ExCPT Pharmacy Technician study guide
ExCPT Pharmacy Technician, administered by National Healthcareer Association (NHA), is mapped here as 5 topic areas; the heaviest are Dispensing Process (43%), General Duties (15%) and Laws (15%).
About this course: The ExCPT is a dispensing and pharmacy-math test, not a top-200 drug-name quiz. Dispensing Process is 43 of 100 - intake and order entry, days-supply, dilution and alligation, compounding - drilled until the math stops scaring you, every card spoken aloud. DEA schedules and tech-vs-pharmacist scope, exact. Scaled 390 is the number.
ExCPT Pharmacy Technician at a glance
- Questions
- 120
- Time allowed
- 2 hours 10 minutes
- Format
- 120 multiple-choice items = 100 scored + 20 unscored pretest (treat all 120 as live)
- Standard / edition
- Current NHA ExCPT Test Plan (NHA released an updated exam; re-confirm the in-force Test Plan + item counts at build — isolated to updatable[])
- Administered by
- National Healthcareer Association (NHA)
Source: Current NHA ExCPT Test Plan (NHA released an updated exam; re-confirm the in-force Test Plan + item counts at build — isolated to updatable[]), National Healthcareer Association (NHA). Confirm current details with the exam owner before you book.
Topic areas and weights
| Topic area | Weight | Concepts | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dispensing Process | 43% | 0 | Section below |
| General Duties | 15% | 0 | Section below |
| Laws | 15% | 0 | Section below |
| Medication & Patient Safety & QA | 14% | 0 | Section below |
| Drugs & Drug Therapy | 13% | 0 | Section below |
Study plan in this course
- Intake & Order Entry — 10 cards · free
- Preparing & Dispensing — 9 cards · free
- Pharmacy Calculations — 11 cards · full course
- Compounding & Repackaging — 9 cards · full course
- Role, Scope & Operations — 11 cards · full course
- Federal Laws & Regulations — 7 cards · full course
- Controlled Substances — 9 cards · full course
- Medication Safety & QA — 8 cards · full course
- Drug Classes & Top Meds — 10 cards · full course
Dispensing Process
Dispensing Process carries 43% of the ExCPT Pharmacy Technician blueprint used in this course, the largest of its 5 weighted areas.
Official references for Dispensing Process
- NHA ExCPT Test Plan + standard pharmacy-technician practice references. Authored original corpus
General Duties
General Duties carries 15% of the ExCPT Pharmacy Technician blueprint used in this course, the second-largest of its 5 weighted areas.
Official references for General Duties
- NHA ExCPT Test Plan + standard pharmacy-technician practice references. Authored original corpus
Laws
Laws carries 15% of the ExCPT Pharmacy Technician blueprint used in this course, the third-largest of its 5 weighted areas.
Official references for Laws
- NHA ExCPT Test Plan + standard pharmacy-technician practice references. Authored original corpus
Medication & Patient Safety & QA
Medication & Patient Safety & QA carries 14% of the ExCPT Pharmacy Technician blueprint used in this course, the 4th-largest of its 5 weighted areas.
Official references for Medication & Patient Safety & QA
- NHA ExCPT Test Plan + standard pharmacy-technician practice references. Authored original corpus
Drugs & Drug Therapy
Drugs & Drug Therapy carries 13% of the ExCPT Pharmacy Technician blueprint used in this course, the 5th-largest of its 5 weighted areas.
Official references for Drugs & Drug Therapy
- NHA ExCPT Test Plan + standard pharmacy-technician practice references. Authored original corpus
Official references
- NHA ExCPT Test Plan + standard pharmacy-technician practice references. Authored original corpus
- NHA ExCPT Test Plan: exam format, 2h10m, scaled 200–500, pass: 390
- Controlled Substances Act + DEA 21 CFR 1300–1399
- FDA/FDCA, OBRA ’90, HIPAA, Poison Prevention Packaging Act, DSCSA, FDASIA
- USP <795> non-sterile compounding, <797> sterile compounding, <800> hazardous drugs
- Standard pharmacy-technician practice references