WGU C458 HEALTH FITNESS AND
WELLNESS EXAM SCRIPT 2026
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM Q&A WITH
DETAILED ANSWERS
⩥ Ecstasy. Answer: MDMA. Club drug often used at all night dance
parties (raves). Stimulant that increases heart rate and blood pressure and
can lead to heart or kidney failure; regular use produces long-lasting,
perhaps permanent, damage to your brains ability to think and store
memories.
⩥ Hallucinogens. Answer: Substances that occur naturally or produce
synthetically that distort user's perception of reality; cause sensory
illusions that make it difficult to distinguish fact from fantasy. Example:
LSD, peyote, PCP.
⩥ Barbiturates. Answer: Historically represented one of nations biggest
drug abuse problems. Generally known as downers, often taken as a way
of escaping problems of daily living. Effects range from person feeling
drowsy, uninhibited, and intoxicated to intoxication and staggering as if
drunk, slurred speech, confused.
⩥ Nicotine. Answer: Found in tobacco. Potent parasympathetic alkaloid,
stimulant drug, addictive. Associated with cardiovascular disease,
potential birth defects, and poisoning. Associated with cancer.
,⩥ Suppositories. Answer: Drug delivery system inserted into rectum,
vagina, or urethra where it dissolves or melts and is absorbed into the
bloodstream.
⩥ Diuretics. Answer: Promotes production of urine. Used for high blood
pressure. Often used by bulimics for weight loss.
⩥ Intravenous injection. Answer: A route of drug administration directly
into the bloodstream through a vein. Yield sstrongest and most rapid
effact but is most dangerous due to risk of infection, vein collapse, or
overdose.
⩥ Intramuscular injection. Answer: A route of drug administration;
injected into the muscle.
⩥ Drug abuse. Answer: Generally refers to chronic, excessive use of a
drug. May also refer to a person's intent.
⩥ Drug inhibition (receptor site). Answer:
⩥ THC. Answer: Active ingredient in marijuana. Connects to nerve cell
sites and brain called cannabinoid receptors and influences the activity
of those cells. Influences pleasure, memory, thought, concentration,
sensory and time perception, and coordinated movement. Increases risk
, of heart attack. Increases risk of cancer. Can lead to depression anxiety
and personality disturbances. Causes birth defects. Can be used for
medical purposes: glaucoma, Chemotherapy cause to nausea and
vomiting, appetite stimulant, antiasthmatic, seizures, muscle relaxant
action.
⩥ Receptor sites (of a drug). Answer: Target cells for drugs.
⩥ OTC drugs. Answer: Over-the-counter drugs; such as, cough
medicine, pain medication, allergy medication that don't require
prescriptions.
⩥ Tolerance. Answer: Some drugs are used frequently, large doses are
required to maintain the same effect
⩥ Anabolic steroids. Answer: Synthetic variant of the male sex hormone
testosterone
⩥ Opioids. Answer: Substances that act on the nervous system,
medications that are artificially made, reduce the intensity of pain
signals reaching the brain and affect those brain areas controlling
emotion which diminishes the effects of a painful stimulus; Morphine,
tramadol, oxycodone, methadone
WELLNESS EXAM SCRIPT 2026
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM Q&A WITH
DETAILED ANSWERS
⩥ Ecstasy. Answer: MDMA. Club drug often used at all night dance
parties (raves). Stimulant that increases heart rate and blood pressure and
can lead to heart or kidney failure; regular use produces long-lasting,
perhaps permanent, damage to your brains ability to think and store
memories.
⩥ Hallucinogens. Answer: Substances that occur naturally or produce
synthetically that distort user's perception of reality; cause sensory
illusions that make it difficult to distinguish fact from fantasy. Example:
LSD, peyote, PCP.
⩥ Barbiturates. Answer: Historically represented one of nations biggest
drug abuse problems. Generally known as downers, often taken as a way
of escaping problems of daily living. Effects range from person feeling
drowsy, uninhibited, and intoxicated to intoxication and staggering as if
drunk, slurred speech, confused.
⩥ Nicotine. Answer: Found in tobacco. Potent parasympathetic alkaloid,
stimulant drug, addictive. Associated with cardiovascular disease,
potential birth defects, and poisoning. Associated with cancer.
,⩥ Suppositories. Answer: Drug delivery system inserted into rectum,
vagina, or urethra where it dissolves or melts and is absorbed into the
bloodstream.
⩥ Diuretics. Answer: Promotes production of urine. Used for high blood
pressure. Often used by bulimics for weight loss.
⩥ Intravenous injection. Answer: A route of drug administration directly
into the bloodstream through a vein. Yield sstrongest and most rapid
effact but is most dangerous due to risk of infection, vein collapse, or
overdose.
⩥ Intramuscular injection. Answer: A route of drug administration;
injected into the muscle.
⩥ Drug abuse. Answer: Generally refers to chronic, excessive use of a
drug. May also refer to a person's intent.
⩥ Drug inhibition (receptor site). Answer:
⩥ THC. Answer: Active ingredient in marijuana. Connects to nerve cell
sites and brain called cannabinoid receptors and influences the activity
of those cells. Influences pleasure, memory, thought, concentration,
sensory and time perception, and coordinated movement. Increases risk
, of heart attack. Increases risk of cancer. Can lead to depression anxiety
and personality disturbances. Causes birth defects. Can be used for
medical purposes: glaucoma, Chemotherapy cause to nausea and
vomiting, appetite stimulant, antiasthmatic, seizures, muscle relaxant
action.
⩥ Receptor sites (of a drug). Answer: Target cells for drugs.
⩥ OTC drugs. Answer: Over-the-counter drugs; such as, cough
medicine, pain medication, allergy medication that don't require
prescriptions.
⩥ Tolerance. Answer: Some drugs are used frequently, large doses are
required to maintain the same effect
⩥ Anabolic steroids. Answer: Synthetic variant of the male sex hormone
testosterone
⩥ Opioids. Answer: Substances that act on the nervous system,
medications that are artificially made, reduce the intensity of pain
signals reaching the brain and affect those brain areas controlling
emotion which diminishes the effects of a painful stimulus; Morphine,
tramadol, oxycodone, methadone
