HLTH 501 BIOSTASTICS
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS |
ALREADY GRADED A+<RECENT
VERSION>
1) What are chippers? - ANSWER controlled users
2) Opiates are what type of drug? - ANSWER narcotics; natural or synthetic
3) The effects of morphine are about how many times more potent than the effects of
opium? - ANSWER 10 times
4) Heroin was synthesized from which drug? - ANSWER morphine in 1874
5) What is China White? - ANSWER a synthetic analgesic drug derived from
fentanyl that mimics heroin but it considerably more potent
6) Which pain killer is referred to as "hillbilly heroin"? - ANSWER OxyCotin
7) Infants born to women who took narcotics during pregnancy experience what
symptoms? - ANSWER withdraw symptoms
8) What does NEP stand for? - ANSWER Needle Exchange Program
9) People who die quickly from an overdose of heroin are likely to die from what
condition? - ANSWER anaphylactic shock: a condition caused by an allergic
reaction to contaminants such as quinine, which are used to cut or dilute heroin
,10) Detoxification typically takes how many days? - ANSWER 10-14
11) What is freebase? - ANSWER a variation of cocaine in which cocaine is separated
from its hydrochloride salt by heating, using a volatile chemical such as ether
12) The peak phase of a cocaine high happens how many minutes after snorting it? -
ANSWER 10-20
13) What is speedball? - ANSWER an injectable combination of heroin and cocaine
14) When amphetamines were first developed, they were primarily used to treat what
condition? - ANSWER asthma
15) What is speed? - ANSWER stimulant drug; another name for methamphetamine
16) What is the most prescribed drug for AD/HD? - ANSWER Ritalin & Adderall
17) Per capita, Ritalin use in France and Italy is what fraction of the use in the United
States? - ANSWER 1/20
18) What is the world's most frequently consumed stimulant? - ANSWER caffeine
19) Caffeinism is marked by what symptoms? - ANSWER irritability, depression, and
insomnia
20) What percent of coffee users experience withdrawal symptoms when they discontinue
use? - ANSWER 1/4, 25%
21) In the late 1800s, marijuana was used to treat which ailments? - ANSWER
convulsions, chronic cough, sleeplessness, gastrointestinal disorders, gonorrhea, and
pain
,22) What is the psychoactive agent in marijuana? - ANSWER delta-9-
tetrahydrocannabinhol (THC)
23) What are cannabinoids? - ANSWER chemicals found in marijuana plants
24) How is hash oil made? - ANSWER separating the resin from the cannabis plant by
boiling it in alcohol
25) How is ingesting marijuana different from smoking it? - ANSWER 1. slower
effect
2. 3 times less potent
3. actions last longer
26) If dependency to THC develops, it is more likely to be motivated by what factors? -
ANSWER psychosocial
27) What is a motivational syndrome? - ANSWER inability to concentrate,
unmotivated, apathetic, lacking ambition, and not achievement oriented (common in
adolescents)
28) Marijuana what heart rate? - ANSWER quickens
29) Marijuana what testosterone levels? - ANSWER decreases
30) What is the cause for the organization NORML? - ANSWER National
Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws; the quality of marijuana would be
more controlled more effectively if it were legal
31) What demographic of people are more commonly in drug treatment? - ANSWER
caucasian males age 25-45 (unemployed)
, 32) When drug treatment was initiated in the United States, the focus was mainly on
which drug? - ANSWER opiates
33) What is drug detoxification? - ANSWER eliminating drugs from the body; usually
the initial step in treatment of alcohol and other drugs
34) Why is recruiting and retaining staff in treatment programs difficult? - ANSWER
intense demands on staff
35) Methadone maintenance is effective for the treatment of what addiction only? -
ANSWER heroin
36) What types of communities stress encounter groups? - ANSWER therapeutic
37) psychoactive drugs - ANSWER substances that alter mood, thought processes, or
that are used to manage neuropsychological illnesses or behavior are referred to as
38) drug abuse - ANSWER the intentional and inappropriate use of a drug resulting in
physical, emotional, financial, social, or intellectual consequences is termed as
39) maine - ANSWER the first state to ban alcohol
40) koran - ANSWER the holy book that condemned coffee as an intoxicant and
banned its use
41) coffee - ANSWER penny universities were establishments that primarily served
42) drug misuse - ANSWER mixing drugs is an example of
43) $193 billion - ANSWER the office of national drug control policy places the
health and social cost of drug use at this annually
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS |
ALREADY GRADED A+<RECENT
VERSION>
1) What are chippers? - ANSWER controlled users
2) Opiates are what type of drug? - ANSWER narcotics; natural or synthetic
3) The effects of morphine are about how many times more potent than the effects of
opium? - ANSWER 10 times
4) Heroin was synthesized from which drug? - ANSWER morphine in 1874
5) What is China White? - ANSWER a synthetic analgesic drug derived from
fentanyl that mimics heroin but it considerably more potent
6) Which pain killer is referred to as "hillbilly heroin"? - ANSWER OxyCotin
7) Infants born to women who took narcotics during pregnancy experience what
symptoms? - ANSWER withdraw symptoms
8) What does NEP stand for? - ANSWER Needle Exchange Program
9) People who die quickly from an overdose of heroin are likely to die from what
condition? - ANSWER anaphylactic shock: a condition caused by an allergic
reaction to contaminants such as quinine, which are used to cut or dilute heroin
,10) Detoxification typically takes how many days? - ANSWER 10-14
11) What is freebase? - ANSWER a variation of cocaine in which cocaine is separated
from its hydrochloride salt by heating, using a volatile chemical such as ether
12) The peak phase of a cocaine high happens how many minutes after snorting it? -
ANSWER 10-20
13) What is speedball? - ANSWER an injectable combination of heroin and cocaine
14) When amphetamines were first developed, they were primarily used to treat what
condition? - ANSWER asthma
15) What is speed? - ANSWER stimulant drug; another name for methamphetamine
16) What is the most prescribed drug for AD/HD? - ANSWER Ritalin & Adderall
17) Per capita, Ritalin use in France and Italy is what fraction of the use in the United
States? - ANSWER 1/20
18) What is the world's most frequently consumed stimulant? - ANSWER caffeine
19) Caffeinism is marked by what symptoms? - ANSWER irritability, depression, and
insomnia
20) What percent of coffee users experience withdrawal symptoms when they discontinue
use? - ANSWER 1/4, 25%
21) In the late 1800s, marijuana was used to treat which ailments? - ANSWER
convulsions, chronic cough, sleeplessness, gastrointestinal disorders, gonorrhea, and
pain
,22) What is the psychoactive agent in marijuana? - ANSWER delta-9-
tetrahydrocannabinhol (THC)
23) What are cannabinoids? - ANSWER chemicals found in marijuana plants
24) How is hash oil made? - ANSWER separating the resin from the cannabis plant by
boiling it in alcohol
25) How is ingesting marijuana different from smoking it? - ANSWER 1. slower
effect
2. 3 times less potent
3. actions last longer
26) If dependency to THC develops, it is more likely to be motivated by what factors? -
ANSWER psychosocial
27) What is a motivational syndrome? - ANSWER inability to concentrate,
unmotivated, apathetic, lacking ambition, and not achievement oriented (common in
adolescents)
28) Marijuana what heart rate? - ANSWER quickens
29) Marijuana what testosterone levels? - ANSWER decreases
30) What is the cause for the organization NORML? - ANSWER National
Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws; the quality of marijuana would be
more controlled more effectively if it were legal
31) What demographic of people are more commonly in drug treatment? - ANSWER
caucasian males age 25-45 (unemployed)
, 32) When drug treatment was initiated in the United States, the focus was mainly on
which drug? - ANSWER opiates
33) What is drug detoxification? - ANSWER eliminating drugs from the body; usually
the initial step in treatment of alcohol and other drugs
34) Why is recruiting and retaining staff in treatment programs difficult? - ANSWER
intense demands on staff
35) Methadone maintenance is effective for the treatment of what addiction only? -
ANSWER heroin
36) What types of communities stress encounter groups? - ANSWER therapeutic
37) psychoactive drugs - ANSWER substances that alter mood, thought processes, or
that are used to manage neuropsychological illnesses or behavior are referred to as
38) drug abuse - ANSWER the intentional and inappropriate use of a drug resulting in
physical, emotional, financial, social, or intellectual consequences is termed as
39) maine - ANSWER the first state to ban alcohol
40) koran - ANSWER the holy book that condemned coffee as an intoxicant and
banned its use
41) coffee - ANSWER penny universities were establishments that primarily served
42) drug misuse - ANSWER mixing drugs is an example of
43) $193 billion - ANSWER the office of national drug control policy places the
health and social cost of drug use at this annually
