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MPJE Pennsylvania Practice Test

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Licensure and personnel 30

  • A licensed pharmacist in Pennsylvania changes mailing address. How soon must the pharmacist notify the Board? 49 Pa. Code § 27.4
  • A member of the Pennsylvania board forfeits the seat after failing to attend how many consecutive meetings, unless excused? Pharmacy Act, section 6(h) (63 P.S. § 390-6(h))
  • A Pennsylvania pharmacist completes more contact hours than one renewal period requires. What happens to the excess? 49 Pa. Code § 27.32(d)
  • A Pennsylvania pharmacist's license has been lapsed for 1 year or more. What must the pharmacist show to reactivate it? 49 Pa. Code § 27.31(d)
  • An applicant is expelled from the examination room for cheating. How long must the applicant wait before filing a new application in Pennsylvania? 49 Pa. Code § 27.22
  • For how long is a Pennsylvania pharmacy intern registration valid, apart from time spent in the military? 49 Pa. Code § 27.26(c)
  • For how long must a Pennsylvania pharmacist retain continuing education certificates? 49 Pa. Code § 27.32(b)
  • How long is the term of a professional or public member of the Pennsylvania State Board of Pharmacy? Pharmacy Act, section 6(b) (63 P.S. § 390-6(b))
  • How many contact hours of continuing education must a Pennsylvania pharmacist complete in a biennial renewal period? 49 Pa. Code § 27.32(a)
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  • How many hours must a Pennsylvania pharmacy intern serve? 49 Pa. Code § 27.26(d)
  • How many hours of approved training in child abuse recognition and reporting must an applicant for a Pennsylvania pharmacist license show? 49 Pa. Code § 27.21(b)
  • How many licensed pharmacists sit on the Pennsylvania State Board of Pharmacy? Pharmacy Act, section 6(a) (63 P.S. § 390-6(a))
  • How many members of the Pennsylvania State Board of Pharmacy represent the public at large? Pharmacy Act, section 6(a) (63 P.S. § 390-6(a))
  • How many of a Pennsylvania pharmacist's 30 contact hours must come from the ACPE topic designator for patient safety? 49 Pa. Code § 27.32(a)
  • How many pharmacy interns may one Pennsylvania pharmacist preceptor train at one time, unless the Board approves more? 49 Pa. Code § 27.26(i)
  • How much college must a person have completed to register as a pharmacy intern in Pennsylvania? 49 Pa. Code § 27.26(b)
  • In Pennsylvania, 'direct and immediate personal supervision' of a technician includes which of these? 49 Pa. Code § 27.1
  • May a Pennsylvania pharmacy technician or intern be in the pharmacy when no pharmacist is on duty? 49 Pa. Code § 27.12
  • Of the 1,500 internship hours Pennsylvania requires, how many must be served in a pharmacy? 49 Pa. Code § 27.26(d)
  • Under the Pennsylvania regulation, who determines the minimum passing score on the MPJE? 49 Pa. Code § 27.24(c)
  • What is the minimum age to register as a pharmacy technician in Pennsylvania? 49 Pa. Code § 27.701
  • What is the minimum age to register as a pharmacy technician trainee in Pennsylvania? 49 Pa. Code § 27.703
  • What is the most internship time Pennsylvania will credit in one week? 49 Pa. Code § 27.26(d)
  • What minimum age does the Pharmacy Act set for licensure as a pharmacist in Pennsylvania? Pharmacy Act, section 3(a)(1) (63 P.S. § 390-3(a)(1))
  • When does a Pennsylvania pharmacy technician trainee registration expire if the trainee does not become a registered technician first? 49 Pa. Code § 27.704
  • When must a Pennsylvania pharmacist renew the license? 49 Pa. Code § 27.31(b)
  • Which continuing education must a newly graduated Pennsylvania licensee still complete for the first renewal after licensure? 49 Pa. Code § 27.32(e)
  • Which task may a Pennsylvania pharmacy technician not perform? 49 Pa. Code § 27.12(d)
  • Which two examinations must a candidate for Pennsylvania licensure by examination pass? 49 Pa. Code § 27.24(b)
  • Who creates the written protocol that lists each duty a Pennsylvania pharmacy technician may perform? 49 Pa. Code § 27.12(d)

Pharmacist practice 44

  • A caregiver who comes to a Pennsylvania pharmacy is hearing impaired. How may the pharmacist make the offer to counsel? 49 Pa. Code § 27.19(d)
  • A filled prescription is delivered to the patient's home and the patient wants counselling. How is it given under the Pennsylvania regulation? 49 Pa. Code § 27.19(e)
  • A patient asks a Pennsylvania pharmacy for a copy of an original prescription. What must the copy show? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(r)
  • A patient gives no answer to a Pennsylvania pharmacy's offer to counsel. How is that treated? 49 Pa. Code § 27.19(g)
  • A patient has an adverse reaction after an injection given by a Pennsylvania pharmacist. How soon must the pharmacist notify the prescriber after learning of it? 49 Pa. Code § 27.406(a)
  • A Pennsylvania pharmacist declines to fill a prescription out of concern for the patient's safety. What must the pharmacist do? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(c)
  • A Pennsylvania pharmacist delegates an influenza vaccination to a registered pharmacy technician. How old must the individual receiving it be? 49 Pa. Code § 27.403(c)
  • A Pennsylvania pharmacist gives an influenza immunization to a 12-year-old. Which record must the pharmacist keep? 49 Pa. Code § 27.405(a)
  • A Pennsylvania pharmacist knows a prescription is for use by someone other than the person it was written for. What does the regulation say? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(c)
  • A prescription was written by a prescriber who has since died. May a Pennsylvania pharmacist knowingly refill it? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(h)
  • A Schedule II prescription arrives at a Pennsylvania pharmacy by facsimile machine. In the general case, what is needed before the drug is dispensed? 49 Pa. Code § 27.20(a)
  • A signed prescription for a Schedule IV drug arrives by facsimile machine. May a Pennsylvania pharmacist use the facsimile as the original pharmacy record? 49 Pa. Code § 27.20(b)
  • After administering an injectable under a prescriber's order, how soon must a Pennsylvania pharmacist notify the ordering prescriber? 49 Pa. Code § 27.406(a)
  • After how long from its date may a Schedule II prescription no longer be filled in Pennsylvania? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(j)
  • An unused drug has left a Pennsylvania pharmacy and is offered back. When may the pharmacy accept and redistribute it? Pharmacy Act, section 5(a)(9)(xi) (63 P.S. § 390-5(a)(9)(xi))
  • For how long may a Pennsylvania collaborative agreement for management of drug therapy be effective? 49 Pa. Code § 27.302(j)
  • For how long may a Pennsylvania prescription for a nonproprietary drug be refilled when the prescriber has authorized refills? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(i)
  • For how long may a Pennsylvania written protocol for administering injectables be valid? 49 Pa. Code § 27.404(c)
  • For which patient may a facsimile of a Schedule II prescription serve as the original pharmacy record in Pennsylvania? 49 Pa. Code § 27.20(a)
  • For which prescriptions must the file in a Pennsylvania pharmacy show the date the prescription was issued? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(b)
  • From what age may an authorized Pennsylvania pharmacist administer influenza and COVID-19 immunizations? 49 Pa. Code § 27.403(b)
  • From what age may an authorized Pennsylvania pharmacist administer injectable medications, biologicals and immunizations in general? 49 Pa. Code § 27.403(a)
  • How many hours of instruction and experiential training must the Pennsylvania course for authority to administer injectables provide? 49 Pa. Code § 27.407(a)
  • How many times may a Schedule III, IV or V prescription be filled or refilled in the 6 months after its date in Pennsylvania? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(j)
  • How much professional liability insurance must a Pennsylvania pharmacist maintain to administer injectables? 49 Pa. Code § 27.408(a)
  • How must a paper prescription for a Schedule II controlled substance be signed in Pennsylvania? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(b)
  • How soon must a supervising Pennsylvania pharmacist report an immunization to the Department of Health's immunization registry? 49 Pa. Code § 27.406(d)
  • In which case may a Pennsylvania pharmacy reveal confidential patient information gained during a prospective drug review? 49 Pa. Code § 27.19(h)
  • May a Pennsylvania pharmacist offer a physician an economic incentive to enter a collaborative agreement? 49 Pa. Code § 27.302(c)
  • May a Pennsylvania pharmacy give a medical practitioner prescription blanks printed with the pharmacy's name? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(q)
  • May a Pennsylvania pharmacy help pay for a facsimile machine in a medical practitioner's office? 49 Pa. Code § 27.20(c)
  • May a Pennsylvania pharmacy provide a prescriber with electronic equipment for transmitting prescriptions? 49 Pa. Code § 27.201(d)
  • Under what authority may an authorized Pennsylvania pharmacist administer an injectable medication? 49 Pa. Code § 27.404(a)
  • What must a Pennsylvania mail order pharmacy's written offer to counsel include? 49 Pa. Code § 27.19(d)
  • What must a Pennsylvania pharmacist have before starting to manage a patient's drug therapy under a collaborative agreement? 49 Pa. Code § 27.302(k)
  • What must a Pennsylvania prescription for a controlled substance show about the prescriber? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(b)
  • When must a Pennsylvania pharmacy make an offer to counsel? 49 Pa. Code § 27.19(d)
  • When must an oral prescription be reduced to writing in a Pennsylvania pharmacy? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(o)
  • Which certificate must a Pennsylvania pharmacist hold to qualify for authority to administer injectables? 49 Pa. Code § 27.401
  • Which of these is not an 'electronically transmitted prescription' under the Pennsylvania regulation? 49 Pa. Code § 27.201(a)
  • Which patient details must a prescription kept on file in a Pennsylvania pharmacy show? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(b)
  • Who may counsel a patient in a Pennsylvania pharmacy? 49 Pa. Code § 27.19(e)
  • Who may receive and transcribe an oral prescription in a Pennsylvania pharmacy? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(n)
  • With whom must a Pennsylvania pharmacist have a written collaborative agreement before managing drug therapy in a non-institutional setting? 49 Pa. Code § 27.302

Dispensing requirements 32

  • A drug not in unit dose is dispensed on a drug order in a Pennsylvania institution. What must its label indicate? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(v)
  • A generic drug is dispensed in Pennsylvania. What must the label show in addition to the drug name, strength, dosage form and quantity? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(d)
  • A Pennsylvania hospital pharmacist dispenses a drug that will be administered to a patient in the hospital. Is a prospective drug review required? 49 Pa. Code § 27.19(c)
  • A Pennsylvania pharmacist discovers a specific problem with a medication during a prospective drug review. What must the pharmacist do? 49 Pa. Code § 27.19(e)
  • A Pennsylvania pharmacist dispenses a radiopharmaceutical before the patient's name is available. Under the Board's statement of policy, how soon must the name be obtained? 49 Pa. Code § 27.101(b)
  • A Pennsylvania pharmacist refills a prescription in the original container, which is clean and reusable. What does the refill still require? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(a)
  • A Pennsylvania pharmacy removes an expired drug from active stock. What may it not do with the drug? 49 Pa. Code § 27.14(b)
  • A prescription is filled by a Pennsylvania central fill pharmacy for a delivering pharmacy. Whose name, address, telephone number and DEA number must the container clearly show? 49 Pa. Code § 27.203(a)
  • After dispensing an emergency prescription, how soon must a Pennsylvania pharmacist notify the prescriber? Pharmacy Act, section 8(2.1) (63 P.S. § 390-8(2.1))
  • Does the sale of hypodermic needles and syringes need a prescription in Pennsylvania? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(s)
  • For how long must a Pennsylvania pharmacy maintain a patient profile? 49 Pa. Code § 27.19(f)
  • How many requests for patient profile information does the Pennsylvania Board treat as a reasonable effort to obtain it? 49 Pa. Code § 27.19(f)
  • How must a Pennsylvania pharmacy send prescription medication through the mail, unless the purchaser agrees in advance to slower transport? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(l)
  • In what container must a Pennsylvania pharmacist dispense a new prescription? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(a)
  • In which situation is a prospective drug review not required in Pennsylvania? 49 Pa. Code § 27.19(c)
  • May a Pennsylvania pharmacy sell a Schedule V cough preparation containing codeine without a prescription to a retail customer? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(f)
  • The prescriber cannot be reached and a patient needs an emergency refill. To what supply does the Pharmacy Act generally limit a Pennsylvania emergency prescription? Pharmacy Act, section 8(2.1) (63 P.S. § 390-8(2.1))
  • What must a Pennsylvania pharmacist do first before dispensing an emergency prescription? Pharmacy Act, section 8(2.1) (63 P.S. § 390-8(2.1))
  • What must the label of a controlled substance dispensed in Pennsylvania state? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(d)
  • What must the label on a Schedule V narcotic preparation show at the time of sale in a Pennsylvania pharmacy? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(g)
  • What must the Pennsylvania pharmacist who receives a transferred prescription note on it? Pharmacy Act, section 4(a)(3.1) (63 P.S. § 390-4(a)(3.1))
  • What must the Pennsylvania pharmacist who transfers a prescription out do with the original prescription? Pharmacy Act, section 4(a)(3.1) (63 P.S. § 390-4(a)(3.1))
  • When is a drug order in a Pennsylvania institution not required to meet the prescription labeling requirements? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(v)
  • When may a Pennsylvania pharmacist refill a prescription? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(t)
  • When must a Pennsylvania pharmacist perform a prospective drug review (PDR)? 49 Pa. Code § 27.19(a)
  • Where must a Pennsylvania pharmacy keep hypodermic needles and syringes? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(s)
  • Which date must appear on a Pennsylvania prescription label with the serial number of the prescription? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(d)
  • Which details about the pharmacy must a Pennsylvania prescription label carry? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(d)
  • Which drugs may not be dispensed as an emergency prescription under the Pennsylvania Pharmacy Act? Pharmacy Act, section 8(2.1) (63 P.S. § 390-8(2.1))
  • Which potential problem is a Pennsylvania prospective drug review meant to identify? 49 Pa. Code § 27.19(b)
  • Which prescriptions may not be transferred between Pennsylvania pharmacies under the Pharmacy Act's transfer provision? Pharmacy Act, section 4(a)(3.1) (63 P.S. § 390-4(a)(3.1))
  • Which product may a Pennsylvania pharmacy not mail? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(l)

Pharmacy operations 30

  • A cancer drug is offered to a Pennsylvania pharmacy in the Cancer Drug Repository Program. Which fact makes it ineligible? 49 Pa. Code § 27.504(b)
  • A Pennsylvania pharmacy changes ownership. How soon must the application for a new permit be filed? 49 Pa. Code § 27.11(d)
  • A Pennsylvania pharmacy closes. When must it return its current permit to the Board? 49 Pa. Code § 27.11(f)
  • A Pennsylvania pharmacy plans substantial alterations but wants to stay open. How far ahead must it submit the plans and its precautions to the Board? 49 Pa. Code § 27.16(a)
  • A Pennsylvania pharmacy sits inside a retail store that keeps longer hours. How far must the barrier that seals off the pharmacy reach? 49 Pa. Code § 27.16(b)
  • A Pennsylvania pharmacy technician is terminated for diverting drugs. How soon must the pharmacist manager notify the Board in writing? 49 Pa. Code § 27.11(j)
  • A Pennsylvania pharmacy's computerized recordkeeping system must give immediate retrieval of prescriptions filled within what period? 49 Pa. Code § 27.202(a)
  • For an institution to be considered for a Pennsylvania pharmacy permit, how many hours per week must its pharmacy be open under a pharmacist manager's supervision? 49 Pa. Code § 27.41
  • For how long must a Pennsylvania pharmacy keep an original prescription or a readily retrievable image of it? 49 Pa. Code § 27.18(b)
  • For how long must a Pennsylvania pharmacy keep inspection reports on the licensed premises? 49 Pa. Code § 27.13
  • For how long must a Pennsylvania pharmacy retain compounding records? 49 Pa. Code § 27.606
  • From which requirement is a Pennsylvania central processing center exempt? 49 Pa. Code § 27.203(b)
  • How long a break may a sole pharmacist on duty take while a Pennsylvania pharmacy stays open? 49 Pa. Code § 27.11(c)
  • How long must the prescription working counter be in a Pennsylvania pharmacy with one or two pharmacists on duty? 49 Pa. Code § 27.16(b)
  • How may a Pennsylvania pharmacy store Schedule II controlled substances other than in locked cabinets? 49 Pa. Code § 27.17(a)
  • How often must a Pennsylvania pharmacy test the accuracy of its automated medication system under its quality assurance program? 49 Pa. Code § 27.204(h)
  • How often must medications in a Pennsylvania automated medication system be inspected for expiration date, misbranding and physical integrity? 49 Pa. Code § 27.204(c)
  • Of how many Pennsylvania pharmacies may a pharmacist be the pharmacist manager at one time, without a Board waiver? 49 Pa. Code § 27.11(h)
  • The pharmacist manager of a Pennsylvania pharmacy leaves the position. How soon must the permit holder inform the Board in writing? 49 Pa. Code § 27.11(g)
  • What does the Pennsylvania regulation require of the sink in the prescription area? 49 Pa. Code § 27.16(b)
  • What does the Pennsylvania regulation say about a television set in the prescription area? 49 Pa. Code § 27.16(b)
  • What is the minimum size of the prescription area in a Pennsylvania pharmacy? 49 Pa. Code § 27.16(b)
  • What minimum inventory of nonproprietary drugs and devices, at cost, must a Pennsylvania pharmacy maintain? 49 Pa. Code § 27.14(a)
  • What relationship must a Pennsylvania central fill pharmacy have with the originating and delivering pharmacies? 49 Pa. Code § 27.203(a)
  • When must the holder of a Pennsylvania pharmacy permit renew it? 49 Pa. Code § 27.31(a)
  • Where must a sole pharmacist stay during a break while a free-standing Pennsylvania pharmacy remains open? 49 Pa. Code § 27.11(c)
  • Where must the drug refrigerator be kept in a Pennsylvania pharmacy? 49 Pa. Code § 27.14(c)
  • Which of these may a Pennsylvania pharmacist not compound, apart from the exception in Federal law? 49 Pa. Code § 27.602
  • Which service may a Pennsylvania pharmacy continue while its sole pharmacist is on a break? 49 Pa. Code § 27.11(c)
  • Which standards govern the compounding of sterile and nonsterile preparations in Pennsylvania? 49 Pa. Code § 27.601

How this list was compiled: The Pharmacy Act, Act 699 of 1961 (https://www.palegis.us/statutes/unconsolidated/law-information?sessYr=1961&sessInd=0&actNum=699), and the regulations of the State Board of Pharmacy, 49 Pa. Code Chapter 27 (https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/049/chapter27/chap27toc.html&d=reduce). Both were read on 2026-10-09, and each question names its section. Licence: Own work. Every question, every wrong choice and every explanation was written for this site from the text of the Pennsylvania statute or regulation it cites, which is public law. Nothing is taken from the MPJE, from an NABP practice exam, or from a prep company or review book.

How it works

Pennsylvania still gives its own MPJE, and this unofficial MPJE Pennsylvania practice test asks the state law behind it. It is not affiliated with the exam's owner, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP). Sources read October 9, 2026.

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Two texts, four areas

Each question rests on a section of the Pharmacy Act or of 49 Pa. Code Chapter 27, the State Board of Pharmacy's regulations. They are spread as NABP weights the MPJE: licensure 22%, practice 33%, dispensing 24%, operations 21%.

What is left out

Practice for an exam, not medical advice. Pennsylvania's controlled substance act, generic substitution law and prescription monitoring program are not asked here, so study them separately. Federal law has its own page.

Using it to study

As a Pennsylvania MPJE study guide, take one area at a time and open the cited section after every miss.

  • Pennsylvania's periods are easy to mix up: 2 years for most records, 72 hours for an emergency supply, 15 days to report a manager change.

Questions and answers

Does Pennsylvania require the MPJE?

Yes. 49 Pa. Code § 27.24 requires candidates for licensure by examination to pass the NAPLEX and the MPJE. When this page was checked, Pennsylvania was not among the jurisdictions NABP lists as moving to the Uniform MPJE.

What is a passing score on the Pennsylvania MPJE?

The regulation leaves it to the exam's owner: under § 27.24(c) the minimum passing score is as determined by the NABP. NABP reports the result as pass or fail, so this page shows a score with no pass mark.

How long is the MPJE?

NABP gives 2.5 hours for 120 computer-based questions chosen with adaptive technology, and allows 5 attempts per jurisdiction. Exam mode on this page asks 120 of our questions against a 150-minute clock.

Are these real Pennsylvania MPJE questions?

No. The real questions are confidential and none appear here. Each question, wrong choice and explanation was written for this site from public law, and neither NABP nor the State Board of Pharmacy has reviewed or endorsed the page.

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