Pharmacy Licensing Exam Prep (PEBC): Free Diagnostic Access
Free, one-week access to CCEC's diagnostic tests and calculations quizzes for the PEBC Qualifying Examination Part I for pharmacists and for pharmacy technicians. Take the diagnostic for your exam and see your results by competency area before your exam date. No fee, no lectures and no scheduled sessions.
Is this exam for you?
- Pharmacist. Exam: PEBC Pharmacist Qualifying Examination Part I (multiple choice).
- Pharmacy technician. Exam: PEBC Pharmacy Technician Qualifying Examination Part I (multiple choice).
Both exams are set by the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC) and are used for registration in every province except Quebec. Not covered: Part II (the OSCE for pharmacists and the OSPE for pharmacy technicians), provincial jurisprudence exams and Quebec (OPQ) requirements.
The official exams
- Pharmacist Qualifying Examination Part I: 200 multiple-choice questions (150 scored and 50 pretest) in 260 minutes, at a Prometric test centre or by remote proctoring.
- Pharmacy Technician Qualifying Examination Part I: 150 multiple-choice questions (120 scored and 30 pretest) in two sections of 100 minutes, at a Prometric test centre or by remote proctoring.
What you get, free of charge
- A timed diagnostic for your exam: 40 questions, one attempt, at the pace of the real exam, with instant scoring and a breakdown by competency area.
- A calculations quiz for your exam: 10 questions, untimed, with an explanation for every answer.
- Access for one week from approval.
Ready for the area quizzes and timed mock exams? See Mock Exam Access (Standard CAD 29 per exam, Full Access CAD 49 per exam, Pharmacy Combo CAD 89).
Who can register
To register you need to be preparing for a PEBC Qualifying Examination Part I and to meet PEBC's own eligibility for it. PEBC lists, among others:
- Pharmacist exam: graduates of a first professional pharmacy degree program accredited by the Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs (CCAPP), or students in the final year of such a program who expect to graduate within 9 months (approved conditionally by PEBC); international and U.S. pharmacy graduates with a completed, valid PEBC Pharmacist Document Evaluation.
- Pharmacy technician exam: graduates (2008 or later) of a CCAPP-accredited pharmacy technician program, or students about to graduate (approved conditionally by PEBC); international pharmacy technician graduates found eligible through the PEBC International Evaluation; holders of a valid PEBC Pharmacist Document Evaluation.
You also need a valid government photo ID and proof of your PEBC exam eligibility or booking (for example your PEBC acceptance or Document Evaluation letter, or your exam booking) showing your exam sitting or date, uploaded with the Mock exam document upload form within 3 days of registering; the link is in your registration confirmation email.
Eligibility to write is decided by PEBC, and registration requirements are set by each provincial pharmacy regulator, not by CCEC.
How free registration works
- Complete the registration form, including the eligibility declaration. There is no payment step: your registration is submitted as soon as the form is complete. Then upload a copy of your government photo ID and proof of your PEBC exam eligibility or booking using the Mock exam document upload form (the link is in your registration confirmation email), with the same email address you registered with, within 3 days.
- Assessment. Your details and documents are checked against the eligibility requirements, usually within a few hours if everything is in order. If our Admissions team needs anything else, you are told exactly what to send and by when. If your documents have not arrived, you receive reminders, the first about 2 hours after registering.
- Access. If approved, you receive your access email with the link, your access code and your access end date, one week from approval. If not approved, you are told why.
One free registration
One free registration per person. Free Diagnostic Access cannot be extended or repeated; for continued access, register for Mock Exam Access.
Important notices
- This program does not require approval under the Ontario Career Colleges Act, 2005.
- This product is access to mock exams only. It is not a pharmacy education program and it is not the official PEBC Qualifying Examination.
- Access to these mock exams does not give you registration or a licence. To register you must pass the PEBC Qualifying Examination (Parts I and II) and meet the other requirements of your provincial pharmacy regulator.
- Canadian Career Education College (CCEC) is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC), the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA), Prometric or any provincial pharmacy regulator. CCEC does not administer the exams and does not register pharmacists or pharmacy technicians.
- Exam areas follow the published PEBC Part I blueprints (2026). CCEC questions are original; no questions from past PEBC exams are used.
- Please review the Mock Exam Policies before registering.
Questions? Use the support form. Please allow 24 to 48 business hours for a response.
