Phamacy Technician Exam Questions

Ahmed wrote the following at 23:49 on 8/27/10;

I will take the Pharmacy Technician Exam after 2 weeks. I have never taken it before and I have some questions about it.

1- I have an associate degree in Science (Pre Pharmacy) so I have been through Chemistry, Biology, Physics classes. I'm that kind of person who likes maths and enjoys solving its problems so would that be enough to pass this exam since there are a lot of maths on that exam?

2- I know the exam will have a lot of conversions but my question is, will the formulas be provided on the exam?

For instance if one exam problem is asking about converting milliliters to tablespoons, will this formula be provided? Which is 1 milliliters = 0.0676280454 US tablespoons?

3- Is it on the computer or on a paper?

4- I also know there will be drugs name questions. Any ideas about these names?

Thank you very much and any extra tips to pass it is really appreciated.

moderator wrote the following reply at 09:47 on 8/29/10;

The PTCB exam is 1/3 math. Formulas will not be provided on the exam. The exam is on computer, not paper. To study the drug names on the exam, I suggest that you study the top 200 drugs. Most drug names mentioned on the exam are on this list. However, sometimes, they'll ask you some drug name that is not on this list. It is too much studying to memorize all the drug names because you'll have to memorize 3000 pages of Drug Facts and Comparisons. QuickTestPrep.com has a drug name list that emphasizes drug name endings. For example, instead of memorizing names of all the antibiotics, you'll be taught that all drug names ending in cillin are antibitoics. Therefore, without studying the following drug names, you'll still know that penicillin, ampicillin, ticarcillin, methicillin, and piperacillin are all antibiotics.

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