NAADAC CORRECT EXAMS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔*Multiple Choice*
Joe is a 42-year-old recovering narcotic dependent. He has been psychoactive
substance-free for ten months and has noticed fatigue, weakness, anxiety, high
sensitivity to pain and markedly decreased ability to tolerate stress or discomfort. This
could most likely be accounted for by ______.
A. protracted abstinence syndrome
B. underlying Axis II characterological pathology
C. failure to surrender completely to a 12-Step program
D. unreported use of other mood changing agents - ✔✔*A. protracted abstinence
syndrome*
B. underlying Axis II characterological pathology
C. failure to surrender completely to a 12-Step program
D. unreported use of other mood changing agents
✔✔*Multiple Choice*
What percentage of chronic anabolic steroid users experience withdrawal symptoms
after discontinuing use?
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 75%
D. 100% - ✔✔A. 25%
*B. 50%*
C. 75%
D. 100%
See page 118 first paragraph
✔✔*Multiple Choice*
What is the characteristic of a psychoactive substance that makes it easy to pass
through the blood-brain barrier?
A. It is water-soluble.
,B. It is large in molecular size.
C. It is fat-soluble.
D. It is easy to metabolize. - ✔✔A. It is water-soluble.
B. It is large in molecular size.
*C. It is fat-soluble.*
D. It is easy to metabolize.
See page 18, last paragraph
✔✔*Multiple Choice*
What amount of caffeine does an individual have to consume to experience caffeinism?
A. 50-200 mg
B. 250-400 mg
C. 550-700 mg
D. 800-950 mg - ✔✔A. 50-200 mg
B. 250-400 mg
*C. 550-700 mg*
D. 800-950 mg
See page 63, grey box
✔✔*Multiple Choice*
Which of the following psychoactive substances does not produce withdrawal
symptoms?
A. alcohol
B. LSD
C. heroin
D. caffeine - ✔✔A. alcohol
*B. LSD*
C. heroin
D. caffeine
✔✔*Multiple Choice*
Which of the following factors does NOT contribute to an individual's blood alcohol
concentration (BAC)?
A. body size
B. gender
C. amount of food in digestive system
D. time of day the alcohol was consumed - ✔✔A. body size
B. gender
C. amount of food in digestive system
*D. time of day the alcohol was consumed*
✔✔*Multiple Choice*
Which opioid replacement therapy has both an agonist and antagonist effect?
, A. naloxone
B. buprenorphine
C. methadone
D. naltrexone - ✔✔A. naloxone
*B. buprenorphine*
C. methadone
D. naltrexone
See Page 80, paragraph 4.
✔✔*Multiple Choice* not sure, have to figure this one out
Which hallucinogen has stimulant, depressant, analgesic and anesthetic properties?
A. LSD
B. PCP
C. psilocybin
D. MDMA - ✔✔A. LSD
*B. PCP*
C. psilocybin
D. MDMA
See page 95 - I think it is this one
✔✔*Multiple Choice*
If very potent cannabis is consumed, how long can it take to completely eliminate a
single dose of cannabis from an individual's body?
A. 5 days
B. 30 days
C. 17 days
D. 51 days - ✔✔A. 5 days
*B. 30 days*
C. 17 days
D. 51 days
See page 107, first paragraph
✔✔*Multiple Choice*
Which of the following types of antidepressants have the fewest side effects?
A. tricyclic antidepressants
B. selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
C. monoamine oxidase inhibitors
D. selective norepinephrine/serotonin reuptake inhibitors - ✔✔A. tricyclic
antidepressants
*B. selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors*
C. monoamine oxidase inhibitors
D. selective norepinephrine/serotonin reuptake inhibitors
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔*Multiple Choice*
Joe is a 42-year-old recovering narcotic dependent. He has been psychoactive
substance-free for ten months and has noticed fatigue, weakness, anxiety, high
sensitivity to pain and markedly decreased ability to tolerate stress or discomfort. This
could most likely be accounted for by ______.
A. protracted abstinence syndrome
B. underlying Axis II characterological pathology
C. failure to surrender completely to a 12-Step program
D. unreported use of other mood changing agents - ✔✔*A. protracted abstinence
syndrome*
B. underlying Axis II characterological pathology
C. failure to surrender completely to a 12-Step program
D. unreported use of other mood changing agents
✔✔*Multiple Choice*
What percentage of chronic anabolic steroid users experience withdrawal symptoms
after discontinuing use?
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 75%
D. 100% - ✔✔A. 25%
*B. 50%*
C. 75%
D. 100%
See page 118 first paragraph
✔✔*Multiple Choice*
What is the characteristic of a psychoactive substance that makes it easy to pass
through the blood-brain barrier?
A. It is water-soluble.
,B. It is large in molecular size.
C. It is fat-soluble.
D. It is easy to metabolize. - ✔✔A. It is water-soluble.
B. It is large in molecular size.
*C. It is fat-soluble.*
D. It is easy to metabolize.
See page 18, last paragraph
✔✔*Multiple Choice*
What amount of caffeine does an individual have to consume to experience caffeinism?
A. 50-200 mg
B. 250-400 mg
C. 550-700 mg
D. 800-950 mg - ✔✔A. 50-200 mg
B. 250-400 mg
*C. 550-700 mg*
D. 800-950 mg
See page 63, grey box
✔✔*Multiple Choice*
Which of the following psychoactive substances does not produce withdrawal
symptoms?
A. alcohol
B. LSD
C. heroin
D. caffeine - ✔✔A. alcohol
*B. LSD*
C. heroin
D. caffeine
✔✔*Multiple Choice*
Which of the following factors does NOT contribute to an individual's blood alcohol
concentration (BAC)?
A. body size
B. gender
C. amount of food in digestive system
D. time of day the alcohol was consumed - ✔✔A. body size
B. gender
C. amount of food in digestive system
*D. time of day the alcohol was consumed*
✔✔*Multiple Choice*
Which opioid replacement therapy has both an agonist and antagonist effect?
, A. naloxone
B. buprenorphine
C. methadone
D. naltrexone - ✔✔A. naloxone
*B. buprenorphine*
C. methadone
D. naltrexone
See Page 80, paragraph 4.
✔✔*Multiple Choice* not sure, have to figure this one out
Which hallucinogen has stimulant, depressant, analgesic and anesthetic properties?
A. LSD
B. PCP
C. psilocybin
D. MDMA - ✔✔A. LSD
*B. PCP*
C. psilocybin
D. MDMA
See page 95 - I think it is this one
✔✔*Multiple Choice*
If very potent cannabis is consumed, how long can it take to completely eliminate a
single dose of cannabis from an individual's body?
A. 5 days
B. 30 days
C. 17 days
D. 51 days - ✔✔A. 5 days
*B. 30 days*
C. 17 days
D. 51 days
See page 107, first paragraph
✔✔*Multiple Choice*
Which of the following types of antidepressants have the fewest side effects?
A. tricyclic antidepressants
B. selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
C. monoamine oxidase inhibitors
D. selective norepinephrine/serotonin reuptake inhibitors - ✔✔A. tricyclic
antidepressants
*B. selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors*
C. monoamine oxidase inhibitors
D. selective norepinephrine/serotonin reuptake inhibitors