The pharmacy technician certification test is the key for students to start a pharmacy technician career. It is compulsory for all the students interested in becoming a pharmacy technician to pass the certification test. With that level of pressure, anybody can be nervous about the certification test. So, it is recommended for the students to go for the pharmacy technician certification practice test before going for the real one. The pharmacy technician certification practice test is also done exactly as the real one except it doesn’t give the license. However, the students can experience exactly what type of questions will the certification consist and how it will be held.

 

The pharmacy technician certification practice test is created by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB). The PTCB also conducts the real certification test for the licensure of pharmacy technician. These sample test created by the PTCB contain the questions which cover the same topics that the real certification exam covers. These topics are covered in the pharmacy technician courses.

All the questions for the pharmacy technician practice test are carefully chosen just like the real test to judge your knowledge in the pharmacy technician field which means it will definitely help you to build up the confidence to go for the real one.

Talking about the real certification test, the exam format for the test has total of 90 questions asked in which 10 of them are not scored and considered pre-test questions. The pre-test questions are used as the evaluation tools for the future formulation of the exam question. The asked questions are generally objective with the multiple choices and the time limit is of 2 hours.

 

The questions of certification exam cover three areas of the pharmacy technician. The firs area is about serving the patients and customers which consists of majority of questions in the exam i.e. of 66%. The second area is about the knowledge of the medication and inventory control system consisting of 22% of the total questions and the last one is about the administration and management of pharmacy practice which comprises of remaining 12% of the questions. The pharmacy technician certification practice test also contains the questions in similar pattern.

The pharmacy technician certification practice test questions can be found in different schools providing these programs or be downloaded online. By downloading the question you can practice at home in any state on United States whether you are in Georgia, Ohio or Tennessee. Whether it is a real certification test or just the practice test always study well and be prepared for the exam so that you won’t fail.