CNPR EXAM TEST BANK QUESTIONS 2026
COMPLETE VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED
A+
⩥ Average review time for a new drug. Answer: 18 months
⩥ Sales Team. Answer: Pg 7
⩥ The "engine of innovation," focused on discovering or inventing
promising new product.. Answer: Research & Development
⩥ This includes supply chain, manufacturing, trade, and distribution
functions of the business.. Answer: Manufacturing & Operations
⩥ In 2012, FDA regulators approved 39 new drugs for use in the U.S..
Answer: True
⩥ 3,070 new meds are in development for cancer.. Answer: True
⩥ Define Off-label. Answer: Usage of a medication for purposes other
than the specific ones appearing on the label
,⩥ Toxicity. Answer: The extent, quality, or degree to which a substance
is poisonous or harmful to the body
⩥ Institutional review Board (IRB). Answer: A committee of physicians,
staticians, community advocated, and others which ensure that a clinical
trial is ethical and that the rights of the study participants are protected.
All clinical trials must be approved by an IRB before they begin.
⩥ Placebo. Answer: Inactive pill, liquid, or powder that has no treatment
value aka sugar pill
⩥ Edema. Answer: Swelling
⩥ Asymptomatic. Answer: Without signs or symptoms
⩥ Clinical Pharmacology. Answer: The study of the effects and
movement of drugs in the human body
⩥ Anatomy. Answer: The study of basic structures of the body
⩥ Physiology. Answer: The study of how those body structures function
,⩥ Basic clinical pharmacology involves 3 main concepts. Answer:
Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics, drug distribution and
elimination.
⩥ Pharmacodynamics. Answer: Study of the biochemical and
physiological effects of drugs and their mechanisms of action i.e. the
study of what a drug does to the body. It describes the therapeutic effects
of drugs (pain relief, blood pressure reduction, their side effects and their
sites of action.
⩥ Pharmacokinetics. Answer: Study of how a drug is processed by the
body, with emphasis on the time required for absorption, duration of
action, distribution, and method of excretion. The study of how the body
affects drugs.
⩥ Drug distribution & elimination. Answer: Drug delivery systems,
route of administration , modes of excretion.
⩥ Plasma. Answer: The liquid portion of the blood that carries proteins
and other substances
⩥ Organs. Answer: Specialized cells and tissues grouped together to
perform specific body function for a common purpose. (Kidney, heart,
intestines, and skin)
, ⩥ Nucleus. Answer: Brain of the cell that regulates all activities.
⩥ Proteins. Answer: A nutrient made up of of chains of amino acids
⩥ Fats. Answer: A nutrient stored in special body tissues as a great
source of reserve energy
⩥ Carbohydrates. Answer: A nutrient that is the body's immediate source
of energy. It's broken down to glucose and used for immediate metabolic
reactions.
⩥ Vitamins. Answer: A nutrient substance necessary for growth,
development, and normal regulation of metabolic processes. Must be
taken from outside the body.
⩥ Minerals. Answer: A nutrient necessary for bodily purposes such as
the balance of body fluid
⩥ Water is NOT a nutrient. Answer: True
⩥ Body's Major Systems. Answer: Cardiovascular, Respiratory, nervous,
musculoskeletal, reproductive, immune
COMPLETE VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED
A+
⩥ Average review time for a new drug. Answer: 18 months
⩥ Sales Team. Answer: Pg 7
⩥ The "engine of innovation," focused on discovering or inventing
promising new product.. Answer: Research & Development
⩥ This includes supply chain, manufacturing, trade, and distribution
functions of the business.. Answer: Manufacturing & Operations
⩥ In 2012, FDA regulators approved 39 new drugs for use in the U.S..
Answer: True
⩥ 3,070 new meds are in development for cancer.. Answer: True
⩥ Define Off-label. Answer: Usage of a medication for purposes other
than the specific ones appearing on the label
,⩥ Toxicity. Answer: The extent, quality, or degree to which a substance
is poisonous or harmful to the body
⩥ Institutional review Board (IRB). Answer: A committee of physicians,
staticians, community advocated, and others which ensure that a clinical
trial is ethical and that the rights of the study participants are protected.
All clinical trials must be approved by an IRB before they begin.
⩥ Placebo. Answer: Inactive pill, liquid, or powder that has no treatment
value aka sugar pill
⩥ Edema. Answer: Swelling
⩥ Asymptomatic. Answer: Without signs or symptoms
⩥ Clinical Pharmacology. Answer: The study of the effects and
movement of drugs in the human body
⩥ Anatomy. Answer: The study of basic structures of the body
⩥ Physiology. Answer: The study of how those body structures function
,⩥ Basic clinical pharmacology involves 3 main concepts. Answer:
Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics, drug distribution and
elimination.
⩥ Pharmacodynamics. Answer: Study of the biochemical and
physiological effects of drugs and their mechanisms of action i.e. the
study of what a drug does to the body. It describes the therapeutic effects
of drugs (pain relief, blood pressure reduction, their side effects and their
sites of action.
⩥ Pharmacokinetics. Answer: Study of how a drug is processed by the
body, with emphasis on the time required for absorption, duration of
action, distribution, and method of excretion. The study of how the body
affects drugs.
⩥ Drug distribution & elimination. Answer: Drug delivery systems,
route of administration , modes of excretion.
⩥ Plasma. Answer: The liquid portion of the blood that carries proteins
and other substances
⩥ Organs. Answer: Specialized cells and tissues grouped together to
perform specific body function for a common purpose. (Kidney, heart,
intestines, and skin)
, ⩥ Nucleus. Answer: Brain of the cell that regulates all activities.
⩥ Proteins. Answer: A nutrient made up of of chains of amino acids
⩥ Fats. Answer: A nutrient stored in special body tissues as a great
source of reserve energy
⩥ Carbohydrates. Answer: A nutrient that is the body's immediate source
of energy. It's broken down to glucose and used for immediate metabolic
reactions.
⩥ Vitamins. Answer: A nutrient substance necessary for growth,
development, and normal regulation of metabolic processes. Must be
taken from outside the body.
⩥ Minerals. Answer: A nutrient necessary for bodily purposes such as
the balance of body fluid
⩥ Water is NOT a nutrient. Answer: True
⩥ Body's Major Systems. Answer: Cardiovascular, Respiratory, nervous,
musculoskeletal, reproductive, immune
