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. Inhalant abuse is usually a problem among children and ___________.
Chlorpromazine
Time course
Expectancy
Adolescents
2. Commonly called '_______ _____' - nitrous oxide is a gaseous anesthetic first used in the early 1800s in medicine and surgery.
Laughing gas
Blindness
Nutrients
MDMA
3. The three components of the nervous system are the central nervous system - the _______ system - and the autonomic system.
Somatic
Crack
Myopia
Amphetamines
4. ________ - benzodiazepines and opioid narcotics are also used for this purpose.
Weight control
Alcohol
Diagnostic
Long
5. Caffeine is the world's most popular drug and frequently used _________.
Narcan
Stimulant
Drug safety
10
6. Antipsychotic drugs are grouped into two categories--conventional antipsychotics and ________ antipsychotics.
Atypical
Theraputic
Addiction
Clozapine
7. Cocaine ___ (Hydrochloride) is water soluble and can easily be injected intravenously.
Anxiety
HCL
Women
Somatic
8. The idea that alcohol dependence is a _______ goes back at least to the 1700s.
Heart Disease
Disease
MDMA
Norepinephrine
9. In high doses or if combined with alcohol - barbiturates can stop a person's __________.
More
Breathing
Iproniazid
Caffenism
10. Heart rate and blood pressure are two of the many functions regulated by the _________ nervous system.
Peyote
Smoking
Patent medicines
Autonomic
11. Cannabis withdrawal syndrome (is or is not) listed in the Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).
Weight control
Fluoxetine
Is Not
Psilocybin
12. Some studies have reported both behavioral improvement and noticeable regrowth of _____ ______ in long term alcoholics after several months of abstinence.
Andes
Illicit
10
Brain tissue
13. A single shot of heroin lasts ___ hours.
4-6
Medical
Special K
Violent
14. ____ - also known as Ecstasy - produces both stimulant and hallucinogenic effects.
Anesthetic
Eliminate
More
MDMA
15. Not everyone praised the use of tobacco; many _______ it.
Opposed
Prozac
Memory
440
16. Anabolic steroids build muscle mass by stimulating the conversion of _________ into tissue.
10
Nicotine
Nutrients
Memory
17. Opium has been used for approximately ____ years for both medical and recreational reasons.
Psychological
Hypoxia
6 -000
Medical
18. Alcoholic fatty liver - alcoholic _________ - and cirrhosis are all liver disorders associated with heavy use of alcohol.
Hepatitis
Sinsemilla
Cocaine
Kerosene
19. After a patient receives their first dose of lithium it takes at least __ days to see results.
10
Salt
Reducing
Behavioral tolerance
20. At first - tobacco was almost universally accepted as a ________.
Psychological
Unknown
Hallucinogens
Medicine
21. When using snuff or chewing tobacco - nicotine is absorbed through the ______ lining of the mouth.
Breaks down
Mucous
Benzodiazepines
Memory
22. King ______ of England wrote a antitobacco pamphlet and he taxed tobacco to attempt to limit its use.
Anorexiants
James
Columbus
Heart Disease
23. Cocaine is absorbed so well into ________ __________ that it remains in use for surgery in the nasal - laryngeal - and esophageal regions.
Less
30
Toluene
Mucous membranes
24. With _______ parodoxical effects include bizarre uninhibited behavior - rage - hostility and paranoia.
Benzodiazepines
Smoking
Withdrawal
Dose response
25. Almost ___ % of 8th graders have abused an inhalant sometime in their life.
Psilocybin
Positive
Potent
20
26. Tobacco is responsible for ___ thousand US deaths each year.
Receptors
Coca
440
Medical
27. The process where the body rids itself of drugs and alcohol is called ______________.
Anesthetic
Amino acids
V
Detoxification
28. Nicotine is often thought of as being a mild _________ - but it also seems to have some of the relaxant properties of a low dose of a depressant.
Toluene
Methamphetamine
Spirits
Stimulant
29. Because drug use can be found in all parts of society regardless of income - education - occupation - social class - and age - it is called an ________ ________ affliction.
Equal opportunity
Coca
Mescaline
Schedule III
30. ____________ drugs are drug compounds (substances) that affect the central nervous system and alter consciousness and/or perceptions.
Toxic
Psychoactive
Fluoxetine
1980
31. For some drugs - the dependence is mostly _______________ - whereas for others - a user may develop a heavy physical dependence on the drug with just a few uses.
Breathing
Surroundings
Withdrawal
Psychological
32. Jimsonweed a potent hallucinogenic plant and is also known as ____ _____.
Depressants
Loco weed
Illicit
Hydrochloride
33. The active ingredient found in OTC stimulants is ________.
Methylphenidate
Epileptic seizures
Staggering
Caffeine
34. When someone overdoses on opiates (heroin - codeine - morphine - etc) Narcan can be injected into a muscle to get the victim __________ again.
Nalorphine
34
CYP450
Breathing
35. _______________ is a highly addictive stimulant that is cheaper and much longer lasting than cocaine.
Amphetamines
Body
Methamphetamine
Drinking
36. A situation where repeated administration of the same dose of a drug results in gradually ___________ effects is called tolerance.
Substitution
Diminishing
Licit
Magic mushrooms
37. Opioid overdose can be diagnosed on the basis of the opioid triad: coma - depressed respiration - and ________ pupils.
Pinpoint
20
Expectancy
Staggering
38. College _________ had the lowest rate of current use of illicit drugs.
Over the counter
Hypoxia
Dentists
Graduates
39. ______________ do not cure mental illnesses but they do control the symptoms sufficiently to permit patients to live and work in society.
Topical anesthesia
Antipsychotics
Marinol
Illicit
40. Poisonous alcohols include methyl - ethylene glycol and _________.
Withdrawal
Isopropyl
Atypical
Blood-brain
41. The amount of alcohol that can be metabolized by the liver is about 0.25 to 0.30 _______ per hour.
Nutrients
Synthetic
Sedatives
Ounces
42. In a double blind procedure - neither the patient nor the doctor know whether the subject is receiving a _______ or an experimental drug.
Barbiturate
Synthetic
Synesthesia
Placebo
43. Marinol is a ____________ controlled substance.
Large
Schedule III
Pharmacodynamic
Fluoxetine
44. Drugs with a high potential for abuse - no currently accepted medical use in the US - and declared unsafe are listed under Schedule _.
Smoking
I
Dietary supplements
Pharmacodynamic
45. ______ is the brand name for naloxone.
Explosive
Laughing gas
Narcan
Epileptic seizures
46. Kava Kava and St John's Wort are both medicinal herbs - often used to treat mild
Depression
Football
More
Available
47. The primary active ingredients contained in cough suppressants are ____________ and expectorants.
25
Antitussives
Antidepressant
Fetal Alcohol
48. Legal instrumental - illegal instrumental - legal recreational and illegal recreational use are the 4 types of drug use according to ___________.
Preoccupation
Methamphetamine
Erich Goode
Columbus
49. According to a recent survey - __% of Americans have used marijuana in their lifetime.
41
Natural
Malnutrition
Naltrexone
50. A _______ drug is capable of passing the blood-brain barrier and influencing the brain's activity.
Alcohol
Fetal Alcohol
Psychoactive
Preschool