Health Promotion Exam Questions
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Health Promotion explores the principles and practices involved in empowering individuals and communities to improve their health and well-being. The course covers theories of health behavior change, strategies for creating supportive environments, and the development of effective health communication campaigns. Students will examine the social, environmental, and economic factors affecting health, learn to assess community needs, and design, implement, and evaluate health promotion programs. Through case studies and hands-on activities, participants will gain practical skills to advocate for health equity, prevent disease, and foster healthy lifestyles across diverse populations.
Recommended Textbook Drug Use and Abuse 1st Canadian Edition by
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Chapter 1: Drug Use and Abuse
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Q1) It is felt that the newest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual,DSM-IV,will be the final one.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Which factor is NOT considered by today's drug and substance abuse researchers?
A)a culture's present day norms and laws
B)pharmacological factors
C)characteristics of the drug user
D)environmental factors
Answer: A
Q3) The presence of which of the following is a key factor in psychological dependence?
A)physical withdrawal symptoms
B)craving
C)a decline in one's sensitivity to pain
D)a heightened sense of well-being
Answer: B
Q4) What are the various factors that combine to produce the human drug experience?
Answer: Student answers will vary.
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2: Drug Use: Yesterday and Today
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Q1) In response to the temperance movement in the United States,what action did the United States Congress take?
A)They passed the 18<sup>th</sup> Amendment to their Constitution,which prohibited the production,sale,transportation,and importing of alcohol in any part of the United States.
B)They passed the 18<sup>th</sup> Amendment to their Constitution,which only prohibited the sale and importation of alcohol.The production and exportation of alcohol continued to be legal.
C)They passed the 21<sup>st</sup> Amendment to their Constitution,which prohibited the production,sale,transportation,and importing of alcohol in any part of the United States
D)They passed the 21<sup>st</sup> Amendment to their Constitution which only prohibited the sale and importation of alcohol.The production and exportation of alcohol continued to be legal.
Answer: A
Q2) Marijuana was used as an all-purpose medicine in the 1800s.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Drugs and the Nervous System
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Q1) The terms agonist and antagonist also refer to drugs that enhance.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The botulinum toxin achieves its deadly effects by blocking the release of dopamine at the neuromuscular junction.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Which structures make up the basal ganglia?
A)hypothalamus,corpus callosum,thalamus
B)globus pallidus,caudate nucleus,putamen
C)cortex,reticular formation,hippocampus
D)mesolimbic dopaminergic pathways,substantia nigra,cerebrospinal fluid
Answer: B
Q4) The complex branching parts of a neuron that receive information from other neurons are called dendrites.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Pharmacology
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Q1) Oral administration is regarded as the most common route and usually the safest and most convenient form of drug administration.
A)True
B)False
Q2) One advantage of inhaling a drug is that large amounts of the drug can be absorbed in one administration.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The primary reason intravenous drug injection is the preferred route of some drug abusers is because of its effectiveness.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In a prototypic dose-effect curve,what does the horizontal axis refer to?
A)range of drug doses
B)rebound effects
C)number of drugs
D)effect size
Q5) What is a dose-effect curve? How is it used?
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Chapter 5: Cocaine, Amphetamines, and Related Stimulants
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Q1) Cocaine enhances sexual performance in males.
A)True
B)False
Q2) American President Ulysses Grant was a supporter of cocaine use.
A)True
B)False
Q3) If you were a patient of Sigmund Freud's when he was strongly advocating the use and benefits of cocaine,which problem might you have been suffering from?
A)repression
B)nymphomania
C)schizophrenia
D)depression
Q4) To which country is the coca tree native?
A)South America
B)North America
C)Europe
D)Asia
Q5) Trace the history of cocaine use from the ancient Inca to the present.
Q6) Describe the effects of chronic stimulant use.
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Chapter 6: Alcohol
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Q1) What deficiency has Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome been linked to?
A)Vitamin A
B)Vitamin C
C)iron
D)thiamine
Q2) Alcohol will erase its own hangover symptoms.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Cirrhosis of the liver is reversible with long-term abstinence.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Based on results of experiments studying alcohol's effects on "divided attention" tasks,several groups recommended that the legal level of intoxication be uniform across the nation at the same BAC.What BAC has been recommended?
A).05%
B).08%
C).10%
D).15%
Q5) Describe the research linking alcohol to aggression and sex.
Q6) What is F.A.S.and who is most at risk?
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Chapter 7: Nicotine
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Q1) Thomas is a smoker.He just finished his last cigarette about six hours ago.What symptom is Thomas most likely to experience?
A)stomach cramps
B)increased blood pressure
C)decreased heart rate
D)increased ability to concentrate
Q2) What are the health problems associated with tobacco use? What constituents of tobacco cause these problems?
Q3) Which profile accurately describes Canadian youths' experience with smoking cigarettes?
A)Daily smokers in Grades 6-9 smoked 3.9 cigarettes on average per day.
B)Daily smokers in Grades 6-9 smoked 7.9 cigarettes on average per day.
C)Daily smokers in Grades 6-9 smoked 10.9 cigarettes on average per day.
D)Daily smokers in Grades 6-9 smoked 12.0 cigarettes on average per day.
Q4) What would you do to get the most efficient dose of nicotine?
A)smoke cigarettes
B)smoke a pipe
C)use snuff intranasally
D)use chewing tobacco
Q5) Describe Heather Crowe's story and the impact her life had on Canadian society.
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Chapter 8: Caffeine
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Q1) Where can tolerance to caffeine generally be observed?
A)EEG changes
B)cardiovascular changes
C)cancerous tumors
D)lower sperm count
Q2) You need a drink with the greatest amount of caffeine.Which will you choose?
A)brewed coffee
B)brewed tea
C)Coca-Cola
D)warm chocolate milk
Q3) What type of inhibitor is caffeine,according to the text?
A)theophylline
B)acetylcholine
C)serotonin
D)adenosine
Q4) What slows the process of caffeine metabolism and excretion?
A)cigarette smoking at any age
B)establishing a regular 40-50 minute cardio workout each day
C)pregnancy
D)age;an adolescent's process is the slowest
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Chapter 9: Marijuana
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Q1) The short-term memory impairment associated with marijuana use can occur with fairly low doses.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Jack has been prescribed cannabis for his medical condition;however,his physician has warned him that it does have specific drawbacks.What will Jack need to consider?
A)the uncomfortable and disorienting mental effects
B)the development of psychological dependence
C)the exacerbation of the side effects of chemotherapy
D)the severe muscle pain
Q3) Which neurotransmitter is affected by marijuana?
A)L-glutamate
B)epinephrine
C)serotonin
D)norepinephrine
Q4) The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 was successful in reducing the legal disbursement of marijuana.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Hallucinogens
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Q1) What do South American tribes believe the Ayahuasca or yagé produce?
A)healing effects
B)telepathic effects
C)pain relief
D)enhanced sexual potency
Q2) What is the active chemical in the peyote cactus?
A)psilocybin
B)mescaline
C)LSD
D)phencyclidine
Q3) LSD was popularized in large measure by a Harvard psychologist named Timothy Leary.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Dr.Frank has been experimenting with Psilocybe and Teonanacatl in his lab.How would they be described botanically?
A)as plants containing mescaline
B)as hallucinogenic mushrooms
C)as anticholinergics
D)as poisonous fungi
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Chapter 11: Opiates
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Q1) People who smoke opium used metal canisters,which formed the basis for the expression "pipe dreams."
A)True
B)False
Q2) Why do heroin addicts become involved in criminal activity?
A)to support their drug habit
B)to provide an easier and more lucrative source of income
C)to "fit in" to their new social network
D)the lifestyle allows for more freedom to be high
Q3) How are opiate withdrawal symptoms best characterized?
A)flu-like in nature
B)nearly always fatal
C)convulsions and seizures
D)mild and unimportant
Q4) If a patient in drug withdrawal shows flu-like symptoms,what is he or she probably withdrawing from?
A)heroin
B)alcohol
C)cocaine
D)LSD
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Chapter 12: Psychotherapeutic Medications
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Q1) Describe the dopamine hypothesis of the action of antipsychotics.What findings support or fail to support this hypothesis?
Q2) The most promising aspect of the new antipsychotic,Clozaril,is the absence of reported side effects.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What profession did David Macht belong to when in 1920 his name was connected to the term psychopharmacology?
A)psychiatry
B)dentistry
C)pharmacy
D)medicine
Q4) Although benzodiazepines induce sleep,what do they also do?
A)cause depression
B)cause tachycardia
C)increase heart rate
D)produce paranoid symptoms
Q5) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of barbiturate use.Why has their use declined in recent years?
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Chapter 13: Other Prescription and Over-The-Counter Drugs
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Q1) Frank,a university level football player,is panicking because it was just discovered that he has been using the same drug that Mark McGwire made famous.What is it?
A)"Andro"
B)"Anavar"
C)"Dianabol"
D)"Dano"
Q2) Which type of drug is NOT available over the counter?
A)stimulants
B)antacids
C)combination birth control pills
D)analgesics
Q3) Anabolic steroids are synthetic forms of endorphin.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is acetylsalicylic acid better known as?
A)aspirin
B)PPA
C)caffeine
D)Tylenol
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Chapter 14: Treatment of Substance-Use Disorders
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Q1) Drug treatment in therapeutic communities is associated with a more productive life following discharge if there was sufficient length of stay.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Brief interventions tend to be most effective for individuals with mild to moderate alcohol problems.
A)True B)False
Q3) How do economic factors affect alcohol and drug treatment?
Q4) Why is methadone used in the treatment of heroin abuse?
A)because it blocks the receptors that heroin binds to
B)because it lasts longer than heroin
C)because it blocks the addict's craving for heroin
D)because it breaks down heroin before it can bind
Q5) Naltrexone,an opiate antagonist,is an approved pharmacotherapy used in alcohol treatment.
A)True B)False
Q6) Describe the five models of the causes of alcohol dependence.
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Chapter 15: Prevention of Substance Abuse
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Q1) One problem with alcohol education programs is that they focus on children when they are too young to form attitudes about alcohol.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The basis of the Amethyst Initiative is the argument that the minimum drinking age of 21 should remain because it has successfully decreased alcohol-related problems among U.S.college students.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe the sociocultural model of prevention.What are its strengths and weaknesses? Give examples.
Q4) Which type of intervention is substance abuse treatment basically equivalent to?
A)primary prevention
B)contemplation
C)tertiary prevention
D)secondary prevention
Q5) Campaigns on drunk driving consistently raise knowledge levels.
A)True
B)False
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