NAPSR / CNPR Exam Prep 2026: Practice Questions & Pharmaceutical Sales Review

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NAPSR/CNPR Exam (NEW UPDATED VERSION) LATEST ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS) |
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Pharma companies must submit extensive data to the FDA demonstrating
the safety and effectiveness of new drugs before receiving approval for
sale. - CORRECT ANSWER True

QUESTION : Average review time for a new drug - CORRECT
ANSWER 18 months

QUESTION : Sales Team - CORRECT ANSWER Pg 7

QUESTION : The "engine of innovation," focused on discovering or
inventing promising new product. - CORRECT ANSWER Research &
Development

QUESTION : This includes supply chain, manufacturing, trade, and
distribution functions of the business. - CORRECT ANSWER
Manufacturing & Operations

QUESTION : In 2012, FDA regulators approved 39 new drugs for use in
the U.S. - CORRECT ANSWER True

QUESTION : 3,070 new meds are in development for cancer. -
CORRECT ANSWER True

QUESTION : Define Off-label - CORRECT ANSWER Usage of a
medication for purposes other than the specific ones appearing on the label

QUESTION : Toxicity - CORRECT ANSWER The extent, quality, or
degree to which a substance is poisonous or harmful to the body




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QUESTION : Institutional review Board (IRB) - CORRECT 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.

QUESTION : Placebo - CORRECT ANSWER Inactive pill, liquid, or
powder that has no treatment value aka sugar pill

QUESTION : Edema - CORRECT ANSWER Swelling

QUESTION : Asymptomatic - CORRECT ANSWER Without signs or
symptoms

QUESTION : Clinical Pharmacology - CORRECT ANSWER The
study of the effects and movement of drugs in the human body

QUESTION : Anatomy - CORRECT ANSWER The study of basic
structures of the body

QUESTION : Physiology - CORRECT ANSWER The study of how
those body structures function

QUESTION : Basic clinical pharmacology involves 3 main concepts -
CORRECT ANSWER Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics, drug
distribution and elimination.

QUESTION : Pharmacodynamics - CORRECT 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.

QUESTION : Pharmacokinetics - CORRECT 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.


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QUESTION : Drug distribution & elimination - CORRECT ANSWER
Drug delivery systems, route of administration , modes of excretion.

QUESTION : Plasma - CORRECT ANSWER The liquid portion of the
blood that carries proteins and other substances

QUESTION : Organs - CORRECT ANSWER Specialized cells and
tissues grouped together to perform specific body function for a common
purpose. (Kidney, heart, intestines, and skin)

QUESTION : Nucleus - CORRECT ANSWER Brain of the cell that
regulates all activities.

QUESTION : Proteins - CORRECT ANSWER A nutrient made up of
of chains of amino acids

QUESTION : Fats - CORRECT ANSWER A nutrient stored in special
body tissues as a great source of reserve energy

QUESTION : Carbohydrates - CORRECT ANSWER A nutrient that is
the body's immediate source of energy. It's broken down to glucose and
used for immediate metabolic reactions.

QUESTION : Vitamins - CORRECT ANSWER A nutrient substance
necessary for growth, development, and normal regulation of metabolic
processes. Must be taken from outside the body.

QUESTION : Minerals - CORRECT ANSWER A nutrient necessary
for bodily purposes such as the balance of body fluid

QUESTION : Water is NOT a nutrient - CORRECT ANSWER True

QUESTION : Body's Major Systems - CORRECT ANSWER
Cardiovascular, Respiratory, nervous, musculoskeletal, reproductive,
immune



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