How many medications questions are on the PTCE?

28. PTCB publishes a percentage for every domain rather than an item count, and it gives Medications 35% of the paper. 28 is that percentage applied to the 80 scored items — worked out here rather than lifted from the document, which is why the percentage is shown alongside it so you can check the arithmetic.

Is this section timed?

Not on this page. These sets are for learning the material — each answer comes with an explanation straight away. When you want the whole paper, the full-length test runs the published clock. The real sitting is 90 questions in 110 minutes.

Are these real questions from the test?

No. Every question here is original, written to the published format. The real item banks are confidential and nobody outside the publisher has them.

PTCE medications questions

Names and classes, duplications, interactions, side effects, indications, stability and storage.

1 28 of the 80 scored questions (35%)

38 questions in this set Untimed — explanation after each answer

PTCE medications 1 of 10

Why does the content outline ask technicians to know drug classifications rather than only individual products?

What this type asks

The largest domain, and the one that shrank — it carried forty per cent of the paper under the previous outline and carries thirty-five now. It is built around what a technician must recognise rather than what a technician decides: generic names, brand names and classifications; therapeutic duplications; the common or life-threatening interactions and contraindications, including drug-disease and drug-dietary-supplement ones; strengths, dosage forms, routes and special handling instructions; common or severe side effects, adverse effects and allergies; indications; drug stability; and proper storage. Two knowledge areas that used to sit here are gone from the outline in force — narrow therapeutic index medications, and the physical and chemical incompatibilities tied to non-sterile compounding. The line that answers most items in this domain has not changed: recognising a problem is the technician’s job, and resolving it is the pharmacist’s.

Generic names, brand names and classifications of medicationsTherapeutic duplicationsCommon or life-threatening drug interactions and contraindicationsStrengths and doses, dosage forms, routes of administration, special handling, duration of therapyCommon or severe side effects, adverse effects and allergiesIndications of medicationsDrug stability (oral suspensions, insulins, reconstitutables, injectables, vaccinations)Proper storage (temperature ranges, light sensitivity, restricted access)

Now do it with the clock running.

90 questions in 110 minutes — about 1.2 minutes each, which is the part no amount of untimed practice prepares you for.

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The other question types

Federal requirements Patient safety and quality assurance Order entry and processing Full timed test

Frequently asked

How many medications questions are on the PTCE?: 28. PTCB publishes a percentage for every domain rather than an item count, and it gives Medications 35% of the paper. 28 is that percentage applied to the 80 scored items — worked out here rather than lifted from the document, which is why the percentage is shown alongside it so you can check the arithmetic.
Is this section timed?: Not on this page. These sets are for learning the material — each answer comes with an explanation straight away. When you want the whole paper, the full-length test runs the published clock. The real sitting is 90 questions in 110 minutes.
Are these real questions from the test?: No. Every question here is original, written to the published format. The real item banks are confidential and nobody outside the publisher has them.

Sources

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