Prevention of Drug Abuse Exam 1 – Practice Test, Study Guide & Review
Questions
Drug use - correct answer ✔✔Taking or consuming drugs (licit or illicit)
Drug abuse - correct answer ✔✔A willful misuse of substances for the purpose of recreation,
necessity, or convenience (chemical dependence)
Drug misuse - correct answer ✔✔Unintentional or inappropriate use of a prescribed or over the
counter drug
Drug addiction - correct answer ✔✔Loss of control over drug intake or compulsive seeking and
taking of drugs, despite adverse consequences
Physical dependence - correct answer ✔✔Physiological/chemical
Psychological dependence - correct answer ✔✔Mental/emotional
How many people suffer from use/dependence - correct answer ✔✔6.8 million
Theory of Planned Behavior - correct answer ✔✔-Attitude
-Subjective norm
-Perceived behavioral control
-Intention
-Behavior
, Intersectionality - correct answer ✔✔Multiple social identities intersect with structural
inequalities (gender, race, sexual orientation, age, class status, HIV status)
Ecological Theory - correct answer ✔✔-Microsystem
-Mesosystem
-Exosystem
-Macrosystem
Microsystem - correct answer ✔✔Immediate environment you operate in (yourself and your
friends)
Mesosystem - correct answer ✔✔Interaction of two microsystems (your friends and your
parents)
Exosystem - correct answer ✔✔Individual not directly involved, environmental influence (state
policies, marriages, parent's work place)
Macrosystem - correct answer ✔✔Larger cultural context, environmental influence (cultural
values, religion, healthcare, federal laws)
Health Belief Model - correct answer ✔✔-Perceived susceptibility
-Perceived severity
-Perceived threats
-Perceived benefits/barriers
-Cues to action
Stages of Change - correct answer ✔✔-Precontemplation
-Contemplation
Questions
Drug use - correct answer ✔✔Taking or consuming drugs (licit or illicit)
Drug abuse - correct answer ✔✔A willful misuse of substances for the purpose of recreation,
necessity, or convenience (chemical dependence)
Drug misuse - correct answer ✔✔Unintentional or inappropriate use of a prescribed or over the
counter drug
Drug addiction - correct answer ✔✔Loss of control over drug intake or compulsive seeking and
taking of drugs, despite adverse consequences
Physical dependence - correct answer ✔✔Physiological/chemical
Psychological dependence - correct answer ✔✔Mental/emotional
How many people suffer from use/dependence - correct answer ✔✔6.8 million
Theory of Planned Behavior - correct answer ✔✔-Attitude
-Subjective norm
-Perceived behavioral control
-Intention
-Behavior
, Intersectionality - correct answer ✔✔Multiple social identities intersect with structural
inequalities (gender, race, sexual orientation, age, class status, HIV status)
Ecological Theory - correct answer ✔✔-Microsystem
-Mesosystem
-Exosystem
-Macrosystem
Microsystem - correct answer ✔✔Immediate environment you operate in (yourself and your
friends)
Mesosystem - correct answer ✔✔Interaction of two microsystems (your friends and your
parents)
Exosystem - correct answer ✔✔Individual not directly involved, environmental influence (state
policies, marriages, parent's work place)
Macrosystem - correct answer ✔✔Larger cultural context, environmental influence (cultural
values, religion, healthcare, federal laws)
Health Belief Model - correct answer ✔✔-Perceived susceptibility
-Perceived severity
-Perceived threats
-Perceived benefits/barriers
-Cues to action
Stages of Change - correct answer ✔✔-Precontemplation
-Contemplation
