Solutions NAPSRX exam (Spring 2023 Revised
Attempt)
1. Pharmaceuticals are arguably the most socially important
healthcare product - answers>true
2. Pharmaceutical deveoplment is a big-risk undertaking, in which
many promising leads prove disappointing - answers>true
3. Pharmaceutical sales are highest in which geographical regions -
answers>The U.S., Western Europe, and Japan
4. The U.S. accounts for about of the world's pharmaceutical
revenues - answers>50%
5. Which off the following has fueled recent growth in the
pharmaceutical industry - answers>population growth and
increased life expectancies
6. According to your manual, which statement accurately describes
the predicted relationship between pharmaceutical companies
and genomic research facilities - answers>partnerships between
pharmaceuitcal companies and genomic companies will not prove
immediately profitable
7. prescription drug therapy is not cost-effective for insurance
companies and healthcare providers - answers>false
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8. the high price of healthcare is explained by the high price of
medicines - answers>false
9. one of the oldest and least efffective pharmaceutical marjeting
techniques is DTC (direct-to-consumer) advertising -
answers>false
10. what influences the number of districts in a region -
answers>the region's population
11. what is an example of the regionalization off healthcare
delivery systems - answers>California and Florida have difffernet
perscription reimbursment policies
12. the heart of pharmaceutical sales is the regional manager -
answers>false
13. most DMs did not start as representatives - answers>false
14. how many territories are in a typical district - answers>8 to
12
15. what is the most effective method for grabbing market share
- answers>comparative selling
17. it usually only takes 1-2 calls to a physician before he or she
commits to prescribing your product - answers>false
18. the pharmacist may dispense a product other than what the
physician prescribed - answers>true
19. according to chapter 12 of your manual, which of the
following would classify as "payers" - answers>employers
20. according to your manual, what defines "ethical
pharmaceutical companies - answers>researching and developing
novel drugs
21. one of the most diappointing results of the pharmaceutical
industry's continued investment in R & D is the few new drugs
being approved and in development - answers>false
22. thanks to modern medicines, how long are people newly
diagnosed with HIV expected to live - answers>another 50 years
23. how much has the average american lifespan increased since
1890 - answers>almost 30 years
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24. what is a treatment group - answers>A group of patients
assigned to receive a specified treatment
25. what is the main difference between a blinded and double-
blinded study - answers>in a double blinded study, neither the
study staff nor the study participants know which subjects are in
the experimental group and which are in the control
26. what does "asymptomatic" mean - answers>not exhibiting
signs or symptoms
27. what term denotes the study of bodily functions (as opposed
to structures) - answers>physiology
28. In its broadest definition, a drug is any substance that
produces a physical or psychological change in the body -
answers>true
29. how does the federal food, drug and cosmetic act (FFDCA)
define a drug - answers>any substance intended for use in the
diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention off disease, or
a substance other than food intended to affect the structure or
function of the body
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