CAADC PRACTICE TEST PAPER 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND ALL CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
◉ Hallucinogens. Answer: Psychoactive drugs - also called mind
expanders or psychedelics, these drugs affect a person's perception,
awareness and emotions, and can cause hallucinations as well as
misinterpretations of reality.
◉ Inhalants. Answer: Psychoactive drugs - volatile non drug
chemical solvents that have drug-like effects when inhaled. It
includes commercial solvents (gasoline, toluene, acetone, carbon
tetrachloride), aerosols (freon, amyl nitrite, butyl nitrite), and
anesthetics (chloroform, ether and nitrous oxide).
◉ Addiction. Answer: A chronic, progressive, relapsing disorder
characterized by compulsive use of one or more substances that
results in physical, psychological, or social harm to the individual
and continued use of the substance or substances despite this harm
◉ Alcoholism. Answer: A primary, chronic disease with genetic,
psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development
and manifestations. It is often progressive and fatal. It is
characterized by impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with
the drug alcohol, use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, and
,distortions in thinking, most noticeable denial. Each of these
symptoms may be continuous or periodic.
◉ Abstinence. Answer: Refraining from the use of alcohol or other
drugs
◉ Drug Use. Answer: The use or consumption of a drug within some
socially prescribed or ritualistic context
◉ Drug Misuse. Answer: The unintentional or inappropriate use of
prescribed or non-prescribed drugs resulting in the impaired
physical, mental, emotional or social well-being of the individual
◉ Drug Abuse. Answer: The deliberate use of chemical substance for
reasons other than their intended medical purposes which result in
any degree of physical, mental, emotional or social impairment of
the user, user's family, or society in general. It involves using illegal
as well as legal, 'recreational' drugs that lead to problems.
◉ Drug Dependence. Answer: Psychological and/or physical need
for a drug, characterized by compulsive use, tolerance to the drug,
and physical dependence manifest by withdrawal syndrome. Since
some drugs do not show identifiable signs of withdrawal (e.g.
marijuana), or if the signs of withdrawal are often misinterpreted as
something else (e.g. cocaine, stimulants), a drug can be viewed as
,creating dependence if it produces euphoria in the user, and if as a
result of that euphoria, it creates a pattern of self-reinforced use.
◉ Tolerance. Answer: A state of progressively decreasing
responsiveness to a drug's effects. In other words, a condition that
requires the user to take more and more of a drug to get the same,
desired effect.
◉ Physical Dependence. Answer: A state in which the presence of
the drug is required for the user to function normally. The body has
adapted to the presence of the drug and the body views this as
normal and necessary.
◉ Withdrawal. Answer: Drastic and characteristic changes in
physical functioning and behavior (insomnia, tremors, nausea,
vomiting, cramps, elevation of heart rate and blood pressure,
convulsions, anxiety, psychological depression) due to over-
excitation of the nervous system. These effects are observed or
experienced when the user stops taking, or the use of a drug is
significantly decreased (in which physical dependence upon the
drug has developed). There is a craving for the drug when one is
abstinent, and these symptoms are relieved when the drug is again
taken. Also referred to as the Abstinence Syndrome or Withdrawal
Syndrome.
◉ Relapse. Answer: The return to substance use after a period of
abstinence.
, ◉ Routes of Administration. Answer: This refers to the method a
drug is taken; has a direct impact on the intensity and speed in
which a drug has its effect.
◉ Oral. Answer: A drug is taken into the mouth, where it passes into
the stomach. In the stomach, absorption begins, with the process
continuing in the small intestines. Once absorbed into the
bloodstream, the drug makes its way to all body parts. Drugs taken
in this way generally take 20 to 30 minutes to have their effect. Some
of the drug's effectiveness is lost by this route of administration.
◉ Inhalation. Answer: A drug is inhaled (by smoking) directly into
the lung. In the lung, the alveoli (air sacs) absorb the drug and move
into the capillary system in the lungs. From there the drug passes
into the heart and then to the brain. Drugs taken in this way
generally take only 7 seconds to have their effect.
◉ Intravenous. Answer: A drug is injected directly into a vein, where
it travels to the lungs, heart and brain. No other absorption is
required. Drugs taken in this way take approximately 14 seconds to
have their effects.
◉ Intranasal. Answer: A drug is inhaled into the nasal cavity, where
it is absorbed in the mucous lining of the cavity. It is then absorbed
by the capillary system in the nose, travels through the veins, then to
QUESTIONS AND ALL CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
◉ Hallucinogens. Answer: Psychoactive drugs - also called mind
expanders or psychedelics, these drugs affect a person's perception,
awareness and emotions, and can cause hallucinations as well as
misinterpretations of reality.
◉ Inhalants. Answer: Psychoactive drugs - volatile non drug
chemical solvents that have drug-like effects when inhaled. It
includes commercial solvents (gasoline, toluene, acetone, carbon
tetrachloride), aerosols (freon, amyl nitrite, butyl nitrite), and
anesthetics (chloroform, ether and nitrous oxide).
◉ Addiction. Answer: A chronic, progressive, relapsing disorder
characterized by compulsive use of one or more substances that
results in physical, psychological, or social harm to the individual
and continued use of the substance or substances despite this harm
◉ Alcoholism. Answer: A primary, chronic disease with genetic,
psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development
and manifestations. It is often progressive and fatal. It is
characterized by impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with
the drug alcohol, use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, and
,distortions in thinking, most noticeable denial. Each of these
symptoms may be continuous or periodic.
◉ Abstinence. Answer: Refraining from the use of alcohol or other
drugs
◉ Drug Use. Answer: The use or consumption of a drug within some
socially prescribed or ritualistic context
◉ Drug Misuse. Answer: The unintentional or inappropriate use of
prescribed or non-prescribed drugs resulting in the impaired
physical, mental, emotional or social well-being of the individual
◉ Drug Abuse. Answer: The deliberate use of chemical substance for
reasons other than their intended medical purposes which result in
any degree of physical, mental, emotional or social impairment of
the user, user's family, or society in general. It involves using illegal
as well as legal, 'recreational' drugs that lead to problems.
◉ Drug Dependence. Answer: Psychological and/or physical need
for a drug, characterized by compulsive use, tolerance to the drug,
and physical dependence manifest by withdrawal syndrome. Since
some drugs do not show identifiable signs of withdrawal (e.g.
marijuana), or if the signs of withdrawal are often misinterpreted as
something else (e.g. cocaine, stimulants), a drug can be viewed as
,creating dependence if it produces euphoria in the user, and if as a
result of that euphoria, it creates a pattern of self-reinforced use.
◉ Tolerance. Answer: A state of progressively decreasing
responsiveness to a drug's effects. In other words, a condition that
requires the user to take more and more of a drug to get the same,
desired effect.
◉ Physical Dependence. Answer: A state in which the presence of
the drug is required for the user to function normally. The body has
adapted to the presence of the drug and the body views this as
normal and necessary.
◉ Withdrawal. Answer: Drastic and characteristic changes in
physical functioning and behavior (insomnia, tremors, nausea,
vomiting, cramps, elevation of heart rate and blood pressure,
convulsions, anxiety, psychological depression) due to over-
excitation of the nervous system. These effects are observed or
experienced when the user stops taking, or the use of a drug is
significantly decreased (in which physical dependence upon the
drug has developed). There is a craving for the drug when one is
abstinent, and these symptoms are relieved when the drug is again
taken. Also referred to as the Abstinence Syndrome or Withdrawal
Syndrome.
◉ Relapse. Answer: The return to substance use after a period of
abstinence.
, ◉ Routes of Administration. Answer: This refers to the method a
drug is taken; has a direct impact on the intensity and speed in
which a drug has its effect.
◉ Oral. Answer: A drug is taken into the mouth, where it passes into
the stomach. In the stomach, absorption begins, with the process
continuing in the small intestines. Once absorbed into the
bloodstream, the drug makes its way to all body parts. Drugs taken
in this way generally take 20 to 30 minutes to have their effect. Some
of the drug's effectiveness is lost by this route of administration.
◉ Inhalation. Answer: A drug is inhaled (by smoking) directly into
the lung. In the lung, the alveoli (air sacs) absorb the drug and move
into the capillary system in the lungs. From there the drug passes
into the heart and then to the brain. Drugs taken in this way
generally take only 7 seconds to have their effect.
◉ Intravenous. Answer: A drug is injected directly into a vein, where
it travels to the lungs, heart and brain. No other absorption is
required. Drugs taken in this way take approximately 14 seconds to
have their effects.
◉ Intranasal. Answer: A drug is inhaled into the nasal cavity, where
it is absorbed in the mucous lining of the cavity. It is then absorbed
by the capillary system in the nose, travels through the veins, then to
