CAADC EVALUATION EXAM 2025/2026 ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Spiritual Model - ✔✔Substances are used in an attempt to fill spiritual emptiness. 12
step programs
✔✔Standardized interview - ✔✔Also known as a structured interview. An interview
employed by quantitative researchers in which the same questions, worded identically
and presented in the same order, are asked of participants in a uniform manner.
✔✔Therapeutic Alliance - ✔✔the relationship between therapist and client that develops
as a warm, caring, accepting relationship characterized by empathy, mutual respect,
and understanding.
✔✔Types of Learning Styles - ✔✔Auditory, Visual, Kinesthetic
✔✔Addiciton Severity Index (ASI) - ✔✔Developed in 1980, most used assessment
instrument.
✔✔Agonist - ✔✔a molecule that, by binding to a receptor site, stimulates a response
✔✔Antagonist - ✔✔Blocks the action of the agonist, and an inverse agonist causes an
action opposite to that of the agonist
✔✔Akathisia - ✔✔motor restlessness
✔✔Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) - ✔✔10 items on instrument,
developed by WHO; asks about frequency of drinking, alcohol dependence & problems
caused by alcohol in the past 12 months; scores range from 0-40; a score of 8+
indicates likelihood of harmful alcohol consumption
✔✔Alcohol Withdrawal Timeframe - ✔✔Peeks 2-3 days and subsides in 4-5 days.
Carvings may continue for years.
✔✔Amphetamines/Meth - ✔✔Cause increased release of dopamine and
norephinephrine. Stimulant. Street Names, speed, dexies, co-pilot. Meth street names,
Amp, Bikers coffee, black beuties, Crank, Chicken feed
✔✔Anatbuse (Disulfiram) - ✔✔Causes reaction of flushing, sweating, nausea, and chest
pain if you drink. It must be used every day and is highly effective, can also be used
with methadone.
✔✔Anticholinergic - ✔✔Acetylcholine blocker in the CNS and PNS
,✔✔Benzodiazepine Withdrawal - ✔✔Rebound anxiety, seizures, tremor, insomnia,
disorientation, hallucinations, psychomotor activity
✔✔Blood Alcohol Level (BAC) - ✔✔Moderate Impairment- 0.01-0.03
Severe Impairment- 0.15-0.35
Legally Drunk- .08
Death- 0.35
✔✔Buprenorphine/Suboxone - ✔✔Mucus Membrane, injection, patches, and ingestion.
Strong binding affinity to opiate receptors. Effective in treating addiction and withdrawal.
✔✔CAGE - ✔✔Alcohol screening test with 4 questions
✔✔Campral (Acamprostate) - ✔✔FDA approved drug of ETOH (alcohol abuse). Works
on GABA receptors reducing positive reinforcement and minimizing withdrawal.
✔✔Client Evaluation Process- Screening - ✔✔To determine if client is appropriate.
CAGE, GAIN,-SI, AUDIT, MAST are common instruments used.
✔✔Client Evaluation Process- Intake - ✔✔Necessary forms are fillet out
✔✔Client Evaluation Process- Assessment - ✔✔Formal interview to gather in depth
information
✔✔Client Evaluation Process- Diagnosis - ✔✔Check for possible mental health issues
✔✔Client Evaluation Process- Treatment Planning - ✔✔Identify tools and strategies as
well as measure success. Problem Statement, Goal Statement, Measurable Objectives,
Strategies
✔✔Cocaine - ✔✔A stimulant drug derived from the coca tree. Usage peeked in 1982.
Snorting- 15-30 minute high
Ingestion- 15-30 minute high
Smoking/Injecting- 5-10 minute high
Street Names- Flake, Snow, Blow, liquid lady (Cocaine and alcohol) Speed Ball
(Cocaine and Herion) Crack, Rock, and Base
✔✔Contingency Management Therapy - ✔✔a therapeutic approach used in the
treatment of drug addiction that works to reduce the use of drugs through a highly
structured reinforcement and punishment program
✔✔Designer Drugs (Club Drugs) - ✔✔synthetic drugs that are made to imitate the
effects of other drugs
Fentanyl and Meperidine, MDMA, Analogs
, ✔✔Dr. Benjamin Rush - ✔✔Proposed Sober Houses for alcoholics in 1790
✔✔Dr. Jellinek - ✔✔Father of Modern Disease Model of Alcohol
This model was officially adopted in 1950 by American Medical Association
✔✔Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) - ✔✔Self-rating of non-alcohol drug use or
abuse
20 yes/no questions
✔✔Early Remission - ✔✔3-12 months
✔✔Sustained Remission - ✔✔12+ months
✔✔Encopresis - ✔✔persistent passing of stools into clothing in a child older than 4
years with a minimum of monthly for 3 months
✔✔Enuresis - ✔✔involuntary urination- diagnosis- twice weekly for 3 months
✔✔Formication - ✔✔spontaneous abnormal sensation of ants or other insects running
over the skin
✔✔GABA (Gamma Amino Butyric Acid) - ✔✔a major inhibitory neurotransmitter
✔✔Inhalants - ✔✔the vapors of chemicals that are sniffed or inhaled to get a "high"
Cleaning Products, Nail polish, spray paint, nitrous oxide
✔✔Key components of a treatment plan - ✔✔1-Problem Statement
2-Goal Statement
3. Objectives
4- Interventions
✔✔Levels of Care - ✔✔Hospitalization
Residential
Intensive Outpatient
Outpatient
✔✔MAOI - ✔✔avoid tyramine foods like: avocado, smoked meats, cheeses,
✔✔Matrix Model - ✔✔Formulated in the 1980's during a spike in cocaine and meth use.
Eclectic model using a variety of evidence based interventions.
✔✔Medications for smoking cessation - ✔✔Wellburtin, Zyban, Chantix, Pamelor,
Catapres
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Spiritual Model - ✔✔Substances are used in an attempt to fill spiritual emptiness. 12
step programs
✔✔Standardized interview - ✔✔Also known as a structured interview. An interview
employed by quantitative researchers in which the same questions, worded identically
and presented in the same order, are asked of participants in a uniform manner.
✔✔Therapeutic Alliance - ✔✔the relationship between therapist and client that develops
as a warm, caring, accepting relationship characterized by empathy, mutual respect,
and understanding.
✔✔Types of Learning Styles - ✔✔Auditory, Visual, Kinesthetic
✔✔Addiciton Severity Index (ASI) - ✔✔Developed in 1980, most used assessment
instrument.
✔✔Agonist - ✔✔a molecule that, by binding to a receptor site, stimulates a response
✔✔Antagonist - ✔✔Blocks the action of the agonist, and an inverse agonist causes an
action opposite to that of the agonist
✔✔Akathisia - ✔✔motor restlessness
✔✔Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) - ✔✔10 items on instrument,
developed by WHO; asks about frequency of drinking, alcohol dependence & problems
caused by alcohol in the past 12 months; scores range from 0-40; a score of 8+
indicates likelihood of harmful alcohol consumption
✔✔Alcohol Withdrawal Timeframe - ✔✔Peeks 2-3 days and subsides in 4-5 days.
Carvings may continue for years.
✔✔Amphetamines/Meth - ✔✔Cause increased release of dopamine and
norephinephrine. Stimulant. Street Names, speed, dexies, co-pilot. Meth street names,
Amp, Bikers coffee, black beuties, Crank, Chicken feed
✔✔Anatbuse (Disulfiram) - ✔✔Causes reaction of flushing, sweating, nausea, and chest
pain if you drink. It must be used every day and is highly effective, can also be used
with methadone.
✔✔Anticholinergic - ✔✔Acetylcholine blocker in the CNS and PNS
,✔✔Benzodiazepine Withdrawal - ✔✔Rebound anxiety, seizures, tremor, insomnia,
disorientation, hallucinations, psychomotor activity
✔✔Blood Alcohol Level (BAC) - ✔✔Moderate Impairment- 0.01-0.03
Severe Impairment- 0.15-0.35
Legally Drunk- .08
Death- 0.35
✔✔Buprenorphine/Suboxone - ✔✔Mucus Membrane, injection, patches, and ingestion.
Strong binding affinity to opiate receptors. Effective in treating addiction and withdrawal.
✔✔CAGE - ✔✔Alcohol screening test with 4 questions
✔✔Campral (Acamprostate) - ✔✔FDA approved drug of ETOH (alcohol abuse). Works
on GABA receptors reducing positive reinforcement and minimizing withdrawal.
✔✔Client Evaluation Process- Screening - ✔✔To determine if client is appropriate.
CAGE, GAIN,-SI, AUDIT, MAST are common instruments used.
✔✔Client Evaluation Process- Intake - ✔✔Necessary forms are fillet out
✔✔Client Evaluation Process- Assessment - ✔✔Formal interview to gather in depth
information
✔✔Client Evaluation Process- Diagnosis - ✔✔Check for possible mental health issues
✔✔Client Evaluation Process- Treatment Planning - ✔✔Identify tools and strategies as
well as measure success. Problem Statement, Goal Statement, Measurable Objectives,
Strategies
✔✔Cocaine - ✔✔A stimulant drug derived from the coca tree. Usage peeked in 1982.
Snorting- 15-30 minute high
Ingestion- 15-30 minute high
Smoking/Injecting- 5-10 minute high
Street Names- Flake, Snow, Blow, liquid lady (Cocaine and alcohol) Speed Ball
(Cocaine and Herion) Crack, Rock, and Base
✔✔Contingency Management Therapy - ✔✔a therapeutic approach used in the
treatment of drug addiction that works to reduce the use of drugs through a highly
structured reinforcement and punishment program
✔✔Designer Drugs (Club Drugs) - ✔✔synthetic drugs that are made to imitate the
effects of other drugs
Fentanyl and Meperidine, MDMA, Analogs
, ✔✔Dr. Benjamin Rush - ✔✔Proposed Sober Houses for alcoholics in 1790
✔✔Dr. Jellinek - ✔✔Father of Modern Disease Model of Alcohol
This model was officially adopted in 1950 by American Medical Association
✔✔Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) - ✔✔Self-rating of non-alcohol drug use or
abuse
20 yes/no questions
✔✔Early Remission - ✔✔3-12 months
✔✔Sustained Remission - ✔✔12+ months
✔✔Encopresis - ✔✔persistent passing of stools into clothing in a child older than 4
years with a minimum of monthly for 3 months
✔✔Enuresis - ✔✔involuntary urination- diagnosis- twice weekly for 3 months
✔✔Formication - ✔✔spontaneous abnormal sensation of ants or other insects running
over the skin
✔✔GABA (Gamma Amino Butyric Acid) - ✔✔a major inhibitory neurotransmitter
✔✔Inhalants - ✔✔the vapors of chemicals that are sniffed or inhaled to get a "high"
Cleaning Products, Nail polish, spray paint, nitrous oxide
✔✔Key components of a treatment plan - ✔✔1-Problem Statement
2-Goal Statement
3. Objectives
4- Interventions
✔✔Levels of Care - ✔✔Hospitalization
Residential
Intensive Outpatient
Outpatient
✔✔MAOI - ✔✔avoid tyramine foods like: avocado, smoked meats, cheeses,
✔✔Matrix Model - ✔✔Formulated in the 1980's during a spike in cocaine and meth use.
Eclectic model using a variety of evidence based interventions.
✔✔Medications for smoking cessation - ✔✔Wellburtin, Zyban, Chantix, Pamelor,
Catapres
