pg. 1 PTCB Final Exam/ Practice Exam Questions with Correct Verified Answers/ Latest Update 2024
If a prescription calls for Flagyl 500mg q8h for 7 days, and 0.25 g tablets are available, how many tablets should be dispensed for the 7 days?
- 21
- 14
- 22
- 42 - ANSWER - d. 42
Preparing oral medication into single-unit doses from a multiple-dose stock container is known as:
- Bulk compounding
- Parenteral admixture
- Prepackaging
- Supplemental - ANSWER - c. Prepackaging
Which Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) form should be used when disposing of expired controlled substances?
- DEA Form 41
- DEA Form 106
- DEA Form 222
- DEA Form 221 - ANSWER - a. DEA Form 41
Which U.S. law required pharmacists to provide consulting services to Medicaid patients?
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
- Poison Control Act
- Occupational Safety and Health Act
- Durham-Humphrey Amendment - ANSWER - a. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
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Which reference book would be used to find the average wholesale price (AWP) of a medication?
- Orange Book
- Red Book
- PDR
- Facts and Comparisons - ANSWER - b. Red Book
A patient is to receive a TPN with 2400 ml over 24 hours. How many milliliters per minute will the patient receive?
- 100
- 6000
- 1.67
- 40.2 - ANSWER - c. 1.67
In which controlled substance schedule would you find Ritalin?
- Schedule II
- Schedule III
- Schedule IV
- Schedule V - ANSWER - a. Schedule II
A 100-ml piggyback is given over 60 minutes every 6 hours. If the first bag was given at 0900, when will the next bag be due?
- 1800
- 1500
- 2100
- 1000 - ANSWER - b. 1500
Which of the following is an antineoplastic medication?
- Acyclovir 2 / 4
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- Neurontin
- Cisplatin
- Requip u - ANSWER - c. Cisplatin
How much diluent is needed to prepare 250 ml of Heparin 100 units/ml from a concentrate of Heparin 5000 units/ml?
- 5 ml
- 225 ml
- 25 ml
- 245 ml - ANSWER - d. 245 ml
A prescription is received for 30 tablets of Coumadin 5 mg. The pharmacy's cost for 100 tablets of Coumadin 5 mg is $165.75. If the pharmacy charges a dispensing fee of $5 and a makeup of 30% of cost, what would be billed to the insurance company after the patient paid a co-play of $15?
- $54.64
- $39.73
- $69.64
- $64.64 - ANSWER - a. $54.64
A 6 year old child that weighs 55 lbs. is to receive Cephalexin. If the child dosing for Cephalexin is 50mg/kg/day in two equally divided doses and the suspension concentration is 250mg/5 ml, what amount of suspension would be needed for a dose?
- 25 ml
- 27.5 ml
- 12.5 ml
- 5 ml - ANSWER - c. 12.5 ml
When is using a class A balance?
- Can only weigh up to 120 mg
- Only has one pan, which is where the powder goes 3 / 4
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- Left pan: the weights are placed; right pan: the powder is placed
- Left pan: the powder is placed; right pan: the weights are placed - ANSWER - d. Left pan: the powder is
placed; right pan: the weights are placed
What is the percentage concentration of a 1 mg / 0.2 ml solution?
- 500%
- 0.5%
- 5%
- 0.005% - ANSWER - b. 0.5%
If a vancomycin vial is reconstituted to a concentration of 0.1 g/ml, what volume is needed to prepare a dose of 125mg?
- 0.1 ml
- 1 ml
- 1.25 ml
- 125 ml - ANSWER - c. 1.25 ml
To compound 500 g of a hydrocortisone 2.5% cream, how much hydrocortisone is needed?
- 12.5 g
- 5 g
- 1.25 g
- 50 g - ANSWER - a. 12.5 g
If the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report a shortage of ACE inhibitor agents, which of the following medications could be involved?
- Temazepam
- Enalapril
- Simvastatin
- Esomeprazole - ANSWER - b. Enalapril
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