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NAPSRX final exam with questions and correctanswer(verified answers graded A+) latest 2024/2025
Pharmaceuticals are arguably the most socially important healthcare
product. - CORRECT ANSWER : True
Pharmaceutical development is a high risk undertaking, in which many
promising leads prove disappointing. - CORRECT ANSWER : True
Pharma sales are highest in which geographical regions? - CORRECT
ANSWER : U.S, Western Europe, and Japan
The US accounts for what % of the worlds pharmaceutical revenues? -
CORRECT ANSWER : 50%
What fueled recent growth in the pharm industry? - CORRECT
ANSWER : Population growth and increased life expectancy
Describe the relationship between pharma companies and genomic
research facilities - CORRECT ANSWER : these partnerships will not
prove immediately profitable
,Prescription drug therapy is NOT cost-effective for insurance companies
and healthcare providers - CORRECT ANSWER : False
The high price of healthcare is explained by the high price of
medications - CORRECT ANSWER : False
DTC (direct-to-consumer) advertiszing is one of the oldest and least
effective methods of pharma marketing. - CORRECT ANSWER :
False
what determines the number of districts in a region? - CORRECT
ANSWER : the regions population
What is an example of regionalization of healthcare delivery systems? -
CORRECT ANSWER : Different states have different prescription
reimbursement systems
The heart of the pharm sales team is the Reginal Manager - CORRECT
ANSWER : false
Most district managers did NOT start as sales reps - CORRECT
ANSWER : false
How many territories are in a typical district? - CORRECT ANSWER :
8 to 12
,What is the most effective method for grabbing market share? -
CORRECT ANSWER : comparative selling
Pharm reps mainly visit pharmacies - CORRECT ANSWER : False
Imprisonment
it usually only takes 1-2 calls to a physician before he or she commits to
prescribing your product - CORRECT ANSWER : false
the pharmacist may dispense a product other than what the physician
prescribed - CORRECT ANSWER : true
Who is technically considered as a "payer" - CORRECT ANSWER :
employers, insurance, MCO's (managed care organizations), or U.S.
government (Medicare/Medicaid )
what is an "ethical pharmaceutical company"? - CORRECT 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. - CORRECT ANSWER : false
thanks to modern medication. how long are people with a new HIV
diagnosis expected to live? - CORRECT ANSWER : another 50 years
, How much has the American lifespan increased since the 1890's? -
CORRECT 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) - CORRECT
ANSWER : Pharmacodynamics
how the body processes/ reacts to a drug (absorption, duration of action,
distribution, excretion) - CORRECT ANSWER : Pharmacokinetics
any chemical substance that affects the body and its processes -
CORRECT ANSWER : simple definition of a drug
brach of medicine concerned with prevention of disease and treatment of
suffering - CORRECT ANSWER : therapeutics
Range of drug doses that can treat disease effectively while staying
within the safety range. - CORRECT ANSWER : therapeutic window
difference between the usual effective dose and the dose that induces
severe or life threatening side effects - CORRECT 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. - CORRECT
ANSWER : How the FFDCA defines a drug
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