CADC Practice Exam Questions (Test 2)
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1. What are withdrawal symptoms, characterized by severe flu-like symptoms (nausea, vomiting,
runny nose, watery eyes, chills, abdominal cramps, anorexia, weakness, tremors, sweating, etc.),
MOST characteristic?
a. Opioid withdrawal
b. Hallucinogenic withdrawal
c. Barbiturate withdrawal
d. Benzodiazepine withdrawal ✔✔a. Opioid withdrawal
2. Genetic factors make up roughly what proportion of the risk for addiction?
a. Less than one-tenth
b. One-quarter
c. One-half
d. Three-quarters ✔✔c. One-half
3. What is the adolescent tendency to impulsivity and risk taking due to primarily?
a. Poor parenting
b. Prior abuse
c. Neurological immaturity
d. Influences of puberty ✔✔c. Neurological immaturity
4. What are depressant drugs (e.g., alcohol, opiates, barbiturates, and benzodiazepines) typically
used to cope with?
a. Excitement
, b. Fatigue
c. Stress
d. Boredom ✔✔c. Stress
11. The "Five As" of tobacco treatment, in proper order, are:
a. Assess, advise, admonish, advocate, and arrange
b. Ask, assess, assist, arrange, and advise
c. Ask, advise, assess, assist, and arrange
d. Assess, agree, assist, advocate, and admonish ✔✔c. Ask, advise, assess, assist, and arrange
6. At low doses, what does alcohol act as physiologically?
a. Stimulant
b. Psychedelic
c. Depressant
d. Hallucinogenic ✔✔a. Stimulant
7. Among the following, what is the MOST harmful drug a mother can abuse during pregnancy?
a. Heroin
b. Lysergic Acid (LSD)
c. Alcohol
d. Methamphetamine ✔✔c. Alcohol
8. Theorists posit that stimulant abuse often occurs to compensate for deficiencies in all of the
following neurotransmitters EXCEPT
a. norepinephrine.
b. acetylcholine.
c. serotonin.
Latest 2022 with Certified Solutions
1. What are withdrawal symptoms, characterized by severe flu-like symptoms (nausea, vomiting,
runny nose, watery eyes, chills, abdominal cramps, anorexia, weakness, tremors, sweating, etc.),
MOST characteristic?
a. Opioid withdrawal
b. Hallucinogenic withdrawal
c. Barbiturate withdrawal
d. Benzodiazepine withdrawal ✔✔a. Opioid withdrawal
2. Genetic factors make up roughly what proportion of the risk for addiction?
a. Less than one-tenth
b. One-quarter
c. One-half
d. Three-quarters ✔✔c. One-half
3. What is the adolescent tendency to impulsivity and risk taking due to primarily?
a. Poor parenting
b. Prior abuse
c. Neurological immaturity
d. Influences of puberty ✔✔c. Neurological immaturity
4. What are depressant drugs (e.g., alcohol, opiates, barbiturates, and benzodiazepines) typically
used to cope with?
a. Excitement
, b. Fatigue
c. Stress
d. Boredom ✔✔c. Stress
11. The "Five As" of tobacco treatment, in proper order, are:
a. Assess, advise, admonish, advocate, and arrange
b. Ask, assess, assist, arrange, and advise
c. Ask, advise, assess, assist, and arrange
d. Assess, agree, assist, advocate, and admonish ✔✔c. Ask, advise, assess, assist, and arrange
6. At low doses, what does alcohol act as physiologically?
a. Stimulant
b. Psychedelic
c. Depressant
d. Hallucinogenic ✔✔a. Stimulant
7. Among the following, what is the MOST harmful drug a mother can abuse during pregnancy?
a. Heroin
b. Lysergic Acid (LSD)
c. Alcohol
d. Methamphetamine ✔✔c. Alcohol
8. Theorists posit that stimulant abuse often occurs to compensate for deficiencies in all of the
following neurotransmitters EXCEPT
a. norepinephrine.
b. acetylcholine.
c. serotonin.
