PTCB Practice Test

Please Choose your Topic

Generic names, brand names, and classifications of medications
Therapeutic Equivalence
Common and life-threatening drug interactions and contraindications (e.g., drug-disease, drug-drug, drug-dietary supplement, drug-laboratory, drug-nutrient)
Strengths/dose, dosage forms, routes of administration, special handling and administration instructions, and duration of drug therapy
Common and severe medication side effects, adverse effects, and allergies
Indications of medications and dietary supplements
Drug stability (e.g., oral suspensions, insulin, reconstitutables, injectables, vaccinations)
Narrow therapeutic index (NTI) medications
Physical and chemical incompatibilities related to non-sterile compounding and reconstitution
Proper storage of medications (e.g., temperature ranges, light sensitivity, restricted access)

Federal requirements for handling and disposal of non-hazardous, hazardous, and pharmaceutical substances and waste
Federal requirements for controlled substance prescriptions (i.e., new, refill, transfer) and DEA controlled substance schedules
Federal requirements (e.g., DEA, FDA) for controlled substances (i.e., receiving, storing, ordering, labeling, dispensing, reverse distribution, take-back programs, and loss or theft of)
Federal requirements for restricted drug programs and related medication processing (e.g., pseudoephedrine, Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies [REMS])
FDA recall requirements (e.g., medications, devices, supplies, supplements, classifications)