PTCB EXAM STUDY MATERIALS QUESTION AND
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
1. **Which dosage form would use the process of inunction to be absorbed into the body?**
- A. Ointments
- B. Tablets
- C. Syrups
- D. Capsules
- **Answer: A. Ointments**
2. **If a medication has an expiration date of 3/06, when will it expire?**
- A. The last day of March 2006
- B. The first day of March 2006
- C. The last day of March 2005
- D. The first day of March 2005
- **Answer: A. The last day of March 2006**
3. **Which of the following interpretations of "i cap qid ac and hs" is correct?**
- A. Take one capsule by mouth four times a day before meals and at bedtime
- B. Take one capsule by mouth twice a day after meals and at bedtime
- C. Take one capsule by mouth once a day with meals
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- D. Take one capsule by mouth three times a day after meals
- **Answer: A. Take one capsule by mouth four times a day before meals and at bedtime**
4. **What does the suffix -ectomy mean?**
- A. Removal
- B. Addition
- C. Replacement
- D. Examination
- **Answer: A. Removal**
5. **How many 500-mg doses can be prepared from a 10-g vial of cefazolin?**
- A. 5
- B. 10
- C. 20
- D. 25
- **Answer: C. 20**
6. **What do the first 5 digits of an NDC number represent?**
- A. Drug manufacturer
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- B. Drug strength
- C. Drug packaging
- D. Drug dosage form
- **Answer: A. Drug manufacturer**
7. **Which of the following is not a task a pharmacy technician would perform?**
- A. Medication preparation
- B. Drug inventory management
- C. Patient counseling
- D. Prescription processing
- **Answer: C. Patient counseling**
8. **By what route should Phenergan 25 mg suppository be taken?**
- A. Oral
- B. Intramuscular
- C. Rectal
- D. Subcutaneous
- **Answer: C. Rectal**
9. **Which of the following drugs is not a cephalosporin?**
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- A. Cefazolin
- B. Ceftriaxone
- C. Lorabid
- D. Cefuroxime
- **Answer: C. Lorabid**
10. **Capsules of which of the following sizes contains the smallest quantity?**
- A. Size 4
- B. Size 2
- C. Size 0
- D. Size 1
- **Answer: A. Size 4**
11. **When would you take a medication if the directions stated "ac"?**
- A. After a meal
- B. Before a meal
- C. At bedtime
- D. With food
- **Answer: B. Before a meal**
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