NAPSR/CNPR Exam Questions with
Verified Answers [2026/2027]
Pharma companies must submit extensive data to the FDA demonstrating the safety and
effectiveness of new drugs before receiving approval for sale. - Correct Answers -True
Average review time for a new drug - Correct Answers -18 months
Sales Team - Correct Answers -Pg 7
The "engine of innovation," focused on discovering or inventing promising new product. -
Correct Answers -Research & Development
This includes supply chain, manufacturing, trade, and distribution functions of the business. -
Correct Answers -Manufacturing & Operations
In 2012, FDA regulators approved 39 new drugs for use in the U.S. - Correct Answers -True
3,070 new meds are in development for cancer. - Correct Answers -True
Define Off-label - Correct Answers -Usage of a medication for purposes other than the specific
ones appearing on the label
Toxicity - Correct Answers -The extent, quality, or degree to which a substance is poisonous or
harmful to the body
Institutional review Board (IRB) - Correct Answers -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 - Correct Answers -Inactive pill, liquid, or powder that has no treatment value aka sugar
pill
Edema - Correct Answers -Swelling
Asymptomatic - Correct Answers -Without signs or symptoms
Clinical Pharmacology - Correct Answers -The study of the effects and movement of drugs in the
human body
Anatomy - Correct Answers -The study of basic structures of the body
Physiology - Correct Answers -The study of how those body structures function
Basic clinical pharmacology involves 3 main concepts - Correct Answers -Pharmacodynamics,
Pharmacokinetics, drug distribution and elimination.
Pharmacodynamics - Correct Answers -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 - Correct Answers -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 - Correct Answers -Drug delivery systems, route of
administration , modes of excretion.
Plasma - Correct Answers -The liquid portion of the blood that carries proteins and other
substances
Organs - Correct Answers -Specialized cells and tissues grouped together to perform specific
body function for a common purpose. (Kidney, heart, intestines, and skin)
Nucleus - Correct Answers -Brain of the cell that regulates all activities.
Proteins - Correct Answers -A nutrient made up of of chains of amino acids
Fats - Correct Answers -A nutrient stored in special body tissues as a great source of reserve
energy
Carbohydrates - Correct Answers -A nutrient that is the body's immediate source of energy. It's
broken down to glucose and used for immediate metabolic reactions.
Vitamins - Correct Answers -A nutrient substance necessary for growth, development, and
normal regulation of metabolic processes. Must be taken from outside the body.
Minerals - Correct Answers -A nutrient necessary for bodily purposes such as the balance of
body fluid
Water is NOT a nutrient - Correct Answers -True
Verified Answers [2026/2027]
Pharma companies must submit extensive data to the FDA demonstrating the safety and
effectiveness of new drugs before receiving approval for sale. - Correct Answers -True
Average review time for a new drug - Correct Answers -18 months
Sales Team - Correct Answers -Pg 7
The "engine of innovation," focused on discovering or inventing promising new product. -
Correct Answers -Research & Development
This includes supply chain, manufacturing, trade, and distribution functions of the business. -
Correct Answers -Manufacturing & Operations
In 2012, FDA regulators approved 39 new drugs for use in the U.S. - Correct Answers -True
3,070 new meds are in development for cancer. - Correct Answers -True
Define Off-label - Correct Answers -Usage of a medication for purposes other than the specific
ones appearing on the label
Toxicity - Correct Answers -The extent, quality, or degree to which a substance is poisonous or
harmful to the body
Institutional review Board (IRB) - Correct Answers -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 - Correct Answers -Inactive pill, liquid, or powder that has no treatment value aka sugar
pill
Edema - Correct Answers -Swelling
Asymptomatic - Correct Answers -Without signs or symptoms
Clinical Pharmacology - Correct Answers -The study of the effects and movement of drugs in the
human body
Anatomy - Correct Answers -The study of basic structures of the body
Physiology - Correct Answers -The study of how those body structures function
Basic clinical pharmacology involves 3 main concepts - Correct Answers -Pharmacodynamics,
Pharmacokinetics, drug distribution and elimination.
Pharmacodynamics - Correct Answers -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 - Correct Answers -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 - Correct Answers -Drug delivery systems, route of
administration , modes of excretion.
Plasma - Correct Answers -The liquid portion of the blood that carries proteins and other
substances
Organs - Correct Answers -Specialized cells and tissues grouped together to perform specific
body function for a common purpose. (Kidney, heart, intestines, and skin)
Nucleus - Correct Answers -Brain of the cell that regulates all activities.
Proteins - Correct Answers -A nutrient made up of of chains of amino acids
Fats - Correct Answers -A nutrient stored in special body tissues as a great source of reserve
energy
Carbohydrates - Correct Answers -A nutrient that is the body's immediate source of energy. It's
broken down to glucose and used for immediate metabolic reactions.
Vitamins - Correct Answers -A nutrient substance necessary for growth, development, and
normal regulation of metabolic processes. Must be taken from outside the body.
Minerals - Correct Answers -A nutrient necessary for bodily purposes such as the balance of
body fluid
Water is NOT a nutrient - Correct Answers -True
