CNPR EXAM ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Pharmaceutical development is a high-risk undertaking, in which
many promising leads prove disappointing. Answer: True
⩥ Pharmaceutical sales are highest in which geographic regions?
Answer: The U.S., Western Europe, and Japan.
⩥ The U.S. accounts for about ______ of the world's pharmaceutical
revenues. Answer: 50%
⩥ What event has fueled recent growth in the pharmaceutical industry?
Answer: Population growth and increased life expectancies.
⩥ According to your manual, what describes the predicted relationship
between pharmaceutical companies and genomic research facilities?
Answer: Partnerships between them will not prove immediately
profitable.
⩥ Prescription drug therapy is not cost-effective for insurance
companies and insurance providers. Answer: False
,⩥ The high price of healthcare is explained by the high price of
medicines. Answer: False
⩥ One of the oldest and least effective pharmaceutical marketing
techniques is DTC (direct-to-consumer) advertising. Answer: False
⩥ What influences the number of districts in a region? Answer: The
regions population
⩥ What is an example of the regionalization of healthcare delivery
systems? Answer: California and Florida have different prescription
reimbursement policies.
⩥ The heart of a pharmaceutical sales team is the Regional Manager.
Answer: False
⩥ Most District Managers (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 takes about 1-2 calls to a physician before he/she commits
to prescribing your product. Answer: False
⩥ The pharmacist may dispense a product other than what the physician
prescribed. Answer: True
⩥ Which of the following would classify as Payers - Employers,
patients, pharmacists, or physicians? Answer: Employers.
⩥ How would you define ethical pharmaceutical companies? Answer:
Ones that research and develop novel drugs.
⩥ One of the most disappointing 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 a double-blinded
study? Answer: In a double blind study, neither the study staff nor the
study participants know which subjects are in the experimental group
and which are in the control group.
⩥ What does asymptomatic mean? Answer: Not exhibiting signs or
symptoms.
⩥ What term denotes the study of bodily functions (as opposed to
structures)? Answer: Physiology.
⩥ In its broadest definition, a drug is any substance that produces a
physical or psychological change in the body. Answer: True
⩥ How does the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) define
a drug? Answer: Any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure,
mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or a substance other than
food intended to affect the structure or function of the body.
⩥ Most of the body's required vitamins must be taken from outside the
body. Answer: True
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Pharmaceutical development is a high-risk undertaking, in which
many promising leads prove disappointing. Answer: True
⩥ Pharmaceutical sales are highest in which geographic regions?
Answer: The U.S., Western Europe, and Japan.
⩥ The U.S. accounts for about ______ of the world's pharmaceutical
revenues. Answer: 50%
⩥ What event has fueled recent growth in the pharmaceutical industry?
Answer: Population growth and increased life expectancies.
⩥ According to your manual, what describes the predicted relationship
between pharmaceutical companies and genomic research facilities?
Answer: Partnerships between them will not prove immediately
profitable.
⩥ Prescription drug therapy is not cost-effective for insurance
companies and insurance providers. Answer: False
,⩥ The high price of healthcare is explained by the high price of
medicines. Answer: False
⩥ One of the oldest and least effective pharmaceutical marketing
techniques is DTC (direct-to-consumer) advertising. Answer: False
⩥ What influences the number of districts in a region? Answer: The
regions population
⩥ What is an example of the regionalization of healthcare delivery
systems? Answer: California and Florida have different prescription
reimbursement policies.
⩥ The heart of a pharmaceutical sales team is the Regional Manager.
Answer: False
⩥ Most District Managers (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 takes about 1-2 calls to a physician before he/she commits
to prescribing your product. Answer: False
⩥ The pharmacist may dispense a product other than what the physician
prescribed. Answer: True
⩥ Which of the following would classify as Payers - Employers,
patients, pharmacists, or physicians? Answer: Employers.
⩥ How would you define ethical pharmaceutical companies? Answer:
Ones that research and develop novel drugs.
⩥ One of the most disappointing 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 a double-blinded
study? Answer: In a double blind study, neither the study staff nor the
study participants know which subjects are in the experimental group
and which are in the control group.
⩥ What does asymptomatic mean? Answer: Not exhibiting signs or
symptoms.
⩥ What term denotes the study of bodily functions (as opposed to
structures)? Answer: Physiology.
⩥ In its broadest definition, a drug is any substance that produces a
physical or psychological change in the body. Answer: True
⩥ How does the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) define
a drug? Answer: Any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure,
mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or a substance other than
food intended to affect the structure or function of the body.
⩥ Most of the body's required vitamins must be taken from outside the
body. Answer: True
