes. Domains: Medications 35%, Patient Safety & QA 23.75%, Order Entry & Processing 22.5%, Federal Requirements 18.75%. Passing = scaled score 1400.
Each of our 10 practice exams follows this length, time limit and domain weighting.
Each of our 10 practice exams follows this length, time limit and domain weighting.
About the exam
The PTCE covers four knowledge domains: Medications, Federal Requirements, Patient Safety and Quality Assurance, and Order Entry and Processing. Our 10 tests mix all four domains and include more than 60 worked pharmacy calculations.
- Medications - brand/generic names, classes, interactions, storage
- Federal requirements - DEA schedules and forms, CMEA, recalls, REMS, USP 795/797/800
- Patient safety - high-alert and look-alike/sound-alike drugs, error-prone abbreviations
- Order entry - sig codes, NDC numbers, days supply and dosage calculations
10 full-length practice exams
Renewal & continuing education
PTCB CPhT recertification: 20 hours of CE every 2 years, including at least 1 hour of pharmacy law and 1 hour of patient safety. Many states also register or license technicians.
Requirements change - always confirm with your certifying body and your state or provincial licensing board.