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McGRAW HILL EDUCATION · CERTIFICATION PREP
Pharmacy Technician Exam Certification and Review
Everything you need to sit the PTCE and ExCPT with confidence — built around 2,000 review questions that mirror what's actually on the exam.
Everything you need to sit the PTCE and ExCPT with confidence — built around 2,000 review questions that mirror what's actually on the exam.
Review questions across every exam topic
Certification exams covered — PTCE and ExCPT
Authors, all working pharmacy educators
Book to carry from first study session to test day
Pharmacy Technician Exam: Certification and Review is a complete study companion for anyone preparing to sit the PTCE or ExCPT. Rather than a general overview of pharmacy practice, it is organized around exactly what the certification boards test — and drills each area until it's second nature.
Every chapter pairs a focused review of the concept with question sets written in the same style, tone and difficulty as the real exam, so practice time builds the specific recall and calculation speed test day demands.
The result is a single reference a candidate can work through from the first study session to the morning of the exam — as comfortable for self-paced review as it is for a structured classroom course.
The 2,000 questions are organized the way the certification exams are — by subject area, so weak spots are easy to find and easy to fix.
Generic and brand names, drug classes, indications and side effects.
Dosage, dilution and conversion problems worked the way the exam poses them.
Controlled substances, recordkeeping and the law governing daily practice.
Error prevention, high-alert medications and reporting procedures.
Prescription intake, insurance adjudication and fill workflow.
Aseptic technique, USP standards and compounding calculations.
Ordering, storage conditions, recalls and expired-stock handling.
Third-party billing, prior authorizations and claim rejections.
Written by four pharmacy educators, the review questions are built to feel like the real thing — so the exam itself is the least surprising part of certification day.
JODI DREILING · KRISTY MALACOS · ALLISON CANNON · ERIC SCHMIDT