CASAC CORE EXAM 2026 TEST QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔The cortex is significant as related to drug use since it controls
(a) Basic, autonomic functions such as hormonal activity, thirst, hunger, temperature,
sex drive and sleep
(b) Thought, perception, motor function, sensory data processing and vision
(c) Emotional behavior and long-term memory
(d) Taste and craving - ✔✔B
✔✔With the exception of neurons in the hippocampus, after being damaged neurons
will:
(a) Regenerate, but slower than other cells
(b) Not regenerate
(c) Grow new axons
(d) Shrink in size - ✔✔B
✔✔Marijuana affects the parts of the brain that
(a) Controls coordination
(b) Relates to memory and learning
(c) Relates to thinking and problem-solving
(d) All of the above - ✔✔D
✔✔Use of cocaine
(a) Has been shown to increase activity and involvement with family
(b) Has been shown to reduce the brains ability to feel pleasure
(c) Is addictive as crack, but not in powder form
(d) None of the above - ✔✔D
✔✔_______________ are considered effective in the short-term treatment of anxiety,
regardless of the cause.
(a) Barbituates
(b) Benzodiazapines
(c) Opiates
(d) Stimulants - ✔✔B
✔✔Chronic cocaine users exhibit _______________.
(a) loss of movement
(b) loss of inhibitions
(c) loss of intelligence
(d) loss of sensory feeling - ✔✔A
✔✔_______________ of the central nervous system include ethanol, barbituates,
methaqualone, meprobamate, and all benzodiazepines.
,(a) Depressants
(b) Hallucinogens
(c) Stimulants
(d) Steroids - ✔✔A
✔✔A standard drink is measured as _______________.
(a) a 4- or 5-ounce can or bottle of beer, a 4- or 5-ounce glass of wine, or a single shot
(about 4.25 ounces).
(b) a 12 ounce can or bottle of beer, a 4- or 5-ounce glass of wine, or a single shot
(about 1.25 ounces).
(c) a 12 ounce can or bottle of beer, a 12 ounce glass of wine, or a single shot (about
12 ounces).
(d) variable from restaurant to restaurant or bar to bar. - ✔✔B
✔✔This 3-pound organ is the central filter for the blood and is the site of 90% of alcohol
metabolism.
(a) Brain
(b) Kidney
(c) Liver
(d) Bladder - ✔✔C
✔✔The most serious form of withdrawal is _______________.
(a) Hyperarousal
(b) Alcoholic hallucinosis
(c) Convulsive seizures
(d) Delirium tremens - ✔✔D
✔✔The sociocultural theory addresses substance abuse within the framework of:
(a) Motivation to change
(b) Individual coping and personality factors
(c) Genetic characteristics
(d) Social and environmental factors - ✔✔D
✔✔Types of parenting associated with an increase in substance abuse do not include
which of the following:
(a) Authoritative parent
(b) Permissive parent
(c) Authoritarian parent
(d) None of the above - ✔✔A
✔✔According to Moral Theory, individuals do not become addicted for all of the
following reasons, except:
(a) Family history of substance abuse
(b) "Maturing out"
(c) Willingness to accept responsibility
, (d) Motivation - ✔✔A
✔✔According to the disease concept and research by Jellinek in the 1950's:
(a) There are four stages in the progression of alcoholism
(b) There is further evidence for the genetic vulnerability to alcoholism
(c) An alcoholic is never cured, only considered "in remission" or "in recovery"
(d) Treatment should begin in the later stages when associated problems clearly
interfere with functioning - ✔✔C
✔✔Family factors such as cultural attitudes and customs of the family involving alcohol
and other substances, tolerance toward public intoxication and drug use, and childhood
exposure to alcohol and drug use models are all factors found in which of the following
theories?
(a) Behavioral
(b) Moral
(c) Sociocultural
(d) Genetic - ✔✔C
✔✔Within Behavior Theory, aspects associated with the use of drugs include all of the
following except:
(a) Coping ability
(b) Positive reinforcements
(c) Motivation
(d) Habit - ✔✔C
✔✔According to the Moral Theory, factors likely to lead to addiction include:
(a) A means to cope with painful and threatening emotions
(b) Childhood factors such as disrupted families, lack of parental supervision, behavior
problems, and drug-using parents
(c) Peer substance abuse
(d) All of the above - ✔✔D
✔✔Adherents of the disease concept of alcoholism widely recommend which form of
treatment?
(a) Aversive conditioning
(b) Intensive month-long hospitalization programs
(c) Alcoholics Anonymous
(d) The use of medication - ✔✔C
✔✔All of the following are examples of how to break a substance abuse habit, except:
(a) Get arrested every time you purchase heroine
(b) Have a positive experience every time you smoke marijuana
(c) Replace cocaine use with AA meetings
(d) Gradually reintegrate back into social situations where alcohol is present - ✔✔B
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔The cortex is significant as related to drug use since it controls
(a) Basic, autonomic functions such as hormonal activity, thirst, hunger, temperature,
sex drive and sleep
(b) Thought, perception, motor function, sensory data processing and vision
(c) Emotional behavior and long-term memory
(d) Taste and craving - ✔✔B
✔✔With the exception of neurons in the hippocampus, after being damaged neurons
will:
(a) Regenerate, but slower than other cells
(b) Not regenerate
(c) Grow new axons
(d) Shrink in size - ✔✔B
✔✔Marijuana affects the parts of the brain that
(a) Controls coordination
(b) Relates to memory and learning
(c) Relates to thinking and problem-solving
(d) All of the above - ✔✔D
✔✔Use of cocaine
(a) Has been shown to increase activity and involvement with family
(b) Has been shown to reduce the brains ability to feel pleasure
(c) Is addictive as crack, but not in powder form
(d) None of the above - ✔✔D
✔✔_______________ are considered effective in the short-term treatment of anxiety,
regardless of the cause.
(a) Barbituates
(b) Benzodiazapines
(c) Opiates
(d) Stimulants - ✔✔B
✔✔Chronic cocaine users exhibit _______________.
(a) loss of movement
(b) loss of inhibitions
(c) loss of intelligence
(d) loss of sensory feeling - ✔✔A
✔✔_______________ of the central nervous system include ethanol, barbituates,
methaqualone, meprobamate, and all benzodiazepines.
,(a) Depressants
(b) Hallucinogens
(c) Stimulants
(d) Steroids - ✔✔A
✔✔A standard drink is measured as _______________.
(a) a 4- or 5-ounce can or bottle of beer, a 4- or 5-ounce glass of wine, or a single shot
(about 4.25 ounces).
(b) a 12 ounce can or bottle of beer, a 4- or 5-ounce glass of wine, or a single shot
(about 1.25 ounces).
(c) a 12 ounce can or bottle of beer, a 12 ounce glass of wine, or a single shot (about
12 ounces).
(d) variable from restaurant to restaurant or bar to bar. - ✔✔B
✔✔This 3-pound organ is the central filter for the blood and is the site of 90% of alcohol
metabolism.
(a) Brain
(b) Kidney
(c) Liver
(d) Bladder - ✔✔C
✔✔The most serious form of withdrawal is _______________.
(a) Hyperarousal
(b) Alcoholic hallucinosis
(c) Convulsive seizures
(d) Delirium tremens - ✔✔D
✔✔The sociocultural theory addresses substance abuse within the framework of:
(a) Motivation to change
(b) Individual coping and personality factors
(c) Genetic characteristics
(d) Social and environmental factors - ✔✔D
✔✔Types of parenting associated with an increase in substance abuse do not include
which of the following:
(a) Authoritative parent
(b) Permissive parent
(c) Authoritarian parent
(d) None of the above - ✔✔A
✔✔According to Moral Theory, individuals do not become addicted for all of the
following reasons, except:
(a) Family history of substance abuse
(b) "Maturing out"
(c) Willingness to accept responsibility
, (d) Motivation - ✔✔A
✔✔According to the disease concept and research by Jellinek in the 1950's:
(a) There are four stages in the progression of alcoholism
(b) There is further evidence for the genetic vulnerability to alcoholism
(c) An alcoholic is never cured, only considered "in remission" or "in recovery"
(d) Treatment should begin in the later stages when associated problems clearly
interfere with functioning - ✔✔C
✔✔Family factors such as cultural attitudes and customs of the family involving alcohol
and other substances, tolerance toward public intoxication and drug use, and childhood
exposure to alcohol and drug use models are all factors found in which of the following
theories?
(a) Behavioral
(b) Moral
(c) Sociocultural
(d) Genetic - ✔✔C
✔✔Within Behavior Theory, aspects associated with the use of drugs include all of the
following except:
(a) Coping ability
(b) Positive reinforcements
(c) Motivation
(d) Habit - ✔✔C
✔✔According to the Moral Theory, factors likely to lead to addiction include:
(a) A means to cope with painful and threatening emotions
(b) Childhood factors such as disrupted families, lack of parental supervision, behavior
problems, and drug-using parents
(c) Peer substance abuse
(d) All of the above - ✔✔D
✔✔Adherents of the disease concept of alcoholism widely recommend which form of
treatment?
(a) Aversive conditioning
(b) Intensive month-long hospitalization programs
(c) Alcoholics Anonymous
(d) The use of medication - ✔✔C
✔✔All of the following are examples of how to break a substance abuse habit, except:
(a) Get arrested every time you purchase heroine
(b) Have a positive experience every time you smoke marijuana
(c) Replace cocaine use with AA meetings
(d) Gradually reintegrate back into social situations where alcohol is present - ✔✔B
