NAPSR CNPR FINAL PAPER 2026
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED 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
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED 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
