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CNPR Exam Questions and Answers: A Comprehensive Guide for Medical Professionals, Exams of Pharmacy

Georgia Southern University (GS)Pharmacy

A comprehensive set of questions and answers related to the cnpr exam, covering various aspects of pharmaceutical knowledge, drug mechanisms, and medical practices. It serves as a valuable resource for medical professionals preparing for the cnpr exam, offering insights into key concepts and potential exam questions.

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CNPR EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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1. How are drugs sorted into therapeutic groups and classes?
Correct Answer: first by the conditions that they are used to treat. and then by their
mechanisms of action
2. Bone marrow transplants.
Correct Answer: are a type of stem cell therapy. unless patient's own cells are
reinjected.
3. What does AMA stand for?
Correct Answer: American Medical Association
4. What section of a drug's package insert describes situations in which the drug should
not be used because the risks outweigh the therapeutic benefits?
Correct Answer: contraindications
5 What is tertiary care?
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CNPR EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

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  1. How are drugs sorted into therapeutic groups and classes? Correct Answer: first by the conditions that they are used to treat. and then by their mechanisms of action
  2. Bone marrow transplants. Correct Answer: are a type of stem cell therapy. unless patient's own cells are reinjected.
  3. What does AMA stand for? Correct Answer: American Medical Association
  4. What section of a drug's package insert describes situations in which the drug should not be used because the risks outweigh the therapeutic benefits? Correct Answer: contraindications 5 What is tertiary care?

Correct Answer: highly specialized medical and surgical care provided by a large medical center for unusual or complex medical problems

  1. Which of the following is NOT one of the stages in the classic approach to brand development strategy covered in your manual? Correct Answer: brand quality 7 What are vasodilators used to do? Correct Answer: decrease vascular resistance and increase blood flow
  2. What is the name of the condition that occurs after a specific dose of a drug is given at such regular intervals that absorption and elimination (and therefore drug plasma concentration) have become fairly constant? Correct Answer: Steady State
  3. Which statement is TRUE about ocular administration? Correct Answer: Ocular administration is used primarily to treat the eye.
  4. Which entities invest's the most money in pharmaceutical R&D? Correct Answer: U.S. pharmaceutical companies
  5. How are most drugs excreted? Correct Answer: via the kidneys

Correct Answer: They are not. This job is usually reserved for more experienced reps.

  1. What distinguishes pharmacodynamics from pharmacokinetics? Correct Answer: Pharmacodynamics studies the how the body affects drugs. 21 What proportion of the drugs tested on human subjects are eventually approved by the FDA? Correct Answer: about 70%
  2. According to a study discussed in your manual, how do most physicians prefer to receive their drug samples? Correct Answer: directly from sales representatives
  3. Which of the following is an example of a central value? Correct Answer: I buy Advil to show that I'm a modern consumer.
  4. Which of the following specialties likely has the MOST emergency calls? Correct Answer: cardiologist
  5. What affects the rate of active transport? Correct Answer: neither the availability of carriers nor the availability of energy
  1. Over the last few decades, what has happened to the FDA approval time for new drugs? Correct Answer: It has been shortened to reduce the cost of new drug development.
  2. Which of the following would NOT help improve compliance? Correct Answer: pharmacists understanding how generics differ from brand name drugs
  3. Which entity chooses a drug's trade name? Correct Answer: the FDA
  4. What type of stem cells are obtained from embryos and can develop into any cell type? Correct Answer: totipotent
  5. As the price a patient pays for a prescription increases, what happens to the likelihood that the patient will fill it? Correct Answer: It remains unaffected because the prescription is needed
  6. Most involuntary movements come from which type of muscle tissue? Correct Answer: cardiac and smooth
  7. Which of the following is NOT one of the body's major organ systems?

Correct Answer: pharmaceutical

  1. What are the 2 legal classifications of wholesalers? Correct Answer: primary and secondary wholesale distributors 40.What term describes the usage of a medication for purposes other than the FDA- approved indications on the labeling? Correct Answer: off-label usage
  2. What is the acronym for pharmacokinetics? Correct Answer: PK
  3. The dosage range of a drug that is both safe and beneficial is known as the therapeutic window. Correct Answer: True
  4. What is typically NOT a characteristic of a pharmaceutical sales rep? Correct Answer: Pharmaceutical sales reps are not concerned about competitors.
  5. What entity grants drug patents? Correct Answer: The US Patent and Trademark Office
  1. Which of the following refers to all active and inert pharmaceutical ingredients in a drug,including fillers and colors? Correct Answer: formulation
  2. What is the difference between potency and efficacy? Correct Answer: potency refers to the drug's strength, while efficacy refers to its effectiveness
  3. What is the minimum level of education required for a nurse practitioner? Correct Answer: a graduate degree
  4. How many names must a drug have? Correct Answer: at least three
  5. How has a longer development time increased the cost of bringing a new drug to market? Correct Answer: Increasing the cost of capital
  6. Senior citizens consume over times as many pharmaceuticals as people under 65. Correct Answer: three
  7. What agency regulates the distribution and use of narcotics? Correct Answer: DEA
  1. Which of the following is a main active ingredient in lung surfactants? Correct Answer: theophylline
  2. What does parenteral mean? Correct Answer: injection
  3. Which term denotes a type of substance that enhances the action of a drug or antigen? Correct Answer: adjunvant
  4. If a sales representative's product is placed on the second tier of a standard three- tier formulary, which of the following is most likely true? Correct Answer: It probably has exclusive preferred status if it is not at parity with any other drugs
  5. Which of the following is NOT one of the four basic transport mechanisms? Correct Answer: homeostasis
  6. Which statement accurately describes a relationship between drug agonists and antagonists? Correct Answer: Agonists and antagonists can be used together.
  7. What is the study of the effects and movement of drugs in the human body?

Correct Answer: clinical pharmacology

  1. According to your manual, what is a common complaint that physicians have about traditional sampling methods? Correct Answer: that drug sample supply is too unpredictable
  2. Which of these entities is formed by two or more hospitals or other healthcare entities to negotiate reduced rates with its aggregated purchasing power? Correct Answer: GPO
  3. What is another name for a drug derived from a biologic compound? Correct Answer: large molecule
  4. What is the most common policy regarding pharmaceutical reps dispensing drug samples in hospitals? Correct Answer: drug sampling is often forbidden 71 Which of the following would help you build trust with a physician? Correct Answer: asking if he or she is having any problems with the managed care coverage of your products
  5. What term denotes the difference between the usual effective dose and the dose that induces severe or life-threatening side effects?

Correct Answer: doctors often use drug samples to treat patients who otherwise could not afford it

  1. Which medical term denotes the use of a stethoscope to listen to the heart? Correct Answer: ausculation
  2. What do enteric coatings do? Correct Answer: prevents dissolution in the stomach
  3. What is the duration of exclusivity for orphan drugs? Correct Answer: 7 years
  4. What do National Account Managers do? Correct Answer: negotiate contracts with MCO and PBM
  5. What does it usually mean if a drug recall is voluntary? Correct Answer: The manufacturer has recalled the product on its own. but negotiated with the FDA beforehand.
  6. Which phase of clinical trials is also known as the pivotal phase? Correct Answer: Phase III
  1. During which phase of clinical trials is the new drug's safety and effectiveness first tested in the target group? Correct Answer: Phase II
  2. How do antacids work? Correct Answer: by raising gastric PH
  3. What is one of the biggest time wasters for a pharmaceutical sales rep? Correct Answer: Travel Time
  4. What happens when equilibrium is reached? Correct Answer: equal numbers of molecules cross the membrane in both directions
  5. What are the most common vectors used in gene therapy? Correct Answer: viruses
  6. What is the percentage fee that the dispenser pays the wholesaler for distribution? Correct Answer: upcharge
  7. What is the difference between a chronic (or continuing) reaction, and a delayed reaction? Correct Answer: chronic reactions persist for a long time, delayed reactions take some time to develop

Correct Answer: the severity of the disorder being treated and the effect it has on the patients quality of life

  1. Which entity assigns a new drug its generic names? Correct Answer: the United States Adopted Name Council
  2. Drugs can be used days beyond their expiration date. Correct Answer: drugs never can be used beyond expiration date
  3. What is necessary for a drug to be excreted extensively via the kidneys? Correct Answer: The drug must be water-soluble, and not bind too tightly to protein in the bloodstream
  4. Which organization or individual initiates the clinical trial and finances the study? Correct Answer: sponsor
  5. The name describes the atomic or molecular structure of a drug. Correct Answer: chemical
  6. Under PhRMA Code, is it acceptable or unacceptable for a pharmaceutical sales rep to take a physician and the physician's spouse to a fundraising dinner? Correct Answer: never (unacceptable)
  1. The Hatch-Waxman Act is considered the most significant drug-related affecting the pharmaceutical industry since 1962. Correct Answer: legislation
  2. What term denotes the the extent, quality, or degree to which a substance is poisonous or harmful to the body? Correct Answer: toxicity
  3. What issue has MOST encouraged consumers' desire to see more OTC medications? Correct Answer: lack of insurance coverage
  4. What is the degree to which a medication produces a therapeutic effect? Correct Answer: efficacy
  5. What is the most important benefit of electronic prescribing? Correct Answer: safety
  6. When does the FDA regulate generic drugs? Correct Answer: always
  7. Which phase of trials largely determines the clinical dose? Correct Answer: Phase II trials

Correct Answer: likeability factor

  1. What is penicillin's primary mechanism of action? Correct Answer: it disturbs bacterial cell wall synthesis
  2. According to your manual, how has the U.S. healthcare marketplace changed in the last few decades? Correct Answer: managed care has been increasingly replaced by more patient centered approaches
  3. How does pharmaceutical marketing help narrow the treatment gap? Correct Answer: it encourages patients to take more active roles in their healthcare
  4. What do immunosuppressive agents do? Correct Answer: reduce risk of rejection of foreign bodies
  5. What types of drugs are EGFR inhibitors? Correct Answer: antineoplastics
  6. Which of the following means outside of the living body? Correct Answer: ex vivo
  1. The FDA requirements for nutraceuticals and medicinal herbs are just as stringent as for pharmaceuticals. Correct Answer: False
  2. What is the estimated net gain of private-sector healthcare's contributions to increased U.S. life expectancy? Correct Answer: 2 - 5 trillion
  3. Which statement is TRUE regarding post-approval drug monitoring? Correct Answer: the FDA can choose to withdraw their approval if new evidence arises
  4. Which term denotes when tolerance to one medication causes increased tolerance to another medication? Correct Answer: cross tolerance
  5. Patents expire __ years from the date of filing. Correct Answer: twenty
  6. After a trade-name drug's patent expires, how may generic versions of it be sold? Correct Answer: only under the branded generic name
  7. What is required for a new pharmaceutical to be considered a viable therapy?