CNPR EXAM SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY SHEET
FULL PRACTICE SET 500+ ITEMS
◉ 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
◉ ADME testing measures the rate at which the body absorbs the
drug, distributes it to the organs necessary to produce the desired
effect, metabolizes it into waste material, and then excretes it from
the body.
Answer: True
◉ What field is ADME testing used in primarily?
Answer: Pharmacokinetics.
◉ Placebo effects can lead to withdrawal symptoms.
Answer: True
◉ On average, only about 5 of 4,000 drugs studied in laboratory are
eventually studied in people.
Answer: True
, ◉ Sublingual drugs are absorbed directly and almost immediately
into the bloodstream.
Answer: True
◉ What are 3 of the 7 rights of drug administration?
Answer: The right patient, the right drug, the right dose.
◉ Pro-drugs are administered in active form, which is metabolized
into an inactive form.
Answer: False
◉ The kidney of an 85-year old person excretes drugs only ______ as
efficiently as that of a 35-year old person.
Answer: Around 50%
◉ The normal age-related decrease in kidney function can help
doctors determine an appropriate dosage based solely on a person's
age.
Answer: True
◉ What differentiates a caplet from a tablet?
Answer: Caplets are shaped like capsules and have film coatings to
aid in swallowing.
SOLUTIONS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY SHEET
FULL PRACTICE SET 500+ ITEMS
◉ 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
◉ ADME testing measures the rate at which the body absorbs the
drug, distributes it to the organs necessary to produce the desired
effect, metabolizes it into waste material, and then excretes it from
the body.
Answer: True
◉ What field is ADME testing used in primarily?
Answer: Pharmacokinetics.
◉ Placebo effects can lead to withdrawal symptoms.
Answer: True
◉ On average, only about 5 of 4,000 drugs studied in laboratory are
eventually studied in people.
Answer: True
, ◉ Sublingual drugs are absorbed directly and almost immediately
into the bloodstream.
Answer: True
◉ What are 3 of the 7 rights of drug administration?
Answer: The right patient, the right drug, the right dose.
◉ Pro-drugs are administered in active form, which is metabolized
into an inactive form.
Answer: False
◉ The kidney of an 85-year old person excretes drugs only ______ as
efficiently as that of a 35-year old person.
Answer: Around 50%
◉ The normal age-related decrease in kidney function can help
doctors determine an appropriate dosage based solely on a person's
age.
Answer: True
◉ What differentiates a caplet from a tablet?
Answer: Caplets are shaped like capsules and have film coatings to
aid in swallowing.
