CADC Exam Review Questions and
Answers
Addiction - Answer-a chronic disorder of genetic, biological/pharmological and social
factors
Dependence - Answer-tolerance and withdrawal with a wide range of social, legal,
psych, and medical problems.
Tolerance - Answer-when certain drugs are taken repeteadly and person no longer feels
effect,,needs more.
Compulsion - Answer-loss of control or loss of choice
Addiction - Answer-continued use despite of adverse consequences
Craving - Answer-occurs daily dysphoria
Denial - Answer-blinded to risks and consequences of using
Use - Answer-socially accepted or medically sanctioned manner to modify control or
state of mind
Misue - Answer-taking drug/alcohol in damaging quantities other than rx or use of illegal
drug
Abuse - Answer-the continued use of drug/alcohol in spite of neg consequences
Moral model - Answer-addictions are the result of human weakness and are defects of
character.
Disease model - Answer-addiction is an illness and comes about as a result of the
impairment of healthy neruro or behav process
Genetic model - Answer-predisposition to certain behaviors
Cultural model - Answer-elements of all other models in developing a therapeutic
approach to dependency
Precontemplation - Answer-not yet acknowledging that there is a problem that needs to
be changed
Contemplation - Answer-Acknowledging that there is a problem but not ready or sure to
make change
, Preparation - Answer-Getting ready to change
Action - Answer-Changing behavior
Maintenance - Answer-maintaining behavior change or relapse
Stimulants - Answer-cocaine, crackcoc, amphetamines, methamphetamine, nicotine
caffeine
Narc/Opioids - Answer-opium, morphine, heroin, codeine fentanyl oxycontin,
destromethorphin, methadone, burpren,naloxone
Depressents - Answer-alcohol
Which of the following is a false statement about marijuana?
a. Marijuana is not an addictive substance
b. Marijuana can contribute to depression & suicide
c. Research shows marijuana users generally have a lower fulfillment in life
d. Marijuana increases the risk of heart disease - Answer-a. Marijuana is not an
addictive substance
True / False
Narcotics can cause both physical and psychological dependence - Answer-True
True / False
Nicotine, found in tobacco products, is a CNS stimulant? - Answer-True
True / False
Cocaine users are at an increased risk of infectious diseases, both because of injecting
the drug and because of the reduction of white blood cells? - Answer-True
What is the most commonly used form of pharmacotherapy for opiate drugs? - Answer-
Methadone
These drugs can be substituted for the drug of abuse to provide a more controllable
form of addiction? - Answer-Agonists
__________ drugs occupy the same receptor sites in the brain as specific drugs of
abuse, but do NOT produce the same effects as the abused drugs and are non
addictiing? - Answer-Antagonists
Programs in which the individual lives in the facility while participating in treatment is
know as a __________ treatment program - Answer-Residential
__________ program may be located in a hospital or in a specialized chemical
dependency center. - Answer-Inpatient Hospital Treatment
Answers
Addiction - Answer-a chronic disorder of genetic, biological/pharmological and social
factors
Dependence - Answer-tolerance and withdrawal with a wide range of social, legal,
psych, and medical problems.
Tolerance - Answer-when certain drugs are taken repeteadly and person no longer feels
effect,,needs more.
Compulsion - Answer-loss of control or loss of choice
Addiction - Answer-continued use despite of adverse consequences
Craving - Answer-occurs daily dysphoria
Denial - Answer-blinded to risks and consequences of using
Use - Answer-socially accepted or medically sanctioned manner to modify control or
state of mind
Misue - Answer-taking drug/alcohol in damaging quantities other than rx or use of illegal
drug
Abuse - Answer-the continued use of drug/alcohol in spite of neg consequences
Moral model - Answer-addictions are the result of human weakness and are defects of
character.
Disease model - Answer-addiction is an illness and comes about as a result of the
impairment of healthy neruro or behav process
Genetic model - Answer-predisposition to certain behaviors
Cultural model - Answer-elements of all other models in developing a therapeutic
approach to dependency
Precontemplation - Answer-not yet acknowledging that there is a problem that needs to
be changed
Contemplation - Answer-Acknowledging that there is a problem but not ready or sure to
make change
, Preparation - Answer-Getting ready to change
Action - Answer-Changing behavior
Maintenance - Answer-maintaining behavior change or relapse
Stimulants - Answer-cocaine, crackcoc, amphetamines, methamphetamine, nicotine
caffeine
Narc/Opioids - Answer-opium, morphine, heroin, codeine fentanyl oxycontin,
destromethorphin, methadone, burpren,naloxone
Depressents - Answer-alcohol
Which of the following is a false statement about marijuana?
a. Marijuana is not an addictive substance
b. Marijuana can contribute to depression & suicide
c. Research shows marijuana users generally have a lower fulfillment in life
d. Marijuana increases the risk of heart disease - Answer-a. Marijuana is not an
addictive substance
True / False
Narcotics can cause both physical and psychological dependence - Answer-True
True / False
Nicotine, found in tobacco products, is a CNS stimulant? - Answer-True
True / False
Cocaine users are at an increased risk of infectious diseases, both because of injecting
the drug and because of the reduction of white blood cells? - Answer-True
What is the most commonly used form of pharmacotherapy for opiate drugs? - Answer-
Methadone
These drugs can be substituted for the drug of abuse to provide a more controllable
form of addiction? - Answer-Agonists
__________ drugs occupy the same receptor sites in the brain as specific drugs of
abuse, but do NOT produce the same effects as the abused drugs and are non
addictiing? - Answer-Antagonists
Programs in which the individual lives in the facility while participating in treatment is
know as a __________ treatment program - Answer-Residential
__________ program may be located in a hospital or in a specialized chemical
dependency center. - Answer-Inpatient Hospital Treatment
