PTCB Practice Exam 4
1. Calculate the flow rate in drops per minute if a physician orders D5W/NS1400 mL over 12
hr using an administration set that delivers 40 gtt/mL
Answer: 78 gtt/min
2. What is the subclass of enalapril?
Answer: ACE inhibitors
3. The retail price of a prescription is based on AWP plus a dispensing fee. Using the
dispensing fee of $6.75, calculate the retail price of a prescriptionfor 20 tablets if a bottle of
100 tablets has an AWP of $68.60.
Answer: $20.47
4. A prescription for which 2 of the following medications could not be writtenwith refills
nifedipine, lorazepam, methylphenidate, or hydrocodone/acetaminophen?
Answer: methylphenidate and hydrocodone/acetaminophen
5. A technician answers the phone and the patient calling in states that after taking a
medication received from the pharmacy a few hours earlier,she is notfeeling well and would
like to know the side effects of the medication. What should the technician do?
Answer: put the patient on hold and notify the pharmacist of thesituation
6. What is the brand name for diphenhydramine?
Answer: Benadryl
7. A patient has an order for 60 g of 1.5% hydrocortisone cream.The pharmacyhas 2.5% and 1%
hydrocortisone cream.How much of each will the technicianneed?
Answer: 40 g of 1% and 20 g of 2.5%
8. Who must initiate an order for an investigational drug for patient use?
Answer: aphysician
9. How many 500-mg metronidazole tablets will be needed to compound
the following prescription: metronidazole 3%,suspending agent 30%,simplesyrup 40% qsad
H2O to 15o mL?
Answer: 9
10. A medication given to reduce a fever is called an:
Answer: antipyretic
11. A patient has a prescription for Amoxil 400 mg po tid for 10 days. Your pharmacy has
Amoxil oral suspension 250 mg/5 mL.What volume in mL willyou need to fill this
prescription?