Substance Abuse Prevention E.1 – Study Guide, Key Concepts &
Practice Questions
Long term effects of inhalant use include: - correct answer ✔✔*Lack of coordination, inability to
concentrate, weakness, and weight loss
Malnourishment, tremors, intense drug craving, and seizures
Acute anxiety, delusions, sensory distortions, and paranoia
Suppression of immune system, decrease of hormones, liver damage, and uncontrolled anger
All of the above
Risk and protective factor-focused prevention is based on the work of ______. - correct answer
✔✔David Hawkins
Michael Dobson
Richard Catalano
*A and C
None of the above
Ways you might encourage community readiness to address their local substance problem
include: - correct answer ✔✔*provide educational outreach to community leaders
,Provide prevalence rates on AOD problems
Conduct in-service training
All of the above
Selective prevention programs are designed to impact those individuals exhibiting high risk
behaviors. - correct answer ✔✔True
*False
Which of the following is/are example(s) of indicated target populations? - correct answer
✔✔Children of drug abusers
*Adolescents experimenting with marijuana
8th-grade students
A and B
None of the above
The "bystander Phenomenon" can be prevented by: - correct answer ✔✔not allowing
bystanders to be around
mental diligence of ordinary people
, helping or calling the police
none of the above
*B & C above
A community readiness process: - correct answer ✔✔dentifies community resources available
for prevention activities
Summarizes AOD use and problems associated with their use
*Determines whether community members believe they have an AOD problem or not
All of the above
An example of an effective environmental approach to substance abuse prevention is: - correct
answer ✔✔School-based curriculum highlighting community risks
*Server intervention training
Program serving student dropouts
Mass media campaign on meth addiction issues
Practice Questions
Long term effects of inhalant use include: - correct answer ✔✔*Lack of coordination, inability to
concentrate, weakness, and weight loss
Malnourishment, tremors, intense drug craving, and seizures
Acute anxiety, delusions, sensory distortions, and paranoia
Suppression of immune system, decrease of hormones, liver damage, and uncontrolled anger
All of the above
Risk and protective factor-focused prevention is based on the work of ______. - correct answer
✔✔David Hawkins
Michael Dobson
Richard Catalano
*A and C
None of the above
Ways you might encourage community readiness to address their local substance problem
include: - correct answer ✔✔*provide educational outreach to community leaders
,Provide prevalence rates on AOD problems
Conduct in-service training
All of the above
Selective prevention programs are designed to impact those individuals exhibiting high risk
behaviors. - correct answer ✔✔True
*False
Which of the following is/are example(s) of indicated target populations? - correct answer
✔✔Children of drug abusers
*Adolescents experimenting with marijuana
8th-grade students
A and B
None of the above
The "bystander Phenomenon" can be prevented by: - correct answer ✔✔not allowing
bystanders to be around
mental diligence of ordinary people
, helping or calling the police
none of the above
*B & C above
A community readiness process: - correct answer ✔✔dentifies community resources available
for prevention activities
Summarizes AOD use and problems associated with their use
*Determines whether community members believe they have an AOD problem or not
All of the above
An example of an effective environmental approach to substance abuse prevention is: - correct
answer ✔✔School-based curriculum highlighting community risks
*Server intervention training
Program serving student dropouts
Mass media campaign on meth addiction issues
