NCAC II ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Lost Child . Answer: Most likely to commit suicide
◉ Epinephrine/NE . Answer: *Body's natural stimulant
*responsible for anxiety and fear, anger, hostility & violence
*Instinctual fight or flight
*predominant neurotransmitter in brain
*affected by cocaine and amphetamines
◉ Serotonin . Answer: *responsible for calmness and sleep, appetite,
some memories
*responsible for some types of depression
*offsets the effects of E/NE
*affected by cocaine and amphetimines
◉ GABA . Answer: *Natural anti-anxiety, anti-convulsant.
*Helps cope with stressful situations
*affected by etoh, benzo, barbs
,◉ Endorphins . Answer: *body's natural pain killer
*brain does not distinguish between physical, emotional & spiritual pain.
In all instances endorphins are released
*More pain receptor sites than pleasure receptor sites.
* We remember painful events more vividly our our brains are designed
to avoid these situations.
*Increase in endorphins vis exercise, laughter, meditations, sleep, food,
healthy relationships/sex & music
*Affected by opiates, soma & etoh
◉ Dynorphin . Answer: Form of endorphin that is released at childbirth.
700x stronger than morphine. Helps offset fatigue, forget the intensity of
the pain, bonds mother and child.
◉ Acetylcholine . Answer: *Memory, Movement, Motivation, New
Learning (learning in general)
*Depletion results in alzheimers symptoms
*Affected by THC
◉ Anandamide . Answer: Similar to aceylcholine.
*Memory, New Learning specific, calmness, controlling movement
*Affected by THC
, ◉ Glutamate . Answer: *Memory
*Duck tape of the brain... regenerates and mimics other
neurotransmitters to fill the gaps for the ones that have been damaged
*Anti Convulsant
◉ Dopamine . Answer: *Pleasure (located in the pleasure pathway)
*every drug mimics or releases dopamine
*cocaine and other stimulates actually block the re-uptake of dopamine
so that it increases the dopamine response
*etoh & opiates enhance dopamine release that would otherwise
block/inhibit dopamine secreting neurons.
*Schizophrenia is noted to be too much dopamine in the brain
*too few dopamines mimic parkinsons
*Affected by all drugs but mostly meth.
◉ Methamphetimine high . Answer: most resembles schizophrenia
◉ Meth withdrawal . Answer: mimics parkinsons
◉ Meth results in the release of so much dopamine . Answer: that it can
take YEARS for the person to learn to feel pleasure again.
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Lost Child . Answer: Most likely to commit suicide
◉ Epinephrine/NE . Answer: *Body's natural stimulant
*responsible for anxiety and fear, anger, hostility & violence
*Instinctual fight or flight
*predominant neurotransmitter in brain
*affected by cocaine and amphetamines
◉ Serotonin . Answer: *responsible for calmness and sleep, appetite,
some memories
*responsible for some types of depression
*offsets the effects of E/NE
*affected by cocaine and amphetimines
◉ GABA . Answer: *Natural anti-anxiety, anti-convulsant.
*Helps cope with stressful situations
*affected by etoh, benzo, barbs
,◉ Endorphins . Answer: *body's natural pain killer
*brain does not distinguish between physical, emotional & spiritual pain.
In all instances endorphins are released
*More pain receptor sites than pleasure receptor sites.
* We remember painful events more vividly our our brains are designed
to avoid these situations.
*Increase in endorphins vis exercise, laughter, meditations, sleep, food,
healthy relationships/sex & music
*Affected by opiates, soma & etoh
◉ Dynorphin . Answer: Form of endorphin that is released at childbirth.
700x stronger than morphine. Helps offset fatigue, forget the intensity of
the pain, bonds mother and child.
◉ Acetylcholine . Answer: *Memory, Movement, Motivation, New
Learning (learning in general)
*Depletion results in alzheimers symptoms
*Affected by THC
◉ Anandamide . Answer: Similar to aceylcholine.
*Memory, New Learning specific, calmness, controlling movement
*Affected by THC
, ◉ Glutamate . Answer: *Memory
*Duck tape of the brain... regenerates and mimics other
neurotransmitters to fill the gaps for the ones that have been damaged
*Anti Convulsant
◉ Dopamine . Answer: *Pleasure (located in the pleasure pathway)
*every drug mimics or releases dopamine
*cocaine and other stimulates actually block the re-uptake of dopamine
so that it increases the dopamine response
*etoh & opiates enhance dopamine release that would otherwise
block/inhibit dopamine secreting neurons.
*Schizophrenia is noted to be too much dopamine in the brain
*too few dopamines mimic parkinsons
*Affected by all drugs but mostly meth.
◉ Methamphetimine high . Answer: most resembles schizophrenia
◉ Meth withdrawal . Answer: mimics parkinsons
◉ Meth results in the release of so much dopamine . Answer: that it can
take YEARS for the person to learn to feel pleasure again.
