ADC ICRC EXAMS 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
✔✔frontal lobe - ✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex that has specialized areas for
movement, abstract thinking, planning, memory, and judgement
✔✔parietal lobe - ✔✔receives sensory input for touch and body position
✔✔temporal lobe - ✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex responsible for hearing and
language.
✔✔occipital lobe - ✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information
✔✔Beer and Light beer - ✔✔anywhere between 3-6% alcohol
✔✔wine and wine coolers - ✔✔coolers contain 4-9% alcohol. Table wine contains 10-
14% alcohol.
✔✔spirits - ✔✔vodka, whiskey, gin and brandy. Sold 40-50% alcohol content with proof
equally twice the alcohol content.
✔✔standard drink - ✔✔12 oz beer, 5 oz wine, 1.5 oz liquor
✔✔alcohol absorption - ✔✔No digestion, absorbed by simple diffusion. 20% directly
from empty stomach, 80% absorbed in duodenum and jejunum
✔✔alcohol distribution - ✔✔uniformly throughout tissues and bodily fluids
readily crosses blood brain barrier and placenta barrier (fetal damage)
✔✔alcohol elimination - ✔✔Two to five percent of all alcohol is eliminated unchanged in
urine, perspiration, and respiration. The remainder must be eliminated through
detoxification and oxidation process by which can only be done by the liver.
✔✔Alcohol's effect on the digestive system - ✔✔gas and indigestion in the short term,
longer exposure can result in ulcers
✔✔Alcohol's effect on heart and circulation - ✔✔sedation of the heart muscles reducing
pumping power, initially diluting the blood vessels creating flush appearance of skin
later in higher doses affecting the body ability to regulate heat.
✔✔holiday heart syndrome - ✔✔cardiac arrhythmias occurring after an acute heavy
drinking episode
,✔✔sludge - ✔✔an irreversible condition of finer blood vessels clogging or slowing down
circulation as a result of dead red blood cells building up in the vessels when the body is
unable to reabsorb the dead cells at a rate greater than they are produced through
natural processes.
✔✔alcohol's effect on the endocrine system - ✔✔hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) as a
result of pancreases releasing increased insulin, hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) as a
result of liver over producing glycogen trying to stabilize blood sugar levels, increase
urine production by the kidneys, lowered testosterone for men, lower oxytocin for
women
✔✔Alcohol's effect on central nervous system - ✔✔affecting the brain from the outside
to the deepest
✔✔Functional levels of the brain - ✔✔Intellect, emotion, motor functions, semi-
voluntary, involuntary, vital
✔✔acute alcohol poisoning - ✔✔potentially fatal overdose of alcohol or a medical
emergency resulting from binge drinking
✔✔BAC .05-.06 - ✔✔Two drinks feeling of relaxation warms slight decrease in reaction
time
✔✔BAC .08-.10 - ✔✔Three drinks Muscle coordination becomes poor (balance,
speech, vision, reaction time), judgment and self control lowered, slurred speech, poor
coordination and slow thinking
✔✔BAC .11-12 - ✔✔Four drinks coordination and balance becoming difficult distinct
impairment of mental faculties judgment
✔✔BAC .14-15 - ✔✔Five drinks major impairment of mental and physical control slurred
speech blurred vision lack of motor skills
✔✔BAC .20 - ✔✔seven drinks Loss of motor control must have assistance moving
about mental confusion
✔✔BAC .30 - ✔✔10 drinks severe intoxication minimum conscious control of mind or
body
✔✔BAC. 40 - ✔✔14 drinks unconsciousness, threshold of coma
✔✔BAC .50 - ✔✔17 drinks deep coma
✔✔BAC .60 - ✔✔20 drinks death from respiratory failure
, ✔✔Recticular Activating System (RAS) - ✔✔sends continuous impulses to cerebral
cortex to keep it conscious and alers. Filters out repetitive, familiar, or weak stimuli.
✔✔Alcohols effect on sleep - ✔✔disrupts RAS so problems getting to sleep or waking
up through night, prevent REM
✔✔Blackouts - ✔✔Amnesia like period Often associated with heavy drinking it does not
mean passing out or losing consciousness it does not mean psychologically blocking
out the memory of an event or situation. It is likely caused by alcohol disrupting memory
processing in brain.
✔✔hangover - ✔✔a term used to describe the aftereffects of drinking too much alcohol
including nausea upset stomach headache thirst depression anxiety sensitivity to sound
and ill temper
✔✔hair of the dog that bit you - ✔✔folklore that alcohol may be used to ease the pain of
a hangover however more than likely just spreads the process of recovering from
drinking rather than curing it
✔✔Alcoholism - ✔✔Primary chronic disease with genetic psychosocial and
environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. The disease is
often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by impaired control over drinking,
preoccupation with the drug alcohol, use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, and
distortions in thinking, most notably denial.
✔✔sedative-hypnotic drugs - ✔✔A class of drugs that slow down the functioning of the
central nervous system often prescribed as sleep or anxiety treatment including
barbiturates, benzodiazepine, and all other sedative-hypnotics nonbarbituate/benzo
✔✔Barbiturates - ✔✔drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system,
reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgment
✔✔minor tranquilizers - ✔✔Depressant drugs used to treat anxiety and insomnia. More
prescriptions are written annually for tranquilizers and all other prescription drugs
combined. Low doses of tranquilizers make the user feel calm, relaxed and drowsy.
High doses of tranquilizer can cause loss of coordination and stupor. Tranquilizers can
cause both physical and psychological dependence. Tranquilizers are legal one
prescribed by physician however they have a high illicit resale value on the street.
✔✔physical effects of barbiturates - ✔✔Similar to alcohol intoxication with a reduction of
tension and anxiety, relaxation, slower reaction time, and loss of motor coordination.
These drugs have a high addiction potential as well as high dependence potential. If
physical dependence occurs, withdrawal symptoms occur if the drug is abruptly
stopped. With drawls from these drugs produce anxiety, tremors, nightmares, insomnia,
GRADED A+
✔✔frontal lobe - ✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex that has specialized areas for
movement, abstract thinking, planning, memory, and judgement
✔✔parietal lobe - ✔✔receives sensory input for touch and body position
✔✔temporal lobe - ✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex responsible for hearing and
language.
✔✔occipital lobe - ✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information
✔✔Beer and Light beer - ✔✔anywhere between 3-6% alcohol
✔✔wine and wine coolers - ✔✔coolers contain 4-9% alcohol. Table wine contains 10-
14% alcohol.
✔✔spirits - ✔✔vodka, whiskey, gin and brandy. Sold 40-50% alcohol content with proof
equally twice the alcohol content.
✔✔standard drink - ✔✔12 oz beer, 5 oz wine, 1.5 oz liquor
✔✔alcohol absorption - ✔✔No digestion, absorbed by simple diffusion. 20% directly
from empty stomach, 80% absorbed in duodenum and jejunum
✔✔alcohol distribution - ✔✔uniformly throughout tissues and bodily fluids
readily crosses blood brain barrier and placenta barrier (fetal damage)
✔✔alcohol elimination - ✔✔Two to five percent of all alcohol is eliminated unchanged in
urine, perspiration, and respiration. The remainder must be eliminated through
detoxification and oxidation process by which can only be done by the liver.
✔✔Alcohol's effect on the digestive system - ✔✔gas and indigestion in the short term,
longer exposure can result in ulcers
✔✔Alcohol's effect on heart and circulation - ✔✔sedation of the heart muscles reducing
pumping power, initially diluting the blood vessels creating flush appearance of skin
later in higher doses affecting the body ability to regulate heat.
✔✔holiday heart syndrome - ✔✔cardiac arrhythmias occurring after an acute heavy
drinking episode
,✔✔sludge - ✔✔an irreversible condition of finer blood vessels clogging or slowing down
circulation as a result of dead red blood cells building up in the vessels when the body is
unable to reabsorb the dead cells at a rate greater than they are produced through
natural processes.
✔✔alcohol's effect on the endocrine system - ✔✔hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) as a
result of pancreases releasing increased insulin, hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) as a
result of liver over producing glycogen trying to stabilize blood sugar levels, increase
urine production by the kidneys, lowered testosterone for men, lower oxytocin for
women
✔✔Alcohol's effect on central nervous system - ✔✔affecting the brain from the outside
to the deepest
✔✔Functional levels of the brain - ✔✔Intellect, emotion, motor functions, semi-
voluntary, involuntary, vital
✔✔acute alcohol poisoning - ✔✔potentially fatal overdose of alcohol or a medical
emergency resulting from binge drinking
✔✔BAC .05-.06 - ✔✔Two drinks feeling of relaxation warms slight decrease in reaction
time
✔✔BAC .08-.10 - ✔✔Three drinks Muscle coordination becomes poor (balance,
speech, vision, reaction time), judgment and self control lowered, slurred speech, poor
coordination and slow thinking
✔✔BAC .11-12 - ✔✔Four drinks coordination and balance becoming difficult distinct
impairment of mental faculties judgment
✔✔BAC .14-15 - ✔✔Five drinks major impairment of mental and physical control slurred
speech blurred vision lack of motor skills
✔✔BAC .20 - ✔✔seven drinks Loss of motor control must have assistance moving
about mental confusion
✔✔BAC .30 - ✔✔10 drinks severe intoxication minimum conscious control of mind or
body
✔✔BAC. 40 - ✔✔14 drinks unconsciousness, threshold of coma
✔✔BAC .50 - ✔✔17 drinks deep coma
✔✔BAC .60 - ✔✔20 drinks death from respiratory failure
, ✔✔Recticular Activating System (RAS) - ✔✔sends continuous impulses to cerebral
cortex to keep it conscious and alers. Filters out repetitive, familiar, or weak stimuli.
✔✔Alcohols effect on sleep - ✔✔disrupts RAS so problems getting to sleep or waking
up through night, prevent REM
✔✔Blackouts - ✔✔Amnesia like period Often associated with heavy drinking it does not
mean passing out or losing consciousness it does not mean psychologically blocking
out the memory of an event or situation. It is likely caused by alcohol disrupting memory
processing in brain.
✔✔hangover - ✔✔a term used to describe the aftereffects of drinking too much alcohol
including nausea upset stomach headache thirst depression anxiety sensitivity to sound
and ill temper
✔✔hair of the dog that bit you - ✔✔folklore that alcohol may be used to ease the pain of
a hangover however more than likely just spreads the process of recovering from
drinking rather than curing it
✔✔Alcoholism - ✔✔Primary chronic disease with genetic psychosocial and
environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. The disease is
often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by impaired control over drinking,
preoccupation with the drug alcohol, use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, and
distortions in thinking, most notably denial.
✔✔sedative-hypnotic drugs - ✔✔A class of drugs that slow down the functioning of the
central nervous system often prescribed as sleep or anxiety treatment including
barbiturates, benzodiazepine, and all other sedative-hypnotics nonbarbituate/benzo
✔✔Barbiturates - ✔✔drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system,
reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgment
✔✔minor tranquilizers - ✔✔Depressant drugs used to treat anxiety and insomnia. More
prescriptions are written annually for tranquilizers and all other prescription drugs
combined. Low doses of tranquilizers make the user feel calm, relaxed and drowsy.
High doses of tranquilizer can cause loss of coordination and stupor. Tranquilizers can
cause both physical and psychological dependence. Tranquilizers are legal one
prescribed by physician however they have a high illicit resale value on the street.
✔✔physical effects of barbiturates - ✔✔Similar to alcohol intoxication with a reduction of
tension and anxiety, relaxation, slower reaction time, and loss of motor coordination.
These drugs have a high addiction potential as well as high dependence potential. If
physical dependence occurs, withdrawal symptoms occur if the drug is abruptly
stopped. With drawls from these drugs produce anxiety, tremors, nightmares, insomnia,
