NCAC I EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Relapse prevention. Answer: variety interventions designed to teach
people with substance disorders cope more effectively and to overcome
the stressors/triggers in their environments that may lead them back into
drug use and dependence. The interventions can be placed in five
categories: assessment insight/awareness raising techniques, coping
skills training, cognitive strategies, and lifestyle modification.
⩥ What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy used to treat?. Answer:
Alcohol, Marijuana, Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Nicotine
⩥ Motivat ional Enhancement Therapy used to treat?. Answer: Alcohol,
Marijuana, Nicotine
⩥ (Alcohol, Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET). Answer: is a
counseling approach that helps individuals e their ambivalence about
engaging in treatment and stopping their drug use. This pproach aims to
evoke rapid and internally motivated change, rather than the patient
stepwise through the recovery process. Uses MI.
, ⩥ Community Reinforcement Approach Plus Vouchers Community
Reinforcement Approach Vouchers treat?. Answer: Alcohol, Cocaine,
Opioids
⩥ Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) Plus Vouchers treat?.
Answer: Alcohol, Cocaine, Opioids
⩥ Contingency Management Interventions/Motivational ional Incentives
Incentives. Answer: Research demonstrated the effectiveness of using
contingency management (CM) principles, which involve giving
patients tangible rewards reinforce positive behaviors such as
abstinence. Studies conducted in both methadone programs and
psychosocial counseling treatment programs demonstrate that incentive-
based interventions highly effective in increasing treatment retention and
promoting abstinence from drugs.
⩥ Contingency Management Interventions/Motivational ional Incentives
Incentives treat?. Answer: Alcohol, Stimulants, Stimulants, Opioids,
Opioids, Marijuana, Nicotine
⩥ The Matrix Models. Answer: IOP; 16weeks to 1 year; integrated
treatment;
⩥ What does 12-step Facilitation Therapy treat?. Answer: Alcohol,
Stimulants, Opiates
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Relapse prevention. Answer: variety interventions designed to teach
people with substance disorders cope more effectively and to overcome
the stressors/triggers in their environments that may lead them back into
drug use and dependence. The interventions can be placed in five
categories: assessment insight/awareness raising techniques, coping
skills training, cognitive strategies, and lifestyle modification.
⩥ What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy used to treat?. Answer:
Alcohol, Marijuana, Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Nicotine
⩥ Motivat ional Enhancement Therapy used to treat?. Answer: Alcohol,
Marijuana, Nicotine
⩥ (Alcohol, Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET). Answer: is a
counseling approach that helps individuals e their ambivalence about
engaging in treatment and stopping their drug use. This pproach aims to
evoke rapid and internally motivated change, rather than the patient
stepwise through the recovery process. Uses MI.
, ⩥ Community Reinforcement Approach Plus Vouchers Community
Reinforcement Approach Vouchers treat?. Answer: Alcohol, Cocaine,
Opioids
⩥ Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) Plus Vouchers treat?.
Answer: Alcohol, Cocaine, Opioids
⩥ Contingency Management Interventions/Motivational ional Incentives
Incentives. Answer: Research demonstrated the effectiveness of using
contingency management (CM) principles, which involve giving
patients tangible rewards reinforce positive behaviors such as
abstinence. Studies conducted in both methadone programs and
psychosocial counseling treatment programs demonstrate that incentive-
based interventions highly effective in increasing treatment retention and
promoting abstinence from drugs.
⩥ Contingency Management Interventions/Motivational ional Incentives
Incentives treat?. Answer: Alcohol, Stimulants, Stimulants, Opioids,
Opioids, Marijuana, Nicotine
⩥ The Matrix Models. Answer: IOP; 16weeks to 1 year; integrated
treatment;
⩥ What does 12-step Facilitation Therapy treat?. Answer: Alcohol,
Stimulants, Opiates
