CONCEPTS OF CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY 2026
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED A PLUS
◉ What is the number one cause of preventable deaths in the U.S.?
Answer: Issues involving substance use disorders
◉ What are the factors that lead individuals to abuse substances?
Answer: Unaware of the compounds effects, pharmacological
reward, social learning, individual expectations, cultural/social
influences and individual life goals.
◉ What percentage of homicides involve alcohol?
Answer: 86%
◉ What is the legal BAC to be considered drunk?
Answer: 0.8%
◉ What is the alcohol content of fortified wines?
Answer: 20-24%
◉ Name the three medical complications caused by alcohol.
,Answer: hangovers, stroke and liver failure
◉ What is the percentage of child abuse cases involving alcohol?
Answer: 30%
◉ Name five ways drugs are taken.
Answer: sublingual, oral, rectal, intravenous and intranasal
◉ Define bioavailability.
Answer: The ability of the compound to maintain the strength
allowed to produce the prime effect.
◉ Define therapeutic half-life.
Answer: 100% of the compound is in the body, but half has become
inactive.
◉ Name the four characteristics of Alcohol use disorders.
Answer: Daily use, individuals trying to limit use, binge drinking and
drinking more than is socially acceptable.
◉ What two factors contribute to alcohol tolerance?
Answer: Drinking history and genetic inheritance.
, ◉ Name the four duration effects of barbiturates.
Answer: Ultra short acting, short acting, intermediate duration and
long acting.
◉ Who is Adolph Von Bayer and what did he do and when?
Answer: He was a German chemist who discovered barbiturate acid,
which is the main component of barbiturates in 1864.
◉ How many pounds of barbiturates are manufactured in the U.S.
each year?
Answer: 1 million
◉ What is the most frequently prescribed psychotropic medicine?
Answer: Benzodiazepine
◉ Name two medical uses of amphetamines.
Answer: Treatment of ADHD and the effects of AIDS
◉ Name three type of central nervous system stimulants.
Answer: Ephedrine, methylphenidate and amphetamines.
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED A PLUS
◉ What is the number one cause of preventable deaths in the U.S.?
Answer: Issues involving substance use disorders
◉ What are the factors that lead individuals to abuse substances?
Answer: Unaware of the compounds effects, pharmacological
reward, social learning, individual expectations, cultural/social
influences and individual life goals.
◉ What percentage of homicides involve alcohol?
Answer: 86%
◉ What is the legal BAC to be considered drunk?
Answer: 0.8%
◉ What is the alcohol content of fortified wines?
Answer: 20-24%
◉ Name the three medical complications caused by alcohol.
,Answer: hangovers, stroke and liver failure
◉ What is the percentage of child abuse cases involving alcohol?
Answer: 30%
◉ Name five ways drugs are taken.
Answer: sublingual, oral, rectal, intravenous and intranasal
◉ Define bioavailability.
Answer: The ability of the compound to maintain the strength
allowed to produce the prime effect.
◉ Define therapeutic half-life.
Answer: 100% of the compound is in the body, but half has become
inactive.
◉ Name the four characteristics of Alcohol use disorders.
Answer: Daily use, individuals trying to limit use, binge drinking and
drinking more than is socially acceptable.
◉ What two factors contribute to alcohol tolerance?
Answer: Drinking history and genetic inheritance.
, ◉ Name the four duration effects of barbiturates.
Answer: Ultra short acting, short acting, intermediate duration and
long acting.
◉ Who is Adolph Von Bayer and what did he do and when?
Answer: He was a German chemist who discovered barbiturate acid,
which is the main component of barbiturates in 1864.
◉ How many pounds of barbiturates are manufactured in the U.S.
each year?
Answer: 1 million
◉ What is the most frequently prescribed psychotropic medicine?
Answer: Benzodiazepine
◉ Name two medical uses of amphetamines.
Answer: Treatment of ADHD and the effects of AIDS
◉ Name three type of central nervous system stimulants.
Answer: Ephedrine, methylphenidate and amphetamines.
