ExCPT Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam — NHA
The ExCPT Exam is the NHA certification exam for pharmacy technicians, covering the technician's role and duties, pharmacy law, drugs and drug therapy, the dispensing process, and medication and patient safety. It has 100 scored questions plus 20 pretest questions in 130 minutes and is scored from 200 to 500 with 390 passing. SummitCert's portal gives you explained practice questions, flashcards, a timed 100-question mock exam and progress tracking by area.
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Topics you'll drill
5 core topics pulled straight from the real question bank.
- Role, Responsibilities, and General Duties of the Pharmacy Technician
- Laws
- Drugs and Drug Therapy
- Dispensing Process
- Medication and Patient Safety and Quality Assurance
ExCPT Exam exam requirements & cost
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The NHA ExCPT test plan lists 100 scored questions plus 20 unscored pretest questions and a time limit of 130 minutes (test plan based on the 2023 job analysis). NHA reports the ExCPT as a scaled score, and the passing score is 390 out of 500, set by a criterion-referenced cut score study. The test plan weights five areas: Role, Responsibilities, and General Duties of the Pharmacy Technician 15 percent, Laws 15 percent, Drugs and Drug Therapy 13 percent, Dispensing Process 43 percent, and Medication and Patient Safety and Quality Assurance 14 percent. NHA reports the ExCPT as a scaled score and the passing score is 390 out of 500. It does not publish a percent-correct cut, so the portal mock shows 70 percent only as a rough self-check. NHA does not state an ExCPT exam fee on the pages used for this guide, so none is quoted here; confirm the current fee on nhanow.com when you schedule. The content outline spreads questions across 5 areas; the largest are Dispensing Process (43.0%); Role, Responsibilities, and General Duties of the Pharmacy Technician (15.0%); Laws (15.0%). The full list of areas and weights is on the portal exam page. A high school diploma or equivalent plus a training program completed in the last five years, or 1,200 supervised work hours in a one-year period within the last three years (NHA eligibility pages).
ExCPT Exam exam blueprint
Real domain weighting from the certifying body's own published exam syllabus.
- Role, Responsibilities, and General Duties of the Pharmacy Technician15%
- Laws15%
- Drugs and Drug Therapy13%
- Dispensing Process43%
- Medication and Patient Safety and Quality Assurance14%
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