IC&RC PREVENTION SPECIALIST EXAMINATION PREP EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
A community coalition is advocating for an ordinance to ban the sale of
alcohol at the annual fall family festival. This is an example of:
A. an alternative activity strategy.
B. a family intervention strategy.
C. an environmental strategy.
D. an enforcement strategy. ANS >> *C. An environmental strategy. *
An environmental approach/strategy is a prevention strategy aimed at
altering the immediate cultural, social, physical, and economic
environments in which people make their choices about drugs use or
other risky behaviour. Some examples are public policy
changes/enforcement and social media campaigns. This question was
an example of a public policy change.
, IC&RC PREVENTION SPECIALIST EXAMINATION PREP EXAM
There was an underage drinking problem in the community.
Enforcement of minimum purchase-age laws against selling alcohol and
tobacco to minors through the use of undercover buying operations
was utilized to address the underage drinking problem. What type of
prevention strategy was used?
A. Alternatives to drug use
B. Dissemination of information
C. Prevention education
D. Environmental approach ANS >> *D. An environmental approach. *
An environmental approach/strategy is a prevention strategy aimed at
altering the immediate cultural, social, physical, and economic
environments in which people make their choices about drugs use or
other risky behaviour. Some examples are public policy
changes/enforcement and social media campaigns. This question was
an example of a public policy enforcement.
A prevention specialist's agency conducts a school based indicated
intervention for youth who have been identified as experimenting with
alcohol and other drugs. A guidance counsellor calls the prevention
specialist and requests information about a group participant.
Disclosing this information would violate which principle in the
prevention code of ethics?
A. Nature of services
B. Integrity