Master Non-PK Calculation (Beginner to Advanced)

100 pharmacy calculation practice questions for the PEBC Qualifying Exam Part I (MCQ), covering the non-pharmacokinetic calculations that come up again and again.

Non-PK calculations are some of the most predictable marks on the exam, if you're fast and careful. None of these formulas are on the reference sheet, so you need to know them, recognise which one a question needs, and avoid the unit and rounding traps. This workbook builds exactly that.

WHAT'S INSIDE

• 100 original questions across 12 question families, weighted towards the topics that come up most
• Every family opens with an "Understand it first" box: the concept in plain language, an everyday comparison, why it matters on the exam, and the most common mistake
• 4 difficulty levels, so you build up gradually: choose the formula, add a step, solve a real prescription or patient case, then make a clinical judgment
• Full worked solutions for every question, including why each wrong option is wrong
• 2 timed mixed mock sets of 25 questions, with no hints
• A trap checklist covering units, per dose vs per day, stock vs diluent, salts and hydrates, maximum doses, 10-fold errors and more, each linked to the questions that drill it

TOPICS COVERED

Weight and BSA based dosing, evidence-based medicine statistics (NNT, ARR, RRR and more), concentrations and dilutions, oral dispensing, IV infusion rates, opioid conversions, days' supply for non-oral products, compounding (alligation, displacement and aliquots), electrolytes and solution chemistry, parenteral nutrition, weighing accuracy, radiopharmacy.

WHO IT'S FOR

Candidates preparing for the PEBC MCQ who want to lock in the calculation marks that are easiest to win and easiest to lose. It's designed as an add-on to your existing course, not a replacement for it.

FORMAT

PDF, 91 pages. Answers are kept separate from the questions so you can redo everything as many times as you like.

All questions are original practice items. They are not actual PEBC examination questions and are not reproduced from PEBC materials. PEBC® is a trademark of The Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada, which is not affiliated with and does not endorse this product. Using this workbook does not guarantee any exam result.