PTCB CERTIFICATION PRACTICE SCRIPT
2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS ACCURATE KEY
● If a medication has an expiration date of 3/06, when will it expire?.
Answer: The last day of March 2006
● Which of the following interpretations of "i cap qid ac and hs" is
correct?. Answer: Take one capsule by mouth before meals and at
bedtime
● What does the suffix -ectomy mean?. Answer: Removal
● How many 500-mg doses can be prepared from a 10-g vial of
cefazolin?. Answer: 20
● What do the first 5 digits of an NDC number represent?. Answer: Drug
manufacturer
● Which of the following is not a task a pharmacy technician would
perform?. Answer: Counseling a patient
● By what route should Phenergan 25 mg suppository be taken?.
Answer: PR
, ● Which of the following drugs is not a cephalosporin?. Answer:
Lorabid
● Capsules of which of the following sizes contains the smallest
quantity?. Answer: 4
● When would you take a medication if the directions stated "ac"?.
Answer: Before a meal
● What is the meaning of AAC?. Answer: Actual acquisition cost
● What does "NPO" mean on a medication order?. Answer: Nothing by
mouth
● Which of the following medications is not measured International
Units?. Answer: Vitamin B
● Which of the following drugs would be contraindicated with vitamin
K therapy?. 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
2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS ACCURATE KEY
● If a medication has an expiration date of 3/06, when will it expire?.
Answer: The last day of March 2006
● Which of the following interpretations of "i cap qid ac and hs" is
correct?. Answer: Take one capsule by mouth before meals and at
bedtime
● What does the suffix -ectomy mean?. Answer: Removal
● How many 500-mg doses can be prepared from a 10-g vial of
cefazolin?. Answer: 20
● What do the first 5 digits of an NDC number represent?. Answer: Drug
manufacturer
● Which of the following is not a task a pharmacy technician would
perform?. Answer: Counseling a patient
● By what route should Phenergan 25 mg suppository be taken?.
Answer: PR
, ● Which of the following drugs is not a cephalosporin?. Answer:
Lorabid
● Capsules of which of the following sizes contains the smallest
quantity?. Answer: 4
● When would you take a medication if the directions stated "ac"?.
Answer: Before a meal
● What is the meaning of AAC?. Answer: Actual acquisition cost
● What does "NPO" mean on a medication order?. Answer: Nothing by
mouth
● Which of the following medications is not measured International
Units?. Answer: Vitamin B
● Which of the following drugs would be contraindicated with vitamin
K therapy?. 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
