NAADAC COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Controlled substance - ✔✔Any drug that has an abuse liability and is placed on
restricted use by the DEA.
✔✔Poly-chemical abuse - ✔✔When more than one psychoactive chemical is used at a
time.
✔✔Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids - ✔✔Are drugs related to male hormones.
✔✔Methamphetamines - ✔✔Are chemically made stimulants/ Speed, Chalk , Ice,
crystal, glass.
✔✔Inhalants - ✔✔Vapors that are inhaled in order to produce mind altering effects.
✔✔Cannabis long term effects - ✔✔Lung damage just as cigarettes, slow mental
process
✔✔ Principles of the Behavioral Modification theory - ✔✔There are three principles,
Causes, Maintenance and change of behavior. Classical conditioning, Operant
conditioning, Modeling is the most effective.
✔✔Principle of CT/RT. Control Theory/ Reality Therapy - ✔✔is based on the principle
that four elements guide human functions: Doing, Thinking, Feeling, and Physiology.
People choose negative reactions to events, Is responsible for one's own life. Cant
change how the body feels or functions but can control how he reacts and thinks.
✔✔Principles of person centered therapy. - ✔✔Centered around the idea that it is the
patient's responsibility to find ways to deal with reality. Three principles/ Positive regard,
Empathy, Congruence, demonstrate being real and genuine.
✔✔Principles of Freudian or Psychonalytical - ✔✔Human being are influenced by
powerful inner and unconscious drives. id, ego, superego. People go through 5 stages
of life. oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital.
✔✔How substance abuse and domestic violence programs may be in conflict. -
✔✔Terms such as denial, codependency, and powerlessness are seen as stigmatizing
and self defeating in helping people who are in violence abuse situations.
✔✔Rational Emotive Behavioral Theory. - ✔✔It is not the actual event that disturbs a
person but how he sees the event. Negative life events, negative beliefs, and negative
consequences. ABC model.
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Controlled substance - ✔✔Any drug that has an abuse liability and is placed on
restricted use by the DEA.
✔✔Poly-chemical abuse - ✔✔When more than one psychoactive chemical is used at a
time.
✔✔Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids - ✔✔Are drugs related to male hormones.
✔✔Methamphetamines - ✔✔Are chemically made stimulants/ Speed, Chalk , Ice,
crystal, glass.
✔✔Inhalants - ✔✔Vapors that are inhaled in order to produce mind altering effects.
✔✔Cannabis long term effects - ✔✔Lung damage just as cigarettes, slow mental
process
✔✔ Principles of the Behavioral Modification theory - ✔✔There are three principles,
Causes, Maintenance and change of behavior. Classical conditioning, Operant
conditioning, Modeling is the most effective.
✔✔Principle of CT/RT. Control Theory/ Reality Therapy - ✔✔is based on the principle
that four elements guide human functions: Doing, Thinking, Feeling, and Physiology.
People choose negative reactions to events, Is responsible for one's own life. Cant
change how the body feels or functions but can control how he reacts and thinks.
✔✔Principles of person centered therapy. - ✔✔Centered around the idea that it is the
patient's responsibility to find ways to deal with reality. Three principles/ Positive regard,
Empathy, Congruence, demonstrate being real and genuine.
✔✔Principles of Freudian or Psychonalytical - ✔✔Human being are influenced by
powerful inner and unconscious drives. id, ego, superego. People go through 5 stages
of life. oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital.
✔✔How substance abuse and domestic violence programs may be in conflict. -
✔✔Terms such as denial, codependency, and powerlessness are seen as stigmatizing
and self defeating in helping people who are in violence abuse situations.
✔✔Rational Emotive Behavioral Theory. - ✔✔It is not the actual event that disturbs a
person but how he sees the event. Negative life events, negative beliefs, and negative
consequences. ABC model.
