PTCB Quiz Prep

When you're studying for the pharmacy technician exam, the questions turn on exact facts: a drug's class, a controlled-substance schedule, a storage rule. A wrong explanation teaches you the wrong fact, and you won't know until it costs you a point. This site's main idea is to show its sources.

Each question is saved with the source sentence that proves its answer, and the citation appears with the explanation. Most come from primary references. That means DailyMed and MedlinePlus for drug facts, DEA Diversion Control for controlled substances and FDA for recalls and REMS, with ISMP for high-alert medications and USP for handling standards. According to the About page, a script confirms each quote appears word for word in its source, calculation answers are recomputed, and more than 3,000 questions were also checked by a licensed pharmacist who asked not to be named.

The anchor is a 90-question, 110-minute practice exam with a timer that doesn't pause, matching the real PTCE. It's the one to save for a quiet afternoon. For shorter sittings there's a 45-question mock, numbered practice tests and quizzes for each of the four exam domains.

Topic quizzes cover the top 200 drugs, abbreviations, and brand and generic names, plus sig codes and look-alike, sound-alike drugs. Study guides cover pharmacy math such as days supply, alligation, IV flow rates and body surface area, and there are flashcard decks you can study online or print.

Free practice has a weekly cap. Without an account you get one test every seven days, and a verified free account, which needs no card, gets three. A study pass removes the cap and adds a custom test builder. It costs $6.99 a week, $12.99 a month or $29.99 every three months, paid through Stripe, and each plan starts with a one-day free trial. There's also an iOS app with its own in-app prices from $6.99 to $39.99.

The site is independent. It says it isn't affiliated with the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board and that its questions aren't real PTCE questions. Its contact address is in Newark, Delaware, with no company name given. If your exam date is coming up, the free weekly test is a sensible way to find out where you stand.