IC&RC Prevention Specialist Examination Prep questions and
answers 2026\2027 A+ Grade
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.
- correct answer *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 behavior. Some examples are public policy
changes/enforcement and social media campaigns. This question was an example of a public policy
change.
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
- correct answer *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 behavior. 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 counselor 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
C. Nondiscrimination
D. Confidentiality
- correct answer *D. Confidentiality.* As a prevention specialist, you must up hold confidentiality for
your group participants. Confidentiality refers to keeping information given by or about a participant in
the course of a professional relationship secure and secret from others. In this case, disclosing to the
school would violate that student's confidentiality.
Which of the following is categorized as a depressant drug?
A. Alcohol
B. Oxycodone
C. Marijuana
D. Methamphetamine
- correct answer *A. Alcohol.* Alcohol is a depressant drug. Depressants have a suppressive effect on
the nervous system, resulting in slow brain function, slowed pulse and breathing, lowered blood
pressure, poor concentration, confusion, fatigue, dizziness, slurred speech, sluggishness, disorientation,
lack of coordination, and other effects. They are also known commonly as "downers." In this questions,
Oxycodone is a narcotic. Marijuana is typically not categorized. Methamphetamine is a stimulant. (See
the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) chart.
https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/commonly-abused-drugs-charts)
A prevention specialist provides life skills classes at a local school. They are asked by the principal to lead
group therapy sessions for children of alcoholics while the guidance counselor is on leave. The
prevention specialist should:
A. respectfully refuse.
answers 2026\2027 A+ Grade
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.
- correct answer *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 behavior. Some examples are public policy
changes/enforcement and social media campaigns. This question was an example of a public policy
change.
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
- correct answer *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 behavior. 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 counselor 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
C. Nondiscrimination
D. Confidentiality
- correct answer *D. Confidentiality.* As a prevention specialist, you must up hold confidentiality for
your group participants. Confidentiality refers to keeping information given by or about a participant in
the course of a professional relationship secure and secret from others. In this case, disclosing to the
school would violate that student's confidentiality.
Which of the following is categorized as a depressant drug?
A. Alcohol
B. Oxycodone
C. Marijuana
D. Methamphetamine
- correct answer *A. Alcohol.* Alcohol is a depressant drug. Depressants have a suppressive effect on
the nervous system, resulting in slow brain function, slowed pulse and breathing, lowered blood
pressure, poor concentration, confusion, fatigue, dizziness, slurred speech, sluggishness, disorientation,
lack of coordination, and other effects. They are also known commonly as "downers." In this questions,
Oxycodone is a narcotic. Marijuana is typically not categorized. Methamphetamine is a stimulant. (See
the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) chart.
https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/commonly-abused-drugs-charts)
A prevention specialist provides life skills classes at a local school. They are asked by the principal to lead
group therapy sessions for children of alcoholics while the guidance counselor is on leave. The
prevention specialist should:
A. respectfully refuse.
