PTCE Free Sample Questions

A prescription is written with the sig 'i-ii gtts au qid'. How should the technician interpret these instructions for the patient label?

A technician receives a prescription for warfarin 5mg daily. When reviewing the patient's profile, the technician sees the patient also recently started taking amiodarone. Why must the technician alert the pharmacist to this combination?

An order is received for a patient weighing 165 lbs to receive a drug at a dose of 2.25 mg/kg. The drug is available in a concentration of 5 mg/mL. How many milliliters (mL) should be administered per dose?

A technician is preparing a Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) solution. The final volume is 1.5 L. The order requires the TPN to contain 4.25% amino acids and 20% dextrose. The pharmacy stocks 10% amino acid solution and 70% dextrose solution. How many milliliters of the 10% amino acid solution are needed? ```mermaid pie title TPN Component Sources "Amino Acids" : 10 "Dextrose" : 70 "Other (Lipids, Lytes, etc)" : 20 ```

A prescription reads: 'Amoxicillin/Clavulanate 400 mg/5 mL susp. Sig: 7.5 mL PO BID x 10d'. The medication is available for reconstitution in 50 mL, 75 mL, and 100 mL bottles. Which bottle size should be dispensed to provide a full 10-day course of therapy with the least amount of waste?

A prescription is received for Tobramycin Ophthalmic Solution 0.3% with the sig: 'ii gtts od q4h x 7d'. What is the correct interpretation of these instructions?

A prescription requires 180 g of a 1.5% w/w ointment. The pharmacy has 5% w/w and 1% w/w ointments in stock. How many grams of the 5% ointment are needed to compound this prescription?

A prescription reads 'ciprofloxacin 0.3% ophthalmic solution, ii gtts ad qid x 7d'. What instructions should be typed on the patient's label?

A patient requires a total daily dose of 750 mg of a medication. The medication is available as 250 mg tablets. The prescription sig is 'i-ii tabs po tid'. What is the days supply for a dispensed quantity of 90 tablets?

During a medication reconciliation for a newly admitted patient, a technician notes the patient has prescriptions for both sertraline (Zoloft) from their primary care physician and tramadol (Ultram) from a pain clinic. The technician should flag this for pharmacist review due to an increased risk of what condition?