NAPSRX FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Pharmaceutical deveoplment is a big-risk undertaking, in which many
promising leads prove disappointing.
Answer: true
⩥ Pharmaceutical sales are highest in which geographical regions.
Answer: The U.S., Western Europe, and Japan
⩥ The U.S. accounts for about ____ of the world's pharmaceutical
revenues.
Answer: 50%
⩥ Which off the following has fueled recent growth in the
pharmaceutical industry.
Answer: population growth and increased life expectancies
⩥ According to your manual, which statement accurately describes the
predicted relationship between pharmaceutical companies and genomic
research facilities.
Answer: partnerships between pharmaceuitcal companies and genomic
companies will not prove immediately profitable
,⩥ prescription drug therapy is not cost-effective for insurance companies
and healthcare providers.
Answer: false
⩥ the high price of healthcare is explained by the high price of
medicines.
Answer: false
⩥ one of the oldest and least efffective pharmaceutical marjeting
techniques is DTC (direct-to-consumer) advertising.
Answer: false
⩥ what influences the number of districts in a region.
Answer: the region's population
⩥ what is an example of the regionalization off healthcare delivery
systems.
Answer: California and Florida have difffernet perscription
reimbursment policies
⩥ the heart of pharmaceutical sales is the regional manager.
Answer: false
,⩥ most DMs did not start as representatives.
Answer: false
⩥ how many territories are in a typical district.
Answer: 8 to 12
⩥ what is the most effective method for grabbing market share.
Answer: comparative selling
⩥ pharmaceutical reps mainly visit pharmacies.
Answer: false
⩥ it usually only takes 1-2 calls to a physician before he or she commits
to prescribing your product.
Answer: false
⩥ the pharmacist may dispense a product other than what the physician
prescribed.
Answer: true
⩥ according to chapter 12 of your manual, which of the following would
classify as "payers".
, Answer: employers
⩥ according to your manual, what defines "ethical pharmaceutical
companies.
Answer: researching and developing novel drugs
⩥ one of the most diappointing results of the pharmaceutical industry's
continued investment in R & D is the few new drugs being approved and
in development.
Answer: false
⩥ thanks to modern medicines, how long are people newly diagnosed
with HIV expected to live.
Answer: another 50 years
⩥ how much has the average american lifespan increased since 1890.
Answer: almost 30 years
⩥ what is a treatment group.
Answer: A group of patients assigned to receive a specified treatment
⩥ what is the main difference between a blinded and double-blinded
study.
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Pharmaceutical deveoplment is a big-risk undertaking, in which many
promising leads prove disappointing.
Answer: true
⩥ Pharmaceutical sales are highest in which geographical regions.
Answer: The U.S., Western Europe, and Japan
⩥ The U.S. accounts for about ____ of the world's pharmaceutical
revenues.
Answer: 50%
⩥ Which off the following has fueled recent growth in the
pharmaceutical industry.
Answer: population growth and increased life expectancies
⩥ According to your manual, which statement accurately describes the
predicted relationship between pharmaceutical companies and genomic
research facilities.
Answer: partnerships between pharmaceuitcal companies and genomic
companies will not prove immediately profitable
,⩥ prescription drug therapy is not cost-effective for insurance companies
and healthcare providers.
Answer: false
⩥ the high price of healthcare is explained by the high price of
medicines.
Answer: false
⩥ one of the oldest and least efffective pharmaceutical marjeting
techniques is DTC (direct-to-consumer) advertising.
Answer: false
⩥ what influences the number of districts in a region.
Answer: the region's population
⩥ what is an example of the regionalization off healthcare delivery
systems.
Answer: California and Florida have difffernet perscription
reimbursment policies
⩥ the heart of pharmaceutical sales is the regional manager.
Answer: false
,⩥ most DMs did not start as representatives.
Answer: false
⩥ how many territories are in a typical district.
Answer: 8 to 12
⩥ what is the most effective method for grabbing market share.
Answer: comparative selling
⩥ pharmaceutical reps mainly visit pharmacies.
Answer: false
⩥ it usually only takes 1-2 calls to a physician before he or she commits
to prescribing your product.
Answer: false
⩥ the pharmacist may dispense a product other than what the physician
prescribed.
Answer: true
⩥ according to chapter 12 of your manual, which of the following would
classify as "payers".
, Answer: employers
⩥ according to your manual, what defines "ethical pharmaceutical
companies.
Answer: researching and developing novel drugs
⩥ one of the most diappointing results of the pharmaceutical industry's
continued investment in R & D is the few new drugs being approved and
in development.
Answer: false
⩥ thanks to modern medicines, how long are people newly diagnosed
with HIV expected to live.
Answer: another 50 years
⩥ how much has the average american lifespan increased since 1890.
Answer: almost 30 years
⩥ what is a treatment group.
Answer: A group of patients assigned to receive a specified treatment
⩥ what is the main difference between a blinded and double-blinded
study.
