NAPSR CNPR EXAM PACKAGE 2026
COMPREHENSIVE MATERIAL FULL RESPONSES
CERTIFIED A+
◉ Average review time for a new drug Answer: 18 months
◉ Sales Team Answer: Pg 7
◉ The "engine of innovation," focused on discovering or inventing
promising new product. Answer: Research & Development
◉ This includes supply chain, manufacturing, trade, and distribution
functions of the business. Answer: Manufacturing & Operations
◉ In 2012, FDA regulators approved 39 new drugs for use in the U.S.
Answer: True
◉ 3,070 new meds are in development for cancer. Answer: True
◉ Define Off-label Answer: Usage of a medication for purposes other
than the specific ones appearing on the label
◉ Toxicity Answer: The extent, quality, or degree to which a substance
is poisonous or harmful to the body
,◉ Institutional review Board (IRB) 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.
◉ Placebo Answer: Inactive pill, liquid, or powder that has no treatment
value aka sugar pill
◉ Edema Answer: Swelling
◉ Asymptomatic Answer: Without signs or symptoms
◉ Clinical Pharmacology Answer: The study of the effects and
movement of drugs in the human body
◉ Anatomy Answer: The study of basic structures of the body
◉ Physiology Answer: The study of how those body structures function
◉ Basic clinical pharmacology involves 3 main concepts Answer:
Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics, drug distribution and
elimination.
,◉ Pharmacodynamics 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.
◉ Pharmacokinetics 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.
◉ Drug distribution & elimination Answer: Drug delivery systems, route
of administration , modes of excretion.
◉ Plasma Answer: The liquid portion of the blood that carries proteins
and other substances
◉ Organs Answer: Specialized cells and tissues grouped together to
perform specific body function for a common purpose. (Kidney, heart,
intestines, and skin)
◉ Nucleus Answer: Brain of the cell that regulates all activities.
◉ Proteins Answer: A nutrient made up of of chains of amino acids
, ◉ Fats Answer: A nutrient stored in special body tissues as a great
source of reserve energy
◉ Carbohydrates Answer: A nutrient that is the body's immediate source
of energy. It's broken down to glucose and used for immediate metabolic
reactions.
◉ Vitamins Answer: A nutrient substance necessary for growth,
development, and normal regulation of metabolic processes. Must be
taken from outside the body.
◉ Minerals Answer: A nutrient necessary for bodily purposes such as the
balance of body fluid
◉ Water is NOT a nutrient Answer: True
◉ Body's Major Systems Answer: Cardiovascular, Respiratory, nervous,
musculoskeletal, reproductive, immune
◉ Absorption Answer: How the drug passes from its side of
administration into the bloodstream
◉ Distribution Answer: How the drug is dispersed among the organs
after absorption into the blood
COMPREHENSIVE MATERIAL FULL RESPONSES
CERTIFIED A+
◉ Average review time for a new drug Answer: 18 months
◉ Sales Team Answer: Pg 7
◉ The "engine of innovation," focused on discovering or inventing
promising new product. Answer: Research & Development
◉ This includes supply chain, manufacturing, trade, and distribution
functions of the business. Answer: Manufacturing & Operations
◉ In 2012, FDA regulators approved 39 new drugs for use in the U.S.
Answer: True
◉ 3,070 new meds are in development for cancer. Answer: True
◉ Define Off-label Answer: Usage of a medication for purposes other
than the specific ones appearing on the label
◉ Toxicity Answer: The extent, quality, or degree to which a substance
is poisonous or harmful to the body
,◉ Institutional review Board (IRB) 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.
◉ Placebo Answer: Inactive pill, liquid, or powder that has no treatment
value aka sugar pill
◉ Edema Answer: Swelling
◉ Asymptomatic Answer: Without signs or symptoms
◉ Clinical Pharmacology Answer: The study of the effects and
movement of drugs in the human body
◉ Anatomy Answer: The study of basic structures of the body
◉ Physiology Answer: The study of how those body structures function
◉ Basic clinical pharmacology involves 3 main concepts Answer:
Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics, drug distribution and
elimination.
,◉ Pharmacodynamics 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.
◉ Pharmacokinetics 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.
◉ Drug distribution & elimination Answer: Drug delivery systems, route
of administration , modes of excretion.
◉ Plasma Answer: The liquid portion of the blood that carries proteins
and other substances
◉ Organs Answer: Specialized cells and tissues grouped together to
perform specific body function for a common purpose. (Kidney, heart,
intestines, and skin)
◉ Nucleus Answer: Brain of the cell that regulates all activities.
◉ Proteins Answer: A nutrient made up of of chains of amino acids
, ◉ Fats Answer: A nutrient stored in special body tissues as a great
source of reserve energy
◉ Carbohydrates Answer: A nutrient that is the body's immediate source
of energy. It's broken down to glucose and used for immediate metabolic
reactions.
◉ Vitamins Answer: A nutrient substance necessary for growth,
development, and normal regulation of metabolic processes. Must be
taken from outside the body.
◉ Minerals Answer: A nutrient necessary for bodily purposes such as the
balance of body fluid
◉ Water is NOT a nutrient Answer: True
◉ Body's Major Systems Answer: Cardiovascular, Respiratory, nervous,
musculoskeletal, reproductive, immune
◉ Absorption Answer: How the drug passes from its side of
administration into the bloodstream
◉ Distribution Answer: How the drug is dispersed among the organs
after absorption into the blood
