NAPRX CNPR EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT 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
AND CORRECT 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
