NAPSRX EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

CNPR, NAPSR EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Pharmaceuticalss-sans--
medicinessandsvaccinessforshumansandsanimalsuse.sproductssmayshavesasbrandsnamesors
besgeneric,sandstheysmaysbesprescriptionsorsOTC

Diagnostics-sans--
equipmentsandssuppliessusedsinsscreening,sdetecting,sandsmonitoringsdisease.scansrange
sfromssimpleshomestestingskitsstossophisticatedsimagingstechnologies



Medicalsdevicess-sans--
advancedsinstrumentationsandsappliancessusedsforsmedicalstherapy,ssuchsassjointsreplac
ements,simplantablesdefibrillators,sandspacemakers.sAlsosincludessdrugsdeliverysdevicess
suchsasssyringes,sinfusionspumps,smeteredsdosesinhalers,sandstrans-dermalspatches

Medicalssuppliess-sans--Commodity,shigh-
volumessuppliesssuchsasssurgicalsgownssandsgloves

Durablesmedicalsequipments-sans--reusablesproductssforshealth-
relatedsusesinstheshomessuchsasswalkers,swheelchairs,soxygensequipment,sprosthetics,sh
ospitalsbeds

Home-BasedsCares-sans--Patients/consumerssandstheirsfamiliessandsfriends
homeshealthsnursessandsaides

PrimarysCares(checkupssandsgeneralshealthsissues)s-sans--OB/GYN
family/generalspractitioners
internists

SecondarysCares(specializedsoutpatientsconsults)s-sans--specialists

TertiarysCares(inpatient)s-sans--communityshospitals
academicsmedicalscenters
skilledsnursingsfacilities

End-stagescares-sans--skilledsnursingsfacilities
hospitals
hospices

HMOs-sans--HealthsMaintenancesOrganization

,PBMs-sans--PharmacysBenefitsManager
actsassintermediariessbetweenspharmaceuticalscompaniessandslargesdrugspurchasers

GMPsguideliness-sans--goodsmanufacturingspractices

Whatsissthesaveragesreviewstimesforsasnewsdrug?s-sans--18smonths

DMs-sans--districtsmanager

RMs-sans--regionalsmanager

NAMs-sans--nationalsaccountsmanager

manufacturings&soperationss-sans--
thissincludessthessupplyschain,smanufacturingstrade,sandsdistributionsfunctionssofsthesbusi
ness

Ins2012sthesFDAsapproveds_____snewsdrugssforsusesinsthesUSs(highestsnumberssinces19
96)s-sans--39

______snewstreatmentsshavesbeensapprovedsforsHepsCs-sans--2

_______snewstreatmentssforsAlzheimer'ssdiseasesaresinsdevelopments-sans--125

______smedicinessaresinsdevelopmentsforscancers-sans--3070

_____snewsmedicinessaresinsdevelopmentsforsdiabetess-sans--281

____snewsmedicinessaresdevelopedsforsHIV/AIDSs-sans--185

approvablesletters-sans--
lettersssentsbysthesFDAstosthesapplicantsindicatingswhethersthesnewsdrugsapplicationsmeet
ssnecessarysrequirements

asymptomatics-sans--withoutssignssorssymptomssofsdisease

edemas-sans--swelling

indications-sans--
instermssofsdrugsapproval,sthesexactscausesofspurposesforswhichsthesFDAshassapprovedsth
atsasdrugscansbesprescribed

IRBs(institutionalsreviewsboard)s-sans--
ascommitteesofsphysicians,sstatisticians,scommunitysadvocates,sandsothersswhichsensure
ssthatsasclinicalstrialsissethicalsandsthesrightssofsstudysparticipantssaresprotected

,anatomys-sans--thesstudysofsthesbasicsstructuressofsthesbody

physiologys-sans--thesstudysofshowsthosesbodysstructuressfunction

clinicalspharmacologys-sans--
thesstudysofstheseffectssandsmovementsofsdrugssinstheshumansbody

pharmacodynamicss-sans--thesstudysofswhatsasdrugsdoesstosthesbody

pharmacokineticss-sans--studysofshowsasdrugsissprocessedsbysthesbody

drugsdistributionsandseliminations-sans--
drugsdeliveryssystems,sroutessofsadministration,smodessofsexcretion

MARs-sans--medicationsadministrationsrecord

AEss-sans--adversesevents

ADMEs-sans--
testingsthatsmeasuressthesratesatswhichsthesbodysabsorbssthesdrug,sdistributessitstosthesor
ganssnecessarystosproducesthesdesiredseffect,smetabolizessitsintoswastesmaterial,sandsthe
nsexcretessitsfromsthesbody

drugskineticss-sans--whatsthesbodysdoesstosthesdrug

drugsdynamicss-sans--whatsthesdrugsdoesstosthesbody

1stsrightsofsdrugsadministrations-sans--rightspatient

2ndsrightsofsdrugsadministrations-sans--Rightsmedication

3rdsrightsofsdrugsadministrations-sans--rightsdose

4thsrightsofsdrugsadministrations-sans--rightsroutesofsadministration

5thsrightsofsdrugsadministrations-sans--rightstimesofsdelivery

ASAPsorders-sans--withins30sminutessofswrittensorder

granuless-sans--
smallspill,susuallysaccompaniedsbysmanysotherssencasedswithinsasgelatinscapsule

tablets-sans--madesbyscompressingsthespowderedsformsofsasdrugsandsbulk-
fillingsmaterialsundershighspressure

capsules-sans--drugsisscontainedsinsansexternalsshell

, entericscoatings-sans--
coveringsthatskeepssdrugssfromsdissolvingsinsthesstomachsandsdosnotsdissolvesuntilstheysr
eachsthesintestine

caplets-sans--shapedslikesascapsulesbutshassthesformsofsastablet

elixirs-sans--asdrugsvehiclesthatscontainsswater,salcohol,sandssugars

fluidsextractss-sans--
concentratedssolutionsofsasdrugsremovedsfromsasplantssourcesbysmixingsgroundspartssofsas
plantswithsassuitablessolvent,sandsthensseparatingsthesplantsresiduesfromsthessolvent

mixtures/suspensionss-sans--ansagentsissmixedswithsasliquidsbutsnotsdissolved

tincturess-sans--alcoholicspreparationssofsassolublesdrug

spirits/essencess-sans--alcohol-
containingsliquidssthatsmaysbesusedspharmaceuticallysasssolvents

linimentss-sans--
liquidssuspensionssforsexternalsapplicationstosthesskinstosrelievespainsandsswelling

gelssorsjelliess-sans--
semisolidssubstancessinsnonsfattysbasessthatsmaysbesusedsforstopicalsapplication

emulsions-sans--preparationsinswhichstwosagentsscannotsbesordinarilyscombinedsorsmixed

receptors-sans--
asmoleculeswithsasspecificsthreesdimensionalsstructurestoswhichsonlysverysspecificssubstan
cesscansfitsandsattach

agonists-sans--drugssthatsactivatesreceptors

antagonists-sans--drugssthatsblocksreceptors

potencys-sans--refersstosthesamountsofsdrugsneededstosproducesanseffect

efficacys-sans--refersstosthespotentialsmaximumstherapeuticsresponsesasdrugscansproduce

pharmacogeneticss-sans--thesstudysofsgeneticsdifferencessinsthesresponsestosdrugs

N-acetylstransferases-sans--
asliversenzymesthatsmetabolizesscertainsdrugss(forshalfsofsthespeoplesinsthesUSsworkssslow
ly)