CNPR PHARMACEUTICAL FINAL EXAM
SCRIPT 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ What cements the active and inert components together to
maintain cohesive portions?
Answer: Binders.
◉ What does the abbreviation BID denote?
Answer: Twice a day
◉ What is the medical abbreviation for 'as needed'?
Answer: PRN.
◉ Which components might cause patient's different reactions to
brand name and generic drugs?
Answer: Differences in inactive ingredients.
◉ All cells have a nucleus.
Answer: False
,◉ Name three things that affect drug response.
Answer: The patient's genetic makeup, age, body size, and use of
other drugs and dietary supplements. The patient's other conditions
and diseases. Whether or not the patient takes the drug properly.
◉ Drug reactions are predictable because they do not occur after a
person has been previously exposed to the drug one or more times
without any allergic reactions.
Answer: False
◉ What is the typical relationship between a drug's site of
administration and site of action?
Answer: They are usually somewhat removed from one another.
◉ What is CMAX?
Answer: The peak plasma concentration on a measuring curve.
◉ Pharmacoprocesses are a main concept of clinical pharmacology.
Answer: False
◉ Which is not a route of drug administration - buccal,
intramuscular, sublingual, or transfugal?
Answer: Transfugal
,◉ How are intradermal drugs delivered?
Answer: By injection under the skin.
◉ An injection of anesthetic directly into the bloodstream is an
example of intravenous drug delivery.
Answer: True
◉ What are the major organs of the gastrointestinal system?
Answer: The mouth, esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas,
gallbladder, small and large intestines.
◉ Who is normally responsible for selling to distributors?
Answer: NAMs.
◉ How often do secondary drugs wholesale distributors buy their
drugs directly from manufacturers?
Answer: Sometimes
◉ By FDA law, large chain pharmacies are not allowed to buy
directly from drug manufacturers.
Answer: False
, ◉ Only 3 companies account for nearly 90% of all wholesale drug
sales.
Answer: True
◉ What type of sale bypasses the need for intermediary
distributors?
Answer: Manufacturer direct sales.
◉ What is a group purchasing organization (GPO)?
Answer: An entity consisting of two or more hospitals or other
health care entities that negotiates contracts on behalf of its
members.
◉ Prescriptions dispensed by mail-order pharmacies are, on
average, around _______ than those dispensed by retail pharmacies.
Answer: 3 times larger
◉ Which of the following is NOT a type of non-stock sale -
a) brokerage sales
b) dock-to-dock sales
c) drop shipments
d) all of these are types of non-stock sales
Answer: D) all of these are types of non-stock sales
SCRIPT 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ What cements the active and inert components together to
maintain cohesive portions?
Answer: Binders.
◉ What does the abbreviation BID denote?
Answer: Twice a day
◉ What is the medical abbreviation for 'as needed'?
Answer: PRN.
◉ Which components might cause patient's different reactions to
brand name and generic drugs?
Answer: Differences in inactive ingredients.
◉ All cells have a nucleus.
Answer: False
,◉ Name three things that affect drug response.
Answer: The patient's genetic makeup, age, body size, and use of
other drugs and dietary supplements. The patient's other conditions
and diseases. Whether or not the patient takes the drug properly.
◉ Drug reactions are predictable because they do not occur after a
person has been previously exposed to the drug one or more times
without any allergic reactions.
Answer: False
◉ What is the typical relationship between a drug's site of
administration and site of action?
Answer: They are usually somewhat removed from one another.
◉ What is CMAX?
Answer: The peak plasma concentration on a measuring curve.
◉ Pharmacoprocesses are a main concept of clinical pharmacology.
Answer: False
◉ Which is not a route of drug administration - buccal,
intramuscular, sublingual, or transfugal?
Answer: Transfugal
,◉ How are intradermal drugs delivered?
Answer: By injection under the skin.
◉ An injection of anesthetic directly into the bloodstream is an
example of intravenous drug delivery.
Answer: True
◉ What are the major organs of the gastrointestinal system?
Answer: The mouth, esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas,
gallbladder, small and large intestines.
◉ Who is normally responsible for selling to distributors?
Answer: NAMs.
◉ How often do secondary drugs wholesale distributors buy their
drugs directly from manufacturers?
Answer: Sometimes
◉ By FDA law, large chain pharmacies are not allowed to buy
directly from drug manufacturers.
Answer: False
, ◉ Only 3 companies account for nearly 90% of all wholesale drug
sales.
Answer: True
◉ What type of sale bypasses the need for intermediary
distributors?
Answer: Manufacturer direct sales.
◉ What is a group purchasing organization (GPO)?
Answer: An entity consisting of two or more hospitals or other
health care entities that negotiates contracts on behalf of its
members.
◉ Prescriptions dispensed by mail-order pharmacies are, on
average, around _______ than those dispensed by retail pharmacies.
Answer: 3 times larger
◉ Which of the following is NOT a type of non-stock sale -
a) brokerage sales
b) dock-to-dock sales
c) drop shipments
d) all of these are types of non-stock sales
Answer: D) all of these are types of non-stock sales
