Question 1

Which primary prevention methods for licit and illicit drugs include education and persuasion attempts to reduce the attractiveness of drugs among potential users?

Accepted Answer

A)  Supply reduction
B)  Demand reduction
C)  Media reduction
D)  both a & b B

Question 2

Bias against lower social classes is reflected by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Bans against drugs associated with immigrant groups
B)  More criticism for use of "illegal" than for legal drugs
C)  Not recognizing how societal conditions affect drug use
D)  All of the above D

Question 3

Proponents of more liberal drug policies in the U.S.:

Accepted Answer

A)  Hold that not everyone who uses a drug gets "addicted"
B)  See drug use as a victimless crime
C)  Point to other nations where illicit drugs with little harm are tolerated
D)  All of the above D

Question 4

Social drug policies and laws stem from views that:

Accepted Answer

A)  Zero tolerance is necessary.
B)  Drugs are evil because they are hedonistic.
C)  Pleasure is incompatible with work ethic.
D)  All of the above.

Question 5

What constitutes a zero-tolerance position on drugs?

Accepted Answer

A)  Individuals should have the choice to decide what course of action to take rather than be controlled by a paternalistic government.
B)  Some drugs are beneficial and should not be totally banned.
C)  All psychoactive drugs are undesirable.
D)  All illicit drugs should be banned.

Question 6

Harm reduction goals aimed at total consumption reduction might be most effective by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Targeting drinkers in middle of the consumption distribution as they are more numerous
B)  Focusing on problem drinkers and alcoholics as they cause bigger harms
C)  Dealing with young beginning drinkers since they have potentially more future years of drinking
D)  Concentrating on relapse prevention of former drinkers

Question 7

Research evidence often fails to affect social policy because:

Accepted Answer

A)  Research is often too complicated for nonscientists.
B)  Scientific evidence often yielded conflicting conclusions.
C)  Social policy is also a function of politics and economics.
D)  All of the above.

Question 8

Aggregate measures of consumption such as per capita consumption that reflect the overall amount of use in society:

Accepted Answer

A)  Predict risks of harm for individuals.
B)  Are convenient summaries.
C)  Are sensitive to individual variations in drug use.
D)  Provide tests of casual explanations.

Question 9

Many school-based alcohol and other drug prevention programs involve:

Accepted Answer

A)  Group interaction
B)  Normative education
C)  Just Say No approach
D)  Peer counseling

Question 10

All but which prevention effort is focused on the host:

Accepted Answer

A)  Reduce the individual's desire or incentive to drink
B)  Use of education and persuasion
C)  Reduce desire to use specific drugs
D)  Focus on reducing drug availability

Question 11

Drug testing is one objective approach at identifying drugs at work that:

Accepted Answer

A)  Implies the employee is guilty until proven innocent
B)  Assumes that drug tests such as urinanalysis are valid
C)  Involves invasion of privacy and lack of confidentiality
D)  All of the above

Question 12

Harm reduction advocates seek to assist people in the direction of ____________ behavior change, whether that change involves abstinence, moderate drinking, or the reduction of alcohol use.

Accepted Answer

A)  Proactive
B)  Positive
C)  Active
D)  Negative

Question 13

The Commission on Medical Marijuana (Institute on Medicine, 1998)

Accepted Answer

A)  Saw few potential medical benefits of marijuana
B)  Saw few health hazards of smoking marijuana
C)  Endorsed legalizing marijuana for certain medical purposes
D)  Accepted nonsmokable forms of marijuana for medical purposes

Question 14

Secondary prevention for drivers apprehended for driving under the influence (DUI) involves:

Accepted Answer

A)  Didactic presentation of information
B)  Small group interactions to increase awareness
C)  Threat of punishment such as loss of license
D)  All of the above

Question 15

All but which has been found by research assessing the effects of mass media:

Accepted Answer

A)  Brand-specific advertising has weak effects on use levels
B)  Alcohol advertising bans do not reduce sales
C)  Total advertising expenditures raises alcohol sales
D)  None of the above

Question 16

Primary prevention involves:

Accepted Answer

A)  Identifying present drug abusers
B)  Treatment of persons suffering from drug problems
C)  a and b
D)  None of the above

Question 17

All but which is true about recent views on cigarettes:

Accepted Answer

A)  It is an effective nicotine delivery device
B)  Tobacco should be restricted because it is addictive
C)  The Supreme Court in 1999 upheld the view that cigarettes were drugs for medical purposes
D)  In 1996 the FDA reclassified tobacco as a drug

Question 18

The public health model considers interactions of ________, __________, and ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Agent, host, environment
B)  Drug, agent, environment
C)  Agent, host, social policy
D)  Host, user, environment

Question 19

All but which is true of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) project started in 1983:

Accepted Answer

A)  Is used in over half of all schools in the United States
B)  Teaches resistance skills to children using police officers
C)  Raises student self-esteem
D)  Lowers drug use

Question 20

Harm reduction approaches, started in the 1980s in the Netherlands and England:

Accepted Answer

A)  Has led to increased drug problems
B)  Conceded we cannot readily prevent drug abuse
C)  Attempts to make the use of drugs less likely
D)  Are generally accepted as the best approach

Exam 16: Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems