SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
DSST Substance Abuse
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
dsst
,
health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The primary purpose for the creation of the 1938 Federal Food - Drug - and Cosmetic Act was ___________.
Drug safety
Felt tip
Pinpoint
Central nervous system
2. ___________ is a precancerous lesion caused by chewing tobacco.
Caffenism
Preoccupation
Phenothiazines
Leukoplakia
3. Most illicit drugs cause an addiction in both the mother and the infant because drugs (cocaine - barbiturates - heroin - etc) pass through the _________ and reach the baby.
Placenta
Appetite
Short term
Toxic
4. Kava Kava and St John's Wort are both _______ _______ - often used to treat mild depression.
41
Reducing
Medicinal herbs
Acetylcholine
5. Fast acting drugs are the most likely to produce _____________ dependence.
Toluene
Absorbed
Psychological
Antidepressant
6. Common opioids include morphine - codeine - _____ and methadone.
Transdermal patch
Prescription
Speed
Heroin
7. Physical dependence is related to _______________ tolerance.
Cocaine
Autonomic
Pharmacodynamic
Lipid solubility
8. ________ _______ is another term for alcohol withdrawal symptoms - especially fever - trembling and hallucinations.
Hair
Delirium tremens
0.4
Haldol
9. The neurotransmitter ____ is found in most areas of the CNS and exerts generalized inhibitory functions.
Decreased
Available
GABA
PCP
10. This type of alcohol can be added to gasoline to reduce pollution - used in cleaners and _________ - as well as in medical research.
Toluene
Solvents
Less
Glucosamine
11. Millions of marijuana users never go beyond the _______ drugs.
Lipid soluble
Gateway
Psychological
Cocaine
12. A BAC of 0.05 results in lowered alertness and a BAC of ____ results in death (lethal dose).
0.4
Contextual
Commonly
Iproniazid
13. Pharmacodynamic tolerance occurs when the brain attempts to maintain _____________ by altering the nervous system's sensitivity.
Prozac
Homeostasis
15
Depress
14. Small doses of ______________ help narcoleptics stay alert.
Stimulant
Common
Amphetamines
Absorbed
15. High School ____ had the highest rate of current use of illicit drugs (9%).
Dropouts
Positive
Psychoactive
Patches
16. Many _________ drugs act by enhancing GABA inhibition.
Amino acids
Sedative
Pinpoint
Marijuana
17. The unemployed are _____ likely to use illicit drugs than those who are employed.
Pleasurable
Cannabinoids
Hemp rope
More
18. Nitrites are sometimes called '________' and come in small vials or tubes.
Poppers
Switching
Cost
Anorexiants
19. Because heroin is more _______ ________ - it is more potent and faster acting than morphine even though the effects of the two substances are identical.
Family
25
Marijuana
Lipid soluble
20. Nicotine withdrawal symptoms include craving for tobacco - ____________ - restlessness - and anxiety.
Relief
Kerosene
Pleasure
Irritability
21. The pharmacological term for alcohol is _______.
ECT - Electroconvulsive therapy
Prescription
Ethanol
Active
22. Herbs and _________ were used by early Greeks in Olympic games to enhance their performance.
PCP
Depressants
Mushrooms
Codeine
23. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a condition affecting children born to alcoholic mothers - characterized by facial deformities - growth deficiency - and ____________________.
Antipsychotics
Mental retardation
Spinal cord
Black Tar
24. Over the counter drugs are often simply referred to as ____ drugs.
Preoccupation
OTC
Endorphines
Brain
25. ______ factors refer to how the drug actually affects the body.
Chantix
Overdose
Smaller
Pharmacological
26. Drugs with a high potential for abuse - no currently accepted medical use in the US - and declared unsafe are listed under Schedule _.
Cannabis sativa
I
Unknown
Generic
27. Pharmacological factors refer to how the drug actually affects the ____.
Malnutrition
Less
Body
Hallucinogen
28. _______ professionals and their staff are the most likely to abuse nitrous oxide.
Sudden sniffing death
Reducing
Low
Medical
29. A ________ book written in 2737 BC by Chinese emperor Shen Nung contains the earliest reference to Cannabis.
Neurotransmitters
Designer
Pharmacy
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
30. Employee Assitance Programs or EAPs can also be known as _____ of Assistance programs.
Cost
LSD
Black Tar
Fentanyl
31. Flashbacks are the recurrence of certain aspects of the drug experience weeks or months after an individual has taken ___.
LSD
Natural
Benzodiazepines
Fluoxetine
32. ________ _________ is the biological name for marijuana.
Inexpensive
Prozac
Cannabis sativa
Prostitutes
33. _________ ________ occurs after using a nasal spray regularly for longer than the recommended period.
Cannabinoids
Medical
Congestion rebound
Toluene
34. 18.2% of unemployed persons report ________ drug use compared to only 7.9% of those with full time jobs and 10.7% of part time employees.
90
ECT - Electroconvulsive therapy
III
Illicit
35. Aspirin is one of the most popular OTC drugs in the US. It is used for its analgesic - anti-____________and antipyretic effects.
Medical
Codeine
Inflammatory
Anorexiants
36. ___________ is considered the fifth and final stage of drug addiction.
Dependence
Cocaine
Entactogens
Withdrawal
37. _____ _______ studied cocaine for its potential as a treatment for a variety of ailments including depression and morphine dependence.
Opioids
Sigmund Freud
Substitution
Addiction
38. The Soviets were the first to use ________ to build up their athletes.
Phyiscal
Asleep
Pharmacy
Steroids
39. ________ is a drug used for treating alcoholics. It makes them extremely sick if they drink even a small amount of alcohol.
Poppers
Naloxone
Antabuse
Medical
40. The names of barbiturates all end in __.
Al
Xanthines
10
Nicotine
41. The branch of the _________ system involved in flight or fight reactions is called the sympathetic branch.
V
Autonomic
Epileptic seizures
Blood pressure
42. licit drug use - alcohol - tobacco - caffeine
Ethanol
Legal Recreational Use
Decreased
Black Tar
43. Drug use can be detected in urine for up to 5 days - in saliva for up to 1 day and in hair samples for up to ___ days.
90
Black Tar
Designer
Time course
44. The shorter the drug half life - the more __________ it is.
MDMA
Sedative hypnotic
Addictive
Norepinephrine
45. Chemicals in the brain that produce effects similar to morphine and other opium derived drugs are called __________.
Cocaine
Antabuse
Day
Endorphines
46. The most commonly abused types of drugs include _______ - tobacco - stimulants - hallucinogens and depressants.
Alcohol
Barley
Benzodiazepines
Steroids
47. A single shot of heroin lasts ___ hours.
Obesity
Delirium tremens
Parkinson's
4-6
48. ______________ are significantly better than placebo treatments in reducing psychotic behaviors.
Months
Structural analogs
Phenothiazines
Depressants
49. Oral ingestion can be compared to intranasal administration (snorting) in that it is absorbed much more _______ than smoking or IV injection.
Slowly
Psychoactive
Cocaine
Coca
50. The leading cause of death in the US is _____________.
Al
Solvents
Heart Disease
Pleasurable