ALCOHOL AND DRUG COUNSELOR PRACTICE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A wife refers her husband for drug abuse treatment. His drug of choice is
cocaine, which he has used intermittently with friends—every two weeks to
weekly—for about three years. She is disturbed by the illicit nature of the drug
and the long-standing patterns of use. How is his cocaine use BEST described
based on the information provided?
Cocaine addiction
Recreational use
Cocaine dependence
Substance abuse
Recreational use
What does the experienced effect of a drug depend on?
The modality of administration
The amount taken and past drug experience
All of these answer choices
Poly drug use, setting, and circumstance
All of these answer choices
, How is drug tolerance BEST described?
The need for larger doses of a drug to get high
The inability to get high
Increased sensitivity to a drug after some time has passed
Decreased sensitivity to a drug after some time has passed
IncorrectWhen the drug is taken habitually, the body can become more tolerant
to the effects of the drug. Tolerance can be demonstrated in two ways: (1)
increased amounts of the drug are required to create effects of earlier times, and
(2) amounts that previously resulted in severe physiological impairment or
death are now tolerated effortlessly without negative consequences.
Occasionally as many as ten of the doses that are lethal if administered
simultaneously can be swallowed without showing any sign of significant
physiological debilitation. Tolerance is developed by the body adapting to its
quest for homeostasis, or state of functional balance, in spite of the drug's
presence. With tolerance developing, so does dependence on the drug follow—
where absence of the drug now produces state of disequilibrium and
debilitation.
Which of the following IS NOT a "drug cue"?
Seeing other people use drugs
A formerly used drug environment
Drug avoidance skills
Drug equipment for drug use
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A wife refers her husband for drug abuse treatment. His drug of choice is
cocaine, which he has used intermittently with friends—every two weeks to
weekly—for about three years. She is disturbed by the illicit nature of the drug
and the long-standing patterns of use. How is his cocaine use BEST described
based on the information provided?
Cocaine addiction
Recreational use
Cocaine dependence
Substance abuse
Recreational use
What does the experienced effect of a drug depend on?
The modality of administration
The amount taken and past drug experience
All of these answer choices
Poly drug use, setting, and circumstance
All of these answer choices
, How is drug tolerance BEST described?
The need for larger doses of a drug to get high
The inability to get high
Increased sensitivity to a drug after some time has passed
Decreased sensitivity to a drug after some time has passed
IncorrectWhen the drug is taken habitually, the body can become more tolerant
to the effects of the drug. Tolerance can be demonstrated in two ways: (1)
increased amounts of the drug are required to create effects of earlier times, and
(2) amounts that previously resulted in severe physiological impairment or
death are now tolerated effortlessly without negative consequences.
Occasionally as many as ten of the doses that are lethal if administered
simultaneously can be swallowed without showing any sign of significant
physiological debilitation. Tolerance is developed by the body adapting to its
quest for homeostasis, or state of functional balance, in spite of the drug's
presence. With tolerance developing, so does dependence on the drug follow—
where absence of the drug now produces state of disequilibrium and
debilitation.
Which of the following IS NOT a "drug cue"?
Seeing other people use drugs
A formerly used drug environment
Drug avoidance skills
Drug equipment for drug use
