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The CPTEd exam has 65 questions and runs 1 hours 20 minutes.
These 10 free CPTEd questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Certified Pharmacy Technician Educator blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
During independent dilution practice, learners obtain correct answers while a worked example is visible but cannot decide where to begin when the product labels change. Their unit conversions are accurate. The next practice activity should:
Correct answer: C - Use partially completed problems, then remove prompts before a new independent case.
Experienced community pharmacy technicians are preparing for a new hospital dispensing role. They can explain their current workflow but question the value of repeating an introductory course. An opening activity consistent with Knowles' adult-learning principles would be to:
Correct answer: D - Use their experience to examine a dispensing problem they will encounter in the new role.
An online aseptic-technique lesson contains close-up video, but essential instructions are supplied only through narration. Several learners cannot access the audio. The stated competency is safe hands-on manipulation. Which revision removes the access barrier without changing what is assessed?
Correct answer: B - Add captions and synchronized visual cues; retain the observed return demonstration.
After an aseptic-transfer simulation, a learner reviews the recording and identifies when a hand obstructed the syringe tip. The learner then explains why critical sites need unobstructed first air and how that principle applies to other sterile connections. In Kolb's cycle, this move from reviewing an event to explaining a transferable principle represents:
Correct answer: D - Abstract conceptualization: deriving an explanation applicable beyond this particular transfer.
Two faculty members independently score the same recorded dispensing demonstrations on a 0-10 rubric, where higher scores indicate stronger performance. The first assigns 9, 8, and 9; the second assigns 5, 4, and 5. Both reproduce their own scores when they review the recordings again. Which improvement addresses the measurement problem demonstrated here?
Correct answer: C - Calibrate the raters against shared examples and observable scoring anchors.
A course outcome reads: "Evaluate a proposed dispensing workflow against accuracy, traceability, and role-boundary criteria." Which assignment tests the intended level of Bloom's revised taxonomy rather than a lower-level skill?
Correct answer: B - Critique two workflows against the criteria and defend a recommendation.
A Category 2 compounder completes scheduled aseptic competency testing. Gloved fingertip and thumb samples collected after the media-fill manipulation yield 1 colony-forming unit (CFU) from each hand. The media fill shows no growth, and all other required evaluation components pass. Under USP <797>, the fingertip result is:
Correct answer: A - Within the post-media-fill limit, based on both hands combined.
In a pediatric calculation exercise, an order for a 28-kg child specifies 45 mg/kg/day in two equal doses, with a maximum of 750 mg per dose. The oral suspension contains 400 mg/5 mL. A learner obtains 15.8 mL per dose. Using volumes rounded to the nearest 0.1 mL, which correction is warranted?
Correct answer: B - Use 7.9 mL per dose; the calculated dose is below the prescribed maximum.
An entry-level technician program is reviewing its October 2026 schedule against the ASHP/ACPE 2018 accreditation standard. It provides 420 hours over 10 weeks: 160 didactic, 140 simulated, and 120 experiential. Assuming the remaining standards are met, which revision corrects the schedule?
Correct answer: A - Move 20 simulated hours into approved experiential training.
A nonsterile oral liquid has a measured water activity of 0.78 and an effective preservative system. Chemical and physical stability in the selected container are established for 45 days, and component expirations impose no shorter limit. A 28-day refrigerated beyond-use date is proposed. A learner objects that all aqueous oral liquids have a 14-day limit under USP <795>. Which feature makes that objection incorrect?
Correct answer: D - An effective antimicrobial preservative system.
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