NAADAC Module 1: Pharmacology
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
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Uppers - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔CNS Stimulants: cocaine, amphetamines & meth,
caffeine, nicotine
Downers - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔CNS Depressants: alcohol, benzos, barbituates,
opiates, sedative- hypnotics, muscle relaxants, antihistamines
All-Arounders - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔psychedelics (LSD, mushrooms,
MDMA/Ecstacy, PCP, DXM) and Cannabis
Cross- Tolerance - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the ability of pharmacologically similar
substances to substiture for the other in relation to tolerance and to prevent
withdrawal
Abuse Liability - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔risk potential associated with a substance
becoming repeatedly used and/or dependence inducing
,Half- Life - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The amount of time it takes to eliminate 1/2 of the
original dosage from the body
Central Nervous System (CNS) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Brain & spine
Limbic system - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Within the CNS, Controls Emotions
Reticular Activating System - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Within the CNS, responsible for the
state of arousal
Basal Ganglia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Within the CNS: responsible for involuntary and
fine motor skills
Cerebral Cortex - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔within the CNS: part of the limbic system that
controls voluntary motor skills and sensory input
Sympathetic Nervous System - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔secondary within the ANS- when
activated increases breathing, heart rate, etc.
Parasymphathetic Nervous System - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Secondary within the ANS-
when activated decreases breathing, heart rate, etc.
Inhibitory Neurotransmitters - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Dopamine, serotonin, GABA
Excitatory Neurotransmitters - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔glutamate, epinephrine
,Inhibitory and Excitatory Neurotransmitters - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Acetylcoline,
norepinephrine
Sterotypy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔common with stimulants: repeating the same behavior
over and over again
*How long does alcohol detox take?* - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Five days or less
Sedative-hypnotics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔substances used to alleviate anxiety and to
induce sleep
Potentiation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔substances taken together work synergistically to
produce an effect greater than expected due to the interaction
Examples of short-term CNS Depressant Physiological effects - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔slurred speech, drowsiness, dizziness, staggering gait, impaired coordination,
etc
Examples of short-term CNS Depressant Psychological effects - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔loss of memory, decreased fear, confusion, irritability, euphoria, inappropriate,
obnoxious behavior, sorrow, etc
Alcohol proof - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔twice the percentage of alcohol by concentration
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, Fermentation proof (concentration of ethyl alcohol) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔12% or 24
proof
Distillation proof - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔95% or 190 proof
Blood alcohol level/concentration - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔amount of alcohol in the
blood
legal blood alcohol limit (BAC) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔.08
.10 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔level of BAC to drive in a few states
Examples of short-term physiological effects of Alcohol - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔slurred
speech, staggering, elevated heartbeat, etc
Examples of short-term psychological effect of Alcohol - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔delusions, loss of memory, loss of control, irritability, euphoria, paranoia,
decreased inhibition, etc
Early Stage Alcohol Dependence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔escaping from social situations
and sneaking, feelings of guilt, difficulty stopping once begun, and preoccupation
with drinking
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
| 100% Pass
Uppers - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔CNS Stimulants: cocaine, amphetamines & meth,
caffeine, nicotine
Downers - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔CNS Depressants: alcohol, benzos, barbituates,
opiates, sedative- hypnotics, muscle relaxants, antihistamines
All-Arounders - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔psychedelics (LSD, mushrooms,
MDMA/Ecstacy, PCP, DXM) and Cannabis
Cross- Tolerance - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the ability of pharmacologically similar
substances to substiture for the other in relation to tolerance and to prevent
withdrawal
Abuse Liability - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔risk potential associated with a substance
becoming repeatedly used and/or dependence inducing
,Half- Life - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The amount of time it takes to eliminate 1/2 of the
original dosage from the body
Central Nervous System (CNS) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Brain & spine
Limbic system - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Within the CNS, Controls Emotions
Reticular Activating System - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Within the CNS, responsible for the
state of arousal
Basal Ganglia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Within the CNS: responsible for involuntary and
fine motor skills
Cerebral Cortex - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔within the CNS: part of the limbic system that
controls voluntary motor skills and sensory input
Sympathetic Nervous System - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔secondary within the ANS- when
activated increases breathing, heart rate, etc.
Parasymphathetic Nervous System - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Secondary within the ANS-
when activated decreases breathing, heart rate, etc.
Inhibitory Neurotransmitters - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Dopamine, serotonin, GABA
Excitatory Neurotransmitters - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔glutamate, epinephrine
,Inhibitory and Excitatory Neurotransmitters - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Acetylcoline,
norepinephrine
Sterotypy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔common with stimulants: repeating the same behavior
over and over again
*How long does alcohol detox take?* - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Five days or less
Sedative-hypnotics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔substances used to alleviate anxiety and to
induce sleep
Potentiation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔substances taken together work synergistically to
produce an effect greater than expected due to the interaction
Examples of short-term CNS Depressant Physiological effects - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔slurred speech, drowsiness, dizziness, staggering gait, impaired coordination,
etc
Examples of short-term CNS Depressant Psychological effects - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔loss of memory, decreased fear, confusion, irritability, euphoria, inappropriate,
obnoxious behavior, sorrow, etc
Alcohol proof - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔twice the percentage of alcohol by concentration
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Fermentation proof (concentration of ethyl alcohol) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔12% or 24
proof
Distillation proof - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔95% or 190 proof
Blood alcohol level/concentration - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔amount of alcohol in the
blood
legal blood alcohol limit (BAC) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔.08
.10 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔level of BAC to drive in a few states
Examples of short-term physiological effects of Alcohol - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔slurred
speech, staggering, elevated heartbeat, etc
Examples of short-term psychological effect of Alcohol - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔delusions, loss of memory, loss of control, irritability, euphoria, paranoia,
decreased inhibition, etc
Early Stage Alcohol Dependence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔escaping from social situations
and sneaking, feelings of guilt, difficulty stopping once begun, and preoccupation
with drinking
