The Pharmacy Technician Board (PTCB) was founded in 1995 with the vision to create the standard for the pharmacy technicians’ certification that enhances medication safety as well as patient care. The PTCB exam is designed to evaluate the candidate’s knowledge and skills as required to function as a pharmacy technician. Before you can start a career as a pharmacy technician, it is crucial that you first pass the PTCB examination.

The exam is made up of 10 pre-test and 90 multiple-choice questions. The pre-test questions do not count towards the overall scores of the candidate in the exam. They are basically used for pre-testing future exam questions. The students are allotted two hours to complete this exam.

The test covers a wide range of topics ranging from Pharmacology, Medication Safety, Law and Regulations, Pharmacy Quality Assurance to Non-Sterile and Sterile Compounding Other contents that will be tested during the PTCB examination include Medication Order Entry and Fill Process, Pharmacy Information System Application and Usage, Pharmacy Inventory Management, and Pharmacy Billing and Reimbursement.