CANS CERTIFIED ADDICTION NURSING
SPECIALIST EXAM PRACTICE TEST 2026
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Components of Systems. Answer: -Input: material that enters a system
-Throughput: processes a system uses to convert material
-Output: end result or product of the system
-Evaluation: measures the success or failure of the output
-Feedback: information given back into the system to determine whether
the purpose or end result of the system has been achieved
⩥ Hospital as a System. Answer: The success of the hospital depends on
the functioning of many subsystems
First: The whole is different from and greater than the sum of its parts
(its subsystems).
Second: Synergy occurs when all the various subsystems work together
to create a result that is not independently achievable.
⩥ Supra-system. Answer: The larger environment outside the system
,⩥ An OPEN system. Answer: promotes the exchange of matter, energy,
and information with other systems and the environment.
⩥ A CLOSED system. Answer: does not interact with other systems or
with the surrounding environment
⩥ Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Answer: 1) Physiologic needs - food,
oxygen, rest, activity, shelter, and sexual expression
2) Physical and psychological safety and security - reasonably
predictable environment with which one has some familiarity and
relative freedom from fear and chaos
3) Love and belonging - close intimate relations, social relations, a place
in the social structure
4) Self-esteem - need to feel self-worth, self-respect, and self-reliance
5) Self actualization - realized maximum potential
⩥ Various environmental systems:. Answer: family, cultural, social,
poverty, community/gloabl
⩥ WHO's definition of health:. Answer: a state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity
, ⩥ Healthy People 2020. Answer: addresses a small set of health issues
that are significant threats to the health and the public.
26 leading health indicators. These indicators are organized into 12 topic
areas on quality of life, healthy behaviors, and healthy human
development across the life span.
⩥ Health Beliefs Model
Rosenstock (1966, 1990). Answer: = "why some people change their
health behaviors while others do not."
Three components:
1. An evaluation of one's vulnerability to a condition and the seriousness
of that condition
2. An evaluation of how effective the health maintenance behavior might
be
3. The presence of a trigger event that precipitates the health
maintenance behavior
⩥ Self-Efficacy Concept
Bandura (1997). Answer: Self-efficacy is the belief in oneself as having
the ability to modify behavior
SPECIALIST EXAM PRACTICE TEST 2026
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Components of Systems. Answer: -Input: material that enters a system
-Throughput: processes a system uses to convert material
-Output: end result or product of the system
-Evaluation: measures the success or failure of the output
-Feedback: information given back into the system to determine whether
the purpose or end result of the system has been achieved
⩥ Hospital as a System. Answer: The success of the hospital depends on
the functioning of many subsystems
First: The whole is different from and greater than the sum of its parts
(its subsystems).
Second: Synergy occurs when all the various subsystems work together
to create a result that is not independently achievable.
⩥ Supra-system. Answer: The larger environment outside the system
,⩥ An OPEN system. Answer: promotes the exchange of matter, energy,
and information with other systems and the environment.
⩥ A CLOSED system. Answer: does not interact with other systems or
with the surrounding environment
⩥ Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Answer: 1) Physiologic needs - food,
oxygen, rest, activity, shelter, and sexual expression
2) Physical and psychological safety and security - reasonably
predictable environment with which one has some familiarity and
relative freedom from fear and chaos
3) Love and belonging - close intimate relations, social relations, a place
in the social structure
4) Self-esteem - need to feel self-worth, self-respect, and self-reliance
5) Self actualization - realized maximum potential
⩥ Various environmental systems:. Answer: family, cultural, social,
poverty, community/gloabl
⩥ WHO's definition of health:. Answer: a state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity
, ⩥ Healthy People 2020. Answer: addresses a small set of health issues
that are significant threats to the health and the public.
26 leading health indicators. These indicators are organized into 12 topic
areas on quality of life, healthy behaviors, and healthy human
development across the life span.
⩥ Health Beliefs Model
Rosenstock (1966, 1990). Answer: = "why some people change their
health behaviors while others do not."
Three components:
1. An evaluation of one's vulnerability to a condition and the seriousness
of that condition
2. An evaluation of how effective the health maintenance behavior might
be
3. The presence of a trigger event that precipitates the health
maintenance behavior
⩥ Self-Efficacy Concept
Bandura (1997). Answer: Self-efficacy is the belief in oneself as having
the ability to modify behavior
