NAADAC Testing Module 1 Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
Uppers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-CNS Stimulants: cocaine, amphetamines & meth,
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caffeine, nicotine
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Downers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-CNS Depressants: alcohol, benzos, barbituates,
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opiates, sedative- hypnotics, muscle relaxants, antihistamines
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All-Arounders - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-psychedelics (LSD, mushrooms,
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MDMA/Ecstacy, PCP, DXM) and Cannabis
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Acute intox Sx of uppers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Increased: heart rate, blood
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pressure, breathing, alertness, activity, anxiety, aggression, confidence,
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constriction of blood vessels, body temperature, dilated pupils, runny nose, dry
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mouth, muscle twitching, sexual stimulation Decreased: appetite for both food
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and water
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Acute intox sx of depressants (general) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Decreased: heart
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rate, blood pressure, breathing, digestion, basic psychological functions such as
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motor coordination and mental awareness, restricted pupils
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Specifics of alcohol - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-effects every organ in the body,
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impacts GABA, dopamine, glutimate and serotonin; electrolite imbalances can
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lead to life threating seizures
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, Habituation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-repitition of behaivors until they are
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established into daily life | | |
Acute Alcohol withdrawal Sx - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-High Risk: tremors, slurred
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speech, nausea and/or vomiting, flushed face, dehydration, sweating, rapid heart
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rate, insomnia, poor coordination, poor memory, halluninations, grand mal
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seizures, delirium tremens (DT's)
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Barbituates & Benzodiazapines - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-work on GABA,
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|"standard" depressant effects, withdrawal sx can be toxic and present almost
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identical to alcohol | |
Tolerance - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Increased need for markedly more of the
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same substance in order to acheive the deisred effect (decreased need without a
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change in the substance is reverse tolerance) Can occur in as little as 3-4 weeks of
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use
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Dependence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-aka Addiction: behavioral pattern of
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complusive substance use; consistent involvement with the use of substances,
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high tendency to relapse after withdrawal
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Detoxification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Process of eliminating all psychoactive
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substances from the body | | |
Methods of administration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-oral- mouth via swallowing or
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smoking; Nasally- snorting or inhaling; IM- injection into a muscle; IV- Injecting
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With Correct Answers
Uppers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-CNS Stimulants: cocaine, amphetamines & meth,
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caffeine, nicotine
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Downers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-CNS Depressants: alcohol, benzos, barbituates,
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opiates, sedative- hypnotics, muscle relaxants, antihistamines
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All-Arounders - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-psychedelics (LSD, mushrooms,
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MDMA/Ecstacy, PCP, DXM) and Cannabis
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Acute intox Sx of uppers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Increased: heart rate, blood
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pressure, breathing, alertness, activity, anxiety, aggression, confidence,
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constriction of blood vessels, body temperature, dilated pupils, runny nose, dry
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mouth, muscle twitching, sexual stimulation Decreased: appetite for both food
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and water
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Acute intox sx of depressants (general) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Decreased: heart
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rate, blood pressure, breathing, digestion, basic psychological functions such as
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motor coordination and mental awareness, restricted pupils
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Specifics of alcohol - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-effects every organ in the body,
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impacts GABA, dopamine, glutimate and serotonin; electrolite imbalances can
| | | | | | | | |
lead to life threating seizures
| | | |
, Habituation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-repitition of behaivors until they are
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established into daily life | | |
Acute Alcohol withdrawal Sx - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-High Risk: tremors, slurred
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speech, nausea and/or vomiting, flushed face, dehydration, sweating, rapid heart
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rate, insomnia, poor coordination, poor memory, halluninations, grand mal
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seizures, delirium tremens (DT's)
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Barbituates & Benzodiazapines - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-work on GABA,
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|"standard" depressant effects, withdrawal sx can be toxic and present almost
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identical to alcohol | |
Tolerance - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Increased need for markedly more of the
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same substance in order to acheive the deisred effect (decreased need without a
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change in the substance is reverse tolerance) Can occur in as little as 3-4 weeks of
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use
|
Dependence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-aka Addiction: behavioral pattern of
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complusive substance use; consistent involvement with the use of substances,
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high tendency to relapse after withdrawal
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Detoxification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Process of eliminating all psychoactive
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substances from the body | | |
Methods of administration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-oral- mouth via swallowing or
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smoking; Nasally- snorting or inhaling; IM- injection into a muscle; IV- Injecting
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