ILLINOIS CADC 2026 EXAM TEST QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Naltrexone can be used to treat what substance abuse disorders? - ✔✔Alcohol and
Opioids
✔✔Core treatment and recovery skills? - ✔✔Stress management
Substance refusal training
Relaxation Training
Assertiveness Training
NOT-Exercise and Health
✔✔Primary Learning Styles - ✔✔Kinesthetic
Auditory
Visual
Verbal
Logical
Social
Solitary
NOT Gustatory-Taste
✔✔How does family influence treatment outcomes? - ✔✔Treatment outcomes can be
improved or worsened by family support.
✔✔How many main levels exist in the substance abuse continuum of care according to
ASAM? - ✔✔Five main levels:
Level 0.5 Early intervention
Level I outpatient
Level II intensive outpatient
Level III residential or inpatient
Level IV medically managed intensive inpatient
✔✔How many sequential stages must outpatient clients work through, regardless of
their level of care? - ✔✔Four sequential stages:
1. Treatment engagement
2. Early Recovery
3. Maintenance
4.Community Support
✔✔Minimum duration of IOT - ✔✔90 days
✔✔Most effective relapse prevention training - ✔✔Both group therapy and individual
therapy are effective
, ✔✔Most common duration of counseling in an IOT program? - ✔✔Individual counseling
is typically thirty to fifty minutes once a week.
✔✔How are pharmacotherapy and medication management described in substance use
treatment? - ✔✔Of considerable, albeit limited, value in treatment. They are of critical
importance.
✔✔Topics is psychoeducational groups are - ✔✔Sequenced by concept for maximal
effectiveness, they build upon one another.
✔✔CIWA-Ar scale originally designed for? - ✔✔The clinical institute withdrawal
assessment, alcohol revised assists in identifying alcohol dependent clients.
✔✔Which substance lacks effective treatment medications? - ✔✔Cocaine and
Marijuana
✔✔Adjunctive Therapies - ✔✔used to enhance the emotional and psychological
functioning of client.
Stress management
Meditation
Acupuncture
✔✔Dealing with smoking cessation during substance abuse treatment should be? -
✔✔Seriously considered if the client desires it.
✔✔Disulfiram/Antabuse is contracted for clients who use alcohol and what other
substance? - ✔✔It can be taken with cocaine use or methadone maintenance.
✔✔sandwich technique - ✔✔An intake interviewing technique, it increases the likelihood
that the client will disclose crucial info an accept treatment.
✔✔Most effective screening tools for substance use disorders - ✔✔CSAT Simple
Screening Instrument
ADS Alcohol Dependence Scale and ASI Addiction Severity Index
Texas Christian University Drug Screen
✔✔SDSS - ✔✔Substance Dependence Severity Scale.
Drug use disorder severity over time. Measures the quantity and frequency of recent
drug use.
✔✔Texas Christian University Drug Screen - ✔✔Purpose is to measure those without
issues of drug dependency with those who do have a disorder. Twenty five questions.
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Naltrexone can be used to treat what substance abuse disorders? - ✔✔Alcohol and
Opioids
✔✔Core treatment and recovery skills? - ✔✔Stress management
Substance refusal training
Relaxation Training
Assertiveness Training
NOT-Exercise and Health
✔✔Primary Learning Styles - ✔✔Kinesthetic
Auditory
Visual
Verbal
Logical
Social
Solitary
NOT Gustatory-Taste
✔✔How does family influence treatment outcomes? - ✔✔Treatment outcomes can be
improved or worsened by family support.
✔✔How many main levels exist in the substance abuse continuum of care according to
ASAM? - ✔✔Five main levels:
Level 0.5 Early intervention
Level I outpatient
Level II intensive outpatient
Level III residential or inpatient
Level IV medically managed intensive inpatient
✔✔How many sequential stages must outpatient clients work through, regardless of
their level of care? - ✔✔Four sequential stages:
1. Treatment engagement
2. Early Recovery
3. Maintenance
4.Community Support
✔✔Minimum duration of IOT - ✔✔90 days
✔✔Most effective relapse prevention training - ✔✔Both group therapy and individual
therapy are effective
, ✔✔Most common duration of counseling in an IOT program? - ✔✔Individual counseling
is typically thirty to fifty minutes once a week.
✔✔How are pharmacotherapy and medication management described in substance use
treatment? - ✔✔Of considerable, albeit limited, value in treatment. They are of critical
importance.
✔✔Topics is psychoeducational groups are - ✔✔Sequenced by concept for maximal
effectiveness, they build upon one another.
✔✔CIWA-Ar scale originally designed for? - ✔✔The clinical institute withdrawal
assessment, alcohol revised assists in identifying alcohol dependent clients.
✔✔Which substance lacks effective treatment medications? - ✔✔Cocaine and
Marijuana
✔✔Adjunctive Therapies - ✔✔used to enhance the emotional and psychological
functioning of client.
Stress management
Meditation
Acupuncture
✔✔Dealing with smoking cessation during substance abuse treatment should be? -
✔✔Seriously considered if the client desires it.
✔✔Disulfiram/Antabuse is contracted for clients who use alcohol and what other
substance? - ✔✔It can be taken with cocaine use or methadone maintenance.
✔✔sandwich technique - ✔✔An intake interviewing technique, it increases the likelihood
that the client will disclose crucial info an accept treatment.
✔✔Most effective screening tools for substance use disorders - ✔✔CSAT Simple
Screening Instrument
ADS Alcohol Dependence Scale and ASI Addiction Severity Index
Texas Christian University Drug Screen
✔✔SDSS - ✔✔Substance Dependence Severity Scale.
Drug use disorder severity over time. Measures the quantity and frequency of recent
drug use.
✔✔Texas Christian University Drug Screen - ✔✔Purpose is to measure those without
issues of drug dependency with those who do have a disorder. Twenty five questions.
