Free FPGEE Practice Test: Sample Questions With Worked Answers

Quick answer: below are five free FPGEE-style practice questions covering all four domains of the official FPGEE Content Outline, each with a worked answer. When you’re ready for a timed check, take our two free 22-question practice sets. Neither needs an account. If you’re still learning how the exam works, the format facts come first.

What the FPGEE looks like

The Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination (FPGEE) is one of the requirements for FPGEC certification. Foreign-educated pharmacy graduates need that certification before they can take the NAPLEX on the way to a US license.

	FPGEE (per NABP, checked 28 October 2026; 2027 date checked 30 October 2026)
Questions	200, in a computerized, fixed form
Testing time	4 hours 30 minutes (total seat time about 5.5 hours)
Breaks	Two 15-minute breaks, after 90 and 180 minutes, which don’t count against your testing time
How often	Once a year. The 2027 FPGEE is on 7 October 2027 (the 2026 exam was held on 15 October 2026). Registration opens 10 May 2027 for accepted applicants; the purchase deadline is 20 September 2027, and the Pearson scheduling deadline is 30 September 2027
Where	Pearson test centers in the continental United States
Passing score	A scaled score of 75. It is not a percentage
Attempts	A lifetime maximum of 5

The exam is built from four content domains. The percentages are of about 200 scored questions:

Domain	Weight	Approx. questions
1. Foundational Biomedical Sciences	12%	24
2. Pharmaceutical Sciences	31%	62
3. Social, Behavioral, and Administrative Sciences	20%	40
4. Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Sciences	37%	74

For a domain-by-domain explanation, read our FPGEE content outline guide.

Sources: NABP’s FPGEE page, the FPGEC Candidate Application Bulletin (Sections 13–15) and the FPGEE Content Outline, all accessed 28 October 2026. NABP can change dates and fees, so always confirm the details on nabp.pharmacy before you register.

How to use this page

1. Try the five sample questions first, untimed. Commit to an answer before you open the explanation. The explanation teaches more than the letter does.
2. Then sit Set A under exam conditions: one sitting, no notes, timer on.
3. Review every miss by why you missed it (knowledge, calculation setup, misreading, a tempting distractor), not just by topic.
4. Take Set B after you’ve repaired what Set A exposed. It’s harder by design.

Five free FPGEE-style sample questions

These are original RxBoardPrep questions written for this page. They are not real FPGEE questions, and no one can legitimately give you real ones (see the note on “FPGEE dumps” below).

Question 1: Foundational Biomedical Sciences (immunology)

Which immunoglobulin class crosses the placenta and gives the newborn passive immunity in the first months of life?

A. IgA
B. IgD
C. IgE
D. IgG
E. IgM

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Answer: D. IgG

IgG is the only antibody class actively transported across the placenta (through the neonatal Fc receptor, FcRn), so maternal IgG protects the infant in the first months. IgM is a large pentamer and doesn’t cross; IgA reaches the infant through breast milk, not the placenta.

Exam habit: when a question says “placenta”, think IgG; when it says “breast milk” or “mucosal surface”, think IgA.

Question 2: Pharmaceutical Sciences (pharmaceutical calculations)

How many milliliters of a 1% (w/v) stock solution are needed to prepare 240 mL of a 1:2000 (w/v) solution? Numeric response (no answer choices): enter the volume in mL, rounded to the nearest whole number.

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Answer: 12 mL

Step 1: convert the ratio strength to a percentage. 1:2000 means 1 g in 2,000 mL, which is 0.05 g per 100 mL, or 0.05%.

Step 2: use C1V1 = C2V2. 1% × V1 = 0.05% × 240 mL, so V1 = 12 mL.

Check by mass: 240 mL × (1 g ÷ 2,000 mL) = 0.12 g of drug. A 1% stock holds 1 g per 100 mL, so 0.12 g needs 12 mL.

Common trap: treating 1:2000 as 0.5% (one decimal place out) gives 120 mL.

Question 3: Pharmaceutical Sciences (pharmacokinetics)

A drug follows first-order elimination with a half-life of 12 hours. A patient’s plasma concentration is 80 mg/L, and no further doses are given. About how long will it take for the concentration to fall to 10 mg/L?

A. 12 hours
B. 24 hours
C. 36 hours
D. 48 hours
E. 96 hours

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Answer: C. 36 hours

In first-order elimination the concentration halves every half-life: 80 → 40 (12 h) → 20 (24 h) → 10 mg/L (36 h). That is three half-lives, so 36 hours.

As a formula: t = t½ × log₂(C₀ ÷ C) = 12 h × log₂(8) = 12 × 3 = 36 h. Equivalently, k = 0.693 ÷ 12 = 0.0578 h⁻¹ and t = ln(80 ÷ 10) ÷ k = 2.079 ÷ 0.0578 ≈ 36 h.

Traps: 96 h treats the eight-fold fall as eight half-lives (it is 2³, so three). 48 h is four half-lives (that would reach 5 mg/L). 24 h is two half-lives (only 20 mg/L). 12 h is one half-life (only 40 mg/L).

Question 4: Social, Behavioral, and Administrative Sciences (biostatistics)

In a 2-year randomized trial, stroke occurred in 10% of patients in the control group and 6% of patients in the treatment group. How many patients need to be treated for 2 years to prevent one stroke?

A. 4
B. 17
C. 25
D. 40

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Answer: C. 25

Absolute risk reduction (ARR) = 10% − 6% = 4%, or 0.04. Number needed to treat (NNT) = 1 ÷ ARR = 1 ÷ 0.04 = 25 (over 2 years).

The distractors are the classic errors. 4 is the ARR written as a whole number. 40 is the relative risk reduction (4 ÷ 10 = 40%). 17 is 1 ÷ 0.06, using the treatment-group rate instead of the difference. Always state the time frame with an NNT.

Question 5: Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Sciences (medication safety)

A new hospital order reads: “MS 4 mg IV q4h PRN severe pain.” What is the most important safety problem with this order as written?

A. Intravenous administration is inappropriate for this indication
B. “MS” can be read as either morphine sulfate or magnesium sulfate
C. “q4h” is an error-prone abbreviation that must never be used
D. An as-needed (PRN) order must not state an indication

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Answer: B

“MS” (like “MSO4” and “MgSO4”) is on The Joint Commission’s official “Do Not Use” list and on ISMP’s List of Error-Prone Abbreviations, because morphine and magnesium sulfate have been confused, causing serious harm. The order should spell out “morphine”.

The other choices are wrong. IV morphine for severe pain is a standard route. “q4h” is an accepted frequency and is not on either list. Stating the PRN indication is good practice, not an error.

Exam habit: read every abbreviation in an order as a possible error before you assess the dose.

Ready for a timed check? Two free FPGEE practice sets

Each set runs in your browser with a timer, an on-screen calculator, automatic scoring and a full rationale for every question. No account is needed. Your answers are stored only in that browser tab, so finish in one sitting.

Free set	What it covers
Set A: High-Yield Mix 22 questions · 30 minutes	Calculations, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, biostatistics and law. Best for your first baseline.
Set B: Tougher Reasoning 22 questions · 30 minutes	Multi-step calculations, drug interactions and clinical reasoning. Best after you’ve repaired what Set A exposed.

Preparing for the NAPLEX as well? See all our free pharmacy practice exams, including two free NAPLEX mocks. Prefer a two-minute warm-up? Try the free drug and calculation challenges on our Play page; they have worked explanations, and no sign-up is needed.

How to read your practice score

• A practice percentage is not an FPGEE score. The FPGEE reports a scaled score, and 75 is the minimum to pass. Scaled scores don’t represent the raw number of correct answers, so “75% on a practice set” and “75 on the FPGEE” are different things.
• Twenty-two questions is a small sample. Use the result to find patterns, not to predict a pass or a fail.
• Sort your misses into three piles. Knowledge: you didn’t know the fact, so relearn it briefly and test it with new questions. Calculation setup: wrong formula, units or conversion, so redo similar problems for several days. Reading and reasoning: you knew it but misread the stem or chose a “true but not best” answer, so slow down on the stem and its qualifiers.
• Retest within a few days with new questions, not by repeating the same ones from memory.

If you also want an official benchmark, NABP sells the Pre-FPGEE, its official practice exam: 66 questions in 85 minutes, listed at $90 per attempt when we checked (28 October 2026).

A note on “FPGEE dumps”

Some websites and chat groups offer “recalled” or “real” FPGEE questions. Avoid them. NABP’s FPGEC Bulletin prohibits requesting, purchasing, receiving or using FPGEE exam content, and it names prep courses and social media explicitly. The listed consequences include cancelling an FPGEC application or certification and notifying boards of pharmacy. Original practice questions written to the published content outline are the safe way to prepare.

Where these questions fit in a full FPGEE plan

Five sample questions and two short sets show you where you stand, but they can’t cover a 200-question exam across four domains. To turn your result into a schedule, use our 16-week FPGEE study plan, which moves from foundation sciences to clinical reasoning, administrative sciences and full mock exams.

RxBoardPrep is an independent education provider and is not affiliated with or endorsed by NABP. The FPGEE and FPGEC certification are programs of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. No preparation program can guarantee an exam result.