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NAPSR/CNPR Exam
Pharmaceutical Sales Certification —
Study Guide and Practice Questions
This Exam Contains:
➢ NASPRx CNPR Exam.
➢ Pharmaceutical Sales Certification.
➢ 269 Verified Questions and Answers Graded A+.
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1. 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
2. Average review time for a new drug - Correct answer -18 months
3. Sales Team - Correct answer -Pg 7
4. The "engine of innovation," focused on discovering or inventing promising new
product. - Correct answer -Research & Development
5. This includes supply chain, manufacturing, trade, and distribution functions of the
business. - Correct answer -Manufacturing & Operations
6. In 2012, FDA regulators approved 39 new drugs for use in the U.S. - Correct answer
-True
7. 3,070 new meds are in development for cancer. - Correct answer -True
8. Define Off-label - Correct answer -Usage of a medication for purposes other than
the specific ones appearing on the label
9. Toxicity - Correct answer -The extent, quality, or degree to which a substance is
poisonous or harmful to the body
10. 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.
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11. Placebo - Correct answer -Inactive pill, liquid, or powder that has no treatment
value aka sugar pill
12. Edema - Correct answer -Swelling
13. Asymptomatic - Correct answer -Without signs or symptoms
14. Clinical Pharmacology - Correct answer -The study of the effects and movement
of drugs in the human body
15. Anatomy - Correct answer -The study of basic structures of the body
16. Physiology - Correct answer -The study of how those body structures function
17. Basic clinical pharmacology involves 3 main concepts - Correct answer -
Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics, drug distribution and elimination.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. Drug distribution & elimination - Correct answer -Drug delivery systems, route of
administration , modes of excretion.
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NAPSR/CNPR Exam
Pharmaceutical Sales Certification —
Study Guide and Practice Questions
This Exam Contains:
➢ NASPRx CNPR Exam.
➢ Pharmaceutical Sales Certification.
➢ 269 Verified Questions and Answers Graded A+.
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1. 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
2. Average review time for a new drug - Correct answer -18 months
3. Sales Team - Correct answer -Pg 7
4. The "engine of innovation," focused on discovering or inventing promising new
product. - Correct answer -Research & Development
5. This includes supply chain, manufacturing, trade, and distribution functions of the
business. - Correct answer -Manufacturing & Operations
6. In 2012, FDA regulators approved 39 new drugs for use in the U.S. - Correct answer
-True
7. 3,070 new meds are in development for cancer. - Correct answer -True
8. Define Off-label - Correct answer -Usage of a medication for purposes other than
the specific ones appearing on the label
9. Toxicity - Correct answer -The extent, quality, or degree to which a substance is
poisonous or harmful to the body
10. 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.
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11. Placebo - Correct answer -Inactive pill, liquid, or powder that has no treatment
value aka sugar pill
12. Edema - Correct answer -Swelling
13. Asymptomatic - Correct answer -Without signs or symptoms
14. Clinical Pharmacology - Correct answer -The study of the effects and movement
of drugs in the human body
15. Anatomy - Correct answer -The study of basic structures of the body
16. Physiology - Correct answer -The study of how those body structures function
17. Basic clinical pharmacology involves 3 main concepts - Correct answer -
Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics, drug distribution and elimination.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. Drug distribution & elimination - Correct answer -Drug delivery systems, route of
administration , modes of excretion.
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