CNPR PHARMACEUTICAL
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ 2. Bone marrow transplants.
Answer: are a type of stem cell therapy. unless patient's own cells
are reinjected.
◉ 3. What does AMA stand for?
Answer: American Medical Association
◉ 4. What section of a drug's package insert describes situations in
which the drug should not be used because the risks outweigh the
therapeutic benefits?
Answer: contraindications
◉ 5 What is tertiary care?
Answer: highly specialized medical and surgical care provided by a
large medical center for unusual or complex medical problems
,◉ 6. Which of the following is NOT one of the stages in the classic
approach to brand development strategy covered in your manual?
Answer: brand quality
◉ 7 What are vasodilators used to do?
Answer: decrease vascular resistance and increase blood flow
◉ 8. What is the name of the condition that occurs after a specific
dose of a drug is given at such regular intervals that absorption and
elimination (and therefore drug plasma concentration) have become
fairly constant?
Answer: Steady State
◉ 9. Which statement is TRUE about ocular administration?
Answer: Ocular administration is used primarily to treat the eye.
◉ 10. Which entities invest's the most money in pharmaceutical
R&D?
Answer: U.S. pharmaceutical companies
◉ 11. How are most drugs excreted?
Answer: via the kidneys
, ◉ 12. Over the last few decades, what has happened to legal
limitations on sales' reps discussions about off label uses?
Answer: Limitations have decreased.
◉ 14. What does it mean if two drugs are at parity?
Answer: Both drugs are essentially in a neutral position.
◉ 15 Who is most likely to benefit from electronic sampling
programs?
Answer: Everyone would benefit equally from electronic sampling
programs
◉ 16. When referring to medication dosage, which abbreviation
means "one-half'
Answer: SS
◉ 17 What is an internist?
Answer: a physician who practices internal medicine
◉ 18. Which of the following is a type of white blood cell?
Answer: Lymphocytes
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ 2. Bone marrow transplants.
Answer: are a type of stem cell therapy. unless patient's own cells
are reinjected.
◉ 3. What does AMA stand for?
Answer: American Medical Association
◉ 4. What section of a drug's package insert describes situations in
which the drug should not be used because the risks outweigh the
therapeutic benefits?
Answer: contraindications
◉ 5 What is tertiary care?
Answer: highly specialized medical and surgical care provided by a
large medical center for unusual or complex medical problems
,◉ 6. Which of the following is NOT one of the stages in the classic
approach to brand development strategy covered in your manual?
Answer: brand quality
◉ 7 What are vasodilators used to do?
Answer: decrease vascular resistance and increase blood flow
◉ 8. What is the name of the condition that occurs after a specific
dose of a drug is given at such regular intervals that absorption and
elimination (and therefore drug plasma concentration) have become
fairly constant?
Answer: Steady State
◉ 9. Which statement is TRUE about ocular administration?
Answer: Ocular administration is used primarily to treat the eye.
◉ 10. Which entities invest's the most money in pharmaceutical
R&D?
Answer: U.S. pharmaceutical companies
◉ 11. How are most drugs excreted?
Answer: via the kidneys
, ◉ 12. Over the last few decades, what has happened to legal
limitations on sales' reps discussions about off label uses?
Answer: Limitations have decreased.
◉ 14. What does it mean if two drugs are at parity?
Answer: Both drugs are essentially in a neutral position.
◉ 15 Who is most likely to benefit from electronic sampling
programs?
Answer: Everyone would benefit equally from electronic sampling
programs
◉ 16. When referring to medication dosage, which abbreviation
means "one-half'
Answer: SS
◉ 17 What is an internist?
Answer: a physician who practices internal medicine
◉ 18. Which of the following is a type of white blood cell?
Answer: Lymphocytes
