At-a-Glance: PTCE Practice Bank® – PTCB (Pharmacy Technician Certification Board)

The PTCE Practice Bank® is a powerful study tool that gives candidates a highly flexible way to prepare for the PTCE. The PTCE Practice Bank includes Study Questions that have over 300 retired PTCE questions and a Study Deck that consists of 400 flashcards to help you prepare for the PTCE. You’ll find valuable content on:

Study Questions	Study Deck
Medications Federal Requirements Patient Safety and QA Order Entry and Processing	Drug Facts Common Pharmacy Terminology Laws and Regulations Sig Codes and Conversions

Purchase the PTCE Practice Bank for a $65 nonrefundable fee by using the link available in your PTCB Account.

What’s the Difference Between the PTCE Practice Bank and the Pre-PTCE®?
90-day Subscription
Getting Started
How to Use the PTCE Practice Bank

What’s the Difference Between the PTCE Practice Bank and the Pre-PTCE?

PTCB recommends that candidates first study using the Practice Bank and then take the Pre-PTCE as a final check of readiness before attempting the PTCE.

PTCE Practice bank	Pre-PTCE
Over 300 PTCE questions 400 flashcards Flexible areas of focus Unlimited use during a 90-day period $65	90 PTCE questions Matches the look of the actual PTCE 90-day authorization, one attempt within the authorization period. Must be finished within 48 hours of starting $29

90-day Subscription

Once the Practice Bank is purchased, you have 90 days to use the Practice Bank. You have unlimited use of the Practice Bank during the 90-day period, or until you become certified.*

*If you become certified as a CPhT before the 90-day period ends, you will no longer have access to your Practice Bank subscription.

Getting Started

Log in to your PTCB Account and click “Purchase the PTCE Practice Bank.”
Agree to the Practice Bank Agreement by clicking the "I agree to the Candidate Agreement above."
Select if you are or are not sponsored by your employer or education institution.
1. If you are sponsored, select "Yes", select your program and enter the voucher number. You will need to agree to the Sponsor Terms and Conditions.
2. If you are not sponsored by your employer or education institution, select "No".
Click Add to Cart, review the Order Summary and click Checkout.
Go to your Dashboard and click Access Your PTCE Practice Bank' under the "Prepare" section. .

How to Use the PTCE Practice Bank

There are two tabs to select from that allow you to choose the level of difficulty, the category and amount of items you want to review.

Study Questions

Click the pencil icon next to either Study Questions for all PTCE knowledge domains or one of the four PTCE knowledge domains.

Customizing your Study Questions: Before starting a “test”, you can change the number of questions, difficulty level of those questions (1 = easiest, 5 = hardest), and timer duration.
If your instructor purchased the Practice Bank for you, your instructor can assign you specific tests.
After you finish a test, you can view explanations for the correct answers by clicking DETAILS. Progress bars show visual feedback of your cumulative performance.

Study Deck

Click the icon next to either Study Deck for all domains or one of the four domains.

You can select the amount of cards you want to review and level of difficulty in each domain then click Start.

Note: All cards or “Not rated” until you determine the level of difficulty of the flashcard.

To flip the flashcard, you can click anywhere on the card. Click Next or Previous to go to the next card or if you need to go back.

Customizing your Study Deck experience: As you are using the flashcards you are able to select the level of difficulty of each flashcard. If a flashcard is marked as “Hard” it will come back up to review again.