CDAC EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

What are withdrawal symptoms, characterized by severe flu-like symptoms (nausea, vomiting, running nose, watery eyes, chills, abdominal cramps, anorexia, weakness, tremors, sweating, etc.) MOST characteristic of? - Answer-Opioid withdrawal Genetic factors make up roughly what proportion of the risk for addiction? - Answer-One-half What is the adolescent tendency to impulsivity and risk taking due to primarily? - Answer-Neurological immaturity What are depressant drugs (e.g., alcohol, opiates, barbiturates, and benzodiazepines) typically used to cope with? - Answer-Stress Past which point is benzodiazepine treatment of anxiety NOT effective? - Answer-Four months At low does, what does alcohol act as physiologically? - Answer-Stimulant Among the following. what is the MOST harmful drug a mother can abuse during pregnancy? - Answer-Alcohol Theorist posit that stimulants abuse often occurs to compensate for the deficiencies in all of the following neurotransmitters EXCEPT - Answer-Acetylcholine What is the euphoria experienced when under the influence of cocaine caused by? - Answer-A buildup of neurotransmitters What kind of drug does the term nootropic refer to? - Answer-Memory enhancing The "Five As" of tobacco treatment, in proper order, are: - Answer-Ask, advise, assess, assist, and arrange In the lifecycle of heroin addiction what is the stage known as disjunction characterized by? - Answer-Crime, arrests, imprisonment, and serial treatment Which of the following is NOT a typical stage in the development of cocaine addiction? - Answer-Isolated use Social control theorists suggest that deviance results from which TWO of the following? - Answer-Weak societal ties with the individual AND weak familial ties with the individual Withdrawal symptoms from anabolic steroids most closely resemble those of which