AODA Exam practice questions with correct
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1. What are withdrawal symptoms, characterized by severe flu-like symptoms
(nausea, vomiting, runny nose, watery eyes, chills, abdominal cramps, anorex-
ia, weakness, tremors, sweating, etc.), MOST characteristic?
a. Opioid withdrawal
b. Hallucinogenic withdrawal
c. Barbiturate withdrawal
d. Benzodiazepine withdrawal: Opioid withdrawal
2. Genetic factors make up roughly what proportion of the risk for addiction?
a. Less than one-tenth
b. One-quarter
c. One-half
d. Three-quarters: One-half
3. What is the adolescent tendency to impulsivity and risk taking due to
primarily? a. Poor parenting
b. Prior abuse
c. Neurological immaturity
d. Influences of puberty: Neurological immaturity
4. What are depressant drugs (e.g., alcohol, opiates, barbiturates, and benzo-
diazepines) typically used to cope with?
a. Excitement
b. Fatigue
c. Stress
d. Boredom: Stress
5. Past which point is benzodiazepine treatment of anxiety NOT effective?
a. Six weeks
b. Four months
c. One year
d. Eighteen months: four months
6. At low doses, what does alcohol act as physiologically?
a. Stimulant
b. Psychedelic
c. Depressant
d. Hallucinogenic: Stimulant
7. Among the following, what is the MOST harmful drug a mother can abuse
during pregnancy?
, a. Heroin
b. Lysergic Acid (LSD)
c. Alcohol
d. Methamphetamine: alcohol
Answers 2024/2025
1. What are withdrawal symptoms, characterized by severe flu-like symptoms
(nausea, vomiting, runny nose, watery eyes, chills, abdominal cramps, anorex-
ia, weakness, tremors, sweating, etc.), MOST characteristic?
a. Opioid withdrawal
b. Hallucinogenic withdrawal
c. Barbiturate withdrawal
d. Benzodiazepine withdrawal: Opioid withdrawal
2. Genetic factors make up roughly what proportion of the risk for addiction?
a. Less than one-tenth
b. One-quarter
c. One-half
d. Three-quarters: One-half
3. What is the adolescent tendency to impulsivity and risk taking due to
primarily? a. Poor parenting
b. Prior abuse
c. Neurological immaturity
d. Influences of puberty: Neurological immaturity
4. What are depressant drugs (e.g., alcohol, opiates, barbiturates, and benzo-
diazepines) typically used to cope with?
a. Excitement
b. Fatigue
c. Stress
d. Boredom: Stress
5. Past which point is benzodiazepine treatment of anxiety NOT effective?
a. Six weeks
b. Four months
c. One year
d. Eighteen months: four months
6. At low doses, what does alcohol act as physiologically?
a. Stimulant
b. Psychedelic
c. Depressant
d. Hallucinogenic: Stimulant
7. Among the following, what is the MOST harmful drug a mother can abuse
during pregnancy?
, a. Heroin
b. Lysergic Acid (LSD)
c. Alcohol
d. Methamphetamine: alcohol
