Free practice test

Free PTCB practice test

15 questions from all four knowledge domains in 18 minutes. Then your score by domain, a short lesson on the one to fix first and a study plan.

  • Weighted like the real exam: most questions on medications.
  • Four choices each. No account, no email.
  • Answer or skip. This short test moves forward only.

The real exam

DomainShare of the exam
Medications35%
Federal Requirements18.75%
Patient Safety and Quality Assurance23.75%
Order Entry and Processing22.5%

90 multiple-choice questions in 1 hour 50 minutes. 80 are scored and 10 are unscored, and you cannot tell which.

How the PTCE is scored

PTCB reports a scaled score from 1,000 to 1,600, and 1,400 passes. Exam forms differ slightly, so 1,400 is not a fixed number of questions right. This practice test shows the share you got right in each domain, which is where to start.