NAPSRx® FINAL EXAM ACTUAL EXAM/NAPSRx FINAL
EXAM 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES |AGRADE
Pharmaceuticals are arguably the most socially important healthcare product. -
ANSWER: True
Pharmaceutical development is a high risk undertaking, in which many promising
leads prove disappointing. - ANSWER: True
Pharma sales are highest in which geographical regions? - ANSWER: U.S, Western
Europe, and Japan
The US accounts for what % of the worlds pharmaceutical revenues? - ANSWER: 50%
What fueled recent growth in the pharm industry? - ANSWER: Population growth
and increased life expectancy
Describe the relationship between pharma companies and genomic research
facilities - ANSWER: these partnerships will not prove immediately profitable
Prescription drug therapy is NOT cost-effective for insurance companies and
healthcare providers - ANSWER: False
The high price of healthcare is explained by the high price of medications - ANSWER:
False
DTC (direct-to-consumer) advertiszing is one of the oldest and least effective
methods of pharma marketing. - ANSWER: False
what determines the number of districts in a region? - ANSWER: the regions
population
What is an example of regionalization of healthcare delivery systems? - ANSWER:
Different states have different prescription reimbursement systems
The heart of the pharm sales team is the Reginal Manager - ANSWER: false
Most district managers did NOT start as sales reps - ANSWER: false
How many territories are in a typical district? - ANSWER: 8 to 12
What is the most effective method for grabbing market share? - ANSWER:
comparative selling
Pharm reps mainly visit pharmacies - ANSWER: False Imprisonment
, it usually only takes 1-2 calls to a physician before he or she commits to prescribing
your product - ANSWER: false
the pharmacist may dispense a product other than what the physician prescribed -
ANSWER: true
Who is technically considered as a "payer" - ANSWER: employers, insurance, MCO's
(managed care organizations), or U.S. government (Medicare/Medicaid )
what is an "ethical pharmaceutical company"? - ANSWER: researching and
developing novel drugs
one of the most disappointing results of the pharm industry continued investment
into R&D is the few new drugs that are approved and developed. - ANSWER: false
thanks to modern medication. how long are people with a new HIV diagnosis
expected to live? - ANSWER: another 50 years
How much has the American lifespan increased since the 1890's? - ANSWER: almost
30 years
a drugs effects on the body (pain relief, reduces blood pressure, what tissue they act
on & how they act no those tissues) - ANSWER: Pharmacodynamics
how the body processes/ reacts to a drug (absorption, duration of action,
distribution, excretion) - ANSWER: Pharmacokinetics
any chemical substance that affects the body and its processes - ANSWER: simple
definition of a drug
brach of medicine concerned with prevention of disease and treatment of suffering -
ANSWER: therapeutics
Range of drug doses that can treat disease effectively while staying within the safety
range. - ANSWER: therapeutic window
difference between the usual effective dose and the dose that induces severe or life
threatening side effects - ANSWER: Margin of Safety
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. - ANSWER: How the FFDCA defines a drug
most of the body's required vitamins must be taken in from the outside of the body -
ANSWER: true
EXAM 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES |AGRADE
Pharmaceuticals are arguably the most socially important healthcare product. -
ANSWER: True
Pharmaceutical development is a high risk undertaking, in which many promising
leads prove disappointing. - ANSWER: True
Pharma sales are highest in which geographical regions? - ANSWER: U.S, Western
Europe, and Japan
The US accounts for what % of the worlds pharmaceutical revenues? - ANSWER: 50%
What fueled recent growth in the pharm industry? - ANSWER: Population growth
and increased life expectancy
Describe the relationship between pharma companies and genomic research
facilities - ANSWER: these partnerships will not prove immediately profitable
Prescription drug therapy is NOT cost-effective for insurance companies and
healthcare providers - ANSWER: False
The high price of healthcare is explained by the high price of medications - ANSWER:
False
DTC (direct-to-consumer) advertiszing is one of the oldest and least effective
methods of pharma marketing. - ANSWER: False
what determines the number of districts in a region? - ANSWER: the regions
population
What is an example of regionalization of healthcare delivery systems? - ANSWER:
Different states have different prescription reimbursement systems
The heart of the pharm sales team is the Reginal Manager - ANSWER: false
Most district managers did NOT start as sales reps - ANSWER: false
How many territories are in a typical district? - ANSWER: 8 to 12
What is the most effective method for grabbing market share? - ANSWER:
comparative selling
Pharm reps mainly visit pharmacies - ANSWER: False Imprisonment
, it usually only takes 1-2 calls to a physician before he or she commits to prescribing
your product - ANSWER: false
the pharmacist may dispense a product other than what the physician prescribed -
ANSWER: true
Who is technically considered as a "payer" - ANSWER: employers, insurance, MCO's
(managed care organizations), or U.S. government (Medicare/Medicaid )
what is an "ethical pharmaceutical company"? - ANSWER: researching and
developing novel drugs
one of the most disappointing results of the pharm industry continued investment
into R&D is the few new drugs that are approved and developed. - ANSWER: false
thanks to modern medication. how long are people with a new HIV diagnosis
expected to live? - ANSWER: another 50 years
How much has the American lifespan increased since the 1890's? - ANSWER: almost
30 years
a drugs effects on the body (pain relief, reduces blood pressure, what tissue they act
on & how they act no those tissues) - ANSWER: Pharmacodynamics
how the body processes/ reacts to a drug (absorption, duration of action,
distribution, excretion) - ANSWER: Pharmacokinetics
any chemical substance that affects the body and its processes - ANSWER: simple
definition of a drug
brach of medicine concerned with prevention of disease and treatment of suffering -
ANSWER: therapeutics
Range of drug doses that can treat disease effectively while staying within the safety
range. - ANSWER: therapeutic window
difference between the usual effective dose and the dose that induces severe or life
threatening side effects - ANSWER: Margin of Safety
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. - ANSWER: How the FFDCA defines a drug
most of the body's required vitamins must be taken in from the outside of the body -
ANSWER: true
